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This eBook offering is an excerpt of Lonely Planet's latest Italy guide book and includes:

• Naples & Campania chapters

• Understanding Italy and survival guide

• Naples & Campania maps

Strewn with three millennia worth of temples, castles and palaces, Campania heaves with legend. At its heart thumps bad boy Naples, a love-it-or-loathe-it sprawl of operatic palazzi, mouthwatering markets and art-crammed museums.

This guide is the result of research by dedicated authors and local experts who immersed themselves in Naples & Campania, finding unique experiences, and sharing practical and honest advice, so you come away informed and amazed. This guide includes up-to-date reviews of the best places to stay, eat, sights, cultural information, maps, transport tips and a few best kept secrets – all the essentials to get to the heart of Naples & Campania.

Coverage includes:

• Understanding Italy: Italy Today, History, Italian Art & Architecture, The Italian Way of Life, Italy on Page & Screen, The Italian Table, Survival Guide, Directory, Transport and Glossary

• Naples & around, Bay of Naples, Capri, Ischia, Procida, South of Naples, Ercolano & Herculaneum, Mt Vesuvius, Pompeii, Sorrento, West of Sorrento, Amalfi Coast, Positano, Praiano & Furore, Amalfi, Ravello, South of Amalfi, Costiera Cilentana, Agropoli and Parco Nazionale del Cilento e Vallo di Diano.

Lonely Planet's Italy guide is researched and written by: Paula Hardy, Donna Wheeler, Brendan Sainsbury, Virginia Maxwell, Robert Landon, Kerry Christiani, Nicola Williams, Duncan Garwood, Cristian Bonetto, Alison Bing, Abigail Blasi, Joe Fullman, Vesna Maric, Olivia Pozzan, Gregor Clark