Galleria Umberto I

Top 1% of attractions in Naples
8/10

7 expert reviews

“Don’t miss it! The architecture is breath taking all year long.”

– Afar Magazine

Frommer's Frommer's
"A splendid Liberty-style (Italian Art Nouveau) construction with obvious Parisian inspiration." Full review
Fodor's Fodor's
"The galleria was erected during the "clean-up" of Naples following the devastating cholera epidemic of 1884." Full review
Michelin Guide Michelin Guide
1 Star
"A shopping centre, just like the Italians loved to design them." Full review
Independent Independent
"You don’t have to shop to admire the stunning 19th-century Galleria Umberto I shopping arcade with iron and glass-domed ceilings, marble-columned, vaulted galleries with mosaic floors"
Frommer's Frommer's
"This gallery is an elegant glass-and-iron covered passage following a Greek cross shape, with each of its four arms opening onto a street on one end and meeting at a rotunda, covered with a cupola, on the other" Full review
Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
"Naples' most-famous 19th-century arcade is a breathtaking pairing of richly adorned neo-Renaissance fronts and a delicate glass ceiling." Full review



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