Which one to choose in Naples
Certosa di San Martino vs Sansevero Chapel
Two churches in Naples. Certosa di San Martino has 1 ticket or tour to book; Sansevero Chapel has 5 tickets and tours to book. The table and the two notes below put them side by side; the full pages have what to see, the ticket and the timing for each.
Naples, Italy
The certosa is a state museum with a modest ticket, and it is free on the first Sunday of the month, when it is also crowded. A combined ticket with Castel Sant'Elmo next door costs a little more and is worth it for the ramparts and the view. Audio guides are not available; guided tours with an art historian are sold privately and cost several times the entry, which is money well spent in a building where the church, the cloisters, the museum and the nativity collection all have separate stories.
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Naples, Italy
One timed ticket covers the chapel, which is a single room and a basement; book online, because numbers inside are capped and the walk-up queue in the narrow lane can take an hour in season. Audio guides are rented at the door and there is a good free booklet in several languages. Guided tours of the historic centre usually include the ticket and cost several times it; they help, because the chapel is a Masonic puzzle as much as a church and the iconography rewards explanation.
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