- NAPLES
Discover the area of Spaccanapoli, meaning split Naples which is the core of the old quarter. Various piazzas are adorned with monuments and churches, such as the lively Gesù Nuovo where the fifteenth century church of the same name is mainly decorated by Spanish/Neapolitan painter Ribera. Here is also the Santa Chiara church, of Gothic style built in 1328. The 1289 Gothic church of San Domenico

Maggiore square holds the marvellous Crucifixion painting. Try a pizza at Brandi where the pizza margherita was invented in 1889 as a homage to Queen Margherita. Stroll around piazza plebliscito and enjoy a coffee at Naples's most elegant and famous café Granbinus which is also situated opposite San Carlo opera house and Galleria Umberto.

- CASERTA
Also known as the Versailles of Naples the eighteenth century palace known as the Palazzo Reale is the main and probably sole attraction of Caserta. The palace was initiated in 1752 for King Charles III of Bourbon, by Vanvitelli and finished roughly twenty years later.

The complex is huge; the façade to the main entrance is over 245m long while the gardens have a three and half kilometre axis. While in Caserta however, the old quarter known as Caserta vecchia is worth visiting, especially the main square with its twelfth century Norman cathedral.

- SORRENTO - POSITANO
Piazza Tasso, named after the Sorrentine sixteenth century poet is where the small lanes of the historic centre lead off. The town's cathedral holds frescoes and marvellous seventeenth and eighteenth century paintings. The museo Correale di Terranova is housed in a former palace of Sorrentine nobles, nowadays the museum displays a lot of the local wood intarsio work -inlaid woodwork.

The delightful fishing village of Positano doesn't hold many particular monuments however its popularity owes to its picturesque beauty. You can only get to the harbour on foot, where the pastel coloured winding lanes lead down to the pretty, atmospheric square where you can also stop at the church and admire the marble altar.

- RAVELLO - AMALFI
Wonderful views can be admired from Ravello due to its high position. There is also a picturesque cathedral, decorated with bronze doors, mosaic bishop's throne and Byzantine pulpit. Villa Cimborne with its sea view terrace, flowered gardens, towers, temples and cloisters is wonderful.

Wagner's ex residence, Villa Rufolo is another main attraction of Ravello, where Parsifal was composed and the Wagner music festival takes place every year. In Amalfi, visit the Duomo which dominates the town with its tiled cupola, large flight of steps and bronze doors. Close to the cathedral lies the municipio where the tavoliere Amalfitana is on display showing the ancient laws of the once powerful maritime republic.

- POMPEII
Destroyed by the volcanic eruption of mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, the city of Pompeii was discovered between 1594 and 1600 during work improving the land of the Sarno valley. Ideally it takes around half a day to tour the excavations. The Forum would have been the town's most official, important building where lay temples, a market hall and a basilica.

The villa named House of the Faun still retains its mosaic in tact, as well as the house of the tragic poet because of its mosaics of a theatrical production and poet and also where the cave canem meaning beware of the dog mosaic is perfectly legible.