Italy
Things to do in Naples
30 places16 stories3 routes
Sightlore has 30 places to explore in Naples, and 16 of them come with a 60-second story in 5 languages. Point your camera at a landmark to learn its name and story, and earn points and badges at the places you actually visit.
Naples's must-sees
The city's most important places. In the app you see how many you've visited and earn a badge when you've seen them all.
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Naples National Archaeological Museum
The National Archaeological Museum of Naples is an important Italian archaeological museum.
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Herculaneum
Herculaneum is an ancient Roman town located in the modern-day comune of Ercolano, Campania, Italy. Herculaneum was buried under a massive pyroclastic flow in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.
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Santa Chiara
Santa Chiara is a religious complex in Naples, Italy, that includes the church of Santa Chiara, a monastery, tombs and an archeological museum.
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Royal Palace of Naples
The Royal Palace of Naples is a historic building located in Piazza del Plebiscito, in the historic center of Naples, Italy.
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Cappella Sansevero
The Cappella Sansevero (also known as the Cappella Sansevero de' Sangri or Pietatella) is a chapel located on Via Francesco de Sanctis 19, just northeast of the church of San Domenico Maggiore, in the historic center of Naples, Italy.
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Mount Vesuvius
Mount Vesuvius is a somma–stratovolcano located on the Gulf of Naples in Campania, Italy, about 9 km (5.6 mi) east of Naples and a short distance from the shore. It is one of several volcanoes forming the Campanian volcanic arc.
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Pompeii
Pompeii was a city in what is now the municipality of Pompei, near Naples, in the Campania region of Italy.
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Gesù Nuovo
Gesù Nuovo ("New Jesus") is the name of both a church and a square in Naples, Italy.
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Basilica of St. Dominic
San Domenico Maggiore is a Gothic, Roman Catholic church and monastery, founded by the friars of the Dominican Order, and located in the square of the same name in the historic center of Naples.
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Castel Nuovo
Castel Nuovo, often called Maschio Angioino, is a medieval castle located in front of Piazza Municipio and the city hall (Palazzo San Giacomo) in central Naples, Campania, Italy.
Discovery routes in Naples
Visit the stops in any order and tap "Check in" at each one; finish the route to earn points and its own badge.
Naples: Kings and Castles
Piazza del Plebiscito, the Royal Palace, the Teatro di San Carlo, Castel Nuovo and Castel dell'Ovo out in the bay.
Naples: Spaccanapoli and the Historic Centre
Gesù Nuovo, Santa Chiara, San Domenico, the Veiled Christ of the Sansevero Chapel, Spaccanapoli, San Lorenzo Maggiore, the Cathedral and the Archaeological Museum.
Vesuvius, Pompeii and Herculaneum
The two Roman towns buried in AD 79, Herculaneum and Pompeii, and the summit of Vesuvius, the volcano that destroyed them.
Places to visit
Historic sites
Piazza del Plebiscito
Piazza del Plebiscito is a large public square in central Naples, Italy.
Teatro di San Carlo
The Real Teatro di San Carlo ("Royal Theatre of Saint Charles"), as originally named by the Bourbon monarchy but today known simply as the Teatro (di) San Carlo, is a historic opera house in Naples, Italy, connected to the Royal Palace and adjacent to the Piazza del Plebiscito.
Castel Nuovo
Castel Nuovo, often called Maschio Angioino, is a medieval castle located in front of Piazza Municipio and the city hall (Palazzo San Giacomo) in central Naples, Campania, Italy.
Castel dell'Ovo
Castel dell'Ovo ("Egg Castle") is a seafront castle in Naples, located on the former island of Megaride, now a peninsula, on the Gulf of Naples in Italy.
Spaccanapoli
Spaccanapoli is the straight and narrow main street that traverses the old, historic center of the city of Naples, Italy. The name is a popular usage and means, literally, "Naples splitter".
Herculaneum
Herculaneum is an ancient Roman town located in the modern-day comune of Ercolano, Campania, Italy. Herculaneum was buried under a massive pyroclastic flow in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.
Pompeii
Pompeii was a city in what is now the municipality of Pompei, near Naples, in the Campania region of Italy.
Porta Capuana
The Porta Capuana is a Renaissance city gate in Naples, Italy, originally passing through the medieval city walls, of which two bastions remain to the sides.
Castel Capuano
Castel Capuano is a castle in Naples, southern Italy. It takes its name from the fact that it was at that point in the city walls where the road led out to the city of Capua.
Crypta Neapolitana
The Crypta Neapolitana (Latin for "Neapolitan crypt") is an ancient Roman road tunnel near Naples, Italy. It was built in 37 BC and is over 700 metres long.
Port'Alba, Naples
The Port'Alba is the remnant of one of the city gates in Naples, Italy. It is located on the northwestern edge of Piazza Dante, just north of Vanvitelli's colonnade, which obscures the bastion into which the gate was carved.
Castel Sant'Elmo
Castel Sant'Elmo is a medieval fortress located on Vomero Hill adjacent to the Certosa di San Martino, overlooking Naples, Italy.
Museums
Royal Palace of Naples
The Royal Palace of Naples is a historic building located in Piazza del Plebiscito, in the historic center of Naples, Italy.
Cappella Sansevero
The Cappella Sansevero (also known as the Cappella Sansevero de' Sangri or Pietatella) is a chapel located on Via Francesco de Sanctis 19, just northeast of the church of San Domenico Maggiore, in the historic center of Naples, Italy.
Naples National Archaeological Museum
The National Archaeological Museum of Naples is an important Italian archaeological museum.
Palace of Capodimonte
The Royal Palace of Capodimonte is a large palazzo in Naples, Italy. It was formerly the summer residence and hunting lodge of the Bourbon kings of the Two Sicilies, one of the two royal palaces in Naples.
Certosa di San Martino
The Certosa di San Martino ("Charterhouse of St. Martin") is a former monastery complex, now a museum, in Naples, southern Italy.
Museo di Capodimonte
The Museo di Capodimonte or National Museum of Capodimonte is an art museum occupying the Palace of Capodimonte, a grand 18th-century Bourbon palazzo in Naples, Italy.
Places of worship
Gesù Nuovo
Gesù Nuovo ("New Jesus") is the name of both a church and a square in Naples, Italy.
Santa Chiara
Santa Chiara is a religious complex in Naples, Italy, that includes the church of Santa Chiara, a monastery, tombs and an archeological museum.
Basilica of St. Dominic
San Domenico Maggiore is a Gothic, Roman Catholic church and monastery, founded by the friars of the Dominican Order, and located in the square of the same name in the historic center of Naples.
San Lorenzo Maggiore
San Lorenzo Maggiore is a church in Naples, Italy. It is located at the precise geographic center of the historic center of the ancient Greek-Roman city, at the intersection of via San Gregorio Armeno and via dei Tribunali.
Naples Cathedral
Naples Cathedral, or the Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary, is a Roman Catholic cathedral, the main church of Naples, southern Italy, and the seat of the Archbishop of Naples.
Girolamini
The Church of the Girolamini (also spelled Gerolomini), also known as the Church of Saint Philip Neri, is a church and ecclesiastical complex in Naples, Italy. It stands directly across from the Cathedral of Naples on Via Duomo.
San Francesco di Paola
San Francesco di Paola is a prominent church located to the west in Piazza del Plebiscito, the main square of Naples, Italy.
San Giacomo degli Spagnoli
San Giacomo degli Spagnoli is a basilica church in Piazza Municipio in central Naples, Italy.
San Paolo Maggiore
San Paolo Maggiore is a basilica church in Naples, southern Italy, and the burial place of Saint Cajetan, founder of the Theatines. It is located on Piazza Gaetano, about 1-2 blocks north of Via dei Tribunali.
Santa Maria del Carmine
Santa Maria del Carmine (Our Lady of Mount Carmel) is a church in Naples, Italy.
Santa Maria della Sanità, Naples
The Basilica of Santa Maria della Sanità is a basilica church located over the Catacombs of San Gaudioso, on a Piazza near where Via Sanità meets Via Teresa degli Scalzi, in the Rione of the Sanità, in Naples, Italy.
Nature
Mount Vesuvius
Mount Vesuvius is a somma–stratovolcano located on the Gulf of Naples in Campania, Italy, about 9 km (5.6 mi) east of Naples and a short distance from the shore. It is one of several volcanoes forming the Campanian volcanic arc.
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