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35 Reviews Getting to Pompeii and/or Herculaneum is very easy and inexpensive by train from Sorrento (we did) or Naples. Go to the station and ask for round-trip tickets on the Circumvesuviana. It'll cost about...
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92 Reviews Pompeii has many houses (domus) that are fascinating to explore. Some of them are very large and well preserved with re-created roofs, gardens, original mosaics and wall paintings. They are creatively...
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39 Reviews As in Rome, the Forum was the main hub for the temples, courts of law, municipal offices, markets and other structures related to the economic, religious and political life of the city. This is a very...
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18 Reviews Over the cobbled streets, the buildings, the forum, and even vesuvius itself, the first thing most people think of is the dead bodies. Everywhere in Pompeii there are the plaster casts of the bodies...
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62 Reviews Mosaics were another means of embellishing walls and floors. Tiny cubes (tesserae) of colored stone, ceramic tile, shells, glass or even gems were cemented into patterns ranging from simple geometrics...
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31 Reviews Pompeians were squeaky clean, no doubt about it. There were multiple public baths in Pompeii and a good ol' soak was part of the daily routine. It was a bit of a ritual involving exercise, warm soak,...
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31 Reviews In the three terrible days of August 79 AD, when Vesuvius underwent the most destructive period of its activity - three major coastal communities in Campania, namely, Herculaneum, Pompeii and Stabia...
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60 Reviews No muddy sandals for the fastidious citizens of Pompeii; they had paved streets. With curbs. And sidewalks. Go figure. The material used for the pavers was usually volcanic basalt; very, very durable...
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2 Reviews and 584 Opinions We intended to stay 2 nites.... we ended up finishing our month in Italy here, a little over a week....
11 Reviews Beaches are a rarity near Sorrento because of the cliffs But there are a few, the best by far is at Marina Grande, a small fishing village that has now become a part of Sorrento. There are some nice...
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12 Reviews The Piazza Tasso acts as a sort of informal gateway to the old town of Sorrento. As you enter from the Corso Italia which leads here from the station, you leave behind the modern shops and are...
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6 Reviews and 833 Opinions Located only about 100 yards from the Piazza Tasso (the main square in Sorrento) this hotel is very...
1 Review and 458 Opinions We stayed here for 1 night, on a short trip from Rome, to visit Pompei and Herculaneum. A hidden...
7 Reviews When you're at the business end of Positano (read down the bottom) there is one building that stands out due mainly to the colourful Moorish style dome. The church of Santa Maria Assunta is located...
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11 Reviews No matter how you choose to get to Positano, all roads end and start at the top of Positano. To see the rest of the town and to get to the beach you must climb down through the its windy corridors, or...
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OK, This B&B is way up in the hills on the Sorrento peninsula. About 30-40 minutes heading up the narrow, windy roads, and very difficult to find. That being...
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Q: Hi... My wife in I will be traveling in Italy next month. After visiting family in Avellino, we will then have three free...
A: Yes, there is some pleasant walking in Sorrento but not really hiking. You will have to travel outside settlements into the hills to find that, whether Sorrento or...
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Campania has so much to offer!
I hope you will enjoy reading this page! Please leave me a comment what you think about it! :-)) Herculaneum (Ercolano) Mondragone Capri Paestum Pompeii Salerno This page is under construction!
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From Positano to Salerno: The Amalfi Coast
I just moved my Almalfi pages to Campania. The Amalfi Coast is a succession of Turquoise Coves which, when seen for the first time, takes ones breath away! If you are not too busy hanging on, you...
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A recent holiday in this area led to a re-discovery of beatiful coastal towns and hillside villages as well as more well known tourist spots such as Pompei, Vesuvius and the temples of Paestum. This...
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We are a group of students in Tourism Sciences at University of Naples, "Federico II". We all live in Naples and its surroundings. At first we decided to create, with one of our professors, a page...
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Napoli, Amalfi coast, Sorrento Peninsula...
Hard to argue - certainy one of the most famous drives. Campania in the area of Naples has had a storied history. From early settlment by the Greeks from 800 BC, to Roman Rule, to th demise upon the...
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