Famous American author Gore Vidal once said, “Twenty-five years ago I was asked by an American magazine what was the most beautiful place that I had ever seen in all my travels and I said the view from the belvedere of the Villa Cimbrone on a ...

Part of the Pompei Archaeological Park, Oplontis was one of the ancient cities buried in ash from Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Located in present-day Torre Annunziata on the Gulf of Naples, Oplontis holds some of the most well-preserved villas and buildings from ancient Rome ...

The province of Salerno borders that of Naples and is home to both the Amalfi Coast and the Cilento Coast.  With competition like that, it's easy to see why the city itself can sometimes go virtually unnoticed. Yet it shouldn't! This article will provide you with a ...

Just 30 km from the city of Naples lies an archipelago known as the Phlegrean islands and includes Ischia, Procida, Vivara, and Nisida. Aside from being a beautiful Mediterranean island, Ischia draws tourists for its main attraction, the Aragonese Castle. The Castle's History The castle owes its ...

Everyone has heard of its popular neighbors, Ischia and Capri, but too many times the island of Procida goes unnoticed. This article will hopefully convince you to give this idyllic islet a chance and include it as either your main destination or at least, as ...

Castellabate is located on the stretch of the Tyrrhenian coast known as Cilento. Lesser-known to tourists than the more publicized Amalfi Coast, this area runs from Capaccio-Paestum to Sapri and is every bit as beautiful. ©Paul Barker Hemings What to See in Castellabate Castellabate literally means the ...

The Path of the Gods, or in Italian, the Sentiero degli Dei, is named after a legend that claims it was the passage of the Greek Gods to save Ulysses from the sirens that were on the island of Li Galli. It is one of the most fascinating ...

In the heat of the summer, our thoughts tend to wander and places like the prized Amalfi Coast along Italy's western coastline come to the forefront of our mind. There probably isn't an aspiring traveler on earth that hasn't either heard of it, dreamed of ...

The ancient ruins of Pompeii (Roman spelling with a double "i") are located just south of Naples in the city of Pompei (one "i"). Along with nearby Ercolano (Herculaneum), it was forever preserved for posterity after a massive eruption of Mt. Vesuvius almost 2,000 years ...

May 12 is International Nurses Day and now more than ever, we are all reflecting on how valuable health care workers are to the world. It only seemed fitting to trace the roots of medicine in Italy since it is home to some of the oldest ...