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Campania

Travel guides, landmarks and museums in Campania: what to see and do.

Guides in Campania

the inner courtyard of palazzo donnaregina, home to the madre museum, with three floors of ivory colored arched windows and the silhouette of a horse on the cornice
Museums & masterpieces

The Madre in Naples: twelve rooms commissioned from artists, inside a former pawnshop

11 min read
the baroque spire of san domenico maggiore with its bronze statue on top, and behind it the gothic apse of the basilica with its buttresses and battlements
Monuments & landmarks

Spaccanapoli: Gesù Nuovo, San Domenico Maggiore and the Donatello almost nobody looks for

12 min read
caravaggio’s martyrdom of saint ursula, a dark scene with the saint in profile struck in the chest by an arrow and the king of the huns to her left
Museums & masterpieces

The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula: the last Caravaggio, credited to another painter for two centuries

11 min read
the baroque high altar of the church of san gregorio armeno, with the gilded crucifix, the candelabra and the nuns’ choir grilles above
Monuments & landmarks

San Gregorio Armeno: how a shepherd figure is made, and the door almost nobody opens

11 min read
rusting vintage cars parked in a row inside a tuff tunnel, with a lit lantern on the ground and a vaulted passage in the background
Monuments & landmarks

The Bourbon Tunnel: the escape route a king had dug, and that never reached the palace

11 min read
the mezzanine of toledo station with its blue and green mosaic walls and columns clad in tesserae widening toward the ceiling
Monuments & landmarks

The art stations of Naples: Toledo, Università and Materdei, and the ticket you actually need

11 min read
castel nuovo in naples with its dark piperno towers and the white marble triumphal arch between two of them
Monuments & landmarks

Castel Nuovo: the marble arch wedged between two towers, and the hall where the barons’ conspiracy ended

10 min read
the octagonal interior of the church of the pio monte della misericordia with the caravaggio on the high altar
Museums & masterpieces

The Seven Works of Mercy: the Caravaggio that was declared unsellable in 1613

11 min read
the octagonal pillars tiled with majolica in the cloister of santa chiara with the painted benches
Monuments & landmarks

Santa Chiara in Naples: the majolica cloister is not medieval, and the basilica you walk into dates from 1953

11 min read
the staircase of honour of the royal palace of naples with its double marble flight and coffered vault
Monuments & landmarks

The Royal Palace of Naples: a palace built for a king who never set foot in it

10 min read
the shaft of a well seen from below inside a tufa cistern, with daylight at the top
Monuments & landmarks

Underground Naples: the Greco-Roman aqueduct, the wartime shelters and the Roman theatre inside a ground-floor flat

11 min read
the bell tower and roofs of the certosa di san martino with the bay of naples behind
Museums & masterpieces

Certosa e Museo di San Martino: the most famous nativity scene in the world sits in the old kitchens

11 min read
the royal chapel of the treasure of san gennaro in naples cathedral with the frescoed dome and the baroque altars in polychrome marble
Monuments & landmarks

Naples cathedral: three churches one inside the other, and the richest treasure in Europe

10 min read
the pink and grey facade of the palace of capodimonte in naples seen from the avenue of the royal park
Museums & masterpieces

Capodimonte museum: the works to look for, room by room

11 min read
the veiled christ by giuseppe sammartino in the sansevero chapel in naples with the marble veil clinging to the body
Monuments & landmarks

Sammartino’s Veiled Christ: how you carve a veil in marble

9 min read
naples seen from castel sant elmo with the bell gable of the certosa di san martino in the foreground, the port, the gulf and vesuvius behind
Travel guides

What to see in Naples in 2 days: the itinerary that holds the old centre and the hill together

12 min read
The Doric temples of the archaeological park of Paestum
Monuments & landmarks

Paestum: 8 things to see and to know about this beautiful archaeological park (updated 2026)

13 min read
A glimpse of the Amalfi Coast seen from Ravello
Travel guides

What to see on the Amalfi Coast: 5 places not to miss (updated 2026)

12 min read
The village of Pisciotta and the Cilento coast overlooking the sea
Travel guides

What to see in Cilento: 9 places I visited that you absolutely must know (updated 2026)

13 min read
the bull's head and one of the brothers in the farnese bull, at the archaeological museum of naples
Museums & masterpieces

The MANN: 7 works of the Naples Archaeological Museum not to miss! (updated 2026)

15 min read
the rione sanita in naples from above at dusk, with the lit streets and the hill behind
Travel guides

Naples’ Miglio Sacro: 10 things to see in the Rione Sanità (updated 2026)

14 min read
The facade of the Royal Palace of Caserta seen from the garden
Monuments & landmarks

Royal Palace of Caserta: what to see in one of the most beautiful palaces in the world (updated 2026)

12 min read
The colourful houses of the Corricella harbour in Procida
Travel guides

Visiting Procida: 5 things to know before you leave for this beautiful island (updated 2026)

8 min read