Is the Campania Artecard worth it?

After the free entries you pay reduced prices, which the card sells as savings of up to 50%. Two published examples: the MANN charges Artecard holders €10 once their free entries are used, and the Reggia di Caserta charges €7.

The 3-day cards run on calendar days, not hours. The card's own example: activate it on Monday at 11 a.m. and it expires on Wednesday at 11:59 p.m. You activate it in the app or at the first turnstile or ticket desk, and the timer cannot be undone or paused. So start it on the morning of your busiest day, never at 6 p.m. The 7-day card starts at the first site you enter.

Transport on the 3-day cards is "limited to reaching the sites included", and some lines are excluded outright: the Alibus airport bus, SITA's buses to Sorrento, Positano and Amalfi, the EAV bus from Pompei up Vesuvius and the Campania Express tourist train, which is suspended from October 1, 2026 anyway.

• Free entry choices (regional list): Pompeii, Herculaneum, Oplontis, Stabiae, the MANN, the Reggia di Caserta, Paestum, Villa Rufolo in Ravello and the four Campi Flegrei sites.
• Naples list (all cards): the MANN, Capodimonte, Palazzo Reale, Castel Nuovo, Castel Sant'Elmo, the Certosa di San Martino, the Treasure of San Gennaro, the Madre and others. Pio Monte della Misericordia appears only on the 7-day card's list.
• Pompeii rules: the card gives the Pompeii Express ticket, the ancient city only. The Villa of the Mysteries and Villa of Diomedes need an €8 supplement. No booking is needed; cardholders use the Piazza Esedra entrance, reserved for them and groups, and collect a named ticket on showing ID.
• Reduced price only: the Catacombs of San Gennaro (€9 instead of €13) and the Galleria Borbonica (20% off the Standard route), both since January 1, 2023.
• Not covered: the Cappella Sansevero, Napoli Sotterranea and Capri's sites. The card's pages say access to the Vesuvius crater is suspended. The Napoli card's page says Santa Chiara stopped accepting it on August 1, 2023, although one list still shows it.
• Campi Flegrei: you must book a free Artecard ticket on the Musei Italiani app first.

Transport priced at ANM's own tickets, which do not change on October 1, 2026: €1.30 a ride, €4.50 a day.

Mind the closing days before you plan three museums in three days: the MANN shuts on Tuesdays, Capodimonte and Palazzo Reale on Wednesdays. The MANN's mosaic rooms and Secret Cabinet are closed until November 30, 2026, and two of Palazzo Reale's best halls from October 1, 2026.

That is €19.40 saved per adult. If you want Pompeii's suburban villas, the gap narrows: without the card you would buy Pompeii+ at €25 instead of Express, with it you pay the €8 supplement. The saving drops to €16.40. It is still the best use of this card, and the two-day ruins itinerary fits inside it.

Five free entries at full 2026 prices: Pompeii Express €20, Herculaneum €16, MANN €20, Reggia di Caserta €18, Paestum €15 (March to November). That is €89 against €43, a €46 saving, the biggest on any card. You pay trains separately either way: €4 each way to Caserta, €7.60 to Paestum. From December to February Paestum drops to €10 and the saving to €41.

The 7-day card suits a week built on day trips, not a city break. Caserta's park closed on September 23, 2026 after overnight wind, so check it before you spend a free entry there.

• EU citizens aged 18 to 24. State sites charge you €2. Pompeii, Herculaneum and the MANN come to €6, against €30 for the youth card.
• Under-18s. Entry to state museums and archaeological sites is free for everyone under 18.
• Sansevero-and-churches trips. The Veiled Christ, Napoli Sotterranea and the Duomo are not on the card; see the budget guide for cheaper ways round.
• First-Sunday visitors. State sites are free that day, and the card gives no priority entry on free days.

Buy online, in the free >artecard app or at an Artecard point. Since September 4, 2026 an Artecard infopoint has been open at Piazza del Gesù 7. The digital pass can take about 10 minutes to appear, so buy it the night before. The 3-day cards show two QR codes, one for transport and one for museums. At Herculaneum you activate the card at the ticket office; at Caserta, at the infopoint on Piazza Carlo di Borbone. If you bought the card through GetYourGuide, the voucher has to be converted into the pass first.

Naples: National Archaeological Museum of Naples Guided Tour

Entry (€20 at the museum) is in the price, so the guide costs about €22. The museum is closed on Tuesdays. Not suitable for wheelchair users, per the listing.

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