Castel Sant'Elmo, the Certosa di San Martino and the Vomero funiculars: prices, the Tuesday closure and which funicular

💡 The Short Version: Castel Sant’Elmo costs €5 (with the Museo Novecento, and €2.50 after 16:00) and opens seven days. The Certosa di San Martino costs €6 and, with the Museo Novecento and the Museo Duca di Martina, is closed on Tuesdays since 30 June 2026. Fortress and Certosa together are €9. Ride up on one of the four ANM funiculars (€1.30) and walk the last steep stretch. The Villa Floridiana park is free. The museums’ site, museinazionalivomero.cultura.gov.it, gives their contacts. Or book a tour: the panoramic walk from the Vomero to the Spanish Quartersad includes a funicular ticket and is from €20 (GetYourGuide).

Tickets and prices

The Musei nazionali del Vomero run the three sites: Castel Sant’Elmo, the Certosa di San Martino and the Villa Floridiana, at Via Tito Angelini 22. The Tuesday closure has applied since 30 June 2026.

• The Museo Novecento is in the fortress and the price is the same ticket.
• The Campania Artecard counts the Certosa, Castel Sant’Elmo and the Museo Duca di Martina among its free entries.

Where to buy

GetYourGuide’s prices are its lowest “from” prices. Buy at the desk; GetYourGuide sells the fortress with extras.

Tours worth paying for

Prices are GetYourGuide’s lowest “from” prices, per person.

Panoramic walking tour with a funicular

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

Naples: Panoramic Walking Tour with Funicularad is run by Naples bay tour and walks from the Vomero down to the Spanish Quarters, with the funicular ticket included. A certified guide leads, in English, French, Italian or Spanish, and a private option is offered. Free cancellation. It does not include entry to the fortress or the Certosa.

Fortress ticket with an audio guide

From €13.50 · 3 hours · 4.0 stars from 89 reviews

Naples from Above: Castel Sant’Elmo Ticket & Audio Guidead is an entry ticket to the fortress with an optional audio guide, at €8.50 above the official €5. Free cancellation.

What to see

The Vomero is the hill district above the old centre, and three sites sit along its edge.

The view from Castel Sant’Elmo over the city and the port. Photo: Richard Nevell, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Castel Sant’Elmo. A fortress with a six-pointed star plan, rebuilt in the 16th century for the viceroy Pedro de Toledo to a design by the military architect Pedro Luis Escrivà. The reason to climb is the 360-degree view from the parade ground, over the city and the bay. The Museo Novecento is on the same ground.
2. The Certosa di San Martino. A baroque monastery that has been a museum since 1867, with its church, cloisters and the Cuciniello nativity scene. It also holds the ships and carriages collection, the rooms on the image and memory of the city and the Tavola Strozzi.
3. The Villa Floridiana. A villa and a historic park, with the Museo Duca di Martina, more than 6,000 decorative objects, mostly ceramics and porcelain.

The great cloister of the Certosa di San Martino. Photo: IlSistemone, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Allow two hours for the fortress and an hour and a half for the Certosa. The order that works: the fortress first, for the view while the light is good, then the Certosa, then the park. What to skip: the Certosa on a Tuesday, when it is shut, and the Museo Duca di Martina, unless you like porcelain.

The four funiculars

The funiculars are run by ANM. A bus or funicular single is €1.30, and a contactless card taps in at the turnstiles of all four. A 3-day Napoli Artecard covers them.

A car of the Chiaia funicular at its station. Photo: Luigi Alberto075, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.

• To the museums: from Piazza Fuga or Via Morghen the Certosa and the fortress are a steep walk up.
• Access: ANM says the Centrale, Chiaia and Montesanto stations have lifts.
• Timetables: the times are on the boards at each station.
• The one thing that ruins a visit: arriving at the Certosa on a Tuesday.

Free things to do in Naples lists the parks and viewpoints that cost nothing, and the Lungomare walk ends at the foot of the Mergellina funicular. The panoramic walk ends in the Quartieri Spagnoli, which sit below the hill. Naples public transport has the fares and the fines, Campania Artecard: is it worth it? says when the Certosa and the fortress are free, and 3 days in Naples puts the hill on a day other than Tuesday. What to book before you go to Naples lists the closed days. Where to stay in Naples compares the areas.