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BENVENUTI IN CAMPANIA
Welcome to Campania
Located in southern Italy, the Campania is a region where the first cities of Magna Grecia were founded (8th century BC), a place where the ancient Romans loved to go on holiday and they called “Felix” (happy, lucky, fruitful).
These places were also included in the Grand Tour, the journeys that the rich people of the European aristocracy used to make in Europe from the seventeenth century.
In Campania region you can discover stunning places of charming natural beauty, such as:
- The Gulf of Naples and the Vesuvius volcano
- The Flegrei Fields with volcanic beaches and submerged antiquities
- The islands of the gulf: Capri with its Faraglioni cliffs, Ischia with its thermal baths and Procida with the Corricella bay
- The Sorrento Peninsula between the citrus groves and the sea
- The charming mediterranean villages of Amalfi Coast and the Cilento
- Wine roads of Benevento, the caves and the protected oases
- The Apennines mountains with their cycling and nature trails
For people who love art, architecture and archaeology in Campania region there are extraordinary monuments tell the fascinating civilizations of the past such as the sites of Pompeii and Herculaneum cities where time stopped at 79 AD, the villas of Stabia and Oplontis, the magnificent temples of Paestum, the Royal Palace of Caserta, the Royal Palaces in the footsteps of the Bourbons in Naples.
Naples, is one of the most ancient cities in Europe, included in the heritage list of UNESCO, one of the beautiful and complex cities in the world, with its historic center, its castles, noble palaces, the charming baroque churches, the silent cloisters, museums and the crib art, the Liberty buildings and the ancient staircases of the town.
Naples is also street art with murals in the various districts of the city including those of Jorit, an urban artist known worldwide, and places related to the history of football in this city in the memory of Diego Armando Maradona.
A trip to Campania region is a dip in the flavors and aromas of a land rich in excellence! From the scent of a coffee for connoisseurs to that of the lemons of Sorrento, from fish dishes in the sailors villages to poor recipes by folk tradition, from the sweetness of a Baba and Sfogliatelle sweets to the goodness of Mozzarella di Bufala.
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This is the list of our own best excursions you can enjoy with our licensed guided in Naples, southern Italy:
- Spanish Districts of Naples
- Sanità district in Naples (Cemetery of the Fontanelle; Church of Santa Maria della Sanità; Palazzo Sanfelice; Palazzo dello Spagnuolo)
- Historical center and Naples underground (Piazza San Gaetano, Naples underground, Spaccanapoli, Piazza San Domenico Maggiore, Via San Gregorio Armeno the famous street of the cribs)
- Caravaggio and the treasures of the historic center of Naples (Via San Gregorio Armeno, the famous street of the cribs, The Seven Works of Mercy by Caravaggio at the Pio Monte della Misericordia)
- The treasures of the historic center of Naples (Piazza San Gaetano, Via San Gregorio Armeno, Spaccanapoli, Church of Santa Luciella, Cappella di Sansevero, Piazza del Gesù)
- The Cathedral, San Gennaro and the artistic treasures of the historic center of Naples (Cathedral and Treasure Chapel of San Gennaro, Piazza San Gaetano, Pulcinella and the atelier of Lello Esposito, Piazza San Domenico)
- Naples Monumental (Galleria Umberto I, Teatro San Carlo, Piazza del Plebiscito and visit to Palazzo Reale, Santa Lucia district and Castel dell'Ovo)
- Via Toledo and Naples Monumental (Toledo Station, Spanish Districts, Galleria Umberto I, Teatro San Carlo, Piazza del Plebiscito and visit to the Royal Palace)
- From Castel Sant'Elmo to the alleys of the city (Castel Sant'Elmo, Pedamentina, Pignasecca Market, Old Town, Piazza del Gesù, Sansevero Chapel and Veiled Christ, Piazza San Domenico Maggiore)
- MANN - National Archaeological Museum of Naples and Historical Center of Naples
- Capodimonte Museum
- Naples Royal Palace
- Capodimonte Royal Palace Naples
- Caserta Royal Palace
Monastic buildings in Campania region:
- Certosa of San Martino Naples
- Certosa of San Lorenzo Padula (Salerno)
The ‘discovery’ of Pompeii, Herculaneum and Oplontis
- Archaeological Park of Pompeii - At this link our guided tours in Pompeii
- Archaeological Park of Herculaneum
- Oplontis, Villa of Poppea (Torre Annunziata)
Cuma, Paestum and Velia: discovering Magna Grecia
- Archaeological Area of Elea-Velia
- Archaeological Area of Paestum
- Archaeological Park of Cuma
- Archaeological Museum of Pithecusae (Ischia)
In the tracks of the Romans
- Phlegraean Fields and Baia Underwater Park (Baia Sommersa, the Castle of Baia and the Piscina Mirabilis)
- Phlegraean Fields Archaeological Park (Pozzuoli and its Amphitheater, the Castle of Baia and the Archaeological Park of Terme di Baia)
The marvels of the coast: Positano, Amalfi and Ravello
- Amalfi Coast (Positano, Amalfi and Cathedral of Sant'Andrea, Ravello and Villa Cimbrone)
- Amalfi Coast (Positano, Amalfi, Ravello, its historic center, the Duomo and the beautiful Villa Rufolo)
Colours and lights in the island of the Gulf of Naples
- Capri island (Capri and Anacapri)
- Procida, a thousand colors and Italian Capital of Culture 2022
- Ischia, the green island
Follow also bestguidedtours website (under construction) to discover the details of our guided tours in Campania region
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