Bite into the original — a 60-second wood-fired margherita in the city that invented pizza
Loud, ancient and alive — the birthplace of pizza, gateway to Pompeii, Vesuvius and the Amalfi Coast
Walk the streets of a Roman city frozen mid-life by Vesuvius in 79 AD — ruts, frescoes, bakeries and all
A vertiginous corniche of lemon groves and pastel towns — Positano, Amalfi, Ravello above a cobalt sea
Queue at the 1870 Naples pizzeria the world calls the best — two pizzas on the menu, both perfect
Naples' notorious sail-shaped housing estate — brutalist symbol of Gomorrah, now mostly demolished
Naples, Pompeii, Vesuvius, Capri and the Amalfi Coast — Campania crams in Italy’s greatest hits of the south
Eat at the world's first pizzeria, frying and firing pizzas in Naples since 1738
Italy's bleak, brilliant Camorra saga — the Naples crime series that out-grittied The Wire
Tear into a fresh ball of buffalo-milk mozzarella in Campania, still warm and dripping whey
Trek the high cliff trail above the Amalfi Coast, the sea shimmering 500 m below
Shatter the crisp clam-shell layers of Naples’ ricotta-and-semolina breakfast pastry
End a meal with an ice-cold shot of lemon liqueur made from the giant sfusato lemons of the coast
Walk to the rim of the volcano that buried Pompeii, with the whole Bay of Naples at your feet
Pompeii’s smaller, richer twin — buried so deep its wooden beams, doors and even food survived
A glamorous limestone island in the Bay of Naples, and a sea cave lit electric blue from below
Italy's answer to Versailles — 1,200 rooms and a 3 km garden of cascades, used as a Star Wars palace
Three colossal Doric temples standing almost intact after 2,500 years, south of the Amalfi Coast
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