Naples audio guide that talks as you walk

What the app tells you about

In the app, each of these is a 2–3 minute story that starts as you arrive — your first one is free.

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   Naples Cathedral (Duomo)

   The cathedral is dedicated to San Gennaro, the city's patron saint. Several times a year the faithful gather to see whether his dried blood, kept in a glass vial, turns liquid — a good omen for Naples.

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   Napoli Sotterranea

   Beneath the streets lies a maze of tunnels and cisterns dug by the Greeks and Romans and used as air-raid shelters in the Second World War. Guided visits start near Piazza San Gaetano.

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   Via San Gregorio Armeno

   The famous 'Christmas street' of Naples is lined all year round with workshops making hand-crafted nativity scenes — and figurines of footballers and celebrities.

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   Cappella Sansevero

   This small chapel holds one of the most astonishing sculptures in Italy: Giuseppe Sanmartino's Veiled Christ (1753), whose marble shroud looks transparent.

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   Spaccanapoli

   The long, straight street that 'splits Naples' in two follows an ancient Greek road. It runs through the heart of the historic centre, past churches, palazzi, pastry shops and street shrines.

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   National Archaeological Museum

   One of the most important archaeological museums in the world, with mosaics, frescoes and everyday objects from Pompeii and Herculaneum, and the Farnese collection of classical sculpture.

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   Castel Nuovo (Maschio Angioino)

   Built for Charles I of Anjou at the end of the 13th century, the 'new castle' guards the harbour. Its white marble triumphal arch celebrates Alfonso of Aragon's entry into Naples in 1443.

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   Galleria Umberto I

   A glass-and-iron shopping arcade built between 1887 and 1890, with a soaring dome and mosaic floors. It faces the Teatro di San Carlo.

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   Teatro di San Carlo

   Opened in 1737, it is the oldest continuously active opera house in Europe — decades older than Milan's La Scala.

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    Royal Palace of Naples

    The residence of the Spanish viceroys and later of the Bourbon kings, with a grand staircase, royal apartments and a façade lined with statues of the kings of Naples.

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    Piazza del Plebiscito

    The city's largest square, framed by the Royal Palace and the curved colonnade of the church of San Francesco di Paola, which was modelled on the Pantheon in Rome.

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    Castel dell'Ovo

    The oldest castle in Naples stands on a tiny island by the seafront. Legend says the poet Virgil hid a magic egg in its foundations — if it ever broke, disaster would strike the city.

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