Hi All- would love some advice from the experts on this forum. I’ll be visiting Naples for 2 nights with my family (mostly to visit Herculaneum and Cumae). Im usually a Hilton guy, and see there is a Hilton property, Palazzo Caracciolo) that is about a 15 min walk from the main train station and well priced. I’d love to get thoughts on the neighborhood, as often being near the train station isn’t ideal. Would the neighborhood be safe to walk around at night? Any strong pros/cons of the location? Thanks for your help.

Sorry duplicate post

Unfortunately, the question of whether walking around at night in any neighbourhood of Naples will attract two kinds of answers that will not be helpful to you: Very safe and extremely dangerous! ;) I personally tend towards the first version, although I haven't been in the city for five years, and some friends tell me that things may have... changed.

There is a thread for that hotel where folks have discussed the location
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/hilt...aples-ita.html

thanks- I had actually seen that thread, but people seem somewhat mixed on the location (and on the property itself) so was just curious for any broad perspectives from the experts here as a potential base while in Naples.

Doesn't really look like luxury. Decent hotel in a nice building, but not in the top league.

it is a four stars property, developed within the limitation of an historic aristocratic palace. The hotel itself is fine (was used by Real Madrid when they played SSC Napoli few years ago). As a location to visit the historic centre during the morning and take the trains to Herculaneum and Cuma, also fairly located, but as a base to explore the nightlife, definitely not. Chiaia is the place to stay for that, and with the train access at Piazza Amedeo or Mergellina, also a great Choice. The other Hilton property there (next door to the Grand Hotel Parker), it is probably a better choice.

on a more general update since my last post, the restaurant at the Romeo hotel has since reopened as an Alain Ducasse restaurant, no doubt aiming to bring 3 stars to the city.

i have also done some update food exploring in the last couple of years and recently wrote a lengthy recommendation for few friends visiting the city, which I will use to create a separate thread.

Thanks for the info. I'm looking forward to reading your thread about food recommendations.

sorry, I posted it almost at the same time as it was a copy and paste job from an email I had written for my friends:

https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ital...-eat-city.html

We just spent two nights at Grand Hotel Santa Lucia. It's located between Vesuvio and Excelsior on the waterfront across from Castello dell'Ovo. Location is very nice. It's rated 4 stars. Our room (we wound up in a sea view junior suite on the corner) was renovated and pretty nice. I'd say the room was 4 star quality, while public spaces and service (competent but very cold) were really 3 star. Breakfast was serviceable, with an upcharge for a la carte options (which we did not try). For those with any sensitivity at all to scents, housekeeping uses a very strong, chemical-smelling "air freshener" which we found overpowering and which resulted in our rejecting the first room assigned (second was much better).

Pricing is ridiculous, which seems true at pretty much all the higher end options in Napoli right now. This place was absolutely NOT worth the 625€ per night we paid for an executive sea view. (For comparison, Vesuvio was pricing at 1200€ for deluxe sea view, while Romeo was 800€.)

Overall we did not like Napoli and would not return.

De gustibus et coloribus non disputandum est: I simply love it! :cool: (Of course, I won't tell you the reasons they can not be an item for a discussion ;))