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
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
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
Pompeii’s smaller, richer twin — buried so deep its wooden beams, doors and even food survived
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