Bourbon Tunnel – Tunnel Borbonico

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Vico Del Grottone, 4

Tel.: +39 081 7645808 or 366 2484151

Web: Bourbon Tunnel – Tunnel Borbonico

Open: Open Friday - Sunday Visits 10:00, 12:00, 15:30, and 17:30

Price: €10,00

After five years of work by a dedicated and passionate team of geologists, speleologists and volunteers led by Gianluca Minin and Enzo de Luzio, the Bourbon Tunnel was opened to the public in October 2010. Descending 30 meters via 8 flights of stairs, the tunnel takes visitors on a 530 meter long journey through the bowels of Pizzofalcone hill, emerging in the new parking garage on Via Morelli in Chiaia. Cleaned of debris and carefully restored, the tunnel is testament to some 400 years of Naples history. Conceived of by Ferdinand II in 1853 as escape route from the Royal Palace that was never completed, the tunnel is part of the Carmignano Aqueduct system (1627-1629) and was used an air raid shelter during WWII.

The Bourbon Tunnel is maintained by the Associazione Culturale Borbonica Sotteranea.

All images are courtesy of the Associazione Culturale Borbonica Sotteranea

Category: Archeology & Ancient Ruins, Chiaia & Lungomare, Cultural Attractions, iphone app, Must See, Subterranean Naples

Transportation

Take the elevator on Via Chiaia up to Monte di Dio. Head left out of the elevator to Piazza Santa Maria degli Angeli and left on Via Gennaro Serra to the entrance to the Bourbon Tunnel on the right at Vico del Grottone.