What Naples costs
The ruins are the priciest item in a day, street food costs less than it looks, and the old town itself is seen without a single paid ticket.
- Hostel
- €14–26 per person, a dorm bed
- Street food
- €4–7, a cone of fried food
- City transport
- €1.30–1.50 per ride
A day in Naples costs little while you stay in the old town, and grows the moment you add a trip to the ruins. A hostel bed is €14–26, a cone of fried food from the street €4–7, and the priciest item of the day is the train and entry to Pompeii, €27 (train + entry). The table below lists everything, item by item.
Prices item by item
Everything per person, in euros. The day is the same basket across the site: a bed, two meals, city transport and admissions.
The bill climbs the most at the ruins and the islands: Pompeii and Herculaneum together are €20 / €16, and the hydrofoil to Capri €22–25 (one way) one way alone. In the city itself, saving is easy, since most of the old town — the churches, Spaccanapoli, San Gregorio Armeno — has no ticket at all; you pay for the museum, not the street.
Where saving is easy
Breakfast from a street cone of fried food or a sfogliatella from a bakery is cheaper than sitting at a table, and lunch on a set menu keeps the price down. The tickets you can't avoid — the Archaeological Museum, the Sansevero Chapel, Pompeii — carry most of a day's spend; everything else is a choice.
The city tax
The tax is paid on the spot, per person per night, and it's the same for a hostel and a three-star hotel: €5.50.
The same comparison for 143 places: hostel, hotel, getting into town and a day pass. Travel costs →
Before you go
Short answers to what people ask most before setting out.
How much do you need per day in Naples?
It depends on how many museums and ruins you enter — the old town itself costs little, and a day with Pompeii adds €27 (train + entry).
What's free in Naples?
Every church, Spaccanapoli and walking the old town. You pay for what has a ticket — a museum, a chapel, the ruins.
Ready for Naples?
Where to next
Naples off the main route: a chapel, a cloister, an arcade and a cemetery
→A Caravaggio in a chapel built by a brotherhood that ransomed prisoners, a cloister sheathed in majolica, a…
Pompeii · 23 km
→The Roman town Vesuvius buried in AD 79 is a half-day trip from Naples, on one ticket and without a car.
How well does Naples suit you?
→Six questions: a score for this place and others like it.
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