The best way to see what Naples is all about is on this most interesting excursion as its beauty will unfold before your eyes.

On this excursion you will:

• After a short drive to Piazza Del Gesu’ is where your guided walking tour will start along the narrow streets of Spacca-Napoli quarter, always full of life and interest. Antique stalls and bookshops, tiny grocery shops and fruit stands and, above all, the gesticulating Neapolitans hold your attention as you continue walking.
• Visit San Domenico Square with its monumental church, pass by San Gregorio Armeno Street and enter the cave underground Naples with its old Roman Aqueduct. The underground caverns of Naples were born with the city and grew with it over the years.
• Learn the first excavations were done around 5,000 years ago, near the end of the prehistoric era, until the 17th century. In the early 1900’s, this aqueduct was no longer used because a newer and safer system of transporting water was created.
• See these tanks and tunnels, spanning more than a million square meters in length, were then abandoned.
• Discover in the beginning of WW II, military bombings brought once more an importance to the underground area whose tanks were then used as bomb shelters.
• Learn pizza was invented in Naples in 1830 and it is known worldwide that Naples has the best, different from anywhere else. You will be shown a proper "Pizzaiolo" and it will be explained to you how to make and cook a pizza in the original wood oven. A generous taste of pizzas will be served after the demonstration.

NOTE: This excursion includes a 2-hour walk and is recommended for guests who are physically fit. Comfortable shoes and a sweater for the underground visit are essential. 

The walk underground Naples is not recommended for guests suffering from claustrophobia. Approximately 120 steps have to be managed also.