Best Place to Exchange Money in Naples

01Exchange

Where to change money in Naples

We could confirm few places to change sterling in Naples: Forexchange now lists only its two airport desks, and Poste Italiane handles foreign notes at selected post offices.

• Poste Italiane, enabled post officesPoste handles four currencies, sterling included, only at offices on the list at poste.it. Its terms from 29 January 2026 accept notes up to £50, charge €6 per transaction plus a margin over a Bloomberg reference rate, and cap each transaction at €1,032.91.
• Forexchange, Capodichino airport arrivals ↗Landside at Viale Fulco Ruffo di Calabria 1, left of the baggage reclaim exit beside the information office; hours below.

02On arrival

Changing money at the airport

Forexchange's Italian pages, revised in February 2026, show two desks at Capodichino (NAP): one in arrivals before security, open 08:00 to 21:15 daily, and one airside in the shopping hall towards the gates, open 05:30 to 20:00 daily. Its English pages still give shorter hours, so treat these times, listed in October 2026, as a guide.

If the arrivals desk is shut, the Alibus takes a card tap, and airport taxis charge fixed city-set fares (see the FAQ).

03Cash machines and cards

ATMs and cards in Naples

The first time you tap a card at a Naples metro or Circumvesuviana gate, Unico Campania, the regional fare consortium, warns that a pre-authorisation may appear on your account. It is not a charge, says the consortium; it is €15 on a debit card and €1.50 on a credit card, and the real fare for the day's travel is taken in the following days. At cash machines and shop terminals that propose billing you in pounds, MoneySavingExpert's advice is to stick with euros.

04Getting around

Paying for transport in Naples

Under Unico Campania's Tap & Go, a contactless American Express, Mastercard, Maestro, Visa or V Pay card, or a phone, opens the gates at all stations of ANM's metro Line 1 and the Centrale, Chiaia and Montesanto funiculars, and on EAV's Circumvesuviana, Cumana and Circumflegrea lines. Touch again at the exit, or you pay the line's top fare, €4.60 to Sorrento on the Circumvesuviana. The day's trips are priced at the lowest combination: Unico quotes €1.30 for one funicular ride and €4.50 for four funicular rides, ANM's urban day ticket.

On the Alibus between the airport, Napoli Centrale and the port you tap once, on boarding; a paper ticket is €5 from sellers or on board and lasts 90 minutes. Campania raised regional fares on 1 October 2026, but ANM and EAV kept their own company fares, used in Unico's examples, unchanged.

05Local know-how

Good to know

• Paper tickets bought from a machine or kiosk must be stamped in a validator before the journey starts, and GOV.UK warns that inspectors fine passengers on the spot for an unvalidated ticket.
• Hail only licensed taxis, which GOV.UK says carry a roof sign and the company's name and number on the side. If your trip is on the city's fixed-fare list, say so on getting in, as the set price must be agreed at the start.