Royal Palace of Naples

I didn’t wanted to go, but man, I am so happy that I did. Amazing and beautiful. Bit pricey…but still great. I visited right after they opened, it was empty so a lot of quiet time.

Absolutely worth visiting. Not much crowd. Also guided tours with access to the terrace with great views at select hours - 10AM, 11 AM, 3 PM and 4 PM for sure - maybe a couple more slots - plan accordingly. Even without that, their free audio guide using the QR code is helpful.

We have been sight seeing for over a week and this is worth the money if you love art and architecture. It is breathtaking and you could spend half a day soaking in all of the rooms. Truly worth the money. They are doing renovations so gardens were not accessible and one of the upstairs major rooms... but don't let that stop you from enjoying this amazing historical site. Note... the theatre room is a great please to cool off and rest a minute if you have been walking a while. The extra money for the roof top garden access added on was worth it for the views.

I want to start by saying that the palazzo itself is absolutely gorgeous and so worth of your time. The visit can be organised and the rooms have a qr code that you can scan in order to listen to a short history of every chamber. But the staff is awful! We arrived some minutes short of 7 pm on a first sunday of the month. We didn't know that it was gonna be a free entry and I presume the following attitude of the staff was because of this. Everywhere you search on their site, they don't say which are the visiting hours, so we presumed that eight o'clock pm was closing time, because that is the time shown on google maps!! I don't know what their problem was, but when we were ready to begin visiting the rooms of the palace, one of the ladies started screaming at us to start visiting already! It was barely seven o'clock! Officialy, we still had an hour to visit. Then, her and other members of the staff started wlaking besides us, one of them rattling his keys. They were basically tailgating us. They were closing the doors and windows behind us. We couldn't enjoy or stop for two seconds to admire the art. I need to mention we were not alone, there were others visitors along us. I presume their attitude was motivated by the fact that it turned out to be a free visiting day and they thought they were doing us a service. I don't have the habbit of going somewhere come closing time. But if the only time schedule that you provide, says that you close at 20.00, then respect that, or mention that you close at a certain point. It wasn't even 19.30 when we left il palazzo. It's a damn shame, because I repeat, the palace itself is wonderful. But with that kind of attitude, they can go where the sun doesn't shine.

The first rooms you come across are absolutely beautiful. As you go along, it seems beautiful but sort of the same looking room after room. The signage isn’t great, some signs seemed to point you towards nothing. The art is great throughout but a bit too far to really appreciate I’d say.

The palace tour is well-organized and enjoyable. It offers free WiFi and voice tours available in Italian and English. The palace is well-preserved, and all the clocks on display were working.

The Palazzo Reale has been the seat of power in Naples since the 1600s. It has been occupied by Spanish and Austrian viceroys, the Bourbons, the Bonapartes, the Bourbons again and then the Savoys before being turned over to the Italian state. What's seen here are the sumptuous royal apartments and state rooms. The rest of the palace is now being used for the National Library and as event spaces. While I was there, a book fair was being held in the courtyard and panels were being held in some of the old state rooms like the 'Hall of Hercules’. Absolutely gorgeous place to visit and worth the money!

this is a really pretty museum like palace to visit, you will see the different rooms that are nicely decorated

One of the large open spaces and if all of Naples looked as clean as this, it would be a much nicer city. This piazza is massive and beautiful. With the Royal Palace on one side and the church of San Francesco di Paola in the center, this is a beautiful spot. Not much going on today - it's late January - but there are usually events and festivals here in the warmer months. [Review 19219 overall - 370 in Italy - 189 of 2023.]

Massive! I'm sure this entire space was much more useful over 172 years ago. I was hanging around this plaza for their La Notte della Tammorra festival. Lotsa people just gathered listening to music, having conversations, munching on pizza and birre. It's a friendly community for locals and visitors. I even had a small conversation with someone where we both were using Google Translate to communicate. It didn't halt our attempts to talk, despite our language barrier. Hospitality and humanity is an art of a person's soul. Day time and night there always seems to be people hanging around, especially on the steps. The building directly faces Palazzo Reale di Napoli. Piazza del Plebiscito is a perfect landmark to know you're a short walk away to the ocean views. Keep on gallavanting! There's more to see and live.

I came to Naples and was able to visit this Piazza as part of a combined tour with also going to Pompeii in the morning. Its a large open square, with the Naples Royal Palace on one end and a beautiful Church building, which when we were visiting in Dec 2018, was lit-up and had a revolving display of multi-color lights shining on its walls. I guess it was okay - I think coming from Rome, felt a bit more understated. Yelp 280/ 2018

A huge expansive public space that puts you in awe to the size of the building fascia the closer you get to it. A vast open sweeping pair of arms that you could imagine holding the entire commerce of the city back in ancient times, filled with vendors and craftsmen from all over selling their wares. This is one of the few plazas I found so large and in excellent shape.

We passed this on our way toward the waterfront. Nice big area to run around in. I remember when I was kid I used to love running around big spaces like this. read more about our Naples food tour on my site

Magic! One of the most beautiful squares in Napoli. From there you can walk to the seafront and enjoy its beauty.