Hotels in Campania, Italy - Grand Hotel La Pace - 5 star luxury hotel near Sorrento, Gulf of Naples.

Hotels in Campania, Italy - 5-star luxury in this splendid hotel looking over the Gulf of Naples. Offering top-class vacation and conference facilities within easy driving distance of the Mediterranean, Naples, the Amalfi coast, Vesuvius and Pompeii.

The spacious Windows restaurant and the breakfast lounge alongside offer a superb selection of local and international cuisine. The new Coupole dining room reflects the refinement and creativity of southern cuisine, complemented by a large choice of international wines. And the American bar is an ideal place to take an aperitif, a cocktail or just to relax.

You'll find the hotel easy to reach, with easy access to the motorway or to the train station. And you can fly into Naples Capodichino airport, with a bus leaving every two hours for Sorrento. And from the port of Naples you can take the hydrofoil to Sorrento, just 35 minutes away. The hotel can arrange transfers, by Mercedes limousine, from the airport at Naples, from the railway station at Sant'Agnello, or from the port.

And there is a huge amount to do and see nearby, with Campania boasting some of Italy's most spectacular scenery. Positano, 15km away, lies in the heart of the Sorrento Peninsula: it divides two of Italy's most beautiful bays, the Bay of Naples and the Bay of Salerno, with houses stacked in pyramid formation above the crystal clear water. Capri, home to the Sirens of Classical myth, found later fame as the playground of the super-rich. The English have always loved Capri, with DH Lawrence and George Bernard Shaw keen visitors, and Gracie Fields and Graham Greene keeping houses on the island.

Take a trip back to Classical times with a visit to Pompeii and Herculaneum, buried after an eruption of nearby Mount Vesuvius, leaving the inhabitants forever frozen in time. With the remains of Pompeii still being uncovered this makes a fascinating day out.

Or take a trip into Naples, 48 km away. Napoli is one of the most fascinating, chaotic and exciting cities imaginable. The capital of Campania and the whole of the Mezzogiorno, it evokes an Arab souk as much as it does a European city. Spend a day wandering the streets of this vibrant port, stopping to buy lunch from one of the hundreds of street vendors selling pizza (Naples is the home of the pizza), calzone, rice balls and courgette flowers in batter among dozens of other local delicacies.

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