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Isola la Gaiola
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Ready-made walk · Naples

Posillipo: Gaiola and the Pausilypon

3 stops · ~1 hr 40 min · 2.8 km

Coast & Views

A coastal walk at the tip of the Posillipo hill, well outside the centre. Take in the panorama from Parco Virgiliano towards Vesuvius and the islands, pass through the ancient Grotta di Seiano into the Roman landscape of the Pausilypon and look out to the tiny island of Gaiola in its underwater park.

The stops, in walking order

  1. Isola la Gaiola
    iGianfranco Vitolo (CC BY 2.0)

    Stop 1: Isola la Gaiola

    ~3 min here

    Gaiola is a small offshore island with a villa, set within Naples’s underwater park opposite Posillipo.

  2. Parco Archeologico del Pausilypon
    iArmando Mancini (CC BY-SA 2.0)

    Stop 2: Parco Archeologico del Pausilypon

    ~1 hr here

    The Parco Archeologico del Pausilypon is an archaeological landscape reached through the immense Grotta di Seiano.

  3. Parco Virgiliano
    iMentnafunangann (CC BY-SA 3.0)

    Stop 3: Parco Virgiliano

    ~3 min here

    Parco Virgiliano is a scenic park spread across Posillipo hill, with terraces that open wide views over the Gulf of Naples.

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