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Naples cruise port: what you can walk to from the ship

In Naples, cruise ships dock at the Stazione Marittima on Molo Angioino, by Piazza Municipio and Castel Nuovo, so you walk straight into the city. These are the free Mappu walks that fit your hours ashore, timed from the terminal and back.

Self-guidedNo guide meets you and nothing to book: you follow the map and listen on your phone. Want transport and a guide instead? The shore excursions are further down this page.

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What can you walk to from the Naples cruise port?

Quick answer. San Gregorio Armeno and Spaccanapoli, Naples fits in 4 hours ashore: about 2 h 56 min in all, from the ship and back, with an hour to spare before all-aboard. 2 free Mappu self-guided walks fit a day ashore here, each with a free audio guide at every stop.

From the ship to the Stazione Marittima

The Stazione Marittima stands on Molo Angioino, by Piazza Municipio and Castel Nuovo in the city centre: you leave the terminal on foot. The times below start at the terminal.

Mappu allows 15 minutes each way between the ship and the Stazione Marittima.

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With 4 hours ashore

These walks fit, with the trip from the ship and back and an hour to spare.

Route map: San Gregorio Armeno and Spaccanapoli, Naples4 numbered stops in walking order. Stop 1: Naples Underground; Stop 2: San Lorenzo Maggiore; Stop 3: Via San Gregorio Armeno; Stop 4: Spaccanapoli.Stop 1: Naples Underground1Stop 2: San Lorenzo Maggiore2Stop 3: Via San Gregorio Armeno3Stop 4: Spaccanapoli4
4 numbered stops in walking order.

San Gregorio Armeno and Spaccanapoli, Naples

4 stops · about 0.8 km · about 10 min on foot · about 25 min of audio

  • From the Stazione Marittima: about 2.0 km on foot to the first stop (about 27 min).
  • Back from the last stop: about 1.8 km on foot (about 24 min).
  • About 2 h 56 min ashore in all.

Start at Naples Underground on Piazza San Gaetano, the tuff quarries the Greeks began, visited on a guided tour. Cross the square to San Lorenzo Maggiore, the Angevin Gothic basilica above excavated Roman streets, then walk down Via San Gregorio Armeno, the street of nativity workshops, past the church of San Gregorio Armeno. Finish on Spaccanapoli, the straight street that follows the lower decumanus of Greek Neapolis.

The stops and their free audio guides

  1. Naples Undergroundfree audio guide, about 7 min
  2. San Lorenzo Maggiorefree audio guide, about 6 min
  3. Via San Gregorio Armenofree audio guide, about 6 min
  4. Spaccanapolifree audio guide, about 6 min
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Route map: Naples Underground to the Rione Sanità4 numbered stops in walking order. Stop 1: Naples Underground; Stop 2: San Giovanni a Carbonara; Stop 3: Palazzo dello Spagnolo; Stop 4: Basilica of Santa Maria della Sanità.Stop 1: Naples Underground1Stop 2: San Giovanni a Carbonara2Stop 3: Palazzo dello Spagnolo3Stop 4: Basilica of Santa Maria della Sanità4
4 numbered stops in walking order.

Naples Underground to the Rione Sanità

4 stops · about 2.5 km · about 35 min on foot · about 25 min of audio

  • From the Stazione Marittima: about 2.0 km on foot to the first stop (about 27 min).
  • Back from the last stop: about 3.0 km on foot (about 40 min).
  • About 3 h 37 min ashore in all.

Start with Naples Underground, the tuff quarries the Greeks began in the fourth century BCE, visited on a guided tour. Walk north to San Giovanni a Carbonara, three overlapping churches with a monumental royal tomb, and on to the Palazzo dello Spagnolo, famous for its falcon’s-wing staircase of 1738. Finish at the Basilica of Santa Maria della Sanità, a Greek-cross church by the Dominican friar Giuseppe Nuvolo.

The stops and their free audio guides

  1. Naples Undergroundfree audio guide, about 7 min
  2. San Giovanni a Carbonarafree audio guide, about 6 min
  3. Palazzo dello Spagnolofree audio guide, about 6 min
  4. Basilica of Santa Maria della Sanitàfree audio guide, about 6 min
See the walk

With 6 hours ashore

Nothing more than the walks above fits in 6 hours: use the extra time inside the sights or for a long lunch.

With 8 hours ashore

Nothing more than the walks above fits in 8 hours: use the extra time inside the sights or for a long lunch.

How we count the time

Each time adds up the trip from the ship to the Stazione Marittima and back (15 minutes each way, Mappu’s allowance), the walk from there to the first stop and back from the last, the walk itself at 4.5 km/h with its audio, and an hour to spare before all-aboard. Walking distances come from OpenStreetMap. Time inside the sights, queues and meals is extra, and your ship’s all-aboard time always comes first.

Prefer a shore excursion?

A shore excursion takes you further, with transport and a guide, and is planned around the ship’s timetable. Mappu does not run them: the partner below lists them, so you can compare and book.

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