Salerno Naples

Naples and Salerno

The Amalfi Coast is located along the coast between Naples and Salerno in Italy.

Naples

The city of Naples, beautiful, rich in art, history, culture, unique landscapes offers tourists numerous opportunities, just information about hotels, roads, planes, trains, restaurants, places to visit (the famous volcano"Vesuvio", museums, monuments and historic buildings "Castel dell'ovo", the "Piazza Plebiscito", the "Palazzo Reale", "Piazza San Domenico Maggiore", "Via Mezzocannone", "Spaccanapoli") to spend their holiday in Naples.

Naples is known worldwide especially for its traditions and its folklore, but also for "Cucina Napoletana" based on pasta, pomodori, pesce fresh, pizza and dolci e torte.
Even music and theater have roots in Naples, a city that has produced songs from antiquity is known throughout the world that different musical genres, the "Classic Neapolitan Song", the "Tarantella", ed artists like Enrico Caruso, Renato Carosone, Pino Daniele. The most important teaters are the "San Carlo", "Augusteo", "Bellini", "Politeama", "Mercadante".

Football is very important for Neapolitans that occur in a hot affection for their town team "SSC Napoli" born in 1926, which previously had the icon Diego Armando Maradona.

Salerno

The city of Salerno facing the Tyrrhenian Sea south of the Cost of Amalfi by name to the homonymous Gulf of Salerno "Golfo di Salerno". One of the most beautiful and liveable cities in Italy, is set for its full length and short distance south is Paestum.

The city is crossed by the river "fiume Irno", and is the gateway of the highway A3 Salerno - Reggio Calabria. It has a very wide promenade with numerous recreational facilities and clubs. Even the area of Old Town is concerned for the whole year of a "movida" very fashionable.

The Corso main street of Salerno is the place of the Shopping, there are many parks in town, "Parco del Mercatello", "Parco del Seminario", "Giardino della Minerva", "Parco Pinocchio", "Parco dell'Irno", "Parco del Galiziano", "Villa Carrara". Salerno in the past has been the capital of Italy.

Many places of historical interest such as "Forte la Carnale", "Castello di Arechi", the "Duomo di San Matteo", the "Teatro Verdi", furthermore, there is also the modern "University of Salerno" (UNISA).

The town's team is the Salernitana, continuously monitored by the Ultras, e che has known moments of glory in the italian premier league (Serie A), boasting among their ranks players like "Rino Gattuso", "Agostino Di Bartolomei", "Marco Di Vaio" and coach like "Zeman", "Delio Rossi" and other.

Napoli e Salerno

Two cities are very similar, yet profoundly different, divided by Amalfi Coast and Sorrento and only 50km, they are the major cities of Campania, Naples provincial capital, Salerno the capital with the largest province of Italy (south also comprise Cilento Coast).

If you are on holidayAmalfitan Coast, visit the cities of Salerno e Napoli.