catacombe di san gennaro

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  exbiztraveller

  This scores on two counts, the fascinating history of the catacombs and the brilliant guide with an inspirational story of the restoration programme and its value to the less fortunate of Naples. Go and be inspired too!

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  nicholasl733

  Naples is a layered city and its history is buried under several ground levels starting from the Egyptian times and maybe before to nowadays. Here you can find the level of the early Christianity history within the Roman empire in Naples. The city always maintained however its status of pillar of the old Greek culture within the Roman empire......

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  Seatroutfisher

  We have been coming to Naples for many years, but have never visited the catacombs before. San Gennaro is the smaller of the two sets of catacombs in Sanita, but has the best frescos. The tombs are taken care of by a young cooperative of local people who aim to teach other young in is very deprived area of Naples the wealth of their area and encourage the respect it needs. A very worthwhile cause, which should be supported. These catacombs are not huge, but exceptional. The wall frescos and mosaics are stunning and their history bright to life by the wonderful bilingual guides. There is an opportunity to see preservation in action as the site is still being restored and work is ongoing. Take this tour together with the catacombs of San Gaudioso. The ticket is valid for a year for entry to both.

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  ArseniyN

  Recently renovated catacombes just next to Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte. They have guided tours every hour and it takes approximatly 45 min. Not hard for elderly people, but no facilites for disabled though.

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  CarolyneM54

  This is a wonderful project started up locally to employ local people and generate the local economy - opening up the catacombes. San Gennaro is the patron saint of Naples and so to see where he was first( but no longer ) buried is of interest. The tour is certainly very interesting but I would say that there are many more interesting things to do in Naples - if you are short on time. This is something worth doing - if you have already seen everything else first!

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  ThomasWomack

  These are two levels of burial-chambers carved out of the volcanic rock under Naples; probably best visited on the way back to the city centre after going to the Capodimonte museum. You get a guided tour, in verbose Italian and rather shorter English, from one of the locals who's set up the museum. There are a couple of frescos to see, but everything's a bit faded and the 8€ admission fee feels steep for what you get (in comparison at least to the other amazing museums in Naples you could get to for the same price).

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  Richy236

  We took the catacombs tour on a gloomy day to get out of the rain and it was quite good. Enjoyed walking through the old chapels and admiring the old passageways. The tour itself was sufficient but at times was a bit hard to understand. All in all a good way to kill some time

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  153lucie_

  Nice place with interesting athmosphere. Cold and dark place, the guide talked very good english. The place is under the whole town, you can see very unusual view.

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  824jessiej

  Nice to go in to cool down, tour was interesting however when we came out of the catacombes we were given a map to help us get back into town (not with any help from the tour guide). We ended up getting lost (not good for girl guides) and the map turned out to be no help whatsoever. We ended up having to use our phones, which then we found out had no signal. We had to use our intuition and just follow a road. Other than that we had fun

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  Dawnling

  Entering this subterranean site gives you a further insight into the rich history of Naples. Our tour guide was informative and helpful inviting us to ask questions and giving us time to take photos which are permitted as long as you don't use flash. The family tomb with it's triple layered frescos added to as each member of the family was buried there was fascinating. along with the old there were some lovely pieces of metal work plaques to help the visually impaired , flowers which formed posts for the security rope which had been made by a local cooperative ,Iron Angels. Glad to have paid a visit. There is a further unexplored level below those already excavated -it would be good if they could have permission to do so. We did not have time to visit the other Catacombe we could have done so for free however the ticket we have is good for a year so maybe.......If you buy a Arte Card there is either free entry or a discount.