Bourbon Tunnel guided tour
Description
Descend into the hidden heart of the Bourbon Gallery and embark on a captivating journey through history, mystery, and the everyday life of Naples. This is far more than a simple visit—it’s an immersive experience that reveals the city from a strikingly unexpected underground perspective. Venture through tunnels, galleries, and spaces rich with memory, where every corner tells the stories of kings, engineers, refugees, and ordinary citizens. Choose to explore independently, taking in the atmosphere at your own pace, or enhance your experience with the engaging narration of expert guides, transforming the visit into a journey through time.
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Itinerary
Discover the secrets that are hidden in the ancient Bourbon Gallery wanted by Ferdinand II of Bourbon in order to create a military path that would allow the troops to reach the Royal Palace in a short time time. The Bourbon Gallery is a long underground tunnel built in the mid-19th century by Ferdinand II of Bourbon and is considered the pride of underground Bourbon civil engineering. Rediscovered in 2005, the gallery offers the public a surprising itinerary in the subsoil and in the history of the Neapolitan city. Through the Standard route it will be possible to appreciate the war refuge, ancient cisterns of the Bolla Aqueduct, fragments of statues, vintage cars and motorcycles found during the safety measures.
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What's included
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Important Information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- The Bourbon Gallery is open on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, and Italian public holidays, with the exception of December 24, 25, and 31
- On January 1st, the tour operates with only a minimum of 4 participants
- Wheelchair accessible for approximately 60% of the route with access/exit directly to Bourbon Gallery only via entrance in Via D. Morelli 61 (pedestrian entrance to the Morelli Parking Garage)
- Non-refundable named ticket
Reviews(25)
This is a tour with a guide with a choice of English language or Italian. i chose the English group to make the tour before the end of the day. The guide leader was difficult to hear from the end of the line as there 50 people in the group. Other groups are near, and make noise to themselves, in the group some guests translate from English to Portuguese while the guide speaks making hearing impossible. English is not my first language, I found it was not clear to hear the guides words. A fierce man shouted in a loud voice to “shut up” the other group - I wanted to shake his hand very much, Italians can be sometimes too loud!!! I enjoyed the visit but could not hear clearly in the tunnel.
Dear guest, unfortunately you did this experience not with us, we have no reservations for the product or under your name in all 2025.
Was very informative and interesting - it even held the attention of our 5 and 6 year old daughters! Also a nice cool break from the summer heat!
This is an amazing experience for people with many different interests. It is fascinating from a geological standpoint, as well as historical and cultural. It is simply an excellent tour with amazing sights and very interesting tales of the various uses of the tunnels. If you have the time, this is something not to miss!
Dear, thank you for your kindness and thanks for choosing us, we are very happy when our customers delight us with their positive comments on our work, we look forward to seeing you when you want to come back.
Our tour guide was excellent, with excellent English! Interesting history of the use of the caves and how they have developed over the centuries.
Exciting tour, our guide Marco explains with a unique passion, and makes you experience what he tells. Not to be missed!!!
Our tour guide, Martina, was incredible. Very knowledgeable, extremely kind, and alert in the tunnels as she navigated us. Martina was happy to answer any questions the group had. The tunnels are quite the sight! I would definitely recommend this trip!
Did this tour not quite knowing what I was getting in to. It turned out to be an amazing experience. Our guide, Sabrina was very knowledgeable and extremely nice. I would highly recommend this place!
Beautiful experience. Recommended for Neapolitans who want to discover what lies beneath their feet, and tourists curious to know unimaginable places that surround legends and folklore of Naples. Passionate and prepared guides, we have done the adventure route, we will definitely return to do the others. All crowned by a last purchase made at the vintage shop, with wonderful items!
An outing not to be missed. We went on our guided tour of the Bourbon Tunnel not knowing what to expect. After getting down the stairs (claustrophobics beware) I could breathe again but if I could do it, most people should be able to (it is steep, tight and narrow) but focus on something else because it is worth it. Our guide David was wonderful. Knowledgeable and with a great sense of humour, he made the story of the tunnel come alive. I have been thinking about what he described to us ever since as he helped us travel back in time to something our generation knows nothing about. Almost to much emotion to take in but so worth it. Bravo to the whole team that does the care and storytelling to keep history alive.
This tour had been recommended to me & I am so glad we managed to go as the tours are only on Friday to Sunday at certain times so you do need to book. Our guide was knowledgeable, with interesting stories to tell & engaged with all age groups. It's amazing the different uses of the tunnels over the years from Royal escape route to illegal tip. I was especially interested in the stories from WW2 & the fact these had been gathered from people's personal experiences of life in the tunnels as air raid shelters. I was surprised to hear that the tunnels are managed & are being excavated by volunteers. If I lived in Naples I'd love to have signed up to join this amazing group.
