Naples, second visit

Our 19th anniversary-we signed up for a private car tour from Naples down the Amalfi coast past Pompeii, to some quaint and beautiful villages, and then to finish up the day with some Naples highlights. Our guide, Antonella, was outstanding! She gave us an exceptional history and cultural education about Southern Italy and showed us special hidden gems and aspects of the area that were completely unexpected. She took us to the Underground Naples, where their archeological team has uncovered 4 different levels of building dating back over 3,000 years. There were the initial Greek buildings from approximately 2,000-1,000 BC, then the Roman buildings on top of the Greek layer from approximately 200BC thru 500 AD, then the medieval layer from 1200-1400AD and finally the modern layer from 1600 thru to the present. Each layer had different construction techniques and materials that made them obvious and distinct.Read more