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Via Toledo — Naples' shopping spine
A pedestrian mile from Piazza Plebiscito to Piazza Dante — Spanish-era arcades, Italian chains, and a metro station that's a museum.
Two stops worth making
Galleria Umberto I — the 19th-century iron-and-glass arcade, twin sister of Milan's Galleria Vittorio Emanuele but emptier. Espresso at Gambrinus afterwards.
Toledo metro station — voted Europe's most beautiful underground station. Take the escalator down to the deep mosaic-walled platforms. Free with a metro ticket.
Where to stay
Our homes in Naples
The beating heart of Southern Italy — three millennia of layered history, the world's pizza capital, and a UNESCO old town that hums from dawn to midnight.
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