Naples Self Guided Tour of Miracles and Bad Omens

Duration2h - 4h

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LanguagesGerman, Russian, Portuguese, English, Italian, Polish, French, Dutch, Spanish

Private tourOnly your group will participate

Overview

Prisoners were vanishing from the dungeons of Castel Nuovo, nothing left but a smear of blood on the stone. People adopted a stranger’s skull and whispered lottery numbers to them. Three times a year, worshippers hold their breath as a vial of dried blood either melts or doesn't.
This self-guided walking tour leads you across nearly four kilometres of Spaccanapoli. Stand where a queen once cursed prisoners to a blindfolded walk, and step into a chapel holding a Christ carved, impossibly, from one block of marble. Start any time and pause whenever a cup of coffee or a slice of pizza calls you. Skip keeping pace with a group or a guide rushing you past a stop you wanted to explore.
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What's included

1-year access to audio on iOS & Android. Listen to the tour anytime, as many times as you like
Audio and written guide included
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Offline access to the tour (no internet connection needed) once tour is downloaded
Images to identify stops and in app interactive map for navigation

Any physical devices or headphones
Human tour guide at location

What to expect

Piazza del Plebiscito
12m

Stand between two stone kings and try the blindfolded walk a queen once turned into a death sentence
Pass by

Count eight stone kings on the facade, then hear how they argue over who made the mess
8m

Uncover the wartime promise a king made to God, and paid for in marble
10m

Search for the bronze pot where strangers collect coffee someone else already paid for
Teatro di San Carlo
Pass by

Trace the rumored tunnel a king may have used to reach his private opera box
Galleria Umberto I
10m

Find the zodiac bull hidden in the marble floor and stand where locals make a wish
Pass by

Piece together how prisoners disappeared from this dungeon, and what the guards finally saw below the waterline
8m

Notice how this restless fountain has been moved from square to square for centuries
10m

Look up at a facade of stone diamonds hiding symbols some swear spell out a lost song
12m

Cross into a complete Roman street preserved exactly where the Romans left it
Pass by

Decode the rumor behind a marble Christ so lifelike people swore the veil was real
10m

Encounter the adopted skulls Neapolitans still ask for lottery numbers and love
Pio Monte della Misericordia
Pass by

Pause at a Caravaggio painted while its artist was on the run for murder
15m

Watch for the vial of blood that must decide, three times a year, if Naples is safe

Meeting and pickup

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Additional information

Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Cancellation policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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