Italian Campania Complete Guide 2026: Amalfi Coast, Capri, Pompeii, Naples and Sorrento
Browse more guides: Italy travel | Europe destinations Italian Campania Complete Guide 2026: Amalfi Coast, Capri, Pompeii, Naples and Sorrento TL;DR Campania, the southern Italian region wrapped around the Bay of Naples, packed more wonder into my two weeks than any other slice of Europe I have written about. I drove the 50km SS163 coastal road of the Amalfi Coast (UNESCO 1997), ferried to Capri for the Blue Grotto (discovered 1826) and the 589m Monte Solaro chairlift, walked the ash-frozen streets of Pompeii (UNESCO 1997, buried 79 AD when Mt Vesuvius erupted), and ate the original Margherita pizza in Naples where Raffaele Esposito invented it in 1889 for Queen Margherita of Savoy. Add Sorrento, Ischia, Procida, the Greek temples of Paestum (UNESCO 1998), and the 18th century Royal Palace of Caserta (UNESCO 1997), and you have one of the densest cultural landscapes on the planet. My honest summary: April to June and September to October are the only sensible windows. July and Au...