The Amalfi Coast & Bay of Naples With Your Family
Chapter One
Family Highlights of
the Amalfi Coast &
Bay of Naples
Campania Felix (Happy Land to the Romans) has always been
popular with epicureans and families after the good things in life.
Its flavoursome mix of relentless life, fabulous food, entwined layers of
history and cultural treats is intoxicating. This crater-full of ancient
and modern attractions spills out of an Arcadian landscape dominated
by the ominous presence of a dormant volcano, Vesuvius (in Italian
Monte Vesuvio), a reminder of nature's awesome power and its irrepressible
inhabitants' precarious position.
The Amalfi Coast and Bay of Naples have some of the most well-known
archaeological sites and natural wonders on the planet. When
Vesuvio erupted in AD79 towns and villas were buried deep below volcanic
debris. Their discovery provides captivating time capsules of
Roman life. A visit to Pompeii and Herculaneum is the nearest thing to
time-travel, while Paestum is an unforgettable vision of a lost civilisation.
The Campi Flegrei (Fiery Fields) - an area filled with volcanic
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