Staying in Ischia's Castello Aragonese
Ancient Greeks associated the islands in the Bay of Naples with the Sirens. Today Ischia is famed more for the restorative powers of its volcanic…
Italy: South
The Architecture of Naples' Historic Center
Piazza Dante at dawn: the street sweeper shot across the square, veering off a wall at the last second, then sped over to a lamppost,…
Sanfelice’s Rococo Palazzos in Naples’ Rione Sanità
Can any site embody a city, especially one as architecturally rich as Naples? If so, our candidate would be a pair of staircases in the…
Vietri sul Mare: Ceramics and Beaches on the Amalfi Coast
No town with a teal donkey for a mascot can take itself too seriously, even if it happens to feature the Amalfi Coast as a…
Atrani: A Quiet Alternative on the Amalfi Coast
On a sunny September afternoon on the Amalfi Coast, we wandered up to a promontory with a wedding-cake Baroque church next to a geometric belltower….
Visiting Paestum’s Ancient Greek Temples
Southern Italy has been luring civilizations for thousands of years, only to wipe them out with catastrophe. Volcanic eruptions aside, the shifting coastline south of…
Salerno: an Ideal Base for Visiting Pompeii and the Amalfi Coast
Salerno starts at the ruins of an ancient castle perched on top of a mountain with commanding views of the Amalfi Coast. The rest of…