Naples cruise port to the city centre: walking distances, the metro, closed days and Pompeii

💡 The Short Version: The cruise terminal, the Stazione Marittima, is on Molo Angioino beside Molo Beverello, and the old centre starts at the gangway. From it Castel Nuovo is about 900 m, Piazza del Plebiscito about 1 km, the Royal Palace and the Teatro San Carlo about 1.1 km, and the Gesù Nuovo about 1.4 km. Municipio metro (Line 1) is about 630 m away. Check the closed day first: Castel Nuovo shuts on Sundays, the Royal Palace on Wednesdays, the MANN on Tuesdays. Naples airport is closed to flights from 1 to 30 November 2026. Or book a tour: the Pompeii excursion for cruisersad leaves from the port, includes the ticket and is from €84.15 for 5 hours (GetYourGuide).

From the terminal on foot

Distances are walking routes from the Stazione Marittima building.

A cruise ship berthed in the port of Naples. Photo: Angelo DeSantis, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0.

The Stazione Marittima, the cruise terminal. Photo: Cezar Suceveanu, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Comune di Napoli runs a tourist information point at Molo Angioino.

By metro, bus or taxi

• Metro Line 1 runs from Municipio one way to Toledo, Dante and Museo and the other way to Garibaldi, at the station. A single is €1.50, and a contactless card taps in at the turnstile. Naples public transport has the fares and the fines.
• The Alibus between the airport and Napoli Centrale stops at Piazza Municipio, by the port, for €5. Naples airport to the city has the times.
• Taxi: fixed fares per car from the Comune di Napoli are Molo Beverello to the Teatro San Carlo €11 and Napoli Centrale to Molo Beverello €15.50. The airport to the port is €24.
• Hop-on hop-off: the City Sightseeing bus, from €27 for 24 hours (4.3 stars from 6,406 reviews), has a Historic line of nine stops that starts at Largo Castello by Piazza Municipio.

The Stazione Marittima and the quay where the hydrofoils berth. Photo: Lalupa, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Which sights are open on your day

Closed days are the operators’ own. Most of the old centre is within a 15-minute walk, so the closed day decides the plan.

• Castel Nuovo: €10, Monday to Saturday 9:00 to 18:00 (last entry 17:30), closed Sundays and on orange weather alerts.
• The Royal Palace: €15, 9:00 to 20:00 (last entry 19:00), closed Wednesdays. The Royal Palace guide has the rooms.
• The Teatro di San Carlo tour: €9, 30 minutes, English only at 11:30 and 15:30. The Teatro di San Carlo guide has the days.
• The Cappella Sansevero takes bookings only, so a cruise visit needs a slot booked ahead: see the Sansevero guide.
• First Sundays are free at the MANN and Capodimonte: 1 November and 6 December 2026.

What to book before you go to Naples has the full table of hours and closed days, and Naples historic centre walk is a route from Piazza del Gesù to the Duomo.

Pompeii and the islands from the port

• Pompeii on a shore excursion: From Naples: Pompeii Shore Excursion for Cruisers with Guidead is run by Veditalia. It leaves from the cruise port by coach, with a 2½-hour guided walk and the entry ticket included, in English or Spanish. It is from €84.15, with 4.5 stars from 205 reviews, and takes 5 hours.
• Pompeii on your own: the Circumvesuviana from Napoli Garibaldi takes 36 minutes, with trains every 30 minutes, and the ticket is €20. Last entry is 15:30 from 15 October. Pompeii from Naples has the tickets and the route.
• Capri: the hydrofoil tour with a guidead (from €102, 8 hours) says it is timed around cruise schedules and asks for your ship’s name at checkout. Capri has the fares; the last NLG hydrofoil home leaves at 18:45 until 3 November and at 18:10 from 4 November.
• The full day by coach: the Pompeii and Vesuvius day tourad (from €112) drops off at a hotel, the cruise port or the railway station.

Day trips from Naples compares every trip. If you are staying a night before or after the cruise, hotels near Napoli Centrale lists hotels by the station, with the port as a section.