7 quick day trips from Naples | Best Naples day tours

Museum Correale

Museum Correale houses a brilliant collection of Neapolitan paintings and portraits. Apart from the collection, the houses a citrus grove and the terrace overlooking the Gulf of Naples.

Georges Vallet Archaeological Museum

Situated at the neoclassical Villa Fondi di Sangro overlooking the bay of Naples, Georges Vallet Archaeological Museum has an interesting assortment of sculptures from prehistoric ages to the Roman era.

Sorrento Cathedral

The Sorrento Cathedral is dedicated to the service of the Saints Philip and James and is believed to be standing on the ruins of an old temple dedicated to Jupiter.

Piazza Tasso

Named after the famous poet Torquato Tasso, the Piazza Tasso was built around 1866 in the main square of Sorrento, featuring a prominent statue of Saint Anthony.

Corso Italia

Corso Italia is the main shopping center of Sorrento and is brimming with tourists and locals all day long. In the evenings, the street comes alive with local gift shops and street-side hawkers advertising their wares. You can also find live music and live painters cajoling their art on these cobbled streets.

Blue Grotto

The Blue Grotto, or the Grotto Azzurra,is nature at its most magnificent. A sea cave that radiates iridescent blue light, the Blue Grotto offers stunning views of the brilliant blue and emerald waters.

Anacapri

Olive trees, flowers, wineries and quaint little shops selling everything from limoncello to handicrafts are abound in the picturesque town of Anacapri. The highest town on the island, Anacapri offers splendid views of the harbor.

Faraglioni

The stunning coastal rock formations of the Faraglioni are among Capri’s most renowned sights. They comprise three rocky stacks that combine to create one of the most astonishingly beautiful landscapes in the world.

Villa San Michele

Among the most-visited sites in Capri, Villa San Michele, featuring traditional Roman and Swedish furnishings with marvelous paintings dating back to the ancient era. The villa’s garden presents breathtaking views of the harbor and the sea, and an enchanting glimpse of Capri.

Mount Solaro

The highest and most panoramic point in the town of Anacapri, Monte Solaro offers the best views of the region. At 589 meters above sea level, catch a breathtaking glimpse of the entire island of Capri, as well as the distant mountains of Calabria. You can ride up a chairlift from Piazza Vittoria in Anacapri, a roundtrip costing €12.

Baths (Thermae)

These are well-preserved thermal baths, separate for men and women. The water fed by a deep well was heated by a large furnace and distributed around the baths by a network of pipes. The men’s bath has a floor mosaic of dolphins while the women's floor has a well preserved geometric pattern and intact wooden shelves.

House of Neptune and Amphitrite

Named after Neptune and Amphitrite, a sea goddess and wife of Poseidon, this place has one of the most beautiful mosaic glass wall. The adjoining wall is also covered with a glass mosaic, with marble masks above it. It has a garden room that replaces the peristyle giving it a unique touch.

House of the Deer

Another luxurious waterfront two storied villa with a central courtyard.The floor with marble chips and mosaic patterns is quite an awesome sight. The frescoed walls are not to be missed. It had a huge garden adorned with marble tables and deer statues, well preserved now in the onsite museum.

House of the Black Room/Salon

This opulent house has a little courtyard garden and beautiful mosaic flooring. It also has remains of the art appreciated by Herculaneum's natives in the form of very fine wall paintings on a rather unusual black background.

House of the Beautiful Courtyard (Casa del Bel Cortile)

Based on the lines of an Italian medieval courtyard, this beautiful house has walls with black and white mosaic paintings. A display case with two skeletons fused in a volcanic rock is the salient attraction of this house.

The Forum of Pompeii

The Forum located in Pompeii was the economic, political and religious city center. All public debates and religious events were carried out here, and it was the real heart of the city.

Antiquarium

Rows of amphora and other vessels, furnishings, and small household and commercial items. Along with these are the plaster casts made from almost perfect molds left in the solidified ash by the bodies of those caught in the sudden destruction.

Amphitheater

Dating from 80 BC, the massive Amphitheater at the far end of Pompeii, which seated 12,000 spectators, is the oldest surviving Roman amphitheater.

Villa of the Mysteries

Outside the main excavation area and beyond the Villa of Diomedes is the magnificent Villa of the Mysteries (Villa dei Misteri). This villa has the finest surviving ancient wall paintings, preserved in all the brilliance of their original colors.

Aragonese Castle

In 474 BC the Greeks took refuge on this island to defend against enemies but was Alfonso of Aragon, in 1441, to turn it into a fortified citadel and is know called Aragonese Castle.

Thermal Gardens

The Romans, who appreciated the spa treatments, were enjoying the thermal waters of Ischia when the rest of the world was still living in a state of barbarism. The most famous are Poseidon Gardens Spa, Aphrodite Gardens, Eden Tropical, Terme di Castiglione, Bagnitiello, Negombo and Cavascura.

Sorgeto Bay

The hot springs from the underground cross the sea water, creating pools and natural swimming pools of different sizes and temperature at the Sorgeto Bay. You can choose boiling water, warm or cold as in the best spas, but for free, and all over the year. You will however have to descend 234 steps to afford to get to the Bay of Sorgeto.

Church of Soccorso in Forio d'Ischia

The white church of Soccorso is one of the favorite photographic subjects by tourists visiting Ischia. Small but with an extraordinary charm, it is located on a promontory overlooking the sea. The church has different architectural styles but the most interesting subject is the ex -voto of sailors hung everywhere as thank for surviving the storm.

Paestum's Temples

Paestum’s ruins are smaller, older, more Greek and – crucially – a lot less overrun. Consequently, it is possible to steal some reflective moments here as the sun slants across the giant Doric columns of this once great city of Magna Graecia

Museo di Paestum

Facing the east side of the ruins, Museo di Paestum houses a collection of much-weathered metopes. You can find originals from the Tempio di Argiva Hera (Temple of Argive Hera) of which virtually nothing else remains. The most famous of the museum's numerous frescoes is the 5th-century-BC Tomba del tuffatore (Tomb of the Diver), thought to represent the passage from life to death with its frescoed depiction of a diver in mid-air.

Tempio di Nettuno

Dating from about 450 BC, the limestone Tempio di Nettuno is the largest and best preserved of Paestum's trio of temples; only parts of its inside walls and roof are missing. Many scholars believe that the temple was actually dedicated to the Greek goddess Hera, sister and wife of Zeus.

Velia (Elea)

Velia, once a popular resort of the Roman aristocracy, is where you can see the remains of several villas and town gates. But even more interesting is what archaeologists have found about five meters below the Roman resort. Excavations have revealed foundations of a fifth-century BC temple destroyed during the construction of the medieval castle, with remains of three smaller temples, a sacrificial altar and greek baths.

Apart from the Royal Palace of Caserta, here's all that you must do in Caserta.

Caserta Vecchia

About 10 km from the Royal Palace of Caserta resides the old town, Caserta Vecchia, at the foot of Mount Virgo. This lovely medieval and incredibly medieval hamlet was founded by Lombards in the 8th century - its rustic simplicity and quiet that is bound to mesmerize you. You can admire a lovely cathedral boasting Arabic, Norman and Sicilian art as well as the ruins of the former castle.

San Leucio Complex

San Leucio complex was created by Bourbon King Ferdinando IV as a “utopia” town. It was to be a combined residential-workplace location dedicated to his silk manufacture.