Naples, Sorrento and the Amalfi Coast is a wide area that incorporates, the City of Naples which is a hive of activity and also a great city in itself for a short-break or weekend break. The city of Naples can be a great base for visiting Pompei, Sorrento and the Amalfi Coast. Rome is accessble to Naples in only 1 hour via one of the regular high speed trains. Staying in Naples gives a great opportunity to visit some of the ancient Roman cities of Pompeii and Hercalaneum which are located close by the city. Neopolitan life needs to be tested as its about spending time out doors to savour the local culinary delights including Pizza and sipping a glass of local wine in a small Piazza as the world passes you by.
The Amalfi coast is the place to visit if you want to turn heads and create jealoulsy amongst your friends and neighbours! The ultra-upmarket resort of Positano and the Island of Capri provide the opportunity to rub shoulders with some of Europe's wealthiest visitors to Italy. Its easy to see why the aura of the Amalfi Coast has been created. Rugged coastline, dramatic scenery and smaller villages and resorts that ouze with class. The other coastine on the small peninsular an hour South of Naples is the Sorrento Coast. Sorrento has of course been popular with the British for over a hundred years but also see's a range of cosmopolitan visitors from all over the world. A charming resort with Hotels perched along the cliff face with a beach and several jetty's down below. Hotels are of a very good quality in this area of Southern Italy and the old town shops, restaurants and narrow streets of Sorrento are a true delight. Neighbouring to the Amalfi Coast lays the City of Salerno which has no shortage of history and beautiful buildings. For first time travellers or frequent visitors, Naples, Sorrento and the Amalfi Coast , is the jewel of Southern Italy.