Guided Tours

Naples Underground Skip-the-Line Ticket and Guided Tour

Entrance to Napoli Sotterranea underground ruins in Naples, Italy.

Group touring ancient tunnels in Naples Underground.

Naples Underground ruins with ancient stone structures and metal frames.

Naples Underground hypogeum garden with plants under artificial lights.

Duration

1 hr 25 min

Free cancellation

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Guided tour

4.5/5

(550)

Anouchka K

Couple

Verified booking

2 days ago

Booked a 2 hour tour with a small group and anbarcheologist guide. He was wonderful. He spent 3 hours with us. So many incredible details and his knowledge was extensive. Really strongly recommend.

Graham S

Couple

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Last week

Very interesting tour. Large group so somewhat slow going but guide had plenty of interesting stories along the way. Would recommend, unless your claustrophobic.

Matteo P

Couple

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3 weeks ago

Everything was great! The tour was extremely well-organized and right on time. Underground Naples is practically a city below street level. If you’re brave enough (and I highly recommend it) to tackle what the guides call the “difficult route,” you’ll get to see pools filled with water more than 50 meters below ground!

Oliver K

Solo

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2 weeks ago

The tour was very informative, and the catacombs were truly impressive. The guide explained a lot and seemed very knowledgeable. It was a real experience.

María P

Couple

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3 weeks ago

The tour was really interesting. Our guide spoke with great enthusiasm and knowledge—we loved it. It’s definitely worth spending an hour and a half discovering this hidden side of Naples. Even though we booked in advance, we had to wait almost half an hour. We arrived 15 minutes early, but it took another 15 minutes to get in.

Nicoletta M

Couple

Verified booking

Feb 2026

A wonderful tour, interesting and fascinating, discovering the underground world of Naples. A beautiful itinerary with lots of detailed explanations that were both entertaining and easy to follow, thanks to the excellent guide Antonio.

Explore the 4th-century BC Greek cisterns, then descend through Bourbon and modern tunnels to a depth of 40 meters underground at Napoli Sotterranea in Italy.

Enjoy a short, candle-lit stretch of tunnel leading to a Roman cistern still filled with water, offering a unique atmospheric experience.

See ancient and recent discoveries in the Roman Theater's Summa Cavea, where you'll find artifacts and traces of Bourbon-era sewers.

At the Hypogeum Gardens, where plants thrives underground, discover an innovative space for scientific botanical research.

Add extra flavour to your English or Italian guided tour with a post-tour pizza experience, including your choice of Margherita or Marinara and a soft drink.

1 to 1.5-hour guided tour of Naples Sotterranea with entry

Expert English or Italian-speaking guide

A Margherita/Marinara pizza with soft drink (as per option selected)

You can cancel these tickets up to 24 hours before the experience begins and get a full refund.

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What our guests say
Anouchka K
Couple
Verified booking
2 days ago
Booked a 2 hour tour with a small group and anbarcheologist guide. He was wonderful. He spent 3 hours with us. So many incredible details and his knowledge was extensive. Really strongly recommend.
Graham S
Couple
Verified booking
Last week
Very interesting tour. Large group so somewhat slow going but guide had plenty of interesting stories along the way. Would recommend, unless your claustrophobic.
Cristina R
Couple
Verified booking
2 days ago
The place is amazing. It's definitely worth seeing. And the guide explains everything clearly and is very attentive. Everything was great!
Stefanie M
Couple
Verified booking
2 days ago
The underworld was fascinating!
Giuseppe C
Solo
Verified booking
3 weeks ago
The tour was fantastic. "Napoli Sotterranea" was really, really interesting, and the guide was extremely knowledgeable, professional, and very friendly!

Take the official and authorized Naples Underground tour with an expert English or Italian-speaking guide.

What to expect

Into the layers of Naples

Descend 136 steps into the depths of Naples’ underground, 40 meters below the surface, and uncover a hidden world shaped by centuries of history. Explore ancient Greek cisterns, medieval tunnels, and Bourbon-era shelters, once used for water storage and wartime protection. Walk along well-lit pathways to discover the Arianna seismic station, a unique underground greenhouse, and a War Museum that vividly recounts Naples’ wartime past.

Unique underground chambers

Your journey continues to the Roman Theater, where you'll enter a typical Neapolitan home to discover Emperor Nero’s private dressing rooms. In the Summa Cavea, explore a fascinating permanent exhibition of antique nativity scenes alongside remnants of Bourbon-era sewers. Conclude your adventure at the Hypogeum Gardens, an underground botanical project showcasing innovative crop cultivation in the subsoil—a concept that has drawn the attention of researchers and organizations like NASA. This one-hour experience combines history, science, and natural beauty.

What to bring

It's recommended to wear comfortable shoes as this experience involves a fair amount of walking.

What's not allowed

Pets

Accessibility

This experience is not accessible by wheelchair or stroller as there are 121 low and wide steps to access the underground with no elevators or escalators.

Additional information

For people with claustrophobia: There is one optional narrow tunnel. Those who do not want to walk the tunnel can take an alternate route and wait 10 minutes for the group.

Please note that Italian tours run hourly from 10am to 5pm, and guests must arrive at the meeting point 30 minutes before their chosen slot.

If you opt for the post-tour pizza experience, the pizza will be served at the end of the tour at Le Sorelle Bandiera (Vico Cinquesanti 33), where your guided visit concludes. Guides will drop you off at the pizzeria entrance, and you can claim your Margherita or Marinara pizza and drink by showing your tour ticket or voucher.

Guests may choose to enjoy their pizza on-site or take it away. Any extra toppings or additions are available for purchase separately.

Your voucher will be emailed to you shortly.

Display the voucher on your mobile phone with a valid photo ID at the starting point.

Please check your final voucher for the starting point details & specific instructions.