Guided Tours of Naples: Ancient Neapolitan routes Museums routes

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City Routes
1. Ancient Neapolitan routes: It may start where all started. From the shore where the siren Partenope landed and the first greek settlement ( Palepolis) was created. Here now lays the wonderful Castel dell' Ovo enclosing ruins of a past where myth and reality mixed. From there, we go on through the monumental squares of Piazza Plebiscito and Piazza Municipio where are the Royal Palace and the New Castle, to end in the heart of the Historical centre ( the old Neapolis) where it's easy to recognize the signs of more than two thousand years of history. From the urban structure, still keeping the shape of the old greek roman city, divided in small alleys (decumani and cardins) to an incredible treasure in terms of arts and traditions, clues of the tumultuous history of this city claiming to be in somehow the cultural capital of Southern Italy and a key city in the Mediterranean scenery.Walking through it will allow us to see the Duomo and some of the main churches, out of hundreds, representing all ages and styles. Then, the old Universities and wonderful palaces while big squares open up suddenly in the narrow and densely populated alleys. Twenty metres below, another city, so called Naples Sotterranea, a fascinating labyrinth of galleries and wide cisterns, built at the greek-roman times and that had been used until 1800 as the city acqueduct. After its dismissal, here people sought shelter during bombings of World War II and today is possible to visit it.The Historical centre is also the place for appreciating the typical neapolitan pastry, the best pizza and all smells, colours and voices of the real Naples.			the street "Spaccanapoli"
San Domenico Maggiore Churche's sec. XIII	San Lorenzo Maggiore Churche's sec.XIII		Castel dell'Ovo sec. XII
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Museum Routes: Half day visit to any of the above museums 80 euro. Each visit includes a coffee break in the surroundings
2. The National Museum It is one of the richest and most important Museums of Italy and so of the world. Here you can see one of the richest collections of classic arts, with treasures coming from the Farnese family collection, the findings of Pompei, Ercolano and the other minor sites of the Gulf as well as from all the southern provinces of the former Reign of Naples where Magna Grecia expanded. The Erotic Room is for sure one of the weirdest examples of the ever seen classic arts. The Museum includes also a rich collection of Egyptian findings together with other sections of certain interest	3. Capodimonte Museum 3. Capodimonte MuseumSurrounded by the biggest city park, there is the recently renewed Museum of Capodimonte located in one of the Borbon's Royal Palaces. In its huge rooms are located the wonderful paintings and other objects of the art collection of Farnese's and Borgia's families, that include art works from '200 to '800. Finally the delicate masterpieces of the Royal Ceramics Factory while last floor is dedicated to Contemporary Art.	4. Museum of Certosa of Saint Martin. Situated on the top of a hill dominating the city, the Certosa and the nearby fortress of S.Elmo's Castle have been in the centuries one of the most represented icons of the city. The Museum of Certosa is hosted in a old religious Monastery, that was enriched during all different periods it has lived. Actually it offers to the visitor many of the best masterpieces of the Renaissance in Naples. Since its birth as Museum it became a civic museums with a wide range of work arts and curiosities of Naples. Few metres higher there's S.Elmo's Castle, an amazing fortress dominating all the area of Naples and is now days housing several art and cultural happenings.
	Capodimonte Museum	Certosa San Martino Museum sec.XIV
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