Between the Sorrentine peninsula and the Gulf of Pozzuoli, Naples gazes out on to the open gulf of the Tyrrhenian sea, within a spectacular setting, dominated by Mount Vesuvius, the sea and the hillside, with one of the most beautiful and captivating townscapes in the whole of Europe.
Home to the most important port of all southern Italy, Naples has a great artistic, historical and cultural patrimony visible in numerous sites such as Piazza Municipio, Castel Nuovo (Maschio Angioino), the San Carlo Theatre, Palazzo Reale, Piazza del Plebiscito with its Basilica of San Francesco di Paola. Within the city of Naples there are over 800 churches and ecclesiastical buildings including the Monastery of Santa Chiara, the Cathedral, the Monastery of S. Gregorio Armeno, the Church of Santa Brigida, th Church of the Spirito Santo, the Church of Monteoliveto, the Spire of the Immacolata, the Church of San Pietro ad Aram, the Church of San Paolo Maggiore, the Church of San Lorenzo Maggiore.
Well worth a visit, via San Biagio dei Librai, a historic road with numerous artists' studios and craftsmen's workshops, Palazzo Cuomo, Palazzo Gravina, the Museum of Capodimonte, Castel Sant'Elmo, and Castel dell'Ovo.