If you have searched for “Guide Turistiche Napoli” you have landed on at least three different outfits with almost identical names. The one that presents itself as GTN – Guide Turistiche Napoli has its address at via Tarsia 64, a single number for phone and WhatsApp, and sells tours led by licensed multilingual guides across the whole of Campania. It is a guiding-services agency, not a tour operator with its own coaches: it supplies the person who tells the story, not the transport and not the tickets.
Which one is which
The .com domain is GTN, via Tarsia 64, email info@guideturistichenapoli.com, WhatsApp +39 380 9049 909 — with an explicit notice on the site: that number is not a chat, and for complicated questions they ask for an email. The .it domain is another business: it calls itself “Visite Guidate Napoli” but trades as Naples and Italy, a brand of the Mani e Vulcani cultural association, based at via Pessina 90 one block away, with different phone numbers; on Tripadvisor it appears precisely as “Guide Turistiche Napoli by Naples and Italy”. Then there is G.T.A. Guide Turistiche Abilitate Campania, on a third domain, specialising in Pompeii, Herculaneum and Naples, and social pages circulate using the GTN initials.
A practical rule: do not trust the name, trust the contact details. Before paying, ask for the registered company name, the VAT number and the address, and check that they match what is written on your confirmation. None of the three sites publishes a VAT number on its home page, so the question is legitimate and has to be asked.
What it sells and at what prices
The catalogue holds 26 itineraries, and it is the best part of the site: as well as the old town, monumental and panoramic Naples, there are the Quartieri Spagnoli, the Sanità, Pizzofalcone, the Borgo Orefici, the Campi Flegrei, the Certosa di San Martino, Capodimonte, then Pompeii, Herculaneum, the Reggia di Caserta, San Leucio, Casertavecchia, Capua, Benevento, Avellino, Salerno, Sorrento, Capri, Ischia, Procida, Paestum, a food tour and a literary tour on Elena Ferrante. The stated formats: a half day of around 3 hours, a full day of around 6, or made to measure.
On price the site is tight-lipped: the old town listing says “from €10” and nothing else, without saying whether that figure is per person or per group and without listing what is included. Ask in writing, along with the minimum number of participants.
The real sum is built like this, with the official prices: the Santa Chiara cloister €7, the Cappella Sansevero €12, San Lorenzo Maggiore €9 to €10 on the partner channels. A family of four on that itinerary therefore adds between €112 and €116 of full-price tickets alone to the guide’s fee. Prices checked regularly.
The detail that changes the day
Two constraints set by the monuments matter more than any discount. The Cappella Sansevero admits a maximum of 9 people per guide outside the groups handled on its dedicated platform (10 to 30 participants), bans photos, video and phones in the room and closes on Tuesday: a group of 40, which the tour listing allows, does not go in together. The Santa Chiara cloister sells tickets only at its own ticket office, does not accept third-party vouchers and takes no bookings for individuals: no agency can guarantee you a reserved entry.
So if you book a three-hour itinerary with those two names in it, settle first who buys the tickets, when, and what happens if the Cappella has no slots left. That is the difference between a visit that works and half an hour spent queueing in via Benedetto Croce.
How to check the licence
The site states “exclusively authorised guides”: the check is now yours to make. The national register of tourist guides held by the Ministero del Turismo is public and needs no registration, with searches by surname or badge number and filters by territorial specialisation, thematic specialisation and foreign language. The digital badge carries a QR code that opens the guide’s profile, and the laminated national card, valid for ten years, has to be carried while working.
The Regione Campania publishes its regional list as a PDF on top of that, with the name, badge number, languages and region of licensing. It is declared descriptive rather than constitutive, with voluntary enrolment: it serves to confirm, not to rule out. Ask for the name of the assigned guide a few days ahead at least, not on the morning itself.
Better here or on a platform
Same product, platforms compared
Prices refreshed from the GetYourGuide, Tiqets and Headout feeds.
| Platform | Price | Rating | Duration | Cancellation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GetYourGuideNaples: National Archaeological Museum of Naples Guided Tour | €41.80 Lowest price | ★ 4.8 (598) | 2 h | Free | Book on GetYourGuide |
| TiqetsNational Archaeological Museum of Naples: Guided Tour | €44 | ★ 4.8 (99) | 02:00 | — | Book on Tiqets |
GTN makes sense when you need a guide in a specific language, when you have a group or a school class, or when you want an itinerary nobody sells off the shelf: Capua, Benevento, the Borgo Orefici, a literary tour. In those cases the tailored quote is the right road. For a single visit for two or three people, the product with a public price, an instant voucher and standard cancellation is simpler and often costs less than the fee plus the tickets: the comparison by format is in walking tours in Naples.
For the individual stops look at the Cappella Sansevero and the MANN archaeological museum; if the itinerary leaves Naples, the day plans are in Pompeii in a day and the Reggia di Caserta in a day. On passes and what is worth stacking, tickets and passes; for the twin name, our Visite Guidate Napoli review; for vouchers and refunds, the GetYourGuide review.
The verdict
A broad catalogue and real regional coverage, limited by a site that publishes neither a VAT number nor clear conditions and by a name shared with several firms. Book only once you have in writing the fee, the number of participants, the tickets included and the guide’s name with a badge number: with those four lines it is a reliable supplier, without them you are buying blind.
Questions people ask
Which site is GTN Guide Turistiche Napoli?
The .com domain, with its address at via Tarsia 64 in Naples, phone and WhatsApp +39 380 9049 909 and email info@guideturistichenapoli.com. The .it domain belongs to another outfit, Naples and Italy of the Mani e Vulcani cultural association, based at via Pessina 90. They are two distinct firms.
How much is an old town tour?
The listing says “from €10” for a 3-hour itinerary, without specifying whether the figure is per person or per group and without listing the entries. That is the first question to ask in writing.
Are the monument entries included?
The itinerary passes Santa Chiara, the Cappella Sansevero and San Lorenzo Maggiore, which have tickets of their own: €7 for the Santa Chiara cloister, €12 for the Cappella Sansevero, €9-€10 for San Lorenzo on the platform tickets. They go on top of the guide’s fee unless it is written otherwise.
Can the group be a large one?
The tour listing says up to 40 participants, but the Cappella Sansevero admits a maximum of 9 people per guide outside the groups handled on its dedicated platform: with 40 people that stop has to be organised differently or dropped.
Can you book and pay online?
The site has a cart but the shop holds a single test product: in practice you book with the “Richiedi guida” form, with a stated reply within 24 hours, or by phone and WhatsApp.
How many languages do they work in?
The site states licensed multilingual guides in Italian, English, French, German, Spanish and Portuguese. Ask for the language to be confirmed for your specific date, not in general.
How do I check that the guide is licensed?
With the name and badge number in the national register of tourist guides held by the Ministero del Turismo, open without registration, and in the Campania regional list as a PDF, which also gives each guide’s languages.
Official sources
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