Discovery Italy

Naples and the Gulf
...to discover the thousand-year history towns and villages with narrow streets overlooking the sea, charming atmosphere and a paradise of mediterranean scents and flavors: pasta, pizza, mozzarella, limoncello
...unforgettable encounters with arts and good mediterranean cuisine

Duration: 4 days and 3 nights
Accommodation: 3 nights in 3* Hotel or B&B with breakfast

Short description: you are going to discover the enchanting Gulf of Naples…a week-end journey to discover the art, history and the coast ….a tour that amazes with its artistic and cultural heritage and with the distinctive flavours of the traditional food….
a journey to be enjoyed in local café bars and historic restaurants…Napoli, the city where the aristocratic spirit of its noble villas blends with that of popular alleys, Pompei, the city of the archaeological excavations…
It is going to be an exciting week-end journey to discover the historical, cultural and culinary heritage that ranges from ancient times up to present day. ... an unforgettable journey!

Informations:

• Trip to Napoli and its gulf
• Closest airport: Aeroporto Internazionale di Napoli
• Period: all year round
• Duration: 3 nights
• Flights: to book separately from our site. You can find both scheduled standard flights and low cost flights. You receive booking assistance on request
• Guided tour: on request

Price: 355 euro*
*The price may vary according to season
All prices include VAT
Breakfasts: all accomodation rates include a cooked or continental breakfast. Special dietary requirements need to be booked in advance

Included in the price:

• Accommodation: 3 nights in centrally located 3* Hotel or B & B in double
• Transfer round trip to/from the airport drink
• 2 dinners in restaurants
• 2 wine tasting and local gastronomic products
• Telephone assistance
• Free entrance to museums and cultural events
• Supplement: If you want to stay in 4* Hotel

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GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT NAPLES AND CAMPANIA REGION
Description: Campania is a region of southern Italy, located by the Tyrrhenian Sea. The regions that Campania borders with are: Lazio, Molise, Puglia and Basilicata. The territory is hilly but there are also volcanic plains and mountainous areas.
Along the coast can be found the Partenopee islands: Capri, Ischia, Procida and Nisida.
The capital is Naples (regional capital) and the other provinces are Avellino, Benevento, Caserta and Salerno.Campania includes four gulf bays: Gaeta Gulf, Naples Gulf characterized by the presence of Vesuvius, Salerno Gulf to the south on the beautiful Amalfi coast and Policastro Gulf.Besides the natural beauty, the region provides countless evidences of its ancient history like the ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

Cuisine and Wines: Region Campania’ s cuisine made Italy known worldwide thanks to the pizza that reflects the taste and simplicity of an entire country.
The Neapolitans, ingenious people, invented it while they were looking for a simple dish but at the same time nutritious. Originally, the pizza was white, just pasta and mozzarella; the tomato was introduced after it was imported from America.typical dishes are "rraù" or the “guardiaporta sauce”, a dish made with lard, ham fat and thin slices of veal stuffed with cheese, garlic, pine nuts, raisins and parsley; “squids alla napoletana” enriched with pine nuts and black olives and among the desserts the cake “pastiera napolitana” made with ricotta cheese, orange and Babà.
Campania is also the home of pasta that is often served simply with tomato, oregano and mozzarella, among which the ”buffalo mozarella”, produced in Capua and Battipaglia is the best known.
Among the region's typical grape varieties we find Trebbiano, Sangiovese, Malvasia, Greco and Aglianico, while among the wines that are produced here, the most famous and appreciated are Procida and Vesuvio as red wines and Lacrima Christi, Ischia and Capri among the whites. Delicious and very famous is also limoncello of Sorrento.

Description Naples: Naples, capital of the province and the region, is the third most populous city of Italy and is an important commercial and shopping center and boasts the largest port in Italy.

Naples’ Cuisine and Wine: Macaroni and pizza, both enhanced by a variety of condiments are a symbol of neapolitan and national cuisine.The pasta sauces are mainly based on tomatoes and fish. Among other specialties we find: "pasta ammiscata", poor soup obtained from leftovers of different types of pasta, peppered mussels and fried calamari, spicy polyps and eggplant parmigiana – ”melanzane alla parmigiana”.The variety of sweets made also Naples famous in the world, just think of babà, “pastiera” and “sfogliatelle”. The best-known wine is ”Lacrima Christi” but ”limoncello” liqueur and “rosolio”, some liquors that together with the traditional Neapolitan coffee, accompany the desserts.