Special events await you in Naples for the weekend from 15 to 17 May 2015, including guided tours, exhibitions and concerts!
This weekend in Naples you will really find it hard not to let yourself be captured by at least one of the scheduled events, in fact they are many initiatives for the weekend of 15, 16 and 17 May 2015.
Guided tours, really interesting, will guide you through the most beautiful streets of the Neapolitan capital, showing you new and timeless colors and profiles of our Naples, through the program "Tour, the 5 senses" or you can opt for a cinematic itinerary which will take you to the Neapolitan places where the most famous filmmakers have created beautiful films.
If, on the other hand, you want energy and modern music, you should not miss out on it Marco Mengoni in concert, which with his voice will make you dream throughout the evening. Finally, the sweet tooth will be able to opt for the 2015 Festival Ice Cream that will guide you towards new, original and refined tastes, which will make your mouth water.
Here are the events of this weekend, you have nothing left to do but decide where, how and with whom to go.
Guided tours
Tour I 5 Senses of Naples
You want to inspect Naples, do you want to hear it? Then the Tuor "The 5 senses" it is just the thing for you. The visit will make you discover unusual aspects of the Campania capital. The path, which is part of the initiative May of the Monuments, will make you discover another face of the Neapolitan city and its timeless traditions, its magical colors and its irresistible dishes full of flavors and colors. There will be one of the oldest rituals for the city, the "tumbulella" which will be adapted in English for tourists.
When: Friday 15, Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 May 2015
Schedule: by 10.00
Where: from the Galleria Umberto to Piazza Trieste e Trento
Prezzi: € 50 (all inclusive)
Info: Would you like to know more our dedicated article
Complex of Santa Chiara: evening guided tour with Roman dinner
A journey through time that will catapult you into Naples of the Roman age where you can delight yourself with typical dishes of the time such as the libum (of goat's cheese bread), the herbal tea (delicious spinach and chickpea soup), the cassata of Oplontis, the purest merum wine , rocket-flavored drink. The event that takes the name of Meminisse Remembering Neapolis, predicts two guided tours: in the thermal area of the complex and in the archaeological area of the Museo dell'Opera Francescana. To accompany the dishes there will be a background music with harp and violin Masters Angela Catapano e Maria D'Alessio.
When: 16 May 2015
Where: Santa Chiara Thermal Complex, Via Santa Chiara, 49 / c
Schedule: to 20.00
Ticket price: 25€
Booking: mandatory.
Info: if you want to participate, also consult our article.
Interactive Video Itineraries
What was our Naples look like in the past? Finally we could answer this question, exploring through a dive into the past possible only thanks to the new technologies. The project is called, in fact, IVI, Interactive Video Itineraries is based on a new model of guided tour of the city with the help of the new technology of Oled glasses. The comparison between the past and the present will be magical and exciting. Thanks to these special lenses, visitors can also watch stories and episodes of the past with costumed characters interpreted by professional actors. There will not be a video path dedicated to the philosopher Giordano Bruno.
When: until the 7 June 2015
Timetables: Saturday, Sunday and holidays: morning 11,00 hours and 12,30 hours; afternoon 17,00 hours and 18,30 hours.
Where: departure from Largo Corpo di Napoli, 3 (p.tta Nilo) at "MUSEUM".
Price tickets: organizational contribution, 20 euro
Info: for more details, the article on Interactive Video Itineraries.
Naples Movietour
Film lovers can not miss the Naples Movietour, a theatrical guided tour that will introduce you to the cinematographic locations of the city known for appearances on the big screen. Here you can walk the streets where they were turned: "The gold of Naples", "Yesterday, today and tomorrow", "Operation San Gennaro", "Mi send me Picone", "Piedone il sbirro" and many other cult. Obviously, there will be an exciting visit to the house where the prince of laughter was born and raised, Toto.
When: the 17 may 2015
Timetables: from 11 am to 13 pm
Where: meeting at the Pyramid of Piazza Scipione Ammirato (Metro Exit 1 Materdei). The tour will end in via Piazzi (near Piazza Cavour).
Ticket prices: free participation
The reservation: mandatory by Saturday 16 May (limited seats).
Info: further information in our dedicated article
May of the 2015 Monuments: the routes to the Stairs of Naples
You know all the most hidden corners of Napoli? Well maybe you have not even admired its natural walking paths there are about 200. 135 paths are made up of real stairs, while 69 are terraced ... in short, The stairs of Naples it is an itinerary that will allow you to get to know beauties and treasures still little known despite its incredible beauty. Guided tours, musical and theatrical performances, walks and stories to discover the most beautiful stairs of our city await you.
Sunday 17 May, there will be the itineraries "Walking around Dadapolis in the company of rumors about the city " e Down Naples, departing from the Salvator Rosa station.
When: 17st May
Where: itinerant route
Price: € 6,00 plus € 3,00 refund for breakfast or aperitif on return
Info: all other info on the paths to the stairs of Naples
concerts
99 Posse
For those wishing to spend a weekend full of music, they can attend the concert by 99 Posse in Naples, in the splendid location ofArenile Reload of Bagnoli. The group is carrying around the latest studio work, "Curre Curre Guagliò 2.0 - Not a step back". You will listen to the songs in extremely original versions thanks to the duets with Enzo Avitabile and the Bottari, Clementino, Caparezza, Roy Paci, the Banda Bassotti and many others.
When: 16 May 2015
Where: Arenile Reload
Price tickets: 11,50 (presale included)
Schedule: 21.30
Info: other details on the 99 Posse concert.
Marco Mengoni
Marco Mengoni, one of the most beloved singers by Italians, will be in concert in Naples, giving his fans a show of sharp and vibrant notes intoning some of his biggest hits like "Believe me again", "On an ordinary day", "The essential" the song that won Sanremo, e "The valley of the kings". It will be an unforgettable evening embellished by the presence of one of the most beloved talents of the Italian music scene.
Where: Palapartenope, via Barbagallo 115
When: 16 May 2015
Schedule: 21.00
Ticket price: numbered grandstand 51,75 €, parterre standing 36,80 €
Information: Marco Mengoni concert.
Suggestions at dusk
Al Archaeological Park of the Pausylipon an event will be waiting for you, conceived and curated by the Gaiola Onlus Interdisciplinary Studies Center, in the natural light of the sunset and the acoustics of the post, defined as "The place where the pain ends". The evening also includes a quality buffet with wines of the Campania wine excellences chosen by the company "Cupiello, the culture of taste ".
The program for this weekend:
- 16st May
L'Odéon… Horns and Flugelhorns. Concert by a group of brass who will play various musical genres - 17st May
Thus the very first chaos was born. Readings between myth and poetry
When: until the 21 June 2015
Schedule: 17 pm: 30 18 to: 30
Where: Cave of Seiano, Descent Coroglio 36, Naples
Ticket prices: Contribution, € 15 per person
Info: more information on Suggestions at dusk.
Convivio Armonico 2015, the ancient music of Naples
An extraordinary program awaits you at the Convivio Armonico 2015 event, "Ancient Music in the Body of Naples", organized by the association "Art Art". In fact, traditional and modern music will be waiting for you at the event. For the XIV edition of the event, the program will be divided into three main strands: Music at the Museum, Sounds in the Holy Places and Other Places. Unmissable appointment that will give you unique harmonies.
On May 15th there will be the concert “Orizzonti Sonori” with the mezzo-soprano Rosa Montano, the violinist Egidio Mastrominico and the pianist Marco Ciannella.
Where: Museum Shop, Largo Corpo di Napoli 3
Schedule: between 18: 30 and 20: 30 hours
Ticket price: 5€
Info: to learn more about "Convivio Armonico 2015 ″.
Exhibitions and museums
The Night of Museums 2015
Also this year the Night of the Museums 2015 will take place: the event will allow you to visit museums and art places even at night. It is an unmissable opportunity for those who never have the time to visit extremely important museums, places of art and culture, such as in Purgatory Complex in Arco or Museum of the Sea. The program includes special guided tours in the heart of the historic center of Naples.
Where: museums and churches of Naples
When: 16 May 2015
Schedule: extraordinary evening openings
Ticket price: the entire admission € 4,00 reduced under 25, groups higher than 15 units, € 3,00 hours
Info: il complete program of all the events in the museums and churches of Naples
Exhibition "Like a child's play"
Il Mother Museum of Naples host "Like a child's play", the unmissable exhibition of Daniel Buren, a truly sensational artist, one of the most beloved of contemporaries. Buren is "specialized" in in situ installations, which have a very close relationship with time, space: the geometric signs and the minimal colors are a hallmark of his unique works in the world. Visitors will have a special and engaging experience.
When: till at 31 on August 2015
Timetables: from Monday to Saturday from 10.00 to 19.30; Sunday from 10.00 to 20.00; Tuesday closed
Full price: € 7.00 Reduced: € 3.50
Info: to learn more about the Exhibition by Daniel Buren.
Where: Mother Museum, Via Settembrini 79, Naples
Marc Chagall on display at Cava de 'Tirreni
Il MARS of Salerno, in Mediateca Arte Eventi of Cava de 'Tirreni (SA), will host an extraordinary exhibition dedicated to one of the world's most loved 900 artists: Marc Chagall. Lithographs, engravings, etchings and prints in cable, in more than seventy-five tables made by the artist between the 20s and 50s. A unique show of colors and emotions in a fairytale and surreal atmosphere that will not let you explore places that exist only in the deepest imagination of the soul.
When: until the 28 June 2015
Timetables: from Monday to Sunday from 10 to 13; from 17 to 21
Ticket price: € 6,00. Reduced: € 3,00
Info: click here to receive more info on the event on Marc Chagall.
Where: MARTE, Mediateca Arte Eventi, Cava de 'Tirreni, Corso Umberto I, 137
Other events
The 2015 Ice Cream Festival
the sweet tooth can take advantage of an unmissable event, The Ice Cream Festival, which will involve the Neapolitans, on the splendid setting offered by the beautiful seafront, in paths dedicated to the taste of ice cream. Here you will be able to taste not only ice cream with traditional flavors, but also to discover new tastes, unpublished mix, specialties of some ice cream makers and special products made for the occasion. Ice cream lovers will have the opportunity to buy the Gelato Card and taste new flavors, and ice creams with products organic, Doc or Km zero. This year there will also be an original novelty, the Gelato-Cocktail, the so-called ice cream to drink.
When: from 14 to 17 May 2015
Where: via Luca Giordano Parco Mascagna, at the Giardinetti Ruoppolo al Vomero
Price: it will be possible to buy the Gelato Card online at the price of 5 €
Info: 2015 Festival Ice Cream.
Wine & Thecity 2015
Il Wine & Thecity 2015, it's a big one traveling party: every event in the Campania region will host a themed event and participants will be given a very good wine to taste. From 15 to 17 May, with Tastings on the high seas, you will travel along the coast of Posillipo with a chalice in his hands. The event also has a solidarity profile: the collection of corks is open to support humanitarian projects, thanks to the initiative "Save the cap", and solidarity for the various projects to help children with disabilities.
When: until May 20 2015
Where: in different places in Naples
Info: the complete program by Wine & theCity 2015.
Exhibition of excellent craftsmanship
La Show craft market of Excellence Campano, will enrich you by showing you beautiful decorations on glass, trompe l'oeil, works made in clay, crochet, and many other handicraft products in which you can also admire different particular, unique objects, created with recycled materials like glass and plastic. The craftsmen they will also show you how they create their works, revealing the phases of the creation of their inimitable works.
When: until May 15 2015
Timetables: From Monday to Saturday, from 10 to 19. Sundays, from 10 to 13
Where: Domus Memini, at the church of San Biagio Maggiore, via San Gregorio Armeno 35 / 39
Ticket price: free entry.
Info: click here to learn more about the Show Market.
2015 Spring Tales
THEBotanical Garden of Naples, awaits you this weekend with the Spring Tales program, which will offer a unique unmissable show for the little ones: your children will find themselves immersed in the fairy tales that have marked the childhood of hundreds of children around the world, such as The Ugly Duckling, like La Volpe and the Grape, La Cicala and the Formica. The event will also be stimulating for the older ones who will be able to awaken the more boyish side of their soul.
When: 14 from March to May 30 2015
Where: Botanical Garden, Via Foria 333
Schedule: between 11: 00 and 17: 00 hours
Ticket price: 7 €
Info: to learn more about Spring Tales.
