Naples Rione Sanità Walking Tour - Baroque Architecture & Street Art

Enter the alleys of Rione Sanità from Porta San Gennaro

The tour starts at Porta San Gennaro, the iconic entrance to Rione Sanità. For about 2 hours, walk the alleys with a local tour expert, from murals honoring Totò and Maradona to the Baroque art of squares and churches. Whisper headsets are used for groups of 6 or more.

Admire two masterpieces of Neapolitan Baroque

See Palazzo San Felice and Palazzo dello Spagnolo, the 'twin buildings' that symbolize the area's decline and revival. Among the churches, laundry-lined alleys and colorful buildings and murals, you can feel the district's aristocratic past.

Hear the stories of the people reviving the district

Your tour expert introduces the work of social cooperatives to revive the whole neighborhood. See signs of regeneration everywhere, from street art and books open to everyone in the alley of culture to the 'Veiled Child' statue in the Church of San Severo outside the walls and the nativity scene in the Basilica of Santa Maria della Sanità.

Taste Neapolitan street food and dessert

Along the way, try a takeaway fried pizza loved by locals, and enjoy a 'fiocco di neve' from Poppella, a famous Naples pastry shop, with a Neapolitan coffee. The tour ends back at the meeting point.