Naples walking tours compared: prices, routes, tours with the Veiled Christ inside, bike, bus and boat

💡 The Short Version: For a first orientation, the 2-hour panoramic walk is €20 with a funicular ticket and the 2½-hour old town walk is €27.55. For the Veiled Christ with a guide, the old town tours from €47.85 include the Cappella Sansevero ticket, which alone is €12 and sells only timed slots. The hop-on hop-off bus is €27 for 24 hours, the bike tour €46, and the sunset boat tour €64. To walk it yourself, the Spaccanapoli walk costs nothing but the entry to the sights. Check the closed day: the Sansevero is shut on Tuesdays. Or book a tour: the old town walking tourad is from €27.55 (GetYourGuide).

The tours, compared

Prices are GetYourGuide’s lowest “from” prices for one adult.

City walks

Panoramic walk with a funicular

From €20 · 4.8 stars from 1,241 reviews · 2 hours

Naples: Panoramic Walking Tour with Funicularad is run by Naples bay tour. A certified guide walks from the Vomero down to the Spanish Quarters, past views of Capri and Vesuvius, Via Palizzi and the Petraio stairways. It shows both halves of the city, the hill above and the lanes below. It does not include entry to the fortress or the Certosa; Castel Sant’Elmo, the Certosa and the funiculars has those.

The old town on foot

From €27.55 · 4.8 stars from 972 reviews · 2½ hours

Naples Historic Center Walking Tourad is run by Grand Tour Experience, with licensed guides and archaeologists in English, French, Italian and Spanish. It covers the UNESCO-listed historic centre, Spaccanapoli and the Duomo, with a private option. It does not include entry to the sights.

Port’Alba, an old gate into the historic centre. Photo: Adam Harangozó, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The old town and the Roman city below

From €28 · 4.6 stars from 375 reviews · 3 to 5 hours

Naples Old Town & Underground Roman Ruinsad is run by WORLDTOURS. A guide leads the lanes above and the ancient Neapolis below, with tickets to the Neapolis underground included and lunch an option. For the undergrounds themselves, Naples underground tours compares the four.

With the sights inside

Two tours put a ticket inside the booking. The Cappella Sansevero sells only timed slots, is closed on Tuesdays and allows no photographs, and its own ticket is €12 (Sansevero guide).

• Old Town and Veiled Christ Tourad: from €47.85, 3 hours, 4.9 stars from 1,858 reviews, run by Grand Tour Experience. It includes the chapel ticket with fast-track entry, and an art-historian guide leads. The listing shows Italian as the language, so check the language on your date.
• Downtown Tour with Veiled Christ & St Clare Ticketsad: from €48.47, 2½ hours, 4.9 stars from 7,062 reviews, run by Askos Tours. It walks Spaccanapoli and visits the chapel and the cathedral, and the Santa Chiara cloister ticket is included on selected dates and times. The listing shows Italian as its language. The chapel and cloister tickets alone are €12 and €7.

By bike and bus

• Bike: City Highlights Guided Bike Tourad is from €46, 3 hours, 4.7 stars from 1,062 reviews, run by Biketour Napoli. It starts at Piazza del Plebiscito and passes the Gesù Nuovo and the Royal Palace; electric bikes are an upgrade.
• Hop-on hop-off: City Sightseeing Napoliad is from €27 for 24 hours (4.3 stars from 6,406 reviews). The Historic A line has 9 stops from Largo Castello by Piazza Municipio past the Gesù Nuovo, Piazza Dante, the MANN, Porta San Gennaro, Palazzo Caracciolo, Garibaldi station, Corso Umberto and Piazza Bovio. The Panoramic B line has 10 stops through Mergellina, Posillipo and Parco Virgiliano. Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.

By boat

The Gulf boat tours leave from the seafront and show Castel dell’Ovo, Posillipo and Vesuvius from the water. Castel dell’Ovo itself is closed to visitors, but the Borgo Marinari around it is open to walk.

• Sunset Boat Experiencead: from €64, 3 hours, 4.7 stars from 357 reviews, run by WORLDTOURS. A spritz at sunset along Posillipo’s villas and Roman ruins, shared or private.
• 2-Hour City Boat Tour with Aperitifad: from €35, 4.9 stars from 150 reviews, run by Gradassoboat, with Castel dell’Ovo, Vesuvius and the skyline.
• Private Boat Tour with Swim Stopad: from €29, 4.9 stars from 324 reviews, limited to 9 people, with Castel dell’Ovo and Borgo Marinari, Posillipo, Marechiaro and the Gaiola islet.
• Naples Paradise Boat Tourad: from €43.20, 4.9 stars from 182 reviews, shared or private, with a swim.

Walk it yourself

A tour adds a guide and the queue; the route is free. The Spaccanapoli walk runs from the Gesù Nuovo through Santa Chiara and the Sansevero to San Gregorio Armeno and the Duomo, with the price and closed day of every stop, and the Lungomare walk covers Via Toledo, the Royal Palace and the seafront to Mergellina. Free things to do in Naples lists the rest, and what to book before you go to Naples has the closed days. Naples food tours compares the guided eating walks.

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