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Villa of the Grotta di San Giovanni

  • Visit: about 50 min
Pictured: Napoli · Wolfgang Moroder · CC BY-SA 3.0 · resized and cropped

Posillipo villa known as the "Villa of the Spirits", above the 86-metre-long Grotta di San Giovanni.

In Posillipo, the villa of the Grotta di San Giovanni, also called the "villa degli Spiriti" (Villa of the Spirits), is one of the most evocative in the area.It dominates the headland pierced by the great Grotta di San Giovanni, 86 metres long. The ghost legends surrounding it make it a favourite stop for lovers of the mysteries of Naples.

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