Naples & Amalfi Coast
Set in the most spectacular and fertile bay imaginable,
Naples oozes deadly gorgeous dollops of history, culture, food and vulcanism.
Some 2500 years of life have created an intoxicating tragicomedy that is
Napoli, La Città – Naples, the City. Living on their wits in this impossibly
crazy and beautiful place, the irrepressible Napoletani have created Baroque customs
and simple pleasures like la pizza and il bel far niente: the
beauty of doing nothing.
Naples is not just one mad city with an addictive
rhythm. Campi Flegrei – the Phlegrean Fields – fizz with fumaroles, springs and
Graeco-Roman spas where emperors indulged, plotted and then often lost the
plot. Feel the forces of nature around Vesuvius and the archaeological sites,
walking on the crater rim of mainland Europe’s only active volcano and
exploring AD 79 time capsules at Pompeii, Herculaneum, Oplontis and Stabiae.
Towering limestone cliffs shelter cute fishing villages, limpid emerald-blue
inlets, fairytale castle gardens and majolica-domed churches on the Sorrentine
Peninsula and Amalfi Coast. Serenity, glamour and shimmering beauty abound on
the Islands of Capri, Ischia and Procida. Capri is all about drama, escapism
and the molto chic; Ischia heals with its thermal springs, lush valleys
and sandy beaches; while Procida has down-to-earth charm and pastel-painted
villages straight out of a Neapolitan presepe (nativity scene).
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