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Neapolitan Riviera - western coast Italy, from Paestum in the south to Naples in the north
The region is offering stunning natural beauty, dramatic mountains, white washed towns and a rugged coastline. The stretch of holiday coast includes the islands of Ischia, Capri and Procida.

The towns lying on the Amalfi Coast are Vietri sul Mare, Cetara, Maiori, Minori, Ravello, Scala, Atrani, Amalfi, Conca dei Marini, Praiano and Positano.


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Camp sites and Caravanning

 Camping.it  -  Camp sites Campania
Avellino - Benevento - Caserta - Napoli - Salerno.

Car Rental Amalfi Coast

 Holiday Autos  -  
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Holiday Homes / Apartments

    -  Holiday homes Amalfi Coast
Interhome offers quality apartments or houses. All properties are checked on a regular basis. All homes can be booked on-line. Properties are shown by destination.

Hotels Neapolitan Riviera

 Booking - Hotels Amalfi Coast  -  Hotel Guide Amalfi Coast
Hotels in Amalfi, Positano, Praiano, Salerno, Ravello, Conca dei Marini, Maiori, Furore, Vietri sul Mare, Minori, Cava deʼ Tirreni, Agerola, and more ...

 
Centrally located hotels ranging from small family run budget accommodation to world-class five star hotels.

 

 BB Napoli
Accomodation guide to lodgings in Naples, the Islands of Ischia, Capri and Procida, the Amalfi Coast and Sorrento Coast, Pozzuoli and Flegrea.

Hostels / Country Inns

 
Hostelbookers.com is one of the worlds largest online booking services for hostels. All hostels you see here are offering realtime prices and availability.

 TFTHostels  -  Search all hostels, book the cheapest
Hostels, Budget Hotels, Apartments, Guesthouses, B&B, and Campsites.
Hostel search engine. Search all Hostels, find the cheapest. Compare rates, reviews and recommendations. Check availability, specs and location. Book the hostel of your choice by visiting the hostel booking website.

 Ostelli online  -  Italian Youth Hostels Association

National Parks

 Parco Nazionale del Vesuvio
Boscoreale, Boscotrecase, Ercolano, Massa di Somma, Ottaviano, Pollena Trocchia, Sant'Anastasia, San Giuseppe Vesuviano, San Sebastiano al Vesuvio, Somma Vesuviana, Terzigno, Torre del Greco and Trecase

Travel Agents / Tour Operators

  -  Neapolitan Riviera

   -  Naples

   -  Neapolitan Riviera  -  Beach holidays, Family Holidays, Spa
The Neapolitan Riviera offers dramatic coastal scenery, ancient sites and spectacular resorts. Perched atop the rocky cliffs on a beautiful headland is Sorrento boasting wonderful views over gulf of Naples and Mount Vesuvius. A popular resort which contrasts its colourful old town with its elegant main shopping street the Corso Italia...

 
Create your perfect trip to Naples
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 Siblu - Places to stay and visit in Italy
Let Siblu guides you to the great destinations and places to visit in Italy. With a world of history that only European cities can offer.
 Page & Moy  -  Escorted Holidays to Italy
Many exciting destinations all over Europe organised by Page & Moy. High standard hotels and experienced tour managers. Download their Europe brochure. 
 Bridge Travel  -  short breaks in Naples and Sorrento
 Capri Wedding
rofessional wedding planners who will handle all your wedding details so you won't have to worry about a thing! Capri Wedding can plan religious or civil weddings and honeymoons on Capri, the Amalfi Coast, Positano or other romantic cities in Italy of your choice.

Travel Guides Amalfi Coast / Related books

Travel Guides Naples [ amazon.co.uk ]

Naples and the Amalfi Coast - Eyewitness Travel Guide 
Your holiday starts here! From the magnificent Amalfi coastline to the imposing splendour of Castel Nuovo, make sure you see it all with this essential guide to Naples. Unique cutaway maps and 3D models reveal the secrets of Pompei, its ancient temples and the might of Mount Vesuvius. And with recommendations of where to enjoy the best Neapolitan pizzas you can live la dolce vita just like the locals.
Hardcover 240 pages (February 24, 2005); Publisher: Dorling Kindersley; Language: English; ISBN: 1405308125
Time Out Naples - Capri, Sorrento and the Amalfi Coast 
This stunning Mediterranean city is enjoying a new-found self-confidence. Recent years have seen a dramatic reclamation of its heritage, as piazze that once functioned as car parks have been restored to their original glory in a clean-up process that is almost complete. Naples today is once again recognisable as the place that drew the Grand Tourists with its unique combination of outstanding beauty and overtones of mythology. But the bustle, the street-life, the numerous cafes, bars and restaurants remain. The guide will also take you beyond the city to explore the best of the Amalfi coast, the town of Sorrento, the islands of Capri, Ischia and Procida and the ancient sites of Pompeii and Herculaneum.
Paperback 320 pages (March 2005); Publisher: Time Out Group Ltd.; Language: English; ISBN: 1904978312.
Berlitz Naples, Capri and the Amalfi Coast Pocket Guide 
This guide to Naples, Capri and the Amalfi Coast focuses on Naples, Capri, Ishcia, Sorrento, Paestum and the Amalfi Coast. It covers all the main sights, area by area, in an easily navigable format. Descriptions of tourist attractions include Naples' royal palaces, Quartiere Spagnoli, San Carlo Opera House and museums, Capri's Blue Grotto, Pompeii and Herculaneum's ruins, Paestum's temples and Mount Vesuvius. The guide also contains background historical information, advice on shopping and entertainment and the low-down on Italian cuisine. There is an A-Z of practical information, listings of recommended hotels and restaurants and useful expressions in Italian. You can learn about Neapolitan songs and cameos. Maps show the Bay of Naples, Naples, Capri, Ischia, Ercolano and Pompeii, and there are dozens of colour photographs throughout
Paperback 144 pages (July 30, 2004); Publisher: Berlitz Publishing Company Ltd.; Language: English; ISBN: 9812463615.
Bay of Naples and Southern Italy - Cadogan Guides - Dana Facaros, Michael Pauls
Sun-drenched Southern Italy has it all: rugged hinterlands, miraculously unspoilt islands, Byzantine churches, sweet white-washed villages, and at its heart, the anarchic city of Naples. Recently revised and updated, this guidebook is bursting with enthusiasm for everything the region has to offer – not just the bits that are on the tourist route and lie in the shadow of Vesuvius!
The bestselling guide contains up-to-the-minute travel advice and listings, helping you sniff out the best pizza in Naples and the best beaches in Puglia. It will help you find a cool and comfortable spot for the night whatever your budget, and clear maps and town plans will make sure you don't get lost along the way. Whether your interest lies with the ancient cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum or the cutting-edge nightlife of Capri, this guide will help you get the most out of a timelessly enchanting region.
Paperback 320 pages (March 17, 2005); Publisher: Cadogan Guides; Language: English; ISBN: 186011184X

Transportation / How do I travel to the Amalfi Coast

 Airport of Naples [ Napels International Airport ]

 
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 Airline Tickets / Bargain Flights Neapolitan Riviera

 Trenitalia  -  Italian railways

 Autostrade
 Online maps Italy [ Uni Texas  -  Perry-Castañeda Library  -  Map Collection ].

 Unico Campania  -  Public transport in Campania
Consortium of 13 Public Transport Companies, which manages tariff integration in Campania.
U.a. Insel Capri, Insel Ischia und Terra Mare
 Circumvesuviana  -  Ferrovia, Autolinee e Funivia
 SITA Busservices
 Metro Kampanien
 Metro Napoli

Ferries and fast boats

 Metro del Mare
 Alilauro  -  ferries
Napels - Ischia / Sorrento / Capri / Amalfi / Positano / Salerno / Isole Pontino v.v.
 SNAV  -  Ferry Napels - Golfo Aranci / Isole Pontine / Isole Eolie / Palermo v.v.


Links 

 Travel Insurance  -  online travel and holiday insurance for UK and Irish residents

 Napels City  -  Tourist Board Naples [ Azienda di Napoli ]

 Napels Province 
 Region Campania

City of Naples is divided in :

 Posillipo
 Vomero
 Old Town

Coastal area Naples

 Amalfi  -  working fishing port
 Amalfi Coast  -  Amalfi Tourist Office
Amalfi has to be lived in to be fully understood, frequenting the winding paths along the alley-ways, up the step steps that lead to the higher part of the town, between the pastel- coloured houses that seem to hang suspended but are set into the rocks.
Cities Amalfi Coast : Amalfi, Atrani, Cetara, Conca dei Marini, Furore, Maiori, Minori, Positano, Praiano, Ravello, Scala, Tramonti and, Vietri sul mare 
 Bay of Naples
Volcanic beaches, friendly cafes. Sorrento is a maze of narrow alleys with lots of bars and fantastic restaurants. Steep steps drop down the hillside to pebble beaches and bathing platforms.
 Cava de' Tirreni - door to the Amalfi coast, 45 km. from the Airport of Naples (Capodichino)
The town is generally considered a "zip-fastener" between the plan of Nocera - Sarno and the Amalfi coast, and it lies in a green valley. At 198 m.above sea level it is surrounded eastward
by Mounts Picentini, mainly dolomitic, (in particular Mount Caruso, Mount Sant'Adiutore, Hill of the
Telegraph, Mount San Liberatore, and Hill of Croce) and westward by Mounts Lattari, mainly
carbonatic (in particular Mount Finestra, Mount Sant'Angelo, Hill of San Martino and Mount Crocella). The highest peak is Mount Finestra (1139 m. above sea level), which is characterized by a natural hole which gives the mount the name.
 Ercolano [ Herculaneum ]  -  City Council Ercolano
 Herculaneum  -  see Herculaneum [ Destruction and Re-discovery ]
 Maiori  -  Azienda Autonoma di Soggiorno e Turismo di Maiori
A cluster of white houses grouped around a golden cupola, a high tower, terraces of lemons and the perfume of their flowers…a modern seafront, with mansions, swimming pools, elegant hotels, the long beach with all amenities, authentic Italian restaurants with a few of bars and a picturesque promenade.
 Paestum 
 Pompeii  -  leading tourist attractions and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Pompeii is a ruined Roman city near modern Naples. It was destroyed during a catastrophic eruption of the volcano Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. The volcano buried the city under many feet of ash and it was lost for 1,600 years before its accidental rediscovery. See also Azienda Autonoma di Cura Soggiorno e Turismo di Pompei.
 Pozzuoli  -  Azienda Autonoma di Cura Soggiorno e Turismo di Pozzuoli
 Ravello  -  Ravello
Having sprung up probably in the 6th century, it was populated, round about the year one thousand, by a group of nobles from the Maritime Republic of Amalfi who had rebelled against the authority of the Doge. The rebels made a good choice when choosing the site in which to built their refuge: Ravello rises in an easily defendable position.
 Sorrento  -  Tourism  -  a balmy coastal town with special warmth all of its own.
Sorrento lies on an elevated terrace rising from the sea and offers stunning views over the coastline and towards Vesuvius. In the town itself, there are many old churches to visit and a Renaissance style Cathedral
 VicoTurismo  -  Azienda Autonoma Soggiorno e Turismo di Vico Equense
The coast of Vico Equense, spanning from Punta Orlando to Punta Scutolo, is a succession of beaches enhanced by a transparent sea, all of which provide modern bathing facilities. For visitors coming from the direction of Castellammare, the beaches continue right up to Scrajo, a place famous for its healing sulphur springs and popular beaches. These beaches are followed by enchanting stretches of free coastline, leading towards Marina di Vico, which are harder to reach. After a stretch of open sea beneath the projecting Gothic Cathedral, we find Marina di Aequa, with its tourist and bathing facilities, which ends at the natural boundary of the so-called "Calcare" beach.

Ilands Gulf of Naples

 Cittá di Capri
 Capri  -  Capri Tourist Board
 Ischia  -  L'isola verde  -  green island  -  Tourist Office Ischia and Procida
Ischia is a volcanic island in the Tyrrhenian Sea, at the northern end of the Gulf of Naples.
See e.g. : What are the "Maronti"?; How many beaches are there on Ischia?; What is the "Monte Epomeo"?; How many towns are there on the island?; How much is the ferriage or the hydrofoil ticket? and more...
 Procida  -  located between Capo Miseno and the island of Ischia
Procida is one of the Flegree Islands off the coast of Naples. It is also a town, that covers the whole territory and, in addition, the near little island called Vivara, between Cape Miseno and the island of Ischia.
 Positano  - Azienda di soggiorno e turismo di Positano
Packed with cafes and boutiques and restaurants.

 Naples in Virtual Reality

 Angevin Castle
One of the first things you meet coming from the harbour is the Angevin castle, built at the end of 13th century by Charles I of Anjou.
 Business Centre Naples
 Capodimonte Park  -  the widest open space in Naples
Inside the park : the Royal Palace of Capodimonte, that houses one of the most important gallery in Italy with the paintings from the Farnese Collection : several works by first-class artists like Simone Martini, Masolino, Masaccio, Botticelli, Bellini, Raffaello, Tiziano, Lotto, Correggio, Parmigianino, i Carracci, Bruegel, El Greco, Guido Reni and Luca Giordano. Inside the Palace : the Gallery of Ottocento and the Collection of Ceramics and Porcelain from the Royal Factory of Capodimonte.
 Cape Posillipo
 Caracciolo Promenade
Caracciolo Road is the waterfront promenade of Naples between Santa Lucia and Mergellina. The road is named after the Neapolitan admiral Francesco Caracciolo (1752-1799) who entered the Royal Bourbon Fleet and reached the highest degree.
 Castel dell'Ovo [ Egg's Castle ]
Castel dell'Ovo rises upon the islet of Megaride, in front of the small promontory of Monte Echia [ Pizzofalcone ]. The Castle divides the two small bays on the waterfront of Naples : the one of the harbour from the other of Riviera di Chiaia and Mergellina. The islet was the first settlement by Greek colonists coming from Pithecusa, on Ischia island [ these colonists also founded the old town of Partenope on Monte Echia, the earliest nucleus of Naples ].
 Castellammare di Stabia  -  Azienda di Cura & Soggiorno
 Castel Nuovo with the Arch of Triumph of Alfonso I
 Cathedral of St. January
 Church of Santa Chiara
 Church of San Lorenzo Maggiore
 Church of Santa Maria Donna Regina
 Church of Gesù Nuovo ("new Jesus")
 Church of San Domenico Maggiore
 Historic Centre Naples
The greek city of Neapolis, as usual in the ancient greek towns, had developed around three straight streets running parallel from East to the West (called "plateiai" by Greeks and "decumani" by Romans) and crossed by several secondary streets at right angles.
 Palazzo Reale
 Piazza del Plebiscito
Piazza del Plebiscito is one of the principal public squares in the historic center of Naples
 Santa Chiara
Gothic Church of Santa Chiara with adjacent monastery, founded in 1310 by King Robert of Anjou, decorated by Giotto and celebrated by Petrarch.
Its interiors had been deeply changed in 18th century, but the church was bombed and almost completely destroyed during the Second World War. It has been reconstructed following the original Gothic plan and inside we can still fortunately see the sculptures by Tino di Camaino on the tombs of some members of the Royal family of Anjou.
 Villa Comunale  -  formerly a royal park
Stretches along the seafront in the smarter western end of the city. It contains an aquarium which is possibly Europe's oldest and is favoured by the locals for family walks on Sunday mornings.
It was built between 1778 and 1780 by the King Ferdinand IV of Bourbon, who wanted to create on the promenade a meeting point for the enjoyment of Neapolitan aristocracy and called them the Royal Villa.
 Vomero
Naples is dominated by the hill of Vomero, on whose top there are the Castle of Sant'Elmo and the Charterhouse of San Martino, where you can enjoy a wonderful panorama over the city and the whole bay of Naples.

Cuisine - Italian Foods / Recipes

The Essentials of Classical Italian Cooking  -  Marcella Hazan
This book includes recipes from the author's two previous books on Italian cooking, as well as more than 50 new ones, and incorporates advice on the use of kitchen equipment and ingredients.
Paperback 736 pages (July 7, 1995); Publisher: Macmillan; Language: English; ISBN: 0333570529.
 Mangiare Bene
The English version of the most popular Italian internet recipe archive and guide to Italian cooking; traditional, regional, innovative Mediterranean cuisine.
Culinary Academy [ Easy, affordable, tasty dishes / Recipes galore / Snacks, breads, appetizers / Express pasta recipes and regional specialities ], Great Chefs [ dishes from Italy's best chefs ], Aphrodisiac recipes, Basic tools for Italian cuisine [ making pasta at home, The Italian Pantry, The Glossary, Weights and Temperatures, Wine & co and All about italian wine ].

History of Naples

 Naples' History  -  Wikipedia
Naples in the Ancient Era and in the Late Antiquity, The duchy of Naples, Normans, Hohenstaufen and Anjou, The Aragonese Period, Spanish and Bourbon rule [ Neapolitan Republic (1647) and Neapolitan Republic (1799) ], Contemporary Naples.

 Museo Archeologico Nazionale Napoli
Contains a large collection of Roman artifacts from Pompeii and Herculaneum as well as the Farnese Marbles, some of the greatest surviving Roman statues, an amazing numismatical collection.

Music, Culture & Entertainment

 national Museum Capodimonte / Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte
Contains art collections including works by Michelangelo, Raphael, Botticelli and Caravaggio.
 San Carlo Theater / Teatro di San Carlo  -  the oldest active opera house in Europe
It opened its doors on November 4, 1737.

 Homepage della Musica in Italia
Istituzioni, Documentazione & Servizi, Persone, Utilità, Generi musicali, Territorio, Eventi temporanei, Altri siti musicali, Siti musicali nel mondo.
 Italianissima  -  musica italiana, canzoni italiane, testi, midi, mp3, cantanti, orchestre
 Musei Online  - search by category / search by geographical data

Web Portal / Italian Search Engine / Directory

 Ischiaonline.it 
 Naplesitaly.info 
 Porta Napoli  -  Gulf of Naples and Amalfi Coast

 Amalfi  -  Portal
 Costa di Sorrento 
 Pompeji  -  national website
 Positano on the Web
All that that is useful to know for a visit to Positano, the city Pearl of the Amalfi coast

 Google.it
 Yellow Guide Italy  -  Yellow Pages Amalfi Coast
 Telephone Guide Italy  -  Telephone Guide Amalfi Coast


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