NAPLES · ITALY
Naples’s best days out.
The 15 most popular naples underground tours in Naples. The ones worth building a day around, with prices, run times and who runs them.
Official Naples Underground guided tour under the historic center, including the aqueduct and Roman theatre ruins, plus optional pizza.
Most Popular“The tour was amazing. We enjoyed the layered history of the tunnels immensely. The walk through the them was so exciting, especially the areas preserved with crystal clear water and the hanging above them amphoras.”
Walk Naples’ Spanish Quarters underground on a 1-hour guided tour, with tunnels, history, and an aqueduct stop for $17.
“fascinating tour of the underground tunnels. lots of history, great tour guide Edardo. 5 stars”
Walk Naples underground on the 1853 Bourbon Tunnel tour. See WWII traces, fascist-era statues, and vintage vehicles with a guide.
“Surprising, evocative, emotional, and informative. Be advised it can be hard to see down there for those who are older (my parents are in their 70s) but our guide did an excellent job of navigating us through the space and all the steps down.”
Walk Naples underground on a guided Bourbon Tunnel tour, with WWII shelter stories and old cars, including a standard entry route.
“Fantastic tour, great people that run it and generally such an amazing thing to do when in Naples. Will return when we come back to the city. Thank you for my gift when purchasing my little glass fella from the awesome vintage shop at the end. Thank you 🙏🏻”
Step into Napoli Sotterranea for an hour of aqueduct engineering and WWII shelter stories in tight tunnels with an English guide.
“We had a very good english speaking and funny guide. The experience was top. In my opinion not suited for large (in both directions) people. Some spaces are really narrow. I enjoyed it a lot.”
Explore San Lorenzo Maggiore and Neapolis Sotterrata in central Naples, with fresco-filled halls and a Roman market under the church.
“I couldn't download the audioguide from the website, and I tried with two browsers. But I still had a nice visit. The archeological site and the biblioteca were very nice.”
Skip-the-line entry to Naples Underground: air-raid shelters, aqueducts, and a Roman theater inside cool underground passages for 1.5 hours.
“Total confusion starting with the smart mouth guides in front of the entrance. Groups are too big for the tour and can’t understand a word due to guide’s acent”
Half-day Naples walk with an art historian guide, headsets, and tickets to the underground Roman market beneath San Lorenzo Maggiore.
“This was a perfect tour of Naples where we saw most of the important sites, including a short ride on the metro. Our tour guide Nanzia was knowledgeable and friendly. We had Spanish speaking and English speaking guests on the tour so we did need to wait for her to translate to the other guests.…”
Walk Naples with a local guide, hit the big sights, and tour the Neapolis Sotterrata underground ruins. Optional lunch upgrade.
“The walking tour with the Roman ruins was a really good overview of Naples. Our guide Francesco was very knowledgeable and was able to give us background and context to everything we saw along the way. He was also able to answer all our questions and was very friendly and helpful throughout.”
Naples Underground and highlights walk: small group, English guide, Underground Naples ticket, and Spaccanapoli streets. Mobile ticket included.
“A fantastic, informative and occasionally humorous tour of Naples and the catacombs. A morning well spent!”
A small-group walk through old Naples, capped by a 121-step descent into Underground Naples caves, cisterns, and WWII tunnels.
“Similar to the food tour but without the food. Guide left us at the underground entrance and we were told we needed to pay for tickets because they weren’t included, despite them being included in the description. Do the food tour instead.”
Try scuba at Baia’s underwater Roman ruins near Naples. Small group, English guide, equipment, and two guided underwater sessions.
“The instructors were very patient with us as we had essentially never done Scuba before. They were very supportive throughout the process. The dive locations were wonderful and you could touch the artifacts! The advert shows the statue but we did not end up seeing that - we knew that before we went out to…”
Private 2-hour Naples underground tour through Neapolis Sotterrata, Santa Maria delle Anime del Purgatorio, the Duomo, plus coffee and sfogliatella.
“Excellent tour with Livio so much information and interesting facts we really enjoyed his guidance Above and below was very interesting”
Naples history above and below ground, from Piazza del Plebiscito to the Bourbon Tunnel and WWII-era shelters, guided in English.
“Was very informative and interesting - it even held the attention of our 5 and 6 year old daughters! Also a nice cool break from the summer heat!”
A 2.5-hour small-group walk that pairs Piazza Bellini streets with a guided hour in Underground Naples and a classic stroll to Spaccanapoli.
“Professional guide, really beautiful tour. I recommend it.”
The old city on foot, and every boat, train and road that leaves the bay.
