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Why come to Naples for Christmas/New Year 2025
Naples, at the end of the year, is lived on the street: lights on, music, scents of desserts and fried foods. In 2025, the lights will be the protagonists in iconic squares and streets: my local advice is to arrive at dusk for a first tour and return to the highlights when the crowds thin out. For maps and updates, also read our dedicated guide: “Let's light up Naples 2025”.
The best way to experience the Beautiful Lights? Choose one of our evening tours, because while you are fascinated by seeing this expanse of lights, you will have an expert Neapolitan guide to guide you through the most beautiful, most iconic places, told together with anecdotes and stories. Furthermore, with an evening tour you avoid chaos and empty laps: optimized route, photo stops, curiosities and stories that give meaning to what you see. And above all, the right tastings in the right places.
Naples: Shepherds of Via San Gregorio Armeno
Nativity scenes, flea markets & street food & holiday desserts
San Gregorio Armeno is the soul of the Neapolitan nativity scene: historic workshops, terracotta shepherds, details of daily life (the tavern, the fishmonger, the stream). Anti-crowd trick? Early morning or evening.
This year, then, in the Piazza del Plebiscito, a huge Santa Claus Village has been set up, to the joy of all the little ones and all those people who love this holiday A very popular Christmas market in Naples is located in Piazza Mercato: Here, Neapolitans have always found toys for their children, together with the latest news and unique things. The Furbo tip?
next to this historic square (here the patriot “Masaniello” was hanged in 1648), don't miss a visit to the Beautiful Santa Maria del Carmine Maggiore (baroque style, year 1268) rich in works of art, beauty, history, anecdotes and a highly revered icon of the Madonna and a miraculous crucifix.
You can't miss, going around, to stop in one of the many places that offer typical Neapolitan Street Food or one of the excellent typical Neapolitan Christmas desserts. Here in Naples Christmas smells like an oven: puff pastry (pastry or curly?) , babà, struffoli, roccocò. But my 'comfort bite' remains the savoury one: pizza with a wallet, fried dishes, 'tarallo 'nzogna e peppe' with a sea view. A typical taste is included in our tour: it's the best way to link lights, stories and flavors without wasting time in random lines.
Campania by night: two classics perfect to combine
- Salerno — “Artist's Lights”: a journey of spectacular light installations throughout the city; you can walk around, you arrive by train comfortably.
- Castle of Limatola: Christmas market/village in a medieval castle with a fairytale atmosphere. Book early.
With MeTour you can add transfers and fit together an evening in Naples, one in Salerno: simple and stress-free.
Naples' Christmas lights will be lit for Christmas 2025.
New Year's Eve in Naples 2025: Music, colors, emotions for 4 days of free live events
New Year's Eve in Naples this 2025 will be Unique, Unforgettable and Unrepeatable, because this year Naples celebrates the birthday of the city that sees “Partenope” celebrate 2,500 years since its founding. In addition, this year, is the tenth anniversary of the late, but unforgettable, Pino Daniele. For this reason, the Municipal Administration has developed a program full of 4-day events that are totally FREE of charge.
December 29—30: Advance of the festivities between Ponticelli and Plebiscite
- December 29 at 8:30 p.m. — Ponticelli (PalaVesuvio): “Naples sings against Malaciorta” opens the “polycentric” bill. Naples sings. Neapolitan music between roots and future” — homage to Salvatore Di Giacomo (90 years old), Fabrizio De André (25 years old) with Paolo Del Vecchio, Ernesto Nobili and many guests (including Arisa, Enzo Gragnaniello, Walter Ricci, Clumsy, Roberto Colella, Francesco Di Bella, Barbara Buonaide, Flo, Irene Scarpato,
- Dario Sansone).
- December 29 at 10:30pm — Ponticelli (PalaVesuvio): party for the 50th anniversary of 'E Zezi with Peppe Barra, Zulù (99 Posse), Riccardo Veno, Pietra Montecorvino, Bisca and others
- December 30 7:00 p.m. — Piazza del Plebiscito: national/regional urban scene (curated by 10 & Lode Management). Contest—masterclass “Young Promises by Città della Musica” with Geolier and Luchè as judges (award: video clip
- + track on beat by Yung Snapp).
- December 30 followed by Ernia, SLF, Frezza, Coco, Enzo Dong presented by Gianni Simioli.
December 31: The big party for the farewell to 2025 and the welcome to 2026
- From 8:30pm Piazza del Plebiscito pays homage to Pino Daniele (5-hour show): The New Year's Eve 2025 concert in Piazza del Plebiscito is a great tribute to Pino Daniele. On stage: Loredana Berdà, Sal Da Vinci, Massimiliano Gallo, Raiz, Gigi & Ros, Gabriele Esposito, Veronica Simioli, Mavi, Ditelo Voi, Gigi Soriani.
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From 22:00: “Bit Fest — Back in Town” on the Lungomare Caracciolo (between Rotonda Diaz and Piazza Vittoria) becomes a club music marathon with international guests Deborah De Luca and Riva Starr, plus the sets of Marco Corvino, Danilo De Santo, Ellynora and the DJ who won the contest.
January 1 Let's start 2026 well
- At midnight the concert in Piazza Municipio at noon the That's Napoli Live Show choir (directed by Carlo Morelli) brings 16 voices and 7 musicians to the stage, including mashups of Neapolitan classics and international hits: from “'O surdato 'nnammurato” to “Roxanne”, from “Tammurriata Nera” to “I Will Survive”.
- From 17:00 to midnight in Piazza Vittoria, live marathon with Ragazzi di CISI, Brugnano, Jovine, Tartaglia, Balbucea, Simona Boo, Sabba, Greg Rega, Tony Esposito and super band (99 Posse: Massimo Jovine, Antonio Esposito, Giuseppe Spinelli + Enrico Sforza, Dario Spinelli).
Neapolitan Nativity Scene - by Marco Giuseppe Ferrigno
Organize and book in 3 steps (with MeTour)
We know that at Christmas Naples is full of tourists to experience the emotions and atmosphere that only this city can give and that's why the suggestion is to book as soon as possible in 3 steps:
- Choose accommodation in central and well-connected areas: see our proposals
- Block the evening tour: “Christmas in Naples 2025 — Tour of Record Lights, Nativity Scenes and Street Food” (2.5—3 hours, easy, also suitable for families) - see info and costs
- Add to your stay at least one visit to a museum (see the Royal Palace, the MAN, the Veiled Christ in the San Severo Chapel, the San Carlo Theater, Underground Naples, the catacombs of San Gennaro, one of the many beautiful churches) and, if time allows, an experience in Campania (see Salerno, the Amalfi Coast, Pompeii or the islands of the Gulf of Naples).
But above all, he comes to Naples with a clear mind, an open heart and even a little appetite... Christmas here will be unforgettable!
I forgot: remember that on Metour.it you book your entire vacation and pay however you want, even in Crypto Currencies!
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