Rione Sanità Tour: Baroque Art, Revival, Street Art & Neapolitan Flavors

Highlights

• Baroque Masterpieces
• Street Art & Colors
• Neapolitan Flavors

What's included

Itinerary

1. 1

   Porta San Gennaro

   15min

   Your tour will begin at Porta San Gennaro, the symbolic entrance point of the Rione Sanità.

2. 2

   Rione Sanita

   20min

   Entering the popular alleys, revealing a treasure at every turn: from the murals dedicated to Totò and Maradona to the Baroque art of the squares and churches, all very scenic and contradictory.

3. 3

   Palazzo Dello Spagnolo

   15min

   You will have the chance to admire two of the main masterpieces of Neapolitan Baroque: Palazzo San Felice and Palazzo dello Spagnolo, twin architectures emblematic of the district's decay and rebirth.

4. 4

   Rione Sanita

   20min

   Your tour expert unveils you a symbol of the community, and then the beauty of the churches and the laundry hung out to dry, the colours of the buildings and murals, the typical flavours of Naples. But above all, a story of rebirth.

5. 5

   Stop 5

   15min

   Stop for tasting of "fried pizza " one of the most typical Nepolitan street foods in the world . You will enjoy the mix of "cicoli and ricotta cheese", black peper, fior di latte cheese.

6. 6

   Santa Maria della Sanita

   15min

   Your tour expert will tell you about the struggle of the social cooperative to regenerate the whole neighbourhood. The desire for rebirth is everywhere: from the street art and books for everybody in the alley of culture to the sculpture of the "Veiled Son" in the basilica of San Severo outside the walls, to the fabulous Nativity scene in the basilica of Santa Maria alla Sanità, a symbol of hope and universal integration.

7. 7

   Stop 7

   5min

   Final stop for sweet tasting of typical "fiocco di neve" in Poppella pastry shop accompanied by real neapolitan espresso .

Before you go

Location