The best hotels in Naples for 2025
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Long misunderstood, Naples rewards those who take the time to uncover its many layers, revealing its warm heart and vibrant energy. In fact, the best hotels in Naples are among the finest in all of Italy. Ancient streets hum with the buzz of Vespa engines and lively local chatter, and the majestic Vesuvius looms over the Tyrrhenian Sea, serving as a postcard worthy backdrop. And then there’s the food — the scent of freshly baked sfogliatelle wafts through the air, pizza comes in all shapes and glorious forms, rich Neapolitan coffee, and cuoppi (paper cones filled with fried fish); essentially, a very long checklist for any visit in Napoli. When it comes to sleeping in the city, there is something for everyone; from art-filled boltholes in Rione Sanità to glistening sea-views in Posillipo or grand dames in Centro Storico, these are the best Naples' hotels to discover Italy’s most intoxicating metropolis.
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How we choose the best hotels in Naples
Every hotel on this list has been selected independently by our editors and written by a Condé Nast Traveller journalist who knows the destination and has stayed at that property. When choosing hotels, our editors consider both luxury properties and boutique and lesser-known boltholes that offer an authentic and insider experience of a destination. We’re always looking for beautiful design, a great location and warm service – as well as serious sustainability credentials. We update this list regularly as new hotels open and existing ones evolve.
Alessandra FarinelliRinuccini Relais, Naples
Rinuccini Relais is housed within a 17th-century palazzo in Piazza Dante, right in the heart of Naples' historic centre and just steps from the city’s most iconic landmarks. The building neighbours Port'Alba, one of the oldest surviving city gates; the perfect spot to kickstart your sightseeing (or food-touring) around Naples. Beyond its prime location, the Relais is a joyful, colourful space designed to reflect the city’s lively, contemporary spirit. A striking blue corridor connects the rooms, which either overlook the Piazza or the palazzo’s quiet internal courtyard. Either way, each window is fitted with triple-glazing to ensure a noise-free night's sleep. Within the rooms, soft pastel tones paint the walls and tastefully match the furnishings; although simplicity, comfort and functionality reign. Don’t forget to pop into the quaint little bookstore in the piazza, you never know what treasure you may find.
Address: P.za Dante, 22, 80135 Napoli NA, Italy
Chris Dalton PhotographyRomeo Hotel, Naples
You may have heard that this design-savvy hotel has landed in Rome, however, the original Romeo Hotel in Naples opened over 15 years ago and has received unparalleled attention in 2024 as it welcomed the most Michelin-starred chef in the world. On the ninth floor, facing the Vesuvius, Il Ristorante is now helmed by Alain Ducasse, merging the finesse of French haute cuisine with Mediterranean flavours. This comes as no surprise for a hotel whose objectives are to excel in the contemporary, art-driven spheres. Designed by Japanese architect Kenzo Tange, the Romeo Hotel also boasts a private collection of over 100 works of art displayed throughout the property, featuring pieces by renowned artists such as Mario Schifano and Andy Warhol. There are two outdoor swimming pools, on the ninth and tenth floors, overlooking the magnificent frame of the Gulf of Naples, but I’ll most certainly be going back for their excellent spa.
Address: Via Cristoforo Colombo, 45, 80133 Napoli NA, Italy
Casa D'Anna ai Cristallini, Naples
The Rione Sanità in Naples is a neighbourhood born as a burial site during the Greek and Roman period, and today, is seeing a period of revival thanks to the opening of numerous new spots. Among these is Casa d’Anna ai Cristallini, a maison d’art with five rooms and the understated charm of an early 15th-century residence. You’re greeted by Alessandra Calise Martuscelli who, as well as preserving its former aesthetic appearance, has added a touch of warm hospitality as if you were a guest in her own home. Each bedroom is different, and extremely pleasant, but it’s the Salotto that stars as the centrepiece of this palazzo. A cabinet of curiosities displays books, statues, antiques and ancient vases where you can take a seat, and listen to the classical music playing in the background.
My favourite part of this guesthouse is the rooftop terrace; although the views are concealed by neighbouring buildings, it feels like a cosy nest surrounded by bushes, lemon trees and the faint chitter-chatter of passers by. Breakfast is served here on warmer days, enjoyed under the bamboo pergola with filtered sunlight gently streaming through. Oh, and to truly delve into the history of the neighbourhood you only have to step next door, where Alessandra restored a hypogeum that dates back to the 4th-century BC.
Address: Via dei Cristallini, 138, 80137 Napoli NA, Italy
Øivind HaugDuomo House, Centro Storico
With his wry Neapolitan wit, Richard Glenn Kiley (whose father is American) likes to shrug himself off as a charlatan hotelier; ignore him. Alongside best friend Roberto Mastrangelo he has opened five acclaimed B&Bs since 2014 across Naples injecting some pep into a dull accommodation scene. In each, they worked around the historical quirks of abandoned apartments, repurposing equally quirky antique finds. A Bourbon cot becomes a brass installation at the new Duomo House, overlooking Naples Cathedral, where a Roman-era pillar juts at the centre of the velvet banquettes of reception. Cheeky humour abounds: at Dante House wooden ceiling lamps are inspired by scarabottoli the boxes in which unnamed skulls were adopted in the cult of the Pezzentelle.
Address: Duomo House, Via Duomo, 133, 80138 Napoli NA, Italy
Artemisia Domus, Centro Storico
Peering down from a former Bourbon brothel into the paradisal orange gardens of Santa Chiara cloister, Artemisia Domus’s eight rooms (including four spa suites) are named after the female protagonists of Neapolitan baroque painter Artemisia Gentileschi. Cleopatra displays suitable drama with distressed Egyptian gold walls, regal velvets and a corner treatment bath. But the woman who really defines the space here is Isabella Amato, who offset her son and owner Sebastiano’s renovations two years ago with pink Verner Panton S chairs, an art library and her own paintings. Her homemade cakes are served for breakfast on gold plates matching the morning light on Capodimonte Hill.
Address: Via dei Carrozzieri a Monteoliveto, 13, 80134 Napoli NA, Italy
Øivind HaugPrimo Piano Posillipo, Posillipo
Architect Giuliano Andrea Dell’Uva grew up in the grand clifftop villas of Posillipo, the Roman seaside resort that came to epitomise La Dolce Vita in the mid-20th century. And it is to this period – and the Seventies – that he returned in 2018 for the design of four-bedroom B&B Primo Piano, set up by friends Francesca and Alessandro on the first floor of a Liberty-style 19th-century palazzo. Italian design pieces and uplifting Vietri reissue tiles in banana yellows and peacock blues create the retro maritime feel for aperitivos at Bar Moccia in the 15th-century Palazzo Donn’ Anna and fried octopus and rock-bathing at Marechiaro lido. Read our full review of Primo Piano Posillipo.
Address: Primo Piano Posillipo, Via Posillipo, 299, 80123 Napoli NA, Italy
Øivind HaugSuperOtium, Rione Sanità
Naples is 'muse and stage' to the contemporary art scene, that lifelong friends Nicola Cancio and Vincenzo Falcone connect their B&B guests to. They host a permanent artist in residence and in-house shows by names such as Simona da Pozzo and Blasepheme. A few years ago, they transformed this tiled Bourbon apartment opposite the Archeological Museum into a high-minded B&B and modernist haven with Pompeiian mosaic drapes, Hockney-swimming-pool blues, giant light bulbs (for big ideas) and intelligentsia-worthy bistro chairs, some purloined from their parents’ houses.
Address: SuperOtium, Via Santa Teresa degli Scalzi civico, 8, 80135 Napoli NA, Italy
Grand Hotel Vesuvio, Santa Lucia
Once the Naples home of Oscar Wilde, Émile Zola, Pablo Picasso and Igor Stravinsky, this coat-tailed veteran of the grand-hotel scene has stood like a maestro on the waterfront conducting the bay since 1882. Enrico Caruso was a permanent resident: his pharmacy cabinet and piano are still in his suite (531 & 2). Inside Umbertine-era Naples is immaculately preserved, a time of white-glove service, red-carpeted ballrooms, gold silk brocade walls, walnut writing desks and Murano chandeliers the size of cherry trees. (A few doors down, time stands still in 1953 on the preserved Gio Ponti-designed floor of the Royal Intercontinental).
Address: Grand Hotel Vesuvio, Via Partenope, 45, 80121 Napoli NA, Italy