8 Naples landmark visitor guides with verified 2026 tickets, opening hours, booking rules and worth-it advice — Pompeii, Herculaneum, MANN, the Veiled Christ, Castel Nuovo and more.
Naples stacks its landmarks in layers: two Roman towns sealed by the same 79 AD Vesuvius eruption, a Greek-cut tunnel network 40 meters beneath the historic center, two medieval castles barely a mile apart, and a pair of Bourbon-era museum collections strong enough to anchor a whole trip on their own. This hub collects our 8 visitor guides to Naples' landmarks, each verified against official sources for 2026: current ticket prices in euros, real opening hours (including the staggered closure days that catch people out), how long each visit actually takes, and a straight answer on whether it's worth your time.
The pattern worth knowing before you book anything in Naples is that the closure calendar rotates through the week. The National Archaeological Museum and the Sansevero Chapel both close on Tuesdays, Capodimonte closes on Wednesdays, and Castel Nuovo closes on Sundays — so the order you visit in depends less on geography than on the day of the week. Prices run from free (Castel dell'Ovo has never charged admission, though its interior is closed for renovation as of mid-2026) up to €20 for Pompeii and the archaeological museum, and booking rules are just as uneven: the Sansevero Chapel requires online reservation for every single visitor at any price, while the castles and Herculaneum still take walk-ups most of the year.
Each card below links to a dedicated guide with the verified numbers, transport directions, and the mistakes that leave people out of pocket or stuck outside a gate — paying a third-party platform €15 for the €10 Naples Underground tour, or trusting an old guidebook's €6 figure at Castel Nuovo's ticket window. At the bottom of the page you'll find our broader Naples trip-planning guides for itineraries, day trips and free sights.
A standard adult ticket runs around €20, with the site open daily from 9:00 a.m. — last entry 5:30 p.m. from mid-March through mid-October, 3:30 p.m. the rest of the year — and our guide gives a straight verdict on whether the ruins are worth your limited Naples time, plus what to do when timed slots sell out.
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The smaller Vesuvius-buried town costs €16 (reduced €2 for EU visitors 18–25) and fits comfortably into a half-day from Naples — in places its carbonized wooden beams and intact upper floors are even better preserved than Pompeii, though the Villa of the Papyri and Ancient Theatre remain closed for restoration.
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MANN charges €20 full price (reduced €2, under-18 free), open Wednesday–Monday 9:00–19:30 and closed every Tuesday — home to the Farnese Bull, widely considered the largest single sculpture to survive from antiquity, and the Alexander Mosaic excavated at Pompeii.
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The hilltop Bourbon palace holds the largest picture gallery in southern Italy — Titian, Raphael and Caravaggio's The Flagellation of Christ — for around €15, open Thursday–Tuesday 8:30–19:30 (the second floor closes early, around 5:00–5:30 p.m.), closed Wednesdays, with the 130-hectare Real Bosco park outside free to enter.
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Sanmartino's Veiled Christ — figure and translucent shroud carved from a single block of marble in 1753 — costs €12 standard, open daily except Tuesday 9:00–19:00, and every single ticket must be reserved online in advance: there is no walk-up entry at any price.
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The five-towered Maschio Angioino costs €15 per the official Comune di Napoli page — several long-standing guides still quote an outdated €6 rate — open Monday–Saturday 9:00–18:00 and closed Sundays, with Alfonso's 35-meter white marble Triumphal Arch as its signature feature.
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Naples' oldest castle has never charged admission, but the interior is closed for renovation as of mid-2026 with no reopening date announced — the causeway, exterior and the Borgo Marinari harbor below remain free to walk at any hour.
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The guided descent of 136 steps into Greek quarries, Roman aqueduct cisterns and a WWII air-raid shelter 40 meters down costs around €10 booked directly with the official operator (third-party platforms often list the same tour closer to €15), with departures roughly hourly from 10:00 to 18:00.
Visitor guide →The visitor guides above cover the landmarks one by one; for sequencing them into a trip, our companion city guides do the planning work. Start with the one day in Naples itinerary for a walkable route through the historic center, then check the free things to do in Naples round-up — as the cards above show, the city's oldest castle costs nothing at all. For Pompeii, the Amalfi Coast and the islands, see day trips from Naples; for corners the guidebooks skip, try the hidden gems in Naples guide; families can lean on Naples with kids for pacing and attraction picks; and once the museums close, things to do in Naples at night covers the evening passeggiata and after-dark plans.
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