# Staying in San Lorenzo & Piazza Garibaldi, Naples: Map & Verdict

Verdict: Mixed. Fine for some travellers, wrong for others.

Interactive map: https://stayzones.com/where-to-stay-in-naples/san-lorenzo-garibaldi
Every Naples district: https://stayzones.com/where-to-stay-in-naples.md

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.

Facts: 20 min walk to the centro storico; 20 min to the airport; 30 min to the beach; price €€; best for budget, sights, solo travellers; lines Metro 1, Metro 2, Vesuviana, Tram 1, Tram 2, Tram 4.
Safety: Mixed after dark. Piazza Garibaldi and the streets immediately north of it draw pickpockets and are worth crossing rather than walking at night. The Tribunali end of the zone is busy and ordinary after dark.

The zone runs east from San Gregorio Armeno and the Duomo, across Via Duomo and Corso Umberto, to Piazza Garibaldi, the Centro Direzionale towers and Poggioreale. Two different bookings live inside one boundary.

The western end is the decumanus maggiore: Via dei Tribunali, the cathedral, the churches, Napoli Sotterranea and the pizzerias people queue outside for an hour. Ten minutes on foot to Piazza del Gesù, fifteen to the archaeological museum. It is as central as Naples gets and the rooms are cheaper than on the Toledo side, because the streets are narrower, darker and less swept.

The eastern end is the station. Everything leaves from here - Rome and Salerno by Trenitalia, Pompeii and Sorrento by Circumvesuviana, the airport by Alibus in about twenty minutes - and the hotels around the square price themselves accordingly. Piazza Garibaldi itself is under long-running construction and is not a place to stand about at night. Read the address, not the district name: 300 metres decides whether you are next to the Duomo or next to the bus terminal.

What works:
- Via dei Tribunali, the Duomo and Napoli Sotterranea are all in the zone
- Every train out of Naples starts here, including the Circumvesuviana
- Alibus to the airport takes about 20 minutes from Napoli Centrale
- Line 1 and Line 2 both stop at Garibaldi, plus trams 1, 2 and 4
- The cheapest beds in central Naples are around the station

What does not:
- Piazza Garibaldi is not a place to linger after dark, and the north side is worse
- The station area has been a building site for years and still is
- Corso Umberto is four lanes of traffic through the middle of the zone
- Poggioreale and the Centro Direzionale are offices and a cemetery, not a stay
- Room quality around the station is the lowest in the city for the price

Hotels in San Lorenzo & Piazza Garibaldi: https://www.stay22.com/allez/booking?aid=stayzones&link=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.booking.com%2Fsearchresults.html%3Fdest_id%3D1291%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.
- [Chiaia, Santa Lucia & Posillipo](https://stayzones.com/where-to-stay-in-naples/chiaia-santa-lucia-posillipo): Recommended. 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.
- [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.