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Naples monuments during the America's Cup: visitor numbers and when to go

The races of the 38th America's Cup take place off Naples between May and July 2027. If you want to visit the city's monuments between races, City of Naples data show how many visitors each one receives, month by month, and which ones are closed for works.

Open monuments: visitors per year and in the race months

Name Visitors 2019 2024 2025 May 2025 June 2025 July 2025
Maschio Angioino (Castel Nuovo) 119,559 156,420 196,835 23,518 16,644 16,282
Church of San Severo al Pendino 98,577 205,497 161,323 13,179 8,920 11,667
Former Real Casa dell'Annunziata 20,730 4,969 24,127 2,642 1,871 1,319

When to go

The Maschio Angioino, in Piazza Municipio, had 196,835 visitors in 2025, up from 119,559 in 2019. May was one of the busiest months of the year (23,518 visits), while June and July stayed at around 16,000. At San Severo al Pendino the peaks come in November and December, not in summer. The Real Casa dell'Annunziata receives fewer visitors, but in 2025 they rose to 24,127 from 4,969 in 2024.

Closed for works in the City's data

Castel dell'Ovo

The City records it as closed for works since 2023, with no visitors in 2024 or 2025. In 2019 it had 233,500 visitors.

PAN – Palazzo delle Arti Napoli

Closed for works since May 2024.

San Domenico Maggiore complex

Almost no visitors in the second half of 2025 (105 in September, none in the other months); closed for works in October 2025.

Casina Pompeiana

Closed for works in 2025.

The status reflects the data published by the City, which run to December 2025. Check opening times on the monument's website before you go.

Race dates

The Louis Vuitton Cup starts on 22 May 2027 and ends by 4 July; the Youth America's Cup runs from 2 to 6 June and the Women's America's Cup from 5 to 9 July; the America's Cup Match starts on 10 July and ends by 19 July 2027 at the latest.

America's Cup

Data: City of Naples open data portal, Creative Commons Attribution licence (CC BY). PAN figures for 2020 are excluded because they are identical to Castel dell'Ovo's for the same year, as is the Pausilypon Archaeological Park, whose data stop in 2022. At San Severo al Pendino the December 2025 figure is low because of a holiday closure, as noted by the City.

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