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Naples After Dark: A Local Nightlife Guide

Naples after dark is loud, warm and gloriously unpolished. Locals do not book tables so much as spill into piazzas with a drink in hand. Here is how to find the night.

Live music in the old centre

Bourbon Street Jazz Club is the heart of the citys live scene, a New Orleans-styled room where local musicians play late into the night.

Piazza del Plebiscito after dark.
Piazza del Plebiscito after dark. Photo: Baku (CC BY-SA 4.0), via Wikimedia Commons.

Piazza drinking

The real Naples nightlife is free and outdoors: grab a spritz and join the crowd that fills Piazza Bellini most evenings, students and artists elbow to elbow.

Seaside bars near Castel dellOvo.
Seaside bars near Castel dellOvo. Photo: PaestumPaestum (CC BY-SA 4.0), via Wikimedia Commons.

A drink by the sea

For something slower, head to Marechiaro in Posillipo, the clifftop fishing corner locals escape to for a sunset drink over the bay.

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The Chiaia nightlife district.
The Chiaia nightlife district. Photo: Miguel Hermoso Cuesta (CC BY-SA 4.0), via Wikimedia Commons.
The Bay of Naples at dusk.
The Bay of Naples at dusk. Photo: Richard Nevell (CC BY-SA 4.0), via Wikimedia Commons.

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