Campania

WHAT TO SEE

Those who want to spend their holidays in Campania are spoiled for choice among the many options it offers. Naples captivates with its liveliness, the beautiful colours of the sea, and its history that reappears in every corner of the ancient centre, the largest in Europe, an authentic open-air museum. Everywhere you look, you can see fascinating glimpses, tabernacles, churches, and baroque obelisks. The old manual arts meet, from those of the cribs (San Gregorio Armeno) to the incomparable guitar maker and the old Borgo degli Orefici. There are endless routes to visit the castles, museums, mansions, and historical buildings or take a tour of the many churches with sculptural and pictorial masterpieces of enormous value. Due to the exceptional nature of the finds and their state of preservation, UNESCO has placed the archaeological area of ​​Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Torre Annunziata under its protection completely destroyed Vesuvius in 79 AD. The volcanic lava marked its destruction, but also enabled its exceptional preservation to this day. The Amalfi Coast offers a unique landscape in the world: bays and picturesque villages that cling to the mountain in a miracle of balance. The blue of the sea, the green of the Mediterranean scrub, the colours and lines of the small houses merge perfectly and form one of the most beautiful routes on the Italian coast. Sorrento, Amalfi, Ravello, Vietri Sul Mare, and Positano are some of the precious pearls that make up the series of small villages (12 in total) of the coast. Short living nativity scenes with their old alleys, arches, and squares fascinate the atmosphere, sounds, and smells they emit. The Royal Palace of Caserta, another UNESCO site, is an authentic masterpiece of art and architecture and a valuable masterpieces container. If you visit inside, you will be enchanted by the constant succession of works of art, stucco, reliefs, frescoes, sculptures, and inlaid floors. A piece of colossal proportions: four inner courtyards, 1200 rooms, more than 30 imposing stairs, including the famous grand staircase with 116 steps and a vast, magnificent park as a framework. The Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park with Paestum and Velia's archaeological sites and the Certosa di Padula, a crossroads of cultures and peoples since prehistoric times, await your visit. A valuable testimony to this country's past is Paestum with the three best-preserved Greek temples in the world: the Hera temple, the oldest, the Neptune temple, the largest, and the Ceres temple, which is actually dedicated to the goddess Athena. The Phocians, founders of Elea (now Velia), an ancient city famous for hosting great thinkers like Parmenides, landed in 540 BC. On the coast of Cilento. Don't miss a visit to the Certosa di San Lorenzo, better known as the Certosa di Padula, one of the world's largest monasteries. A landscape of rare beauty, shaped by wind, sea, and people: Capri and Ischia offer places where the day is dedicated to relaxation and the night to unbridled fun.