Napoli Introduction Walk

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Owner: Dromos
Region: Campania • Naples • Italy
Linked groups: History • Arts • Archeology • Architecture • Abbeys, monasteries and cloisters • Castle • City • Top things • De Weekenders • Geology • Schoolexcursions
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Napoli Introduction Walk

A 1st introduction to Napoli.


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Its starts at a metrostation.

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General difficulty level

General difficulty score: 90/100.

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Difficulty level in detail

Total ascent: 526 m
Difficulty level (relative): 9/10

Max. slope (base 500m): 24.05 %
Difficulty level (relative): 9/10

Length: 12.7 km
Difficulty level (relative): 8/10

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Metrostation Materdei (distance from start: 0 km/0 miles)

Metrostation Materdei
Napoli

Museo di Capodimonte (distance from start: 1.94 km/1.21 miles)

Museo di Capodimonte
Napoli
Previously a Bourbon palace, now a museum and art gallery the Museo di Capodimonte is probably the most important in Naples. The art gallery features paintings from the 13th to the 18th century including major works by Simone Martini, Raphael, Titian, Caravaggio, El Greco and many others including Neapolitan School painters Jusepe de Ribera and Luca Giordano. The famous Capodimonte Porcelain Factory was just adjacent to the palace.

Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli (distance from start: 4.25 km/2.64 miles)

Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli
Napoli
The Naples National Archaeological Museum (Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli) is located at the northwest corner of the original Greek wall of the city of Neapolis. The museum contains a large collection of Roman artifacts from Pompeii and Herculaneum. The collection includes works of the highest quality produced in Greek, Roman and Renaissance times. It has also the famous Alexander Mosaic.

Duomo di Napoli (distance from start: 5.15 km/3.2 miles)

Duomo di Napoli
Napoli
The Cathedral of Naples (or Duomo) is dedicated to San Gennaro (St. Januarius), the city's patron. The church houses a vial of the Saint's blood that is brought out twice a year, on the first Saturday in May and 19 September, and usually liquefies. According to legend if the blood should fail to liquefy, then something bad will happen to Naples.

Vesuvius (distance from start: 5.28 km/3.28 miles)

Vesuvius
Ercolano
The name "Vesuvius" is derived from the name "fesf", meaning smoke. It has an altitude of 1281 m. hoog. The famous eruption destroyed Pompeii in 79 A.D..

Certosa di San Martino (distance from start: 7.38 km/4.59 miles)

Certosa di San Martino
Napoli
The Certosa di San Martino is a former monastery complex, now a museum, in Naples, southern Italy. A Carthusian monastery, it was finished and inaugurated under the rule of Queen Joan I in 1368. It was dedicated to St. Martin of Tours. Today, the museum houses a museum with a display of Spanish and Bourbon era artifacts, as well as displays of the presepe--Nativity scene--considered to be among the finest in the world.

San t'Elmo (distance from start: 7.49 km/4.66 miles)

San t'Elmo
Napoli
Sant'Elmo is the name of both a hill and a fortress located near the Certosa di San Martino. Together, the structures overlook Naples and are the most visible landmarks in the city. The name "Sant'Elmo" is from an old 10th-century church, Sant'Erasmo, that name being shortened to "Ermo" and, finally, "Elmo".

The fortress was started in 1329 under Robert of Anjou and completed in 1343, the year of his death. The fortress is a star-shaped castle with six ramparts. The fortress has been restored to public use since 1980 and houses the "Bruno Molajoli" Art History museum.

Campi Flegrei (distance from start: 7.99 km/4.96 miles)

Campi Flegrei
Pozzuoli
Campi Flegrei, also known as the Phlegraean Fields, is a large 13 km (8 mi) wide caldera. Today most of the area lies underwater, but it includes the town of Pozzuoli and the Solfatara crater, mythological home of the Roman god of fire, Vulcan. It is thought that the caldera was created in two major events. The first occurred about 40,000 years ago, erupting about 200 km³ of magma (500 km³ bulk volumePietrarsa railway museum (distance from start: 10.11 km/6.28 miles)
Pietrarsa railway museum
Napoli
The Pietrarsa railway is one of the most complete such facilities in the world. The museum is located on the premises of the former metal foundry of the Kingdom of Naples, a plant that produced most of the boilers for locomotives and steam-driven ships in the kingdom in the first half of the 19th century.

The museum contains original engines as well as scale models incorporated into a display of the history of trains in Italy. The displays include the Bayard, the first locomotive in Italy, which started its run from Naples to Portici on October 3, 1838.

Castel Nuovo (distance from start: 10.2 km/6.34 miles)

Castel Nuovo
Napoli
Castel Nuovo, often called Maschio Angioino is the main symbol of the architecture of the city.

In a hall of the castle the famous Barons conspiracy against King Ferrante, Alfonso's son, occurred. The King had invited the barons for a feast; but, a certain point, he had the garrison close all the hall's doors and all the barons were arrested and later executed.

Royal Palace (Naples) (distance from start: 11.02 km/6.85 miles)

Royal Palace (Naples)
Napoli
Today the Royal Palace and adjacent grounds house the San Carlo Theater, a museum, the National Library of Naples and a number of city offices, including those of the regional tourist board.

The Royal Palace is one of the four residences used by the Bourbon Kings of Naples during their rule of the Kingdom of Two Sicilies (1730-1860). The Royal Palace is on the site of an earlier building meant to host King Philip III of Spain, who however never made the trip.

Piazza Plebiscito (distance from start: 11.09 km/6.89 miles)

Piazza Plebiscito
Napoli
Piazza Plebiscito is the largest square in Naples. It is named for the plebiscite taken in 1860 that brought Naples into the unified Kingdom of Italy under the House of Savoy. It is bounded on the east by the Royal Palace and on the west by the church of San Francesco di Paola with the colonnades extending to both sides.

In the first years of the 19th century, the King of Naples was Murat (Napoleon's brother-in-law). He planned the square and building as a tribute to the emperor.

The church is reminiscent of the Pantheon in Rome.

The church of San Francesco di Paola (distance from start: 11.32 km/7.03 miles)

The church of San Francesco di Paola
Napoli
Ferdinand I converted this building into the church dedicated to Saint Francis of Paola, who had stayed in a monastery on this site in the 16th century. The church is reminiscent of the Pantheon in Rome. The façade is fronted by a portico resting on six columns and two Ionic pillars. Inside, the church is circular with two side chapels. The dome is 53 metres high.

Pompeii (distance from start: 12.21 km/7.59 miles)

Pompeii
Pompei
Pompeii got destroyed in 79 A.D. by the eruption of the Vesuvius.

Castel dell'Ovo (distance from start: 12.54 km/7.79 miles)

Castel dell'Ovo
Castel dell'Ovo (Italian: "Egg Castle") is located on a small island, the Megarides, where colonists from Cumae founded the original nucleus of the city in the 6th century BCE. In the 1800s a small fishing village (Borgo Marinari) sprung-up around the castle's southern wall. This village still stands. However, it is now more known for its marina and several fine restaurants.


The castle is connected by a small causeway that is a popular place for newlyweds to have their wedding photos taken.

The castle's name stems from a medieval legend which holds that the poet Virgil, who developed a medieval reputation as a great sorcerer, had a magical egg put in the foundations to support them. Its location affords it an excellent view of the Naples waterfront and the surrounding area.

Places of interest (near the route)

Hotels nearby

  1. Hotel Royal Continental
  2. UNA Hotel Napoli
  3. H2C Hotel Napoli
  4. San Francesco al Monte
  5. Grand Hotel Santa Lucia
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