Italy Travel Notes

We know Italy is really two countries in one and to experience a real taste of Italy Naples and Sorrento are your destinations.
Naples
Naples is a city with a reputation, and not a very good reputation. For many some words that come to mind when thinking about Naples include unmentionables like dirty and crime infested. [...]

In the Italy Travel Notes second videocast we are going to discover the beauty and sunshine of the Amalfi Coast (Costiera Amalfitana).
Videocast 2 Italy Travel Notes presents the Amalfi Coast
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by Richard Chapo
Italy is really two countries in one with the wealthy, historic north dominating. To get a taste of the south, Naples and Sorrento are your destinations.
Naples
If ever there was a city with a reputation, it is Naples. Dirty, nasty, crime infested and fanatical are all words thrown around when describing. In this case, [...]

by Constance Blair
Naples is the third biggest city in Italy (after Rome and Milan) and its second main port. It`s the largest city on the south of the country and the capital of Campania province. Nowadays Naples has a population of about 1,5 millions (3 millions with suburbs). Naples is also a very important railway [...]

by Steve Jones
Naples of modern day shows all of the signs of it`s long history. Listening to the language and looking at the remnants of lost civilisations, the buildings and architecture, remind you of the long traditional history of this city.
Naples was originally a Greek colony founded by sailors coming from Rhodos. [...]

by Roy Witman
From the exceptional architecture to the world-class cuisine to the astonishing natural beauty, Naples is a city that should be on everyone’s “one day” list. History and culture combine with a regal past to delight visitors with a violent past that has led to a bright future.
Pompeii
Can you imagine a volcanic eruption [...]

If you are arriving at the Amalfi coast in a car and you reach Salerno, you turn right following the Amalfi coast signs and then right again and you are on it. From the highway you don`t really enter into Salerno itself and only after you get on the Amalfi drive you can see on [...]

by Denise Hummel
The region of Campania in Italy is perhaps most well known for the Costiera Amalfitana [the Amalfi Coast] for its spectacular vistas, for Pompeii and other historical archeological sights, and for the city of Napoli, characterized by it’s cultural contradictions. More frequently than not, tourists flock to the Amalfi Coast for its [...]