Perillo Tours

Tours Visiting Campania:  10 DAY VESUVIUS – with Venice Visit, 10 DAY VESUVIUS – with Venice Visit 2010, 10 DAY VESUVIUS – with Venice Visit, 10 DAY VESUVIUS Off Season, 14 Day Italy North Continental, Dine On Your Own 2010, 14 Day Italy North Continental Off Season, 14 Day Italy North Classic with a Touch of Switzerland Rome to Milan 2010, 14 Day Italy North Classic with a Touch of Switzerland Milan to Rome 2010, 14 Day Italy North Classic Off Season, 9 Day Rome and Amalfi Adventure 2010

Cities:  Amalfi & the Amalfi Coast, Capri, Naples, Pompeii , Positano, Sorrento

Sights:  House of Loreius Tiburtinus, House of the Faun, House of the Vettii, Little Theatre, Marina Piccola Lido, Marina Grande, Mount Vesuvius, Museo Correale di Terranova, Paintings of Narcissus, Palazzo Reale-Naples, Pompeii, San Carlo Opera House, Santa Lucia, The Amphitheatre, The Forum, The Grand Theatre, The House of the Tragic Poet, The Palestra, Town Hall, Villa dei Misteri

Campania is the Italy of our imaginations. Even if you have never heard of Campania, you know a few things about the place.

It’s the native home of much of what we Americans think of as “Italian food” – pizza, spaghetti, buffalo mozzarella, and as the second-most-populous region of Italy, the ancestral home to a lot of Italian Americans.

The region of Campania marks the real beginning of the Italian south, or mezzogiorno. It's the part of the south that most people see, easily accessible from Rome and home to some of the area's –indeed Italy's – most notable features: Roman sites, spectacular stretches of coast, tiny islands.

It's been highly sought after since at least the days of the Romans, who dubbed it campania felix, or "happy land," and then settled here.

Dominating the region are Naples, an utterly compelling city, and the Golfo di Napoli, as fascinating as it is beautiful.

Campania is also home to the ancient sites of Pompeii and Herculaneum – a smaller town on the coast, with a wealthier population than Pompeii; the islands, Capri, Ischia and Procida; Sorrento and the Amalfi coast.

The latter is probably Europe's most dramatic stretch of coastline, harboring some enticing and legendary beach resorts. Viva Campania!