In the early Middle Ages it was a Republic, later it was subjected to the Bizantine, Goths and Longobard colonies.
The Sorrentine Dukedom was chiefly known for its shipyards and maritime trade. At the beginning of the 19th century the wood and marquetry industry replaced the order silk weaving craft. In the early 20th century, agricolture also become a real commercial and trading activity.
Sorrento is positioned on a volcanic tufa block surrounded by deep ravines which for many century have set the boundaries of the ancient city.
A period of profound change for the Peninsula began whit the laying out of the national highway ‘SS. 145’ (1840). Later, in 1866, with the continuation of this highway into the ancient centre of Sorrente, there took place substantial modifications of the old town plane; a big process of urbanization.
In the Piazza Tasso (the heart of the city) there are the statue of Sant’Antonino (patron of Sorrento), the monument to the poet Tasso and the Carmine Church.
Its position, close to the furthest tip of the Sorrento peninsula, gives Massa Lubrense charateristic that are typical of both slopes of the penisula.
A famous climatic station dating back to ancient times, probably Lombardic, it offers a sublime panorama from it terraces.
Recommended sights: the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie, in baroque style, and the nearby fisherman’s quarter of Marine della Lobra (Headquarter for the excursion in the Protected Marine Area of ‘Punta Campanella’).
The town is also a point of departure for many trekking excursion, among wich are those to Termini and to Punta Campanella, exactly opposite the island of Capri.
The mildness of the climate makes sea bathing enjoyable for many months of the year.
Positano has been founded by inhabitant of Paestum, from whom they may have inherited the name.
The development of Positano began in the period of the maritime republics, it was frequently attacked from the sea; the three lookout towers in a strategic positions around the town testify to the many Saracen incursion.
Today it owes is fortune above all to tourism, for which numerous activities and comfortable infrastructures have been developed.
Visit the amazing rocky coast of Positano, in the Amalfi coast on board the Motoryatch “ADM Seas 2”.
The formulation of a minicruise leaves maximum freedom of choice to the passengers.
On request is possible to have a lunch, a dinner or a snack on board, or decide during the cruise to stop in one of the many typical restaurant on the sea.
Except particular passengers request the frigobar is included.
The Republic gave navigators the famous code of maritime law know as 'Tabulae Amalfitanae'.
The port gradually shrank in size and in the end completely disappeared, swallowed up by erosion along the coast.
In the main square we found the Cathedral, built in the VI century and dedicated to St. Andrew, the Apostle, whose relics are preserved in the crypt; the Cloister of Paradise adjoining the Cathedral.
The Emerald Grotto ( Grotta dello Smeraldo ) situated in the enchanting bay of Conca dei Marini, takes its name from the brilliant green reflections in the water when the sun filters through inside.
Unfortunately little remains of the original town of Amalfi, for it was almost razed to ground by tidal waves that struck in 1013 and in 1343.
All that is left of its antique magnificence is the Duomo, the Cloister, The Arsenal of the Republic and the convent of the Cappuccini.
Ravello is been founded in the 6th century by a group of Romans who sought refuge here.
There are two sumptious Villas: “Villa Rufolo” (with its towers in the Sicilians – Normand Moorish style, its little cloisters embroidered in arabesque and the famous tower of Klingsor which dominates the garden) and “Villa Cimbrone” (gem of art where one can enjoy views of the whole luminous bay of Salerno).
Ravello is been founded in the 6th century by a group of Romans who sought refuge here. It was subjected to Amalfi, against which it attempted to rebel.
The other drawing card is the Cathedral, a treasure chest of precious works of art.
The Arabic influence is visible in the architecture and in many of the artistic expression dates to the period when trade with the orient was flourishing and cultural exchange intense.
The first inhabitant were the Piceni, who, in the 3rd century b.C., were banished by the Romans.
After making peace with them, the Piceni obtained their own citizenship, and they built a bridge in a place still called Ponteprimario.
With the fall of the Roman Empire, Maiori was not affected by the Barbarian invasion and like all the other places on the Coast, soon became counted as one of the dominions of the Eastern Roman Empire.
In 839 Maiori was destroyed by Longobard Sicardo, Duke of Benevento. In 842 the Amalfi Coast started to rebuild it’s fortifications. Maiori was under the Normans until they left and partecipated in the first Crusade. n 1137 the Pisan destroied almost all the fortresses in the republic.
Maiori passed to the Aragonese in 1342. ll the Amalfitan Costal Communities was a part of the Royal States untile beginning of the Italian Republic on the 8th September 1943.
In 25th October 1954 it was destroyed by a flood and later, when rebuilt was more thriving and flourishing than before. Visit the amazing rocky coast of the Maiori, in the Amalfi coast on board the Motoryatch “ADM Seas 2”.
The formulation of a minicruise leaves maximum freedom of choice to the passengers.
On request is possible to have a lunch, a dinner or a snack on board, or decide during the cruise to stop in one of the many typical restaurant on the sea.
Except particular passengers request the frigobar is included.
One of the most important archeological sites in the country.
Here you will see some of the best preserved Greek ruins, architecture and monuments, such as the Temple of Poseidon (Neptune) and the Basilica dating from the 6th Century b.C..
A very important archeological place, Paestum, located in the Sele plain, is also famous as a summer resort.
The town was founded by the Dorics in 650 B.C. under the name of Poseidonia; conquered by the Lucanians who called her Paistos and then, in 273 B.C. by the Romans who gave her the name of Paestum. The walls date back to the IVth century with Roman and Lucan parts and are strengthened by towers often as thick as 7 meters.
Of course the drivers during the tour will be also your guide, showing you the beauties of our place and helping you to chose the destinations.
The services are available in: Italian, English, French, German, Spanish and Russian.
Clear the historical center that door signs of its Medioeval origins is dominated from the Castle of Arechi.
Salerno was founded from the Etruschi approximately in the fifth century a.C..
In the 194 a.C. become Roman colony and in the Middle Ages caught up its maximum splendor.
Not to lose in city the dome of Saint Matteo (erected 1080 and renewed in 1768), the Longobardo castle, situated the archaeological one of Fratte (with ruins of the sixth century a.C.) and the provincial Museum.
Of course the drivers during the tour will be also your guide, showing you the beauties of our place and helping you to chose the destinations.
The services are available in: Italian, English, French, German, Spanish and Russian.
According to legend, Naples was founded by the syren Partenope, which is why it is called the Parthenopean city.
Naples was founded in 600b.c. by the Greeks and the Romans took over in 320 b.C.
It is very rich in history with buildings, churches and monuments dates back centuries like the National Museum (which is one of the best archeological museums in the world), the neo-classic San Carlo Theatre and the sumptuous Royal Palace, the huge medieval castle “Maschio Angioino”, “Castel Nuovo” (New Castle) and fabulous baroque churches.
Naples is the capital of the “Bel Canto” joyfull or melancholy accompained by a guitare or a mandoline.
The restaurants of Saint Lucia and the pizzerie of the old town serve delicious dishes seasoned with tomato and accompained by the white and red wines of Capri and Ischia, Lacrima Christi and Gragnano.
The fashionable Via Chiaia,Via dei Mille leading into Piazza dei Martiri are know as the best shopping areawith luxury shops.
It's fame was assured in 1884 with the inauguration of the funicular railway to the top of the mountain to the music of "Funiculì Funiculà".
From the blackened crater rises a single plume of smoke, a reminder that the volcano is only sleeping for now.
Of course the drivers during the tour will be also your guide, showing you the beauties of our place and helping you to chose the destinations.
When the catastrofe of 79 a.D. occured, Herculaneum was submerged under a torrent of mud and lava that hardened into a soft tufa.
When the catastrofe of 79 a.D. occured, Herculaneum was submerged under a torrent of mud and lava that hardened into a soft tufa (a kind of course rock) that preserved many of the timber features and houshold objects which can be seen today.
A large portion of the old Herculaneum is still buried under the modern town and even today excavation are going on to discover what treasures lie buried under the rock, to the extenextent that some families are being rehoused so work can continue.
At the end of the 5th century, another warlike Italic people, the Samnites, conquered the city and later greatly influenced and enlarged it.
It was only in 89 b.C., during the civil wars, that Pompeii joined the Italic populations in the movement of rebellion against Rome.
In 80 b.C. became a Roman colony, and soon it assumed Roman characteristics, aspect and language.
In 62 a.D., Pompei was struck by a disastrous earthquake but soon it rebuilded its houses, monuments and villas. In 79 a.D., the final disaster, a huge cloud of ash, lapilli and other eruptive material burst out of thevolcano Vesuvio and submerged Pompeii; many of the inhabitant died either through suffocation, under the collapsed roofs, or under the ash.
The city holds an intense fascination for visitors today.
Marina Grande is where the boats and hydrofoils arrive. Capri town is pretty chic, with shops, hotels, restaurant, parfumes factories, an old Carthusian monastery Certosa and few little museum.
The main square, Piazza Umberto, Has a pretty little church and several open-air cafès where you can sit and watch the “beau du monde” Leading off it are medieval looking alleys and arcades.
The pleasant Parco Augusto has lovely views along the coast down to Marina Piccola.
Anacapri is situated on the high eastern plateau of the island, it is less sophisticated, and more rural. Until 100 years ago it could only be reached by steps.
On the outskirts of Anacapri is the Villa San Michele, built by Alex Munthe.
For His Villa, Munthe, used some of the remains of a Roman ruin. The island of Capri has a very good nightlife.
Visit the amazing rocky coast of the Capri island, in the Naples gulf on board the Motoryatch ADM Seas 2; the formulation of a minicruise leaves maximum freedom of choice to the passengers. On request is possible to have a lunch, a dinner or a snack on board, or decide during the cruise to stop in one of the many typical restaurant on the sea.
Except particular passengers requests, the frigobar is included.
he Tropical Thermal Park has more or less ten different thermal baths, natural sauna, and hydromassage.
The most famous beach is the beach of Sant’Angelo.
Visit the amazing rocky coast of the Ischia island, in the Naples gulf on board the Motoryatch ADM Seas 2.
The formulation of a minicruise leaves maximum freedom of choice to the passengers. On request is possible to have a lunch, a dinner or a snack on board, or decide during the cruise to stop in one of the many typical restaurant on the sea.
Except particular passengers request the frigobar is included.
In order to admire in full the beauty and try the quite of the island is necessary to have a tour in the streetlets and alleis of the small and coloured villages and go deep into the fragrance of the mediterranian undergrowth.
The first sign of population on the island start since 8th century b.C. when the Calcidesi arrived here, after them the greek colonized procida (evidence of their passage are still visible around the island).
The romans was not very very interested to the island because of its volcanic nature. In the high middle ageProcida was frequently attacked by the muslim pirates conseguently the population moved on the hill of Torre Murata.
n the low middle age the island had its rulers after them passed to Borboni kingdom.
Do not forget to visit the marina of the Chiaiolella and the fishing village Corricella where the fischerman’s house clutch to the high rocky coast form a kaleidoscopic and typical town.
The city looks like an huge museum, able to make visitors feel travelling in the time
From the rich imperial Ancient Rome, till the contemporary arts, discovering through a trip signs of the Bizantina art, the Rinascimento, the Baroque, the Rococò and the fascism ages.
The amazing experience that you can only live in this city, the Capital ever whether of the Empire or the Cristianity.
The Imperial Colosseo and Holes, the Pantheon, Piazza Navona, Fontana of Trevi, the Maximum Circus are only a few of many wonderfull monuments we can mention that Rome conserve and shares with all the world.
The Basilica of Saint Peter, with its immense cupola, in which the Pope resides, testifies Rome is the fulcrum of the Cristianità.
Close to it there are Vatican Museums, rare store of great chiefs’ works of art of the Italian Rinascimento, and tha amazing Cappella Sistina frescoed from Michelangelo.
Visiting Rome is an unique experience a least once at life.
Thanks to nearly only a cultural and artistic inheritance in Europe and the world.
That it has its origins in the Middle Ages and that catch up its maximum splendor in the Rinascimento, anyone visits this city never do not remain disappointed.
Florence, with Rome, represents the history of our civilization.
In fact, just here, in XV the century, they came placed the bases in order to make to rifiorire art and culture: thanks to writers like Dante, Petrarch and Machiavelli, nacque the culture and the Italian language and thanks to the works of art of artists like Botticelli, Michelangelo and Donatello, Florence have become one of the understood one them artistic of the world.
Of its past conserve still an exceptional artistic patrimony (although the serious damages endured after the terrible flooding of 1966).
The city has Etruscan origins; it enjoys prestigious activity financial institution thanks to the Mount of the Paschi that is one of the first Italian credit institutions and is center of an important University beyond to to have been defined crib of the Italian art.
Siena is a city to visit because it is charming and medieval with its traditions very strong.
Also Montalcino and Montepulciano, notes for the optimal wine, the Etruscan city Chiusi, Monteriggioni, the abbeys of Sant’ Antimo and San Galgano, Val d’Elsa and San Gimignano, known for its medieval towers; and still Pienza, famous for the cheeses and Certaldo are impossible to not visit.
Of course the drivers during the tour will be also your guide, showing you the beauties of our place and helping you to chose the destinations.
The services are available in: Italian, English, French, German, Spanish and Russian.
Venice is unique in the world hits for its rhythms and colors, Saint Mark and Ducale Palace, its palaces, bridges and channels.
It has a exstraordinary architecture and the water is at the same time essence and threat for the charming lagoon city.
Of course the drivers during the tour will be also your guide, showing you the beauties of our place and helping you to chose the destinations.
The services are available in: Italian, English, French, German, Spanish and Russian.
Milan is the heart of the economy of our Country for this reason is very phrenetic.
But it is just this that attracts many peaple to prefer Milan like travel goal, also only for two or three days: the possibility to enter in numerous shops of all the more prestigious companies to world-wide level.
In spite of these Milan characteristics it is a full history city, with a variety of churches and museums.
In order to cite of some the Dome, become in the centuries the symbol of the city, the church of Saint Maria of Grazie, and the numerous parks.
The population is of approximately 12.000 inhabitants.
They make part of the Sicily Region and depend on the province of Messina.
They borned approximately 700.000 years ago in order:Panarea, Filicudi, Alicudi, Salina, Lipari, Volcano and for lastStromboli which perhaps it has approximately 40.000 years of age.
Visit the amazing coast of the Aeolian islands on board the Motoryatch “ADM Seas 2”.
The formulation of a cruise leaves maximum freedom of choice to the passengers. On request is possible to have a lunch, a dinner or a snack on board, or decide during the cruise to stop in one of the many typicalrestaurants on the sea.
Except particular passengers request the frigobar is included.
