Your girl on the inside
Ines Lanza is your host in Naples. She welcomes you to her city and unlocks the living, breathing Naples: where to eat, what to see, what to do, and the stories that tie it all together.
The bridge
It is loud, layered and generous, and it speaks its own language. Most visitors see the surface and leave wondering what they missed.
Ines opens the door. Not as a guide with a script, but as your host, welcoming you to her city. She knows which alley leads somewhere worth going, which café is for locals, when to slow down and when to keep walking. With her beside you, the city stops being a puzzle and starts being a place you belong in, even for a day.
The keys to the city
The coffee bar with the best sfogliatella, the pizzeria locals queue for, the trattoria with no menu. Tell her what you love and she knows where to find it.
The famous sights and the ones hiding in plain view: a cloister behind a plain door, a view at the top of a stairway, a chapel most people walk past.
A day shaped around you: markets in the morning, a museum when the heat rises, the waterfront at sunset. All at your pace, without the rush.
Sirens and saints, kings and footballers, the old city and today's. Ines joins the dots so Naples makes sense, and stays with you.
A host, not a guide
Ines doesn't lead a tour with a flag and a script. She welcomes you the way she would welcome a friend, and opens up the Naples that lives and breathes: its people, its noise, its kitchens and its stories, past and present.
The Greek street plan the old centre still follows, 2,500 years on. The legend of Parthenope, the siren who gave the city its first name. Saints, kings and the volcano that shaped it all.
The barista who knows everyone, the street art round the corner, the shrine to Maradona, the noise and warmth of a city that never stopped living in its history.
Ines moves between the two the way Naples does, so a Baroque church and the pastry shop next door become part of the same story. Yours.
Every street has a story.
Ines helps you hear it.
Three languages, one city
Neapolitan is the voice of the street, the market and the kitchen. Ines speaks it, so doors open, conversations happen and you hear Naples as Neapolitans do. Then she translates it all for you.
On foot, and underground
Naples is a walking city, and that is how you see it with Ines: through the alleys, up the stairways, into the courtyards, stopping wherever something catches your eye.
When the legs need a rest, you hop on the metro. In Naples that is part of the day out: some of its stations are among the most beautiful in Europe, full of mosaics, light and contemporary art.
Read about the art stationsHow it works
Your dates, who is coming and what you love: art, food, history, views, shopping or simply wandering.
Ines suggests where to go and how to fit it in, whether you have a morning, a day or a whole week.
Ines welcomes you in the city and you set off together. You live Naples; she takes care of the rest.
Gallery
Il Taccuino
Stories, places and very good food, jotted down between walks.
About Ines
Ines Lanza moves easily between Naples and the wider world. Fluent in English, Italian and Neapolitan, she knows how the city feels to a newcomer and how it lives for the people who call it home.
She is a host at heart: she loves people, places and the stories that join them. Spend a day with her and you will leave Naples with more than photographs: you will leave knowing it a little.
Say hello to InesAn honest note
Ines doesn't claim to know every date and every detail of three thousand years of history. That isn't the point. What she offers is a way in: the confidence to explore, the right places at the right moments and the stories that make Naples come alive.
She helps you unlock the city.
Get in touch
Tell Ines when you are coming and what you would love to do. She will reply personally.
Or write to her directly at [email protected]
