Guided Tours

Napoli Sotterranea Skip-the-Line Guided Tour

Naples underground ruins entrance at Napoli Sotterranea, showcasing ancient stone arches and pathways.

Naples Underground guided tour entrance at Piazza San Gaetano.

Take the official and authorized Naples Underground tour with an expert English or Italian-speaking guide.

Highlights

Explore the 4th-century BC Greek cisterns, then descend through Bourbon and modern tunnels to a depth of 40 meters beneath Naples.
Enjoy a short, candle-lit stretch of tunnel leading to a Roman cistern still filled with water, offering a unique atmospheric experience.
See ancient and recent discoveries in the Roman Theater's Summa Cavea, where you'll find artifacts and traces of Bourbon-era sewers.
At the Hypogeum Gardens, where plants thrives underground, discover an innovative space for scientific botanical research.

Inclusions

1 to 1.5-hour guided tour of Naples Sotterranea with entry
Expert English or Italian-speaking guide

cancellation policy

You can cancel these tickets up to 24 hours before the experience begins and get a full refund.

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Barbara

5/5

Dec, 2024

Beautiful experience, a full immersion in history and underground. Very good guide who not only explained everything very well but also made this excursion nice and interesting.

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Italo

3/5

Dec, 2024

One must warn those who are 190 cm tall that in some areas they cannot enter given the extremely small size. Otherwise, excellent guide in Italian. Thank you

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Carlo

5/5

Nov, 2024

The atmosphere there is of a beautiful city, full of life, lots of culture that takes you into history, lots of things to see and simple but superb cuisine. 4 days flew by and I will definitely return

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Fabrizia

5/5

Oct, 2024

The guide who took us to the underground Naples was outstanding, I would have listened to her for hours! Definitely less so the colleague who took us to see the remains of the theater in the old house, definitely not very personable and not engaging at all! Overall, however, wonderful experience and excellent queue-skipping service that could be done at any time!

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Tracy

4/5

Oct, 2024

The tour itself was incredible and the guide was wonderful! The entrance personnel seemed very upset that we were there and mentioned that they hate Americans, that was upsetting because we were very happy and friendly. But, we had to let that go and just enjoy the day! The narrow passages were longer than I thought, but it was worth it to see the beautiful underground rooms. It was unforgettable and very informative.

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Your experience

Into the layers of Naples

Descend 136 steps into the depths of Naples’ underground, 40 meters below the surface, and uncover a hidden world shaped by centuries of history. Explore ancient Greek cisterns, medieval tunnels, and Bourbon-era shelters, once used for water storage and wartime protection. Walk along well-lit pathways to discover the Arianna seismic station, a unique underground greenhouse, and a War Museum that vividly recounts Naples’ wartime past.

Unique underground chambers

Your journey continues to the Roman Theater, where you'll enter a typical Neapolitan home to discover Emperor Nero’s private dressing rooms. In the Summa Cavea, explore a fascinating permanent exhibition of antique nativity scenes alongside remnants of Bourbon-era sewers. Conclude your adventure at the Hypogeum Gardens, an underground botanical project showcasing innovative crop cultivation in the subsoil—a concept that has drawn the attention of researchers and organizations like NASA. This one-hour experience combines history, science, and natural beauty.

Know before you go

What to bring

It's recommended to wear comfortable shoes as this experience involves a fair amount of walking.

Accessibility

This experience is not accessible by wheelchair or stroller as there are 121 low and wide steps to access the underground with no elevators or escalators.

Additional information

For people with claustrophobia: There is one optional narrow tunnel. Those who do not want to walk the tunnel can take an alternate route and wait 10 mins for the group.

My tickets

Your voucher will be emailed to you instantly.
Display the voucher on your mobile phone with a valid photo ID at the meeting point.

Meeting Point

Meet your guide at Piazza San Gaetano, directly at the entrance gate of Naples Underground.
Address: 68, 80138 Napoli NA, Italy.
Landmark: 200 meters from the cathedral.
IMPORTANT TO KNOW: Please present yourself in advance and queue the line.

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