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THE ISLAND OF PROCIDA LIES IN THE NORTHERN PART
OF THE GULF OF NAPLES, HALFWAY BETWEEN THE
PROMONTORY OF CAPE MISENO AND THE ISLE OF ISCHIA.
VOLCANIC IN ORIGIN, THE ISLAND HAS AN EVEN LOW
LYING TERRAIN WITH ITS SINGLE TIMID HEIGHT, TERRA
MURATA, AT 91 M. ASL.
THE COASTLINE IS VERY IRREGULAR, STEEP AND JAGGED
IN PLACES, WIDE AND SANDY IN OTHERS.
COVERED IN LUSH VEGETATION, PROCIDA OFFERS
EXTRAORDINARILY BEAUTIFUL SCENERY DOMINATED BY
BRIGHT CONTRASTING COLORS.
THE INTENSE GREEN OF THE CITRUS PLANTATIONS AND
THE VINEYARDS, THE CERULEAN SEA, THE BRIGHT
YELLOW, PINK AND RED FISHERMEN*S HOUSES.
MARINA DELLA CORRICELLA AND MARINA GRANDE
AMONG THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AND CHARMING PLACES ON
THE ISLAND OF PROCIDA, MARINA DELLA CORRICELLA
AND MARINA GRANDE, ALSO CALLED SANCIO CATTOLICO,
DESERVE A SPECIAL MENTION.
MARINA DELLA CORRICELLA, STANDING 30 M. ABOVE SEA
LEVEL, IS AN OLD FISHING VILLAGE, CONNECTED TO
THE BEACH BY A CHARACTERISTIC FLIGHT OF STEPS.
THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY CHURCH OF SANTA MARIA
DELLE GRAZIE IS VERY INTERESTING, WITH ITS
TWENTIETH CENTURY DOME, THAT CAN BE SEEN FROM
EVERY PART OF THE MARINA AND THAT HAS BECOME THE
TYPIFYING FEATURE OF THE ISLAND LANDSCAPE.
MARINA GRANDE *OR MARINA DI SANCIO CATTOLICO* IS,
INSTEAD, THE COMMERCIAL AND TOURIST CENTER OF THE
ISLAND.
BOASTING AN EFFICIENT PORT WHERE FERRIES AND
HYDROFOILS ARRIVE DAILY FROM THE MAINLAND, IT HAS
A CHARMING VILLAGE OF LIVELY COLORED HOUSES
HEAPED TOGETHER TO FORM A KIND OF BARRIER.
FROM MARINA GRANDE THE LIDO DI PROCIDA IS EASILY
REACHED, A FAVORITE SPOT FOR BATHERS AND
TOURISTS, AND, SEPARATED BY A SPIT OF LAND,
MARINA DI CHIAIOLELLA, FACING WHICH IS THE VIVARA
ISLET, A REAL NATURALIST GEM.
ISCHIA
THE LARGEST OF THE NEAPOLITAN ISLANDS, LIES OFF
THE SOUTHERN ARM OF THE GULF OF NAPLES, ABOUT 10
KM FROM THE MAINLAND.
WITH VOLCANIC ORIGINS, IT HAS PREVALENTLY
MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN, WITH MOUNT EPOMEO THE
HIGHEST PEAK, REACHING 788 M.
THE COASTLINE IS VERY JAGGED WITH FASCINATING
PROMONTORIES AND ENCHANTING COVES, STUPENDOUS
BAYS AND ROMANTIC CREEKS, SOME OF WHICH ARE ONLY
ACCESSIBLE BY BOAT.
TODAY THE ISLAND IS DIVIDED INTO 6 VILLAGE AREAS
ISCHIA, WHICH IS THE MOST IMPORTANT CENTER, WITH
TWO WARDS ISCHIA PONTE, THE OLD SEA VILLAGE, AND
ISCHIA PORTO, THE MOST MODERN AND EXCLUSIVE AREA.
THEN, FORIO, BARANO, CASAMICCIOLA TERME, LACCO
AMENO AND SERRARA FONTANA.
CALLED THE GREEN ISLAND, BECAUSE OF ITS LUSH
MEDITERRANEAN VEGETATION THAT TYPIFIES IT, AND
THE ISLAND OF HEALTH, FOR THE WEALTH AND QUALITY
OF ITS THERMAL SPRINGS, ISCHIA IS ONE OF THE MOST
VISITED DESTINATIONS FOR TOURISTS FROM ALL OVER
THE WORLD, ATTRACTED BY THE FASCINATION OF A
PLACE THAT EMBRACES NATURE, CULTURE, TRADITION
AND MODERNITY, HISTORY AND MYTH.
CAPRI
OPPOSITE THE SORRENTO PENINSULA, ONLY 5 KM. FROM
PUNTA CAMPANELLA, LIES THE ISLE OF CAPRI, ONE OF
THE MOST FASCINATING PLACES IN THE PROVINCE OF
NAPLES AND THE WHOLE OF ITALY.
DIVIDED INTO TWO DISTRICTS OF CAPRI AND ANACAPRI
AND WITH THE QUAINT VILLAGES OF MARINA GRANDE,
AROUND THE HARBOR AND MARINA PICCOLA, THE ISLE
HAS A PREVALENTLY MOUNTAINOUS LANDSCAPE, WITH TWO
MASSIFS - MOUNT TIBERIO, TO THE EAST AND MOUNT
SOLARO TO THE WEST.
THE EXCEPTIONAL WEALTH OF NATURAL BEAUTY, THE
STUNNING SCENERY, THE EXTRAORDINARY ENCHANTMENT
OF ITS LANDSCAPE, TOGETHER WITH THE MODERNITY AND
EFFICIENCY OF ITS ACCOMMODATION AND BATHING
STRUCTURES, EXPLAIN CAPRI*S UNENDING ALLURE AND
FAME.
NAPLES
LOCATED BETWEEN THE SLOPES OF VESUVIUS AND THE
VOLCANIC HEIGHTS OF THE CAMPI FLEGREI, ON THE
SPLENDID DECLIVITY THAT FRAMES THE GULF OF THE
SAME NAME, NAPLES, CAPITAL CITY OF CAMPANIA, IS
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AND ACTIVE METROPOLITAN
AREAS IN SOUTHERN ITALY.
NOWADAYS AN ACTIVE COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL
CENTER, WITH A PRONOUNCED TOURIST VOCATION,
BOASTING ONE OF THE FOREMOST MEDITERRANEAN PORTS.
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