Authentic Naples: Walking Tour with a Colombian Guide

The Square of Plebiscite The Square of Plebiscite 2 Enter the images gallery Piazza del Plebiscito is one of the most elegant and monumental public spaces in the city. Currently it is the place of celebration of most of the cultural events in Naples.The square is located between two imposing buildings facing each other: the Basilica of San Francesco da Paola, one of the largest churches in Naples with a neoclassical facade and a large semicircular colonnade on one side, and the sober Palazzo Reale, one of the most interesting places in the city due to its excellent state of preservation, on the other. It is a pleasant place to explore, especially in a chaotic city like Naples, where it is nice to find a corner of peace that allows you to enjoy calmly the monuments that surround it.

The Lungomare Caracciolo is one of the most famous promenades in Naples, about 4 km long, from Borgo Santa Lucia to Via Caracciolo. If you have booked one of our rooms, you are right next to this place, which will allow you to admire Castel dell’Ovo and the Municipal Villa with the Dohrn Aquarium, but not only. If you feel like enjoying enchanting views of the sea, here you will be in the right place, even for a stop for lunch and dinner, as the Lungomare Caracciolo and its surroundings are full of restaurants and clubs. In any season of the year it is pleasant to take a walk, but it is in summer that it expresses its best, with the sun reflecting on the water, Vesuvius in the background, the Listing of the island of Capri and the promontory of Posillipo in the distance and outdoor tables. Let's see in more detail what to expect from this walk to discover.

The Royal Palace of Naples is located in Piazza del Plebiscito, on the opposite side from the Basilica of San Francesco di Paola. The Royal Palace is one of the most visited attractions in Naples since it houses objects, paintings, frescoes and tapestries of great value and well-appointed rooms that tell the story of the city from the seventeenth century until the arrival of the Savoy family. The Palace was commissioned by the viceroy of the Kingdom of Naples Fernando Ruiz de Castro who wanted to build a residence in the city worthy of hosting the King of Spain Philip III of Habsburg. The strategic position in which the building was erected right near the Port of Naples allowed the royal family, in case of enemy attack, to leave the city by sea. -

The Real Teatro di San Carlo is the opera house of Naples, among the most famous and prestigious in the world. Founded in 1737, it is the oldest opera house in the world to be still active[1], the first Italian theater to establish a school for dance; it anticipates the Teatro alla Scala in Milan by 41 years and the Teatro La Fenice in Venice by 55 years.[2] Originally, it could accommodate 3,285 spectators,[3] which was reduced to 1386 following safety regulations. It has a large audience, five rows of horseshoe-shaped boxes plus a large royal box, a gallery and a stage Given its size, structure and antiquity it was a model for later theatres in Europe. Overlooking the homonymous street and, laterally, Piazza Trieste and Trento, the theater, in line with other great architectural works of the period, such as the great Bourbon palaces, was the symbol of a Naples that emphasized its status as a great European capital.6]

It was built at the behest of King Charles I of Anjou when, following the defeat of the Swabians in 1266 and the accession to the throne of Sicily, he decided to move the capital from Palermo to Naples. In the 15th century, Alfonso V of Aragon modernized the Neapolitan symbol, preserving the Palatine Chapel, some towers and the walls of the ancient building.Its imposing structure, visible from a distance, has five towers joined by impregnable walls with a huge ditch to surround the entire structure. Inside, however, very little of the original 14th century elements is preserved. Here the famous Palatine Chapel preserves its original structure, a small church located in the courtyard of the castle, where there are fragments of the fresco of Giotto's "Stories of the Old and New Testaments".