The Stadio Diego Armando Maradona, formerly San Paolo, is the passionate home of SSC Napoli, renamed in honour of the Argentine legend who led the club to their first two Serie A titles in the 1980s, with a capacity of over 54,000 incredibly vocal Neapolitan fans. Napoli won a third Serie A title in 2023, sending the city into euphoria. Hotels in Naples offer extraordinary stadium access combined with the city's legendary pizza, the Pompeii and Herculaneum archaeological sites, and the stunning Amalfi Coast nearby.
The most storied hotel in Naples, the Grand Hotel Vesuvio has hosted everyone from Enrico Caruso — who died here — to Errol Flynn and Sophia Loren on its legendary Lungomare position with the bay of Naples and Vesuvius as a permanent backdrop. The rooftop Caruso restaurant and terrace is the finest table in Naples with the finest view in Italy.
A 21st-century masterpiece by Kenzo Tange beside the port, Romeo has a rooftop pool and Il Comandante restaurant with panoramic views of the bay, a spa, and rooms designed as art installations. It occupies an impossible position: the modern building between the Castel Nuovo and the water that would never be permitted today.
A Liberty-era villa in the heart of the historic centre, Constantinopoli 104 is set around a garden with a small outdoor pool — a genuine miracle of tranquility in one of the world's noisiest cities. The rooms are filled with antiques and Neapolitan art, and the breakfast in the garden is a perfect start to any Naples morning.
One of the great classic hotels of the Lungomare, the Santa Lucia overlooks the Castel dell'Ovo and the bay from its position on the Borgo Marinari seafront. The rooftop terrace and the sea-view restaurant are both outstanding, and the aristocratic service tradition that the hotel has maintained for over a century gives it a character that newer properties simply cannot replicate.
A stunning conversion of an 18th-century aristocratic palace in the historic centre, Palazzo Caracciolo has maintained the original stone staircases, herringbone marble floors, and frescoed ceilings while adding contemporary comfort. The inner garden with its lemon trees is a serene escape from the Spaccanapoli chaos outside.
A six-room boutique set above a working Neapolitan artisan workshop in the Spaccanapoli, Atelier Inès is the most atmospheric small hotel in the city — you fall asleep to the sound of the street below and wake up to the aroma of the nearby coffee roaster. The owner's obsessive knowledge of Neapolitan cuisine history is the best free guide in the city.