Holiday in Campania

What makes Campania special as a destination?

Campania is the heart of southern Italy — a region where ancient world history, dramatic volcanic landscapes, the most famous coastline in Europe, and the birthplace of pizza merge into a travel destination that overwhelms all the senses. The Amalfi Coast between Positano and Vietri sul Mare is a UNESCO World Heritage site and is considered one of the most beautiful coastal roads in the world: pastel-colored houses cascade down steep cliffs, lemon groves scent terraced gardens, and the winding road offers a new postcard motif around every bend. Capri with the Blue Grotto and Ischia with its thermal springs lie as island paradises in the Gulf of Naples. Pompeii and Herculaneum are the most spectacular archaeological sites of antiquity: buried under ash during the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD, the buried cities preserved Roman daily life in a level of detail that does not exist anywhere else in the world — from frescoes and mosaics to bakeries and election slogans on house walls. Vesuvius itself offers a breathtaking view over the Gulf of Naples after the ascent to the crater rim. Naples is raw, loud, and overwhelmingly authentic: the UNESCO-protected old town Spaccanapoli pulses with the chaos and joy of life that make this city so unique. Here, Pizza Margherita was invented, here the friggitorie steam on every corner, and here stands the National Museum, home to the largest collection of Roman-Greek artifacts in the world. South of Salerno, the Cilento National Park stretches as a quiet counterpoint: Greek temples in Paestum, secluded bays, and mountain villages where time stands still.