The Vomero It is one of the richest neighborhoods in venues for 18th birthday parties. And this is something that complicates the already difficult choice of a venue to celebrate your 18th birthday: Naples offers a huge range of offers, with solutions capable of satisfying any taste, but often confusing in their promises.

If you have decided to celebrate your eighteenth at Vomero, with this article I will try to give you the right advice, with the best places based on my work experiences.

I have no relationship with the owners and these reviews are written based on my impressions gained from over 400 parties photographed in the city. Discover my offer as a photographer here.

Usually the neighborhood is the favorite of the students of the Sannazaro, Mazzini, Pansini, Alberti and Galilei high schools. It is also a strategic choice, as it is well connected by public transport (there are two funiculars, Chiaia and Toledo, in addition to the Vanvitelli stop on Line 1).

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Land of Oranges

Huge, versatile, beautiful. It is a truly gigantic area, suitable for parties with a large number of guests, while for less than 100 guests it can be downright dispersive. I have even held parties with 30 people in this place, where the lower part is usually used. The best is during the warm or mild months, as it is possible to enjoy the garden, which is the strong point of the place and the place where the first phase of the evening takes place, that of the aperitif (which is always plentiful and accompanied by appetizers).

The buffet is plentiful and of high quality, there is even a room dedicated just to food. Dancing is usually indoors, in a medium-sized room: usually, at parties with many guests, not everyone dances. If you have in mind a very lively party with a good crowd, this is not the right environment. For everything else it is truly excellent.

Equipped with parking space, which is not a bad thing at all, if we are talking about Vomero.
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Renzo and Lucia

A guarantee in San Martino. It was once among the most beloved places in Sannazaro, but it still maintains an excellent reputation especially for degrees. The environment is very minimal, tending towards white, but there is a wide availability for customization with decorations.

The interior spaces are great for up to 100 people, beyond this number the party would just be chaotic. During the summer months, with the opening of the outdoor spaces, the situation is different: the gardens, which develop on two levels, allow a different development of the party.

The buffet is always good, the kids also appreciate the wine.
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Historical Archive

For the party with a completely unconventional atmosphere. The rooms, all decorated with elegance and a very unique style, recall the times of the ancient Neapolitan monarchy. Each room is in fact dedicated to a Bourbon king. The atmosphere is certainly more adult and in fact here I photographed several graduation sessions, but it is not foreign to eighteenth birthday parties either.

The buffet starts with small appetizers to accompany the wine, which is the house specialty, then moves on to a selection of some meals to be associated with the inevitable wine or, in the case of more special parties, with excellent cocktails.

The environments, since they are divided into small rooms, naturally tend to isolate the guests, who will organize themselves in small groups. This is not necessarily a bad thing, but obviously it is a factor to consider in the creation and planning of your party.
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Miami

Small, but always effective. Miami is a guarantee, known for years in Vomero.

The place is quite small and is definitely ideal for parties with fewer than 80 guests, as there is a single room that welcomes everyone. The buffet is always the same: rustic party snacks, with danubio, sandwiches, pizzas and the like and then a plate of pasta with tomato sauce or Sicilian style. Nothing transcendental, but always good. Adults usually sit in a separate room, separated from the kids, while guests are divided between an internal room where they dance and a small private area.
The place is located at the top of Via Morghen, so it is difficult to find parking for a car. With a scooter, however, it is very practical.

Since it has no outdoor space, the place is ideal for any season. It goes without saying that it is busier in the winter months, as all places that focus heavily on open spaces are not recommended.
http://www.miamibarroom.it/home.php

The Fig Tree

A Highlander of Neapolitan party venues. Well known and ever-present in the generations of Sannazaro, Mazzini and Pansini partygoers, Il Fico is a very balanced venue.

The space available is divided between an outdoor terrace, where most of the party takes place in the summer, and an internal area, where there is a room for the family, with tables, and a dancing and drinks area. The buffet is varied, but does not disappoint. It is often based on mozzarella and sausages.

The lights are always very pleasant (even if while dancing they are not enough to have colored effects behind you), the atmosphere is great because the party develops in well-connected environments.

In winter, as the external part is missing, it remains excellent even for 80-100 guests.
https://www.discotecailfico.it/

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PortPalos

It has the soul of a disco and it shows. The place is divided into various rooms, connected to each other by small corridors. There is a central one where you dance, while the others are.

As mentioned above, these solutions fragment the party, so the guests will tend to split up among themselves. So be careful if the party list includes many groups of people who don't know each other.

The buffet is excellent and large, as are the drinks that are offered. The lights are intriguing, all tending towards cold colors, which do not create particular colored effects around the people who are dancing. I would recommend the place for a party of 100-120 people, but the spaces can also contain more.

Be careful about parking spaces for cars and motorbikes: it is located just after the Miami and, like all the clubs in San Martino, it suffers from a huge lack of parking.
https://www.portopalos.it/

Of Angel

Gala atmosphere, satisfaction guaranteed.

D'Angelo is a place that knows a thing or two about parties. And we're talking about very high-level parties, being the historic restaurant of SSC Napoli. The professionalism and speed of the waiters in supplying all the tables quickly and punctually is surprising. And the dishes are legendary, all delicious. There are also options with a table service menu, like a real restaurant, or with the classic and very abundant buffet (with many seafood dishes). I also had a party with table service plus buffet, but I assure you that, after the buffet opened, a lot of food was left there because almost everyone had full bellies.

During the warm months there is the possibility of celebrating on the terrace or in the garden, with a breathtaking view worthy of the Vomero hill. In winter it is not a problem: the interiors are quite large and are suitable for small parties (even with 30 people), in which a small portion of the restaurant is dedicated, and large parties (with 100-150 people), in which the entire structure is dedicated.

The atmosphere is obviously for a more challenging and less “relaxed” and youthful party. Success, however, is assured.

Be careful about the parking lot: it is very small and is only for the birthday boy and his family. For the guests, Aniello Falcone is a terrible place to park a car. Even a scooter is not easy to park nearby.
https://www.dangelosantacaterina.com/

The Arcades

Villa D'Angelo's "neighbor": it is located right under the venue mentioned above, in a private side street that also offers parking to guests. The venue is beautiful, with a huge terrace and flat and wide spaces, perfect for a party with many guests.

The atmosphere, even with its classic and wooden furnishings, is that of an important party and in fact I have worked here mainly for graduations, conferences and a wedding. The eighteenth birthday parties, however, have a completely different air.

Like all the panoramic venues in Vomero, it is at its best in summer, spring and autumn, when the season is mild. With the terrace wide open and dinner outside, the event is unforgettable. The venues inside are divided into three terraces, which inevitably break up the distribution of guests. This, however, does not penalize the evening, which usually focuses on different levels: in winter, on the upper floor there is the buffet, which is always very rich and special. Then, to follow, there is the party and the dance on the second floor.

In the summer months the evening takes place on the terrace, so all the cards on the table change.
http://www.learcate.it/

Villa Hertha

A corner of paradise and you can tell right from the entrance, on Via Luigia Sanfelice. This, like many others, was one of the early 1900s villas that characterized the Vomero hill.

The place was clearly created for weddings, but I happened to photograph some 18th birthday parties more than once, one even held for lunch.

The place is very elegant, the terrace overlooking the sea is fabulous, the buffet is worthy of the location. The villa is obviously suitable for evenings in the warm months, there are also internal spaces, but it would be crazy to give up an outdoor lunch, with the view.
A hundred guests is the perfect number, maybe even less.
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The little bars of Via Aniello Falcone

There are so many and it would be difficult to list them all. The choice of Aniello Falcone's bars, above all Baik or Marble, where I worked, can be a strategic and economical solution for a party with a few guests.

There are two main victims of this solution: on the one hand the buffet, which is usually "bar style", with party-like savoury snacks, and on the other the party itself, which becomes an evening with friends, where you dance and have a few drinks.

The chaos of Aniello Falcone reaches the delirium of Saturday night, when it also becomes difficult to move (or it is easy to find party gatecrashers), ditto for the parking problems in the area, typical of Vomero.

On the other hand, for an evening with thirty people or a little more, the solution could be very interesting to avoid having a demanding evening, like one in a club, and not spending too much.

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