My brilliant friend Tour

About this tour

Discover with us the places in Naples that were the backdrop to the series My brilliant friend. You will start from the ancient Largo Mercatello, today Piazza Dante. In Piazza Dante there is, in fact, the Convitto Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele II, former convent of San Sebastiano, where many scenes of History of those who flee and those who remain will take place.

You will pass through Port’Alba: here the ancient Mezzocannone has been recreated for The Story of a New Name where Elena, by now a teenager, finds employment in a bookshop.

You will walk along the main street of the historical center of Naples, Via Toledo, until you reach the magnificent Piazza del Plebiscito, where the scene was shot in which Lenuccia, Lila, Rino and Pasquale, meet a rich couple of Naples. After an exchange of mockery and insults, it is in this square that the fight breaks out.

You will then pass through Via Chiaia, ideal destination for shopping and the tour will end in Piazza dei Martiri. In the nearby Via Calabritto there is the famous store of Mario Valentino, which in the scenes was the Calzaturificio Solara, where the models of shoes created by Lila were exposed.

The guide who will accompany you is Insolitaguida

From the idea of the archaeologist Luigia Salino, Insolitaguida was born. Archaeologists, historians, architects working together to promote Neapolitan culture by going beyond art, telling the legendary Naples, rich in traditions, colors, flavors and anecdotes that make it so special.