I parchi e i giardini pubblici di Napoli

Nature

Naples’ parks and public gardens

Nature in the city is the guiding thread to follow, from the hills to the sea, from the old town centre to the highest point of the city, between descents and ascents, ramps, alleys and panoramic roads. On the Posillipo promontory, the belvedere of Parco Virgiliano offers spectacular views of the coastline amidst the Mediterranean flora; from the hill, the Coroglio descent leads to the border with the legendary Campi Flegrei here, in an ancient crater, is the Astroni Nature Reserve, a WWF oasis. At Piedigrotta, in the Vergigliano Park, you will experience a legendary atmosphere of scenic beauty and myth. Along the Riviera di Chiaia, take a stroll through the Villa Comunale, a royal garden set against the backdrop of the seafront, to reach the garden of the Royal Palace, adorned with exquisite floral species and rare trees, and, on a terrace of the residence, the 'Italian-style' roof garden, an unexpected wonder overlooking the gulf. Protected by walls, in the ancient heart of the city, King Ladislaus' Park is one of the monastic 'secret' gardens, dedicated to medicinal herbs and meditation. In Montesanto, a lively working-class neighbourhood, Parco Ventaglieri is an unusual park of staircases and terraces, and Parco Viviani, a rustic fund saved from past eras, is a natural connection of ramps and staircases to 'climb' the Vomero hill. The park of Villa Floridiana is an extraordinary integration of architecture and apparently wild nature, and the hanging gardens of the Carthusian monks of San Martino, with their pergolas, trees and botanical essences, offer panoramic views as far as the sea.On another famous hill, the Bosco di Capodimonte attests to the Bourbon kings' lesser-known passion for botany. And on the highest point of the urban layout is the Camaldoli Park, which among chestnut trees, holm oaks and Mediterranean scrub reveals unprecedented views of the city.

Number of stages

12

Overall length

62.9 KM

Average journey time

15 Hours

Recommended mean of transport

By Foot

Itinerary map

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Via Posillipo, Via Francesco Caracciolo, Corso Vittorio Emanuele, Via Girolamo Santacroce, Via Salvator Rosa, Corso Vittorio Emanuele, Via Matteo Renato Imbriani, Via Gino Doria, Via Aniello Falcone, Via Torquato Tasso, Galleria di Posillipo (Laziale), Corso Vittorio Emanuele, Via Vicinale Camaldolilli, Via Camaldolilli, Viale Sant'Ignazio di Loyola, Viale Colli Aminei, Corso Amedeo di Savoia Duca d'Aosta, Corso Vittorio Emanuele, Via San Carlo, Via Riccardo Filangieri di Candida Gonzaga, Galleria della Vittoria, Via Aniello Falcone

62.9 km, 1 h 36 min

	Head northeast on Viale Virgilio	550 m
	Enter the traffic circle and take the 1st exit onto Via Giovanni Boccaccio	7 m
	Exit the traffic circle onto Via Giovanni Boccaccio	450 m
	Make a sharp left onto Via Santo Strato	450 m
	Continue onto Via Posillipo	3.5 km
	Continue slightly right onto Via Francesco Caracciolo	1.5 km
	Make a slight left onto Piazza della Repubblica	100 m
	Go straight onto Viale Anton Dohrn	800 m
	Continue onto Via Francesco Caracciolo	500 m
	Make a slight left	25 m
	Turn left	10 m
	Enter the traffic circle	8 m
	You have arrived at your 1st destination, on the left	0 m
	Head southwest	45 m
	Exit the traffic circle	80 m
	Turn left onto Riviera di Chiaia	450 m
	Turn right	45 m
	Turn right	80 m
	Turn left onto Via Giosuè Carducci	300 m
	Turn left onto Via dei Mille	90 m
	Continue onto Via Vittoria Colonna	150 m
	Turn right	25 m
	Enter the traffic circle and take the 1st exit onto Piazza Amedeo	25 m
	Exit the traffic circle onto Piazza Amedeo	7 m
	Turn left onto Piazza Amedeo	20 m
	Continue slightly left onto Via Francesco Crispi	250 m
	Turn right onto Rampa privata di Parco Grifeo	300 m
	Turn right onto Corso Vittorio Emanuele	3 km
	Make a slight right onto Piazza Giuseppe Mazzini	25 m
	Turn left onto Via Salvator Rosa	300 m
	Enter the traffic circle and take the 2nd exit onto Via Girolamo Santacroce	20 m
	Exit the traffic circle onto Via Girolamo Santacroce	700 m
	Enter the traffic circle and take the 3rd exit onto Piazza Leonardo	45 m
	Exit the traffic circle onto Piazza Leonardo	30 m
	Continue onto Via Girolamo Santacroce	250 m
	Make a slight left to stay on Via Girolamo Santacroce	40 m
	You have arrived at your 2nd destination	0 m
	Head north on Via Girolamo Santacroce	400 m
	Enter the traffic circle and take the 1st exit onto Via Salvator Rosa	7 m
	Exit the traffic circle onto Via Salvator Rosa	300 m
	Turn right onto Corso Vittorio Emanuele	800 m
	Make a sharp left onto Vico Trinità delle Monache	300 m
	Turn left onto Via Pasquale Scura	200 m
	Turn left onto Via San Liborio	150 m
	Continue right onto Vico dei Pellegrini	100 m
	Make a slight left onto Via Giovanni Ninni	60 m
	Turn right onto Via Michele Sciuti	30 m
	Turn left onto Via Montesanto	150 m
	Turn right onto Via Ventaglieri	300 m
	Turn right onto Vico Sottomonte	20 m
	Turn right onto Vico Lepre ai Ventaglieri	100 m
	You have arrived at your 3rd destination, on the left	0 m
	Head southwest on Vico Lepre ai Ventaglieri	20 m
	Turn right onto Via Ventaglieri	3.5 m
	Turn left onto Vico Salata all'Olivella	350 m
	Turn right	150 m
	Turn left onto Vico dei Pellegrini	150 m
	Turn right onto Via dei Pellegrini	150 m
	Turn left onto Via Toledo	90 m
	Continue onto Piazza Dante	200 m
	Continue onto Via Enrico Pessina	100 m
	Turn right onto Via Conte di Ruvo	150 m
	Turn left onto Via Santa Maria di Costantinopoli	200 m
	Turn left onto Piazza Museo Nazionale	150 m
	Turn right onto Via Enrico Pessina	80 m
	Turn left onto Via Salvator Rosa	400 m
	Turn right onto Via Matteo Renato Imbriani	800 m
	Turn left onto Piazza Enrico De Leva	50 m
	Make a slight left onto Via Matteo Renato Imbriani	200 m
	Turn right onto Via Giacinto Gigante	800 m
	Keep left onto Piazza Francesco Muzii	60 m
	Continue slightly right onto Via Maurizio De Vito Piscicelli	300 m
	Turn right onto Via San Giacomo dei Capri	200 m
	Turn sharp left onto Via Saverio Altamura	500 m
	Enter the traffic circle and take the 2nd exit onto Via Gioacchino Rossini	30 m
	Exit the traffic circle onto Via Gioacchino Rossini	90 m
	Turn right onto Via Giovanni Paesiello	200 m
	Continue onto Via Gino Doria	400 m
	Make a slight left onto Via Aniello Falcone	500 m
	You have arrived at your 4th destination, on the left	0 m
	Head southwest on Via Aniello Falcone	1 km
	Enter the traffic circle and take the 2nd exit onto Via Torquato Tasso	25 m
	Exit the traffic circle onto Via Torquato Tasso	1 km
	Turn right onto Corso Vittorio Emanuele	450 m
	Continue onto Piazza Saverio Mercadante	200 m
	Continue onto Corso Vittorio Emanuele	900 m
	Keep right onto Salita della Grotta	200 m
	You have arrived at your 5th destination	0 m
	Head west on Salita della Grotta	3.5 m
	Continue onto Galleria delle Quattro Giornate	700 m
	Continue onto Via Caio Duilio	350 m
	Continue straight	150 m
	Turn left onto Via Giulio Cesare	100 m
	Continue onto Via Fuorigrotta	150 m
	Continue onto Galleria di Posillipo (Laziale)	1 km
	Make a slight left	10 m
	Enter the traffic circle and take the 2nd exit onto Piazza Jacopo Sannazaro	90 m
	Exit the traffic circle onto Piazza Jacopo Sannazaro	100 m
	Keep right onto Salita Piedigrotta	100 m
	Turn right onto Corso Vittorio Emanuele	300 m
	Continue onto Via Vincenzo Arangio Ruiz	100 m
	Turn left onto Via Francesco Giordani	300 m
	Go straight onto Corso Vittorio Emanuele	150 m
	Continue onto Piazza Saverio Mercadante	200 m
	Continue onto Corso Vittorio Emanuele	3.5 km
	Go straight onto Via Salvator Rosa	700 m
	Turn right onto Via Enrico Pessina	200 m
	Turn left onto Via Broggia	150 m
	Turn left onto Via Santa Maria di Costantinopoli	100 m
	Make a slight right onto Piazza Cavour	8 m
	Make a slight right to stay on Piazza Cavour	400 m
	Continue onto Via Foria	250 m
	Turn right onto Via Domenico Cirillo	300 m
	Turn left	15 m
	Turn left	55 m
	You have arrived at your 6th destination	0 m
	Head southwest	20 m
	Turn left onto Via Carbonara	150 m
	Turn right onto Via Santa Sofia	80 m
	Continue onto Via Santi Apostoli	300 m
	Turn right onto Via Duomo	300 m
	Turn left onto Via Foria	150 m
	Go straight onto Piazza Cavour	400 m
	Continue onto Piazza Museo Nazionale	150 m
	Turn right onto Via Enrico Pessina	80 m
	Turn left onto Via Salvator Rosa	400 m
	Turn right onto Via Matteo Renato Imbriani	800 m
	Turn left onto Piazza Enrico De Leva	50 m
	Make a slight left onto Via Matteo Renato Imbriani	200 m
	Turn right onto Via Giacinto Gigante	800 m
	Keep left onto Piazza Francesco Muzii	60 m
	Continue slightly right onto Via Maurizio De Vito Piscicelli	300 m
	Turn right onto Via San Giacomo dei Capri	200 m
	Turn sharp left onto Via Saverio Altamura	250 m
	Turn right onto Via Simone Martini	400 m
	Enter the traffic circle and take the 1st exit onto Via Gabriele Jannelli	5.5 m
	Exit the traffic circle onto Via Gabriele Jannelli	300 m
	Turn left onto Traversa Acquedotto Campano	150 m
	Turn right onto Via Vicinale Camaldolilli	700 m
	Continue onto Via Camaldolilli	450 m
	Make a slight right onto Via Vicinale Agnolella	200 m
	You have arrived at your 7th destination	0 m
	Head north on Via Vicinale Agnolella	350 m
	Turn right onto Viale Sant'Ignazio di Loyola (SP345)	800 m
	Turn right onto Via Leonardo Bianchi	10 m
	Enter the traffic circle and take the 2nd exit onto Via Mariano Semmola	20 m
	Exit the traffic circle onto Via Mariano Semmola	400 m
	Continue slightly left onto Via Antonino D'Antona	150 m
	Enter the traffic circle and take the 2nd exit onto Via Antonino D'Antona	25 m
	Exit the traffic circle onto Via Antonino D'Antona	200 m
	Continue onto Via Antonio Cardarelli	600 m
	Enter the traffic circle and take the 1st exit	10 m
	Exit the traffic circle	45 m
	Make a slight right onto Viale Colli Aminei	500 m
	Enter the traffic circle and take the 1st exit onto Viale Colli Aminei	7 m
	Exit the traffic circle onto Viale Colli Aminei	1.5 km
	Turn left onto Via Miano (SP58)	400 m
	Turn left onto Via Gennaro Marciano	70 m
	Turn right onto Via Papa Pio XII	150 m
	Turn right onto Via Augusto De Martino	25 m
	Turn right onto Via Miano (SP58)	500 m
	You have arrived at your 8th destination, on the left	0 m
	Head south on Via Miano (SP58)	150 m
	Turn right onto Via Capodimonte (SP58)	400 m
	Continue straight to stay on Via Capodimonte (SP58)	200 m
	Continue slightly right onto Tondo di Capodimonte (SP58)	100 m
	Go straight onto Corso Amedeo di Savoia Duca d'Aosta	550 m
	Continue onto Ponte Maddalena Cerasuolo	100 m
	Continue onto Via Santa Teresa degli Scalzi	600 m
	Turn right onto Via Salvator Rosa	700 m
	Turn left onto Corso Vittorio Emanuele	1.5 km
	Turn left onto Salita San Nicola da Tolentino	150 m
	Turn left onto Via San Carlo alle Mortelle	250 m
	Turn right onto Via Giovanni Nicotera	100 m
	Turn left onto Via Santa Teresella degli Spagnoli	150 m
	Turn right onto Vicoletto Sant'Anna di Palazzo	30 m
	Turn left onto Vico Sant'Anna di Palazzo	70 m
	Continue onto Via Carlo De Cesare	250 m
	Enter the traffic circle and take the 2nd exit onto Piazza Trieste e Trento	30 m
	Exit the traffic circle onto Piazza Trieste e Trento	35 m
	Continue onto Via San Carlo	100 m
	You have arrived at your 9th destination, on the right	0 m
	Head northeast on Via San Carlo	150 m
	Turn right onto Via Riccardo Filangieri di Candida Gonzaga	250 m
	Turn right onto Via Ferdinando Acton	150 m
	You have arrived at your 10th destination, on the right	0 m
	Head southwest on Via Ferdinando Acton	100 m
	Continue onto Galleria della Vittoria	800 m
	Turn left onto Via Vannella Gaetani	150 m
	Continue onto Riviera di Chiaia	500 m
	Turn right	45 m
	Turn right	80 m
	Turn left onto Via Giosuè Carducci	300 m
	Turn left onto Via dei Mille	90 m
	Continue onto Via Vittoria Colonna	150 m
	Turn right	25 m
	Enter the traffic circle and take the 1st exit onto Piazza Amedeo	25 m
	Exit the traffic circle onto Piazza Amedeo	7 m
	Turn left onto Piazza Amedeo	20 m
	Continue slightly left onto Via Francesco Crispi	250 m
	Turn right onto Rampa privata di Parco Grifeo	300 m
	Continue onto Via Torquato Tasso	1 km
	Enter the traffic circle and take the 1st exit onto Via Aniello Falcone	8 m
	Exit the traffic circle onto Via Aniello Falcone	1.5 km
	Continue slightly right onto Via Mattia Preti	250 m
	Turn right onto Via Domenico Cimarosa	400 m
	Turn left onto Via Gianlorenzo Bernini	100 m
	Enter Piazza Luigi Vanvitelli and take the 1st exit onto Via Alessandro Scarlatti	30 m
	Exit the traffic circle onto Via Alessandro Scarlatti	150 m
	Turn left onto Via Raffaele Morghen	550 m
	Continue right onto Via Gian Domenico D'Auria	150 m
	Turn right onto Via Tito Angelini	200 m
	Turn right	20 m
	Keep left at the fork	15 m
	Turn left	150 m
	Turn right	100 m
	You have arrived at your destination, straight ahead	0 m

20 km

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Virgiliano Park

At the top of Posillipo hill, whose name (pausilypon, pause for sorrow) already evokes a mild climate and enchanting scenery, the Virgilian Park was designed between the 1920s and 1930s. Set on a p...

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Villa Comunale

Considered to be the most beautiful promenade in the world since its inauguration in 1781, from where one can admire the natural spectacle of the gulf amidst groves and flower beds, today as in the...

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Viviani Park

It rises from the city centre towards the Vomero hill, climbing up the side of the hill in an animated path, offering suggestive panoramic views of the gulf and the old city centre. The park, opene...

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Ventaglieri Park

From the heart of the city, towards the Vomero hill. The park, created in 1997, covers an area of about 8,000 square metres and climbs up towards the hill area on the tuffaceous ridge between Via A...

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5

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Park of Villa Floridiana

A green area par excellence in the Vomerese hills, the park surrounds the neoclassical villa purchased by King Ferdinand I of Bourbon as a gift for the Duchess of Floridia, Lucia Migliaccio, his se...

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6

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Vergigliano Park

A place of memory, it is a crossroads of myth, history, poetry and nature. Vergigliano houses the 'Sepulchre of Virgil', the great Mantuan poet who loved the city, and was restored and inaugurated ...

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7

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King Ladislaus Park

A break in tranquillity and nature wedged in one of the most animated areas of the historic centre. The staircase to the left of the church of San Giovanni a Carbonara (1343-1418) marks the entranc...

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8

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Camaldoli City Park

On the Camaldoli hill, at the highest point of the city, at the gateway to the Camaldolese hermitage. Inaugurated in 1997, the park covers 137 hectares. The surface is mainly a continuous wood of c...

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9

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Bosco di Capodimonte

With its 120 hectares, the wood is one of the green 'lungs' of Naples. A testament to the Bourbons' passion for hunting and botany, it was created at the same time as the Royal Palace, and was laid...

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Royal Palace Garden

Inspired by the fashion of the time (1842), it follows the sinuous and apparently irregular 'English' style of the romantic garden, with paths oriented towards the scenic views of the gulf, Vesuviu...

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Royal Palace Roof Garden

In the private flats on the piano nobile of the Royal Palace there is a surprising green space overlooking the gulf. From the columned vestibule on the first floor of the palace, there is access to...

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12

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Hanging Gardens of the Charterhouse San Martino

Few traces remain of the olive and vineyard landscape of the Vomerese hill: a rustic estate on the edge of the Petraio slope with orchards, vineyards and vegetable garden areas until the 19th centu...

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