Grand Hotel Vesuvio

The Vesuvio is the institution of Neapolitan hotel-keeping: a Grand Tour address on the seafront opposite Castel dell’Ovo, with a guest list that has run from Caruso to Wilde.

For a turnaround call it offers the most recognisable view in the city and a short taxi to the Stazione Marittima. Readers who came for the historic centre should know the lungomare is a different register entirely.