July 15 — Wednesday · Arrival Day
Morning Drive
Drive Praiano → Naples — 1h 30–1h 45min
Get off the coast first (SS163 → A3 on-ramp), then straightforward A3 motorway. Pure motorway is ~1h10 but door-to-door is 1h30–1h45 in summer. ✅ Exempt from the plate rule as a departing hotel guest. Leave with time to spare before the 3pm check-in and 4pm Cappella Sansevero.
4:00 PM · Meet 3:50 PMBOOKED
Cappella Sansevero — The Veiled Christ (with Guide)
Meet at 3:50 PM at Piazza San Domenico Maggiore 16, 80134 Napoli — in front of the Napoli Store. Tour with English-speaking guide, 40 minutes, 2 adults. A marble sculpture of Christ beneath a burial shroud so impossibly fine it appears to be actual wet fabric. Done in 1753. People genuinely gasp. The single most extraordinary thing you will see on the entire trip. Payment processes automatically on July 12, 2026.
🌐 museosansevero.it
Midday — 2 min walk from Cappella
Lunch — Di Matteo Pizza, Via dei Tribunali 94
2 minutes from the Cappella Sansevero. Stand at the marble counter. Order a margherita or marinara.
Pay €3. 150 years unchanged. Bill Clinton ate here during the G7 summit in 1994 — there's a photo on the wall.
AfternoonBOOKED
Check In — Hotel Excelsior Naples
Via Partenope 48. Right on the Naples seafront overlooking the Bay of Naples, Capri and Vesuvius. Rooftop restaurant, fitness centre, elegant rooms. 11-minute walk from the Royal Palace and Piazza Plebiscito — perfectly located for everything on the Naples plan.
Dinner — Arrive 7pm Sharp
Dinner — Starita Pizzeria, Via Materdei 27
No reservations — arrive at 7pm opening to get a table. Open since 1901, setting of a famous Sophia Loren film. One of the finest pizzerias in Naples by local consensus. Order the
montanara (fried then oven-baked) or the classic margherita.
Closed Mondays — you are there on a Tuesday, all good.
July 16 — Thursday · Full Naples Day
MorningTO BOOK
Gran Caffè Gambrinus — Coffee Experience with Arturo
Piazza del Plebiscito, next to the Royal Palace. Hosted by Arturo, third-generation owner of this legendary café open since 1860. You gather in the ornate Belle Époque main hall, hear the café's history, see coffee cups used by heads of state,
craft an espresso with a master barista, and taste a traditional Neapolitan sfogliatella pastry. Book:
airbnb.com/experiences/6498132
Late Morning
Spaccanapoli Walk — 45 Minutes
The ancient Greek street that cuts Naples perfectly in two — laid out around
470 BC, unchanged since. Walk it end to end,
45 minutes. Loud, chaotic, completely alive. A church every 50 metres, street markets, laundry above your head. The realest street in Italy.
12:00 PM — Lunch
Lunch — All'Antico Vinaio, Corso Umberto I, 28
The best mortadella sandwich in Naples. Order the
La Paradiso — thinly sliced mortadella, stracciatella cheese, pistachio cream and crushed pistachios on fresh focaccia baked to order.
€8–14, large enough to share. Right in Centro Storico, steps from everything on today's plan.
3:00 PM · 3 HoursBOOKED & PAID
AVPN Pizza Making Class — 3 Hours
The
Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana — the governing body that certifies authentic Neapolitan pizza worldwide.
Max 10 people. Learn the actual technique — dough, San Marzano tomatoes, buffalo mozzarella — then bake in a traditional wood-fired oven. Leave with a
certificate and the skills to recreate it at home.
July 17 — Friday · Departure Day
7:30 AM
Check Out — Hotel Excelsior Naples
Bags ready the night before. Relaxed breakfast — no need to rush this morning. Final espresso on the seafront.
By 9:00 AMCAR DROP-OFF
Drop Hire Car — Centauro, Via del Riposo 18
~25 min drive from the hotel. Return to Centauro at Via del Riposo 18 — the depot is 600m from Naples Airport (NAP) Terminal 1. Booked drop-off 09:00 (return earlier if you like, no penalty). Tel +390 683 662 959. If the depot is open earlier and you drop by ~8am, you can take an earlier train and gain a bigger cushion at FCO.
~9:15 AM
Taxi — Naples Airport area → Naples Centrale
Taxi or Uber from the Centauro depot / Naples Airport to Naples Centrale station. ~20 minutes. Metered taxi from the rank or via the Uber app.
~10:00 AMBOOK IN ADVANCE
High-Speed Train — Naples Centrale → Roma Termini
Book at italotreno.it or trenitalia.com in advance. Aim for a departure around 9:45–10:15 AM · Journey 1h 10min · Approx €20–40 per person. Trains run every 20–30 min, so you have flexibility. Arrive Roma Termini approximately 11:10am.
~11:20 AM
Leonardo Express / Taxi — Roma Termini → FCO
Leonardo Express €14, 32 min, or fixed-fare taxi ~€50, 45 min. At FCO by approximately 12:00pm — over 2 hours before the 14:15 departure. Comfortable for an international flight.
2:15 PMFLIGHT
Flight 53 — FCO → Miami (MIA)
Departs FCO 2:15pm, arrives Miami 7:05pm. Booking ref: KDDQMR.
July 18 · 10:15 AMFLIGHT
Flight 1300 — Miami (MIA) → Grand Cayman — HOME
Departs Miami 10:15am July 18, arrives Grand Cayman 10:56am. Booking ref: MWJTGB. Welcome home.