Guide to Naples and Campania

Guide to Naples and Campania (83)

Our recommendations if you are planning a vacation or visit to Naples, the Amalfi Coast and the rest of Campania.

  •  Restaurant Poggiolo del Principe near Palinuro, Cilento
    Restaurant 'Poggiolo del Principe' near Palinuro in Cilento welcomes visitors and guests in a homely atmosphere putting all diners at ease just like travellers once upon a time during the Grand Tour. Just like then, English is not widely spoken in Cilento but everyone in the territory, from child...
  • Hotel Borgo Antico, Palinuro, Cliento National Park
    Hotel Borgo Antico is a relaxing family resort accommodation near Palinuro in the Cilento National Park in the province of Salerno. This is the zone of Italy which gave us the Mediterrean Diet made famous by Ancel Keys and the in-house Poggiolo del Principe Restaurant serves guests some of the ...
  • Classic Sports Car Hire for Corporate Incentives
    Sprintage are based in Sorrento along the Amalfi Coast and are specialists in classic convertible sports car hire in Italy for private vacations, but also for corporate events and incentives. They include such legendary marques as Alfa Romeo, MG, Fiat, Mercedes, Triumph directly from the 1950s,...
  • Classic Car Week Vacation along the Amalfi Coast
    An amazing opportunity to spend a wonderful week vacation in a beautiful Country House along the Amalfi Coast driving an elegant, classic "Alfa Romeo Spider" sports car during your stay. But not only ... you will also enjoy the tasting of local typical food products; a trip to the "Path of the Gods...
  • Amalfi Coast and Classic Car Weekend Break
    The following package is offered by Sprintage who specializes in classic Italian sports car hire along the Amalfi Coast. The short luxury break proposal for two will help you spend a wonderful weekend in a beautiful Country House surrounded by the green hills of the Amalfi Coast and an elegant "Alf...
  • Cooking Lessons in Positano
    If you are seeking to enjoy a cooking lesson or class in Positano, then look no further than Restaurant Donna Rosa. In the center of Positano, in a enchanting spot overlooking the Mediterranean Sea and above the colorful scenario which is Positano, Donna Rosa has opened the doors of her villa to gu...
  • Charming Amalfi Coast Rental Villas
    These wonderful villas located along the Amalfi coast can be rented in such locations as Sorrento, Positano, Ischia, Procida and Furore, can be booked on request from Charming srl, the company which owns and runs Sprintage, classic Italian sports car hire. The company can put together a unique pack...
  • Sprintage, Classic Italian Sports Car Hire
    Sprintage specialises in classic Italian sports and convertible cars hire across Italy, but especially along the Amalfi Coast from Sorrento to Positano, Minori, Pompei, Vesuvius and as far as Paestum. The overall aim of the company is to combine a passion for classic cars, gastronomy and wine in a ...
  • Amalfi Coast Food and Cultural Tour
    This 8 day food and cultural tour of the Amalfi Coast departs for one week only in May 2013 and includes such wonderful locations as Ravello, Pompei and Positano, as well as excursions and cooking lessons. You will stay in a magnificent noble residence overlooking the Mediterranean Sea towards Capr...
  • Sprintage, Amalfi Coast Classic Car Tours
    Who has not wanted to experience driving along the Amalfi Coast in an open top classic Italian sports car. Perhaps an Alfa Romeo Duetto, Ferrari Testarossa or MG Midget. Or even a Fiat 500. It is now possible with Sprintage who have designed two new routes to discover the 'Divine Coastline'. Spr...
  • Walks of Italy, Naples and Pompeii Tours
    Find out more from Walks of Italy about these excursions to Pompeii, Naples and Mt. Vesuvius. Book them online by following the links below. Here we indicate when the tours run and if they can be enjoyed as part of a group or privately. The basic price indicated includes all tickets and reservati...
  • Notturno Intarsio inlaid wood furniture, Sorrento
    Notturno Intarsio manufactures inlaid wood items and furniture in Sorrento along the Amalfi coast. The company is continuing a 500-year-old tradition for an unprecedented standard of craftmanship and beauty by skilled artisans that has become the finest in the world. The raw material used is a var...
  • Ristorante Donna Rosa, Positano
    The delightful Donna Rosa restaurant is just over 4km from the heart of beautiful Positano. Since 1997 the family owners have have created a romantic, refined place to dine and eat well. The restaurant is divided into two rooms. One caters for non smokers while the other is a small but sunny ter...

NAPLES AND CAMAPANIA TRAVEL INFORMATION AND TOURISM SUGGESTIONS

There's a lot to experience in Campania, more than you can possibly imagine and the past is ever present.

You have to go to Amalfi along the Amalfi coast of course. Anyone who arrives as the shadows lengthen on the sun baked walls needs little imagination to visualise the period of pirates and Mediterranean traders.

It was thanks to them that the lemons and other citrus fruit flourish along the coast, cultivated for vitamin C for long sea voyages.

Sorrento may have sold its soul to mass tourism long ago, but the wider Sorrento peninsular has to be explored.

Don't miss out on Naples and especially the Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte before setting out on an excursion to the volcanic zone of the Phlegrean fields, favored by the Romans as a port and Dante for his inspirational Inferno.

The inland provinces of Benevento, Caserta and Avellino are green and hilly and the local gastronomy could not be more of a contrast to the coast. Expect to find truffles and chestnuts and to follow in the footsteps of Saint Francis of Assisi like much of the central Appenines.

The province of Salerno is notable for the Temples of Paestum, the Cilento National Park and Italy's best buffalo mozzarella cheese and perhaps olive oil.

As for the islands of Capri and Ischia, just hop on to the boat from Mergellina. Have we mentioned pizza?

Consult our Campania travel articles below, or access them from the links above right divided by recipes, food, wine, itineraries, tours and trip suggestions.

Amalfi Coast

Published in Campania Itineraries
The Amalfi Coast is named after the town of Amalfi, a once mighty Marine Republic to rival Pisa, Genoa and Venice. Today, it is synomonous with lemons.
Last modified on 07 March 2011

Traditional Amalfi Coast Menu

Published in Campania Food
If this doesn't get your tastebuds watering, then we don't know what will. A menu we picked up from a restaurant in Positano. It forms part of a larger menu offering guests a taste of traditional dishes and desserts from the Amalfi Coast.
Last modified on 04 February 2011

Not Just Limoncello

Published in Campania Food
Limoncello is the refreshing Italian lemon liqueur famous across the world. The best limoncello is produced in the territory of the Sorrento Peninsular and along the Amalfi coast as far as Maiori and Vietri sul Mare.
Last modified on 04 February 2011

Cultural Life of Naples

Published in Campania Itineraries
You'd be wide off the mark if you think the city of Napoli is all pizza, mandolins and Maradona. This is a city which communicates a tremendously colourful way of life which has entranced every outsider who has passed through the port.
Last modified on 04 February 2011

Bay of Naples Boat Connections

Published in Campania Itineraries
If you want to set off for such places as Sorrento, Amalfi and Capri via the Bay of Naples, all have connections by boat or hydrofoil form the capital of Campania.
Last modified on 03 February 2011

Monte Procida

Published in Campania Itineraries
Monte Procida overlooks the Gulf of Pozzuoli and the island of Procida like a disbelieving ruler seeing his land disappear before him. Monte Procida may well become the second Isola Procida.
Last modified on 03 February 2011