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Naples & Campania
Why Go?
Campania could be a multi-Academy Award winner, swooping everything from Best
Cinematography to Best Original Screenplay. Strewn with three millennia worth of
temples, castles and palaces, it heaves with legend - Icarus plunged to his death in the
Campi Flegrei, sirens lured sailors off Sorrento, and Wagner put quill to paper in lofty Rav-
ello. Campania's cast includes some of Europe's most fabled destinations, from haunting
Pompeii and Herculaneum to Med-chic Capri and Positano. At its heart thumps bad-boy
Naples, a love-it-or-loathe-it sprawl of operatic palazzi (mansions) and churches, mouth-
watering markets, and art-crammed museums. Home to Italy's top coffee and pizza, it's
also one of the country's gastronomic superstars. Beyond its pounding streets lies a won-
derland of lush bay islands, faded fishing villages and wild mountains. Seductive, viva-
cious and often contradictory: welcome to Italy at its nail-biting best.
When to Go
Easter Follow the faithful at Sorrento and Procida's mystical Easter processions.
May Naples celebrates culture with its event-packed Maggio dei Monumenti festival.
Sep Hit the coast for warm, languid days without the August crowds.
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