The America's Cup in Naples, 2027: racing from 22 May, the Match from 10 July, the Race Village on the Lungomare and where to stay

💡 The Short Version: The Louis Vuitton 38th America’s Cup is sailed in the Bay of Naples in 2027. The Louis Vuitton Cup starts with six fleet races on 22 and 23 May, runs through round robins and semi-finals to a final that ends by 4 July, and the Match against Emirates Team New Zealand starts on 10 July and is scheduled to end on 19 July. Seven teams are entered. The Race Village is on the Viale Francesco Caracciolo, the Lungomare, and the village at the September 2026 preliminary regatta was free to enter. Book hotels early for Chiaia and Santa Lucia. Or book a walk: the Old Town walking tourad is from €27.55.

The schedule

The organiser issued the racing schedule in its Conditions Governing the Louis Vuitton Cup and the Match. Racing is in the afternoon, and each stage can slip for weather (America’s Cup).

The defender sails the fleet races and the round robins, but its results do not count in the challenger standings. The Women’s America’s Cup and the Youth America’s Cup are also on the 2027 programme.

The teams

Seven AC75s are entered: Emirates Team New Zealand, the defender, GB1, Luna Rossa, Tudor Team Alinghi, La Roche-Posay Racing Team, ARC Team USA and Team Australia. The organiser says it is the first time the Louis Vuitton Cup and the Match are sailed in Italy.

Where to watch

The racecourse is close to shore in the Bay of Naples, with Vesuvius behind, and the organiser says the AC75s will pass within metres of the waterfront. The Race Village is on the Viale Francesco Caracciolo, which the organiser says will be turned into a village with grandstand viewing and the official main stage. The team bases and a fan zone are at Bagnoli, in the west of the city (America’s Cup, host venue).

The fountains of the Rotonda Diaz on the Lungomare Caracciolo. Photo: Armando Mancini, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The preliminary regatta of 24 to 27 September 2026 shows the format on the seafront (America’s Cup, Naples regatta):

• The village: at Rotonda Diaz, also called Mappatella Beach, stretching along Via Francesco Caracciolo, which was closed to traffic. Entry was free to everyone.
• The programme: a main stage with a show as the boats left the dock and another as they returned, big screens with live commentary, and food, drink and merchandise stalls.
• The racing: three races a day, starting at 14:00 CEST, with the final on the last day. The racing was shown live and free on the America’s Cup YouTube channel.
• On the water: spectator boats had to register, stay in marked zones and stay under 5 knots.

Getting around

Metro Line 6 stops at Mergellina, Arco Mirelli, San Pasquale and Chiaia, and Metro Line 1 stops at Municipio and Toledo; see Naples public transport. The Chiaia funicular goes up to the Vomero. Via Caracciolo was closed to traffic at the 2026 regatta, so plan to walk the seafront.

Where to stay

The village and the racing are on the seafront below Chiaia and Santa Lucia, the districts with the seafront hotels; the old town and the Vomero are a metro or funicular ride away. The hotels, their addresses and their distances are in where to stay in Naples, and the ones by the port are in hotels near Napoli Centrale. The tourist tax is €4 to €6 a person a night, for up to 14 nights.

The weather

The 1991 to 2020 averages at Napoli Capodichino airport, from ISPRA, are a daytime high of 23.6 °C in May, 27.7 °C in June and 30.4 °C in July, with 6.1, 3.3 and 2.4 days of 1 mm of rain or more. See the best time to visit Naples.

Plan the rest

The Lungomare also has free things to do in Naples, the Lungomare walk follows it from Toledo station to Mergellina, and the Royal Palace and Piazza del Plebiscito and the Teatro di San Carlo are along the waterfront. 3 days in Naples builds a plan round the closed days, and what to book in Naples lists them.