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Treasures of Naples: Sansavero Chapel & Baroque Art

  • 2.5 hours
  • City Highlight Tours
  • Naples
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Choose one of 2 locals available

Experience hosted by Milly & Donatella

  • Private Tour
  • Carbon Neutral

Step into a world of artistic drama and divine craftsmanship on this 2,5 hour walking tour through Naples’ Baroque heart. Marvel at the breathtaking Veiled Christ in the Sansevero Chapel, wander past opulent churches, and uncover the hidden meanings behind skull-laden altars and celestial frescoes. With your local guide bringing history and legend to life, you’ll experience Naples’ most theatrical and symbolic era in all its marble glory.

Destination
Naples, Italy
Category
City Highlight Tours
Duration
2.5 hours
Transport mode
Walking tour
Available languages
English, Español, Italiano
Included
  • Private guide
  • Entrance ticket Sansevero Chapel
  • 1 Local snack or drink
  • All Withlocals tours are carbon neutral

6 reasons to book this tour

  • Can be 100% customized to your wishes
  • Get to truly embrace the culture of the city
  • Learn about in Naples
  • Connect with a knowledgeable local
  • Hear fascinating stories and insights
  • Discover cultural highlights & their local relevance

What you can expect

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Naples is a city where art, mystery, and legend intertwine—and on this private tour, your local host will take you on a journey into the soul of its Baroque beauty.

Through captivating storytelling and hand-picked stops, you’ll dive into Naples’ rich artistic heritage and uncover the drama and symbolism behind its most iconic Baroque masterpieces. Discover how spiritual devotion, eccentric nobility, and creative genius have shaped the city’s identity through sites like the Sansevero Chapel, where the Veiled Christ stirs emotions like no other, and how the grandeur of places like Piazza San Domenico Maggiore reflects Naples' passion for art and spectacle.

As you stroll the storied Via dei Tribunali, you'll feel how the city’s cultural pulse beats through every frescoed wall, marble altar, and alleyway echoing with centuries of tradition. Your local host will guide you through this immersive experience, blending tales of the past with the rhythm of daily Neapolitan life.

Each host brings their own expertise—be it in history, art, or culture—and is eager to share personal stories and hidden details that breathe life into the Baroque wonders around you. Want to tweak the path or focus on something you’re especially curious about? No problem—this tour is as flexible and dynamic as Naples itself!

Choose your local

Get to know these 2 passionate locals, each bringing unique perspectives and talents. Choose your favorite, check their availability, and book to create an unforgettable adventure tailored to you.

This is the plan

Check out the plan below to see what you'll get up to with your local host. Feel free to personalize this offer with the host of your choice.

  1. Meeting point

    Meet at By the Obelisco di San Domenico on Piazza San Domenico Maggiore - Naples to start your journey

  2. Itinerary

    This is what our experience could look like, but it’s not set in stone! Once you book, you can chat directly with your host to make small tweaks to suit your preferences.

  3. Culture of the City

    On this private tour, you’ll experience and discover Naples through its culture. Whether it’s focused on a tradition, a special part of town with a story to tell, cultural beliefs, or around a cultural activity that shaped the city into what it is - this tour will be a cultural awakening you can’t miss!
  4. Sansavero Chapel & Baroque Art in Naples

    Your tour will focus on Sansavero Chapel & Baroque Art, two very important cultural subjects in Naples. Thanks to your local host, you’ll learn and see how they made an impact in Naples, making you experience the city from a different perspective.
  5. Cultural Highlights

    As you deep dive into the subject of your tour, you’ll make stops to visit unique spots that will give you a full picture of the city. Visit Chapel of Sansevero, Via dei Tribunali, Piazza San Domenico Maggiore, and more and see how these cultural highlights are part of the local life but have so much history behind them!
  6. Storytelling Journey

    As you discover the cultural side of Naples, you’ll be able to embrace it thanks to the amazing stories and storytelling skills of your local host. Feel free to ask any questions and feel as if you are reliving history in the present time.
  7. Make it yours

    Want to tweak the itinerary? Book directly & chat afterwards with your host to adjust highlights, skip stops, or make small changes to fit your preferences.

    Book risk-free: Cancel within 24 hours for a full refund.

    Need something special? Personalize your experience for more time, alternative locations or a completely tailored plan.

Flexible cancellation policy

  • Feel confident booking

    Cancel within 24 hours for a full refund. Even up to 7 days before your experience, you’ll receive a refund, minus the service fee.

  • Change of plans?

    Reschedule your experience to a date and time that works best for you.

  • Loved by travelers worldwide

    Simple and flexible – your plans, your way.

Reviews from guests

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Matthew🇬🇧 United Kingdom
(About local )
9 September 2025
Donatella was an absolutely wonderful guide during our time in Naples. Warm, kind, and incredibly knowledgeable, she brought the city to life by weaving together fascinating historical details with modern stories. In just three hours she managed to show us so many highlights - from the home of Maradona and hidden Roman ruins to the birthplace of the Margherita pizza. Along the way, she pointed us to the very best spots for pizza, pasta, and gelato, and even took us to Popella to try the original fiocco di neve. As a thoughtful surprise for my girlfriend’s birthday, she treated us to the desserts herself - a gesture we’ll never forget. We felt safe, well looked after, and completely immersed in Naples thanks to her guidance. We cannot recommend Donatella highly enough - she is the perfect mix of friendliness, expertise, and passion for her city.Thank you Donatella!
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Rebecca 🇦🇺 Australia
(About local )
19 June 2025
Donatella gave us such a wonderful experience exploring Napoli, with many personal stories and experiences that connected much of the incredible history of the city to something more tangible to us. She knew everything either of us could ask, and had endless information if we wanted it, but was also so happy to let us explore, to make us laugh and to enjoy the day with her. Could not recommend her highly enough!!!The best way to see Naples
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Charlotte🇦🇺 Australia
(About local )
17 June 2025
Milly and her Pompeii tour was fantastic! It was enough time to get a good taste of this historical site, but not too long to keep the children entertained. We took a 9 and 11 year old, and they were thoroughly fascinated! Fantastic way to see Pompeii
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Darrell🇺🇸 United States
(About local )
8 June 2025
Words cannot begin to express how grateful we are to have Donatella as our guide for a day in Naples. It was like visiting a best friend. We traveled with a two year old and not only was Donatella thoughtful in her choices of sights to engage our little one, but she always made sure to include him in everything we did. Her food recommendations are spot on and she knows all of the hidden gems that only a local would know. After our tour, she encouraged is to travel beyond the typical tourist spots and see where the real people of Naples live. We were not disappointed and the views were incredible. Do yourself a favor and book Donatella! Donatella -a great guide and better person
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Sara🇬🇧 United Kingdom
(About local )
22 May 2025
We had a lovely morning with Donatella. It was our first day in Naples - we’ve never been here before and we were looking to get a broad overview of the city. We certainly got that and went a route we would never have found on our own. Donatella was kind and informative and spoke great English. All in all, an excellent experience. Thanks again, Donatella. Xxx.Lovely morning with Donatella
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Gail🇺🇸 United States
(About local )
12 May 2025
We had such a wonderful time with a true Neapolitan. Donatella’s warm soul made us feel like old friends. Naples came alive through her story telling, her historical knowledge, and her love of local cuisine. Her intimate connections with the best food vendors made us feel like insiders. We will treasure the memories forever💚🤍❤️Understanding Napoli through Food
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Pauline🇨🇦 Canada
(About local )
23 April 2025
This is an excellent tour to take while visiting Naples. Donatello is excellent and also gave us some good highlights of key buildings and history while we ate our way down the streets of Naples. The food choices are ideal for walking and talking and we certainly couldn’t eat it all. Plan to go back to some spots for the things we couldn’t devour since we were full. Best time was 12:30 to start the tour. Later would likely be busier and that gave us time to rest and go back out later. Thanks again!! Explore the best street food of Naples!
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Jill
(About local )
22 March 2025
Donatella, led us on a fabulous two hour tour of Naples on our first trip and stay in Italy. Donatella showed us all the beautiful spots and shared her knowledge of legends and traditions of Naples. She brought us around to both the new and older parts of Naples so we were able to get a great feel of how the locals experience day to day life. Our favorite was tasting a traditional Napolian pastry and hearing the stories. She showed us areas we would not have found on our own. Well worth the booking to be able to learn more on a short stop in Naples. We would highly recommend Donatella for your next stop in Naples. I wish we could have brought her with to Sorrento & Rome as our personal guide. 😉Naples hidden treasures & legends
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Joey
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6 March 2025
This was fantastic and what made it fantastic was Donatella. She knew all the good spots for food and had all the answers to our questions about the city. She was funny and made us feel very comfortable. Napoli, food, and history.
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Guy🇬🇧 United Kingdom
(About local )
28 January 2025
Donatella was a lovely, and patient, guide for our 10 Tastings tour. Engaging and informative, she led us through the back streets and main streets telling us about our food tastings and the different areas of the city. Donatella provided a great introduction to Napoli on the first morning of our visit and I recommend that she be your guide. Donatella's Food Tour
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Naomi🇺🇸 United States
(About local )
25 October 2024
We had a fun time exploring Naples with Donatella on the Culinary Kickstart Tour! She introduced us to Neapolitan food: street foods portafoglio and cuoppo; babà a favorite dessert and sfogliatelle a breakfast pastry. Although the tour was to have 6 food stops, after 3 stops we were so full that we spent the rest of the time touring the city center and historic area. She shared with us stories and insights which made our layover between Sorrento and Rome much more interesting and productive. Her warmth and genuine love for Naples made the experience extra special. I highly recommend this tour if you want to eat like a local while seeing the city!Fun Way to See Naples
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Olivier🇺🇸 United States
(About local )
29 March 2023
Donatella gave us a real Neapolitan experience. She's led us through neighborhoods off the beaten path and some of the more well-know classic sites as well. We sampled great food from many different vendors and shops along the path and got to know Donatella and what life was list in Naples. She was great! She also worked with our other WithLocals tour guide, Roberto, who we had scheduled a Pompeii tour with for later that afternoon. She and he coordinated a driver for us to get from Naples to Pompeii and back to the Naples train station so we could head back to Rome that evening. Everything went off without a hitch!Donatella makes Naples come alive!
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Derek🇬🇧 United Kingdom
(About local )
19 January 2023
We really enjoyed the food tour. It was a great opportunity to explore Naples and sample the local food and drink and get an insight into the culture. The only disappointment is that the food tour had to be cut short and that we didn't get a chance to sample all 10 of the food and drink. Great food tour of Naples.
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Dorien🇳🇱 Netherlands
(About local )
3 November 2022
Excellent and pleasant guide
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Beat🇨🇭 Switzerland
(About local )
1 November 2022
We had a great time with lovely Donatella. A local girl with great knowledge and insightsLovely Donatella
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Debluedtke🇺🇸 United States
(About local )
19 September 2022
Milly was super knowledgeable and very kind personality , felt we got our money’s worth from this tour, loved Pompeii Awesome day at Pompeii with Milly
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lynne🇧🇲 Bermuda
(About local )
31 August 2022
We had such a great walking food tour with Milly our guide. She is warm and friendly and enthusiastic about what she does. It is clear she loves her city and it was fascinating to listen to everything she knows about the culture of Naples and its yummy food scene. Everything we tasted was authentic and delicious - definitely a must do tour! Family food tour with Milly
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Eduardo
(About local )
26 February 2020
We had an awesome time with our Tour Guide Milly She met us a the scheduled time and helped us get into Pompeii She was also very knowledgeable and was able to answer all of our questions 10/10 excelente tour guide10/10
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Lars🇩🇰 Denmark
(About local )
10 February 2020
VERY friendly. A lot of good knowledge about Naples history and architecture. Thanks.Perfect, thanks !!
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Patricia🇨🇦 Canada
(About local )
20 September 2019
Une guide excellente qui a été en mesure de s'adapter au besoin de notre groupe, elle connaît parfaitement sa ville. Visite que je recommande sans hésitation, car Naples est une ville riche en histoire, Milly nous permets de mieux comprendre la complexité de la ville. Extrêmement satisfaite!Une excellente journée dans Naples.
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Julie🇺🇸 United States
(About local )
4 August 2019
We had a wonderful time touring Naples with Milly. She is so knowledgable, enthusiastic about her city and an overall pleasure to be around. I would recommend her to everyone!Milly was amazing
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David🇨🇦 Canada
(About local )
18 May 2019
We booked Milly to give us a tour of The historic centre of Naples. Instead of the 3 hour tour Milly agreed to extend the tour an extra hour and take us to a local restaurant in the Spanish Quarter. Milly was very enthusiastic and knowledgeable. We covered a lot of ground and learned a great deal in that time. The cantina we went to for lunch was a quaint family run restaurant with excellent local food. Would definitely recommend Milly to anyone visiting Naples!Excellent Tour of Naples
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Anjli🇬🇧 United Kingdom
(About local )
15 May 2019
What an amazing 2 hour family tour we had with Milly, who was warm and super knowledgable! She engaged with our girls ages 9 and 6, telling them and us magical and mythical stories about Naples, so this was not another historical sight seeing tour. The Neapolitan sweet treats she introduced us to were a bonus too! It was a shame our girls were tired as this was the last day of a week long holiday for us, so they could done with a couple more stops, sitting down periodically as Milly shared her stories. All in all, I’d strongly recommend Milly and this tour as a great way to get a flavour of the sights, which you can then return to at your leisure to explore further.Bringing Naples to life!
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Michèle 🇫🇷 France
(About local )
5 May 2019
Nous avons visité Naples avec Milly qui nous a fait visiter des endroits où nous n’aurions pas été tout seul. Milly nous a conseillé une très bonne pizzeria dans le centre ville. Très belle rencontre ! Merci Super !
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anne-sophie🇫🇷 France
(About local )
29 April 2019
Millie loves her home Town and has communicatif us her passion. I sas with my sons aged 15 ans 17. They enjoyed very much thé tour. We learned a lot about the Town, its history, and much more about the Napolitans, their way of living. Millie has given also good advice on restaurant and places to see. I recommand her highly !Very instructive and nice visit of Naples
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Sandrine🇫🇷 France
(About local )
18 February 2019
Nous avons passé une belle matinée à découvrir Naples. Milly connaît bien sa ville et sait transmettre son enthousiasme! C'est la façon idéale de parcourir une ville pour la première fois, on la perçoit autrement, on comprend son histoire tout en parcourant les rues et places de Naples en se laissant conduire et nourrir de l'histoire de cette ville surprenante et contrastée. La visite est aussi ponctuée de découvertes gastronomiques. Milly nous a donné pleins de conseils aussi pour la suite de notre séjour. Une guide top que je vous recommandé!Fantastique !
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Luca
(About local )
18 October 2018
Milly is a lovely person, very kind and professional. She is very knowledgeable about the history of the city and knows every detail of her city. Highlights with Mily
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Lena
(About local )
4 October 2018
We had a lot of fun with Milly walking around Naples. she knows every single street, every anecdote, every funny story of Naples. She made us try a delicious coffee and a supreme baba.Great Family Fun!
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Ralph
(About local )
1 October 2018
Only with a true Neapolitan you can understand the complexity of this city and Milly, as perfect Neapolitan, has managed to transmit all the energy of the city. She is very knowledgeable about the history and the monuments of the historic center but at the same time she is very well informed about restaurants, taverns, vines just like a real local can be. Amazing tour with Milly!!
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Marialena🇳🇱 Netherlands
(About local )
17 September 2018
Milly was a volcano of enthusiasm and knowledge. You can see that she is really in love with every aspect of her city and know it into the smallest detail. We really learned about the highlights of the city and enjoyed even more her hidden gems. My favourite stop was definitely the workshop of a local artist. Thanks a lot for a great day !Best of Naples Tour: Highlights & Hidden Gems

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