Sights
Capri
In the Gulf of Naples just off the end of the Sorrentine Peninsula, Capri is a veritable treasure trove bursting with natural beauty, with its stunning panoramas and dramatically beautiful coastline. Numerous symbols of the force of nature can be...
Caserta
Caserta is situated in the Campania plain of the Volturno river. Its origins are uncertain, but without doubt the importance of Caserta was established with its occupancy by the Normans. The jewel in Caserta's crown is its Royal Palace, known...
Castellammare di Stabia
Existing since the VII century, Castellammare di Stabia owes its name to the ancient 10th century fortress which was built close to the sea's edge by the Sorrentine rulers to defend their dukedom. There are numerous traces of the art and history...
Herculaneum
At the feet of Mount Vesuvius, in an area blessed with a superb mild climate, Herculaneum is known throughout the world for the remains of its Roman city buried, along with Pompei, under the ashes provoked by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 A.D. At...
Ischia
In the most westerly part of the Gulf of Naples, Ischia is the largest Partenopean island. Formed by six districts, Barano, Casamicciola, Forio, Ischia, Lacco Ameno e Serrara Fontana, Ischia has acquired International fame as a tourist destination...
Napoli
Between the Sorrentine peninsula and the Campi Flegrei, Naples gazes out on to the open gulf of the Tyrrhenian sea, within a spectacular setting, dominated by Vesuvius, the sea and the hillside, with one of the most beautiful and captivating...
Pompei
Inhabited since ancient times, the first traces of a fully established human settlement date back to the seventh century B.C, when Pompei was used as a strategic commercial center by the Etruscan and Greek populations who chose the location for...
Ponza
Ponza, situated in the Gaeta Golf and just 33kms south of Monte Circeo, is the largest of the islands of the Pontino archipelago, formed by Ponza and the islets of Gavi, Palmarola, Zannone, Ventotene and Santo Stefano. It has an narrow, elongated...
Pozzuoli
Constructed in 529 B.C, Pozzuoli lived its moment of greatest glory after the Romans conquered the Campania region in 338 B.C. Known at the time as "Puteoli", in virtue of the numerous thermal springs to be found in the area, Pozzuoli...
Procida
Procida forms part of the group of islands known as the "isole Flegree" which represent a natural continuation; Procida is, in fact, formed by four craters, Terra Murata, Pizzico, Solchiamo and Pozzovecchio. Its history and renown is...
Sorrento
It is still not certain exactly when the town was founded, but Sorrento was, without doubt, already a strategic commercial town for both the Greeks and the Etruscans. Today, Sorrento is a tourist destination of international repute, made all the...
Vico Equense
Situated to the North of the Sorrentine Peninsula, at the feet of Monte Faito, Vico Equense enjoys a fabulous position overlooking the Gulf of Naples and Mount Vesuvius, and in the vicinity of the Lattari Mountains, across which one finds numerous...
Suggested itineraries
The Golden Mile
Masterpieces of the late Baroque period appear one after another along the ancient Via Regia which leads from Naples to Portici. The road, known as the "Miglio d'Oro" or golden mile,...
The islands of the Gulf of Naples
The blue waters of the Gulf of Naples are bounded in the North by the Phlegrean islands of Procida and Ischia and in the South by the legendary Capri. Ischia and Procida, with its satellite islet...
