Napoli Sotterranea: 40 meters down, only with a guide

Napoli Sotterranea can only be seen on a guided tour, with departures at 10 am, noon, 2 pm, 4 pm, 5 pm and 6 pm in Italian and English, on a route 40 meters below the street (2026).

Six departures, all of them guided

Every visit to Napoli Sotterranea is a guided tour on a fixed departure: 10 am, 12 pm, 2 pm, 4 pm, 5 pm and 6 pm, and each runs in both Italian and English (2026).

On the boards at the entrance those read 10:00, 12:00, 14:00, 16:00, 17:00 and 18:00. Note the shape of the day: two-hour gaps until 4 pm, then a departure every hour.

That late cluster is the practical window. Three departures in three hours means a missed slot costs you an hour, not two.

Thursday at 9 pm, with 10 people

There is one evening departure, on Thursday at 9 pm, and it runs only if you book it for a group of at least 10.

For a couple or a family of four, that makes the evening tour unavailable in practice. Plan on the daytime slots.

The entrance is at Piazza San Gaetano 68-69

The way in is at Piazza San Gaetano 68-69, on via dei Tribunali, and the operator itself warns that the address Google Maps has on file sends people to the wrong place.

Type the square, not the attraction, into your map, and arrive a few minutes early: a departure missed at the wrong address is a departure gone.

40 meters below the street

The route runs 40 meters underground.

The operator publishes neither the number of steps nor the exact length of the tour. Anyone in your group with bad knees or a fear of tight spaces should ask when booking, because there's no figure to plan with in advance.

No readable price, and a wait of 10 to 90 minutes

No price is published on a readable page: the tariff sits inside the booking engine at booking.napolisotterranea.org, which doesn't display prices outside a purchase.

Without a reservation, the operator puts the wait for a departure at anywhere from 10 to 90 minutes. Booking is the difference between walking down at the time you chose and standing on via dei Tribunali for an hour and a half.

Cappella Sansevero: tickets open 60 days ahead

The Cappella Sansevero, home of the Veiled Christ, can't be visited without a booking: online tickets open 60 days before the date, and a further batch is released 2 days before (2026).

The full ticket costs €12, with €8 for ages 18 to 26 and FAI members, €6 for ages 10 to 17, €7 for a visitor with a disability and companion, and free entry under 10. The audioguide is €3.50. Prices are the museum's own, in euros.

The Ministry of Culture's listing still shows €10. The museum's €12 is what you'll pay.

Tuesday: the day to go underground first

The chapel is open every day from 9 am to 7 pm except Tuesday, with last entry at 6:30 pm, and tickets can be neither refunded nor transferred.

So on a Tuesday in Naples, Napoli Sotterranea is the booking to make. On other days, lock the Sansevero slot first, because it's the one with a 60-day queue, and fit the underground tour around it.

More on the city: Naples, the Naples questions page and the archaeological museum.

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