# Staying in Chiaia, Santa Lucia & Posillipo, Naples: Map & Verdict

Verdict: Recommended. Book here without thinking about it.

Interactive map: https://stayzones.com/where-to-stay-in-naples/chiaia-santa-lucia-posillipo
Every Naples district: https://stayzones.com/where-to-stay-in-naples.md

The royal city and the seafront: Piazza del Plebiscito, the Galleria, the Santa Lucia hotel strip and the Capri ferries. You pay the highest rates in Naples for it.

Facts: 25 min walk to the centro storico; 35 min to the airport; 5 min to the beach; price €€€€; best for couples, food, sights, solo travellers; lines Metro 1, Metro 2, Metro 6, Funicolare B, Funicolare D.

One zone, three different places. San Ferdinando is the old royal centre - Piazza del Plebiscito, the Palazzo Reale, Teatro San Carlo, the Galleria Umberto I and Castel Nuovo - and it runs down to Molo Beverello, where the boats to Capri, Ischia and Procida leave. Santa Lucia is the seafront under Castel dell'Ovo, which is where most of the four-star hotels are. Chiaia is the shopping and eating district behind Villa Comunale, and it is where Neapolitans with money live.

What you buy here is calm and a view. The seafront road is closed to traffic, so Via Caracciolo and Via Partenope are a two-kilometre promenade rather than a road, busy with people running and eating until late. It is the part of central Naples where nothing about the street asks you to pay attention.

What you pay is the highest rates in the city and a walk. The centro storico is 25 minutes on foot from Piazza dei Martiri, or two stops on Line 1, and the difference in character over that distance is total. Chiaia closes earlier and quieter than the centre, which is either the point or the problem.

Posillipo is also in this zone and is not the same offer. It is the headland west of Mergellina: villas, sea views, a protected marine park at Gaiola - and five kilometres from the old town with buses and taxis as the only way back. Book it for the view, on a second visit, ideally with a car.

What works:
- Line 1 and Line 6 both stop at Municipio, plus San Pasquale and Mergellina
- Capri, Ischia and Procida ferries leave from Molo Beverello inside the zone
- Piazza del Plebiscito, Palazzo Reale and Teatro San Carlo are all here
- The car-free seafront is busy with people until late, which is why it feels safe
- Chiaia has the city's shopping streets and its quietest central sleep

What does not:
- The most expensive rooms in Naples, and the gap over Toledo is not small
- The centro storico is a 25-minute walk or two stops on the metro
- Chiaia goes quiet early; the late night is in the old town, not here
- Posillipo addresses in this zone are 5 km out and effectively bus-only
- Santa Lucia's seafront hotels are a strip of chains, not a neighbourhood

Hotels in Chiaia, Santa Lucia & Posillipo: https://www.stay22.com/allez/booking?aid=stayzones&link=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.booking.com%2Fsearchresults.html%3Fdest_id%3D1292%26dest_type%3Ddistrict%26group_adults%3D2%26no_rooms%3D1

## Other districts in Naples

- [Toledo & the Quartieri Spagnoli](https://stayzones.com/where-to-stay-in-naples/toledo-quartieri-spagnoli): Recommended. Via Toledo, the alley grid above it, and the western half of the old town down to the port. The best-connected place to sleep in Naples, and the loudest.
- [San Lorenzo & Piazza Garibaldi](https://stayzones.com/where-to-stay-in-naples/san-lorenzo-garibaldi): Mixed. Via dei Tribunali, the Duomo and Napoli Sotterranea at one end; the central station and the cheapest beds in the city at the other. Which end you book decides the trip.
- [Vomero & Arenella](https://stayzones.com/where-to-stay-in-naples/vomero-arenella): Mixed. A quiet grid on the hill 100 m above the centre, with Castel Sant'Elmo and the best view of the bay. You will ride a funicular every day of the trip.
- [Sanità & Capodimonte](https://stayzones.com/where-to-stay-in-naples/sanita-capodimonte): Mixed. The valley behind the archaeological museum: catacombs, baroque staircases and the cheapest rooms within walking distance of the old town. The walk is uphill.
- [Fuorigrotta & Bagnoli](https://stayzones.com/where-to-stay-in-naples/fuorigrotta-bagnoli): Avoid. Cheap rooms on the far side of the hill, by the stadium and a dismantled steelworks. It looks close to Naples on the map and it is a tunnel and 20 minutes away.