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Certosa di San Martino
A hilltop monastery with a baroque church, cloisters, nativity scenes and the best view over the bay and Vesuvius.
- Open
- Closed Wednesdays
- Price
- Paid
- Time Needed
- 2 hours
- Address
- Largo San Martino 5, 80129 NaplesDirections
- Getting There
- A funicular to Vomero, then a 10-minute walk.
Why Go
The Carthusian monks' monastery was founded in the 14th century and redecorated in the baroque era. It now holds a museum of Naples, with a famous 18th-century nativity of hundreds of figures, and terraced gardens looking over the city.
Next door, the star-shaped Castel Sant'Elmo has a panoramic walkway on its walls.
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