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B&Bs in Naples
How to find, and reserve, the best bed and breakfasts in Naples in every price range and neighborhood
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• Introduction
• What to expectThe B&B concept—a handful of rooms run as an inn by a family in their own home—has recently spread throughout Italy and there are now as many B&Bs in Naples as there are hotels (both ring in between 140 and 150).
A Neapolitan bed and breakfast essentially works something like a small hotel that provides breakfast and is located in the owner's home (or at least an a converted apartment in their building). The size is limited to no more than 3–4 rooms or 6–8 beds total.
This usually means a cozy, welcoming, friendly place with a bit more interaction with your hosts than at a hotel—and B&Bs are usually anywhere from 5% to 40% cheaper than hotels.
Expect to pay anywhere from €30 to €180 for a double room at a typical Neapolitan B&B—though the most common price range is about €45–€80.
Note that there's a thin line (often just which set of local standards, requirements, and legal complications the owner wants to deal with) between what's called a B&B and what's called an affittacamere (rental rooms).
Finding the perfect Neapolitan B&B
The Naples tourist office provides a complete list of all bed and breakfast outfits in town, but it's simply that: a list of all the B&Bs in alphabetical order.
The info on each provided is pretty basic: name, address, telephone, and website, at least. For some, there are listings for the number of rooms, basic amenities. Only a few have a photograph or two and/or a paragraph of description. That's it. It's a great resource, to be sure, but one that requires a lot of legwork to use, since you have to click on each entry individually to find out more—including prices.
If you want more intel to go on, try using a private booking site that will provide descriptions, user reviews, photographs, and more information to help you make a choice.
Best sites for booking B&Bs in Italy
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- Venere.com (www.venere.com) - Generalist booking site based in Italy with a huge representation of B&Bs—including 77 in Naples, starting at $39—in addition to hotels, apartments, and other options.
- Booking.com (www.booking.com) - Another general booking site, and one of the few that includes 34 B&Bs in Naples (under the category "Guest Accommodations").
- BedandBreakfast.com
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- Bed-and-Breakfast.it (www.bed-and-breakfast.it) - Probably the biggest and best of the huge, national services, with more than 10,000 B&Bs across Italy, including nearly 130 in Naples.
- Bed & Breakfast Italia (www.bbitalia.it) - Another major nationwide service, with more than 1,000 members (including 55 B&Bs in Naples) and three quality categories where prices range from €28 to €176.
- Generalist booking sites - The following sites have limited listings in Italy (from a few dozen to a few hundred total), but you never know where you'll find the perfect place, so feel free to sift through the offerings: www.innsite.com, www.karenbrown.com, www.lanierbb.com, www.bbonline.com, www.ibbp.com, www.1bbweb.com.
- Airbnb.com (www.airbnb.com) - Bit of an odd, new entry out there with about 43 entries around Naples (if you search "Naples, Italy" it actually returns around 100 results, but some of them are not in town, and more than half are actually apartment rentals, not serviced B&Bs). Not so much a B&B as a network of unofficial (and, one imagines, unregistered with the local authorities) places to stay where the owners will be happy to inflate the old air mattress for you. (That's really just a metaphor; usually, guest bedrooms, futons, or fold-out couches are involved). It's kind of like couchsurfing (only you pay—whatever they want to charge, which can be anywhere from $21 to $150 per night but is usually a great deal), or a hospitality network (only there are no membership fees, and you don't have to be a host yourself; plus, you do have to pay).
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- More lodgings in Naples: hotels, apartments, hostels, residence hotels
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