Spring in Naples: Best Things to Do (Mar-May) — Trip Planner

What's actually worth your time in Naples

Cappella Sansevero is one small room and a ten euro ticket, but Sanmartino's Veiled Christ is worth the timed entry and the marble drapery repays standing close. Napoli Sotterranea drops forty metres into Greek quarries turned aqueduct turned wartime shelter. The Certosa di San Martino combines the best terrace over the bay with a collection of Neapolitan nativity scenes. Castel dell'Ovo costs nothing to walk.

What to eat in Naples

Neapolitan pizza is soft, wet-centred and eaten with a knife or folded a portafoglio from a street window for a couple of euro; Da Michele serves only margherita and marinara. Sfogliatella riccia comes in shatteringly layered shells, babà soaked in rum, pastiera at Easter. The Pignasecca market and the Quartieri Spagnoli lanes carry the fried cuoppo and frittatina counters.

What things cost in Naples

Single urban transport tickets sit around a euro and a half to two. A sit-down margherita is five to eight euro; folded from a window it is under two. A sfogliatella runs a couple of euro and an espresso at the bar stays under a euro twenty. Cappella Sansevero is 10 euro and Napoli Sotterranea fifteen to twenty depending on whether you book online.

What first-timers get wrong in Naples

The Circumvesuviana to Pompeii and Sorrento is hot, packed and the most reliably pickpocketed train in Italy; wear bags on your front. Validate tickets. Crossing the road works by moving steadily and predictably so scooters can read you, not by waiting for a gap that never comes. Restaurants add a coperto per head, and the free bracelet is never free.

Naples's museums, and which one to pick

The Museo Archeologico Nazionale holds what was carried out of Pompeii and Herculaneum, including the Alexander mosaic, the Farnese Hercules and the Gabinetto Segreto of erotic material once locked away; it closes Tuesdays. Capodimonte hangs Caravaggio's Flagellation and Titian in a Bourbon hunting palace and closes Wednesdays. Both join Domenica al Museo, free on the first Sunday of each month.

When to go to Naples

The month to avoid is January — around 13°C (55°F) with roughly 12 rain days. Prices and crowds track the weather here: June is the sweet spot, January the month most people skip.

Pack for peak season: Summer clothes, plus one light layer for air-con and evenings, High-SPF sunscreen, sunglasses, and a refillable water bottle, A packable rain shell or compact umbrella earns its space, Comfortable walking shoes — every guide on this site assumes you'll use them.