Naples originated with the founding of Cumae in 1056 B.C., as a Greek Colony. The beautiful Bay of Naples has been admired, loved and conquered by all. Music, sunshine and love best describe the feeling and the tradition of the Neapolitans. Naples is a permanent Italian theatre. Mount Vesuvius , the volcano that erupted in 79 AD and covered Pompei and Herculaneum is one of the few active volcanos today. Naples offers attractions all year long, its warm and bright sunshine, its amphitheatre bay, and its sumptuous surroundings.
From here one reaches Sirene land , the isle of Capri with its Blue Grotto, Ischia, with its thermal springs and baths, is the place where the Sirenes sang to Ulysses in the "Illiad". Further south is the haunted Sorrento peninsula with its medieval watch towers and silver olive groves shimmering in the summer haze. This is the land of the tarantella, of nativity scenes, of cameos and corals and of inlaid wood. Today the city and its Bay possess the same fascination as when Cicero and Lucullus built their homes there 2000 years ago. Other hightlights include Positano, a town built on the cliffside like a nativity scene, the famous Amalfi Coast; Ravello and its Cathedral, and Salerno, home of the most excellent school of medicine in the Middle Ages.
A rich geothermal area, rich in abundant eruptions, rich in passions and in history, home of the sacred and of the profane. This is a land that has inspired writers and musicians and painters the whole world over.
 
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