The Fiorentini Residence is also less than a 5-minute walk from three metro stations: Toledo, Municipio and Università. These include the Toledo station, designed by Spanish architect Óscar Tusquets, according to the Daily Telegraph and CNN the ‘most beautiful metro station in Europe’.

Distances / walking time from Fiorentini Residence
Toledo stop: 300 metres / 4 minutes
Town Hall stop: 300 metres / 4 minutes
University stop: 400 metres / 5 minutes

The nearby Via Toledo has always been one of the ‘shopping streets’ and the main artery of Naples, with historical buildings, churches and shops. From here branch off the streets leading to the ‘Quartieri Spagnoli’, now redeveloped and full of cultural and social activities. The Fiorentini Residence is also close to the 3 funicular railways that cross the hill from the centre towards the Vomero district, the other beating heart of the city. Discover this fascinating and fast means of transport.

Distances / walking time from Fiorentini Residenc e
Funicular Centrale: 750 metres / 10 minutes
Funicular Montesanto: 750 metres / 10 minutes
Funicular Chiaia: 2 km / 30 minutes

Also known as Maschio Angioino, Castel Nuovo is a historic medieval and Renaissance castle and one of the symbols of the city of Naples. The marble triumphal arch that can be admired from the outside, between the so-called ‘di Mezzo’ and ‘di Guardia’ towers, which was erected to celebrate the memory of King Alfonso’s entry into the capital, the latter carved on the highest point of the arch.

Distance from the Fiorentini Residence: 500 metres
Walking time: 6 minutes

The splendid ‘twin’ of the Galleria monumentale in Milan, it was built in the 19th century in Art Nouveau style, with iron and glass works and a polychrome marble floor. We invite you to discover the different views from the four entrances. Two curiosities: its dimensions are slightly smaller than the Milanese model (175 metres in length against 196) but its dome is higher (57 metres, 10 more than the Milanese model). Another curiosity about the Galleria: for fifty years it was home to the ‘sciuscià’ (Neapolitanisation of the American ‘shoeshine’), the shoeshine boys of the city of Naples as told by post-war cinema.

Distance from the Fiorentini Residence: 600 metres
Walking time: 8 minutes

In the picturesque street known as Spaccanapoli, stands the Complex of Santa Chiara, which with the Basilica, the four monumental cloisters, the Archaeological Excavations and the Opera Museum with parts of Giotto’s frescoes, is a must-see in the city. The famous Chiostro Maiolicato delle Clarisse, with its marvellous 18th-century majolica tiles, Baroque frescoes, and interior architecture, is one of the city’s most precious hidden gems.

Distance from Fiorentini Residence: 700 metres
Walking time: 9 minutes

The square is dominated by the monumental church of the same name, featuring a rusticated façade with diamond-pointed piperno stones, one of the rare cases in Italy, and an obelisk. In the church you can admire one of the finest examples of Neapolitan Baroque, with its furnishings and marble. A special feature of the church is the presence of a bomb miraculously unexploded during the Second World War and now on public display.

Distance from the Fiorentini Residence: 600 metres
Walking time: 8 minutes

“…There is nothing in all Europe, which I do not say approaches this theatre, but gives the faintest idea of it. The eyes are dazzled, the soul ravished…’ (Stendhal, 1817). This gives an idea of the majesty of the opera house par excellence, one of the oldest closed opera houses in Europe and the world still active, founded in 1737, and the largest Italian-style theatre on the peninsula. Given its size, structure and antiquity, it was a model for subsequent theatres in Europe. Simply unique, a must-see.

Distance from Fiorentini Residence: 700 metres
Walking time: 10 minutes

The imposing Piazza del Pleibiscito is one of the many symbols of Naples and one of the largest in Italy. You can’t help but sweep your gaze from the Royal Palace to the colonnade of the Church of San Francesco di Paola, to the top of its dome. Pushing the view a little further upwards, you will see the Vomero hill, recognisable by the Castel Sant’Elmo and the Certosa di San Martino. Adjacent to the square, the ‘artichoke fountain’ and the Chiesa degli Artisti in Piazza Trieste e Trento, overlooking the National Library and the San Carlo Theatre. In short… you will already feel at home!

Distance from Fiorentini Residence: 850 metres
Walking time: 11 minutes

Founded in 1860, it is a historic café in Via Chiaia, at the corner of Piazza del Plebiscito. It ranks among the top ten cafés in Italy and is a member of the Associazione Locali Storici. Furnished in Art Nouveau style, its interior features late 19th-century stuccoes, statues and paintings by Neapolitan artists; browse through the rooms to admire the furnishings and delightful glass chandeliers. At the Gran Caffè Gambrinus, the practice of ‘suspended coffee’ was born in the second half of the 19th century, which consists of leaving a paid coffee for poor people who cannot buy it and treat themselves to the pleasure of a coffee.

Distance from the Fiorentini Residence: 850 metres
Walking time: 11 minutes

A historic building in the heart of Naples, it was built from 1600 onwards to reach its final appearance in 1858. Discover the sculptures of the eight rulers depicted along the 169-metre-long façade, starting from the left of the palace façade: Roger the Norman, Frederick II of Swabia, Charles I of Anjou, Alfonso V of Aragon, Charles V of Habsburg, Charles III of Spain, Joachim Murat and finally Victor Emmanuel II. Our advice is to carve out a couple of hours for a visit to the royal flats, with the newly restored Throne Room and Hanging Gardens.

Distance from Fiorentini Residence: 850 metres
Walking time: 11 minutes

Underground Naples is the hidden part of Naples that we can all see and is one of the top 10 things to see in the city. Today, many underground tourist routes have been recovered, from the Bourbon Tunnel to the Miglio Sacro and the Catacombs of San Gennaro. Greek and Roman stratification is visible in some of the churches on Via dei Tribunali, and each descent into the bowels of Naples is as fascinating as its part in sunlight. We suggest the ‘classic’, with access from Piazza San Gaetano in Via dei Tribunali.

Distance from Fiorentini Residence: 1.3 km
Walking time: 16 minutes (or Metro Dante)

The central MANN is among the most important in the Neapolitan city. In its 12,650 m² of total exhibition area, it boasts the richest and most valuable collection of works of art and artefacts of archaeological interest in Italy. It is made up of three main sections: the Farnese Collection (sculptures, busts and gems from Rome and the surrounding area), the Pompeian Collections (artefacts from the Vesuvian area, with the delightful mosaics and works from the Secret Cabinet) and the Egyptian Collection, which ranks third in the world in importance after those of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo and the Egyptian Museum in Turin.

Distance from Fiorentini Residence: 1.4 km
Walking time: 18 minutes (or Metro Museum)

This hidden gem in the heart of Naples is one of the most evocative places in the city. This church, now deconsecrated, is adjacent to the family palace of the Prince of Sansevero, the patron and creator of the chapel’s 18th-century artistic apparatus. There are three masterpieces of sculpture in the chapel that are well worth a visit, including the ‘Veiled Christ’ by Giuseppe Sanmartino, as well as numerous other works of fine or unusual workmanship, such as the ‘anatomical machines’, two totally deconstructed bodies where the entire circulatory system can be observed in great detail.

Distance from the Fiorentini Residence: 1 km
Walking time: 13 minutes (or Metro Dante)

In San Gregorio Armeno, it is Christmas all year round, even when it is hot and Christmas is far away, you will always find the masters at work constructing the typical cribs and shepherds in terracotta, with attention to every detail, artfully painted and dressed in hand-sewn garments. Walking through these narrow streets, discovering the poetry of the terracotta faces and being able to talk to these artisans is a journey into the tradition of Naples and the proverbial kindness of the Neapolitans, a praise of slowness and the pleasure of socialising.

Distance from the Fiorentini Residence: 1.3 km
Walking time: 15 minutes (or Metro Dante)