{"id":628,"date":"2017-01-12T13:02:03","date_gmt":"2017-01-12T13:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.portanapoli.com\/en\/?p=628"},"modified":"2017-01-13T09:21:47","modified_gmt":"2017-01-13T09:21:47","slug":"shore-excursions-cruise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portanapoli.com\/en\/naples\/shore-excursions-cruise\/","title":{"rendered":"Cruise to Naples: Shore excursions and tours"},"content":{"rendered":"

Naples in Italy is a great Cruise Destination!\u00a0Its surroundings offer many beautiful shore excursions for cruise passenger that are well worth seeing. As your Cruise Ship enters Molo Beverello Harbour, you can already see from far the outlines of the Vesuvius, and a beautiful panorama of Napoli and the Sorrentine Peninsula opens up in front of you.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Panorama of Mount Vesuvius from the cruise ship (\u00a9 Portanapoli.com)<\/p><\/div>\n

If you prefer exploring a city on your own rather than joining an organized tour, Naples is the right place for you. Many interesting sights can be reached on foot or by using public transit. You can also take a cab or the bus at the harbour, but sometimes there is pretty heavy traffic, so the Funicolare or the subway (Metro or Metropolitana) is a better choice.<\/p>\n

But of course you can also plan hourly or daily excursions to Pompeii, Sorrento, Capri or\u00a0the Amalfi Coast, if you have enough time (at least 5 hours).<\/p>\n

Trip destinations and shore excursions\u00a0for cruise passengers in Naples<\/h4>\n

City tour in a sightseeing bus<\/h5>\n

Routes A, B, and C leave from Piazza Plebiscito at the Largo Castello (Maschio Angioino) in red double-decker busses and offer sightseeing tours in different languages with different topics (for example views on the Gulf or art locations). The tours are about 75 \u2013 110 min long and include up to 12 stops. It’s possible to book the sightseeing tours online.<\/p>\n

Naples City tour on foot<\/h5>\n

If you have only a few hours to spend in Naples, you can just take a walk to downtown and visit:
\nMaschio Angioino – Piazza Plebiscito \u2013 Palazzo Reale \u2013 Caff\u00e9 Gambrinus \u2013 Galleria Umberto \u2013 Via Toledo \u2013 Via Chiaia \u2013 Castell dell’Ovo.<\/p>\n

From Molo Beverello Harbour you can already see Maschio Angioino Castle
\n<\/strong>When you walk past it and keep left, you reach the Piazza Plebiscito with the Palazzo Reale (King\u2019s Palace), the famous Caff\u00e9 Gambrinus, and the beautiful Galleria Umberto I (about 15 min to walk). For those of you who like shopping, walk from Piazza Plebiscito towards the long shopping street, Via Toledo<\/a>, (pedestrian area) with lots of boutiques and shoe stores. It leads all the way to the lively Piazza Dante. If you would like to see more exclusive boutiques, you might want to go to the pretty Via Chiaia, which starts at the Caff\u00e9 Gambrinus.
\nShould you, however, prefer to stroll towards the sea, you walk from Piazza Plebiscito to Castell dell’Ovo (about 20-30 min from the harbour). There, at the small marina Santa Lucia, you can find very good restaurants and caff\u00e9s from where you have a great view on\u00a0Mount Vesuvius<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Enjoy panoramas from Vomero Hill: San Martino<\/h5>\n

(On foot and with the subway)
\nOn Piazza Municipio you can take the\u00a0subway, which brings you to the higher situated quarter of Vomero in 5 min (Piazza Vanvitelli). From there, you walk 10 min until you reach the beautiful San Martino Castle that offers fantastic views<\/a> on the whole city and the Vesuvius.
\nThe Vomero has also a pedestrian area with many stores and boutiques.<\/p>\n

Shore excursions in the Historic centre: Piazza Ges\u00f9 – Via San Gregorio Armeno \u2013 Piazza Bellini<\/h5>\n

(On foot, with busses or cabs)
\nIn the characteristic historic city of Naples<\/a> with its winding alleyways und laundry that flutters in the wind, you can still sense the spirit of the true Naples. Via San Gregorio Armeno<\/a> is the well-known street of the nativity scene makers, where numerous craftspeople sell Neapolitan nativity scenes<\/a> and figurines. Many chapels and churches are awaiting your visit and, afterwards, you can take a welcome break in the gardens of the monastery Santa Chiara.
\nIt takes about 30 min to reach the historic city on foot. But\u00a0you can also get the metro from Piazza Municipio to Piazza Dante, take\u00a0a cab to\u00a0Piazza Ges\u00f9, or take the bus.<\/p>\n

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