I first visited the island of Procida, the lesser-known sister of the famous Capri, 10 years ago. After all this time, on a beautiful October day, I decided to return to see if anything had changed in Procida Island, Italy – this once-peaceful place. And yes, it had. But before we went to the island, we dropped in Benevento, and
Water festival A Chiena is a party that transforms a rather sleepy small town in Campania into a vibrant and lively one. Campagna – that’s what we’re talking about here, or rather its old town, reminds me a lot of the Sanita district in Naples: peeling paint from the pretty buildings, narrow cobblestone streets,
Benevento has a reputation for being very elegant and a very different city from the others in Campania.
I’m not really sure what does it means ‘ an elegant town’, therefore I’m not sure whether Benevento is elegant, but in my opinion is very Campanian. Actually it’s very Neapolitan, I felt as if I was in Naples’ suburbs, especially
For the next day we again planned rather easy hikes in Campania that combined water, shade and greenery, i.e. Grotte del Bussento in Morigerati and Capelli di Venere waterfalls in Cilento.
Hiking in Campania is certainly not the first thing that comes to mind when hearing the name of this region. Campania is rather associated with the sea, Naples, or Costiera Amalfitana; yet Campania also has very beautiful mountains, lakes, rivers. And a lot of more or less cool hiking routes, great for a 2-3 day trip, e.g. at Easter, as
Path of the Lemons or Sentiero dei Limoni, was not a particularly popular place among holidaymakers on the Amalfi Coast just a few years ago. As I recently had the opportunity to see, this is changing – there were quite a few people on the route.
Costiera Amalfitana is one of the most picturesque places in Italy, offering stunning seaside
Agropoli in Campania has a long coast (lungomare), 20k inhabitants, and hundreds of thousands of tourists, in the summer.
Hungry for sandy beaches, Napolitans find Agropoli worth visiting whenever they can. With neighbors like these, Agropoli feels very Neapolitan.
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