HOTEL REX,
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AIRPORT -
NAPLES CAPODICHINO INTL AIRPORT -NAP-19M/30 KM N
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LOCATION -
THE HOTEL REX STANDS RIGHT IN THE CENTER OF NAPLES
IN ONE OF THE MOST FASCINATING HISTORIC QUARTERS OF
THE PARTHENOPEAN CITY..THE CELEBRATED SANTA LUCIA
THE HOTEL REX STANDS RIGHT IN THE CENTER OF NAPLES
IN ONE OF THE MOST FASCINATING HISTORIC QUARTERS OF
THE PARTHENOPEAN CITY..THE CELEBRATED SANTA LUCIA
QUARTER. ITS ELEGANT..DISCREET STRUCTURE IS IN
PERFECT HARMONY WITH THE MAGNIFICENT PALAZZOS
FLANKING IT. RIGHT OPPOSITE IS SITUATED THE
FASCINATING BORGO MARINARI WITH THE SUPERB CASTEL
DELL -OVO..WHICH OFFERING AN INCOMPARABLE SPECTACLE
DOMINATE THE SCENE..MADE EVEN MORE ENTHRALLING
BY MOONLIGHT MIRRORED IN THE ENCHANTING BAY OF
NAPLES. PRECISELY FROM HERE RUNS THE CELEBRATED VIA
CARACCIOLO..LEADING TO MERGELLINA AND TO POSILLIPO..
CHARMING PLACES THAT HAVE INSPIRED MUSICIANS AND
POETS OVER THE AGES.
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ATTRACTIONS -
NAPLES - LOCATED BETWEEN THE SLOPES OF VESUVIUS
AND THE VOLCANIC HEIGHTS OF THE CAMPI FLEGREI..ON
THE SPLENDID DECLIVITY THAT FRAMES THE GULF OF THE
SAME NAME.. NAPLES..CAPITAL CITY OF CAMPANIA..IS
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AND ACTIVE METROPOLITAN
AREAS IN SOUTHERN ITALY. NOWADAYS AND ACTIVE
COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL CENTER..WITH A PRONOUNCED
TOURIST VOCATION.. BOASTING ONE OF THE FOREMOST
MEDITERRANEAN PORTS. NAPLES HAS A RICH ARCHITE-
CTURAL AND MONUMENTAL HERITAGE..WITH SUPERB EXAMPLES
OF THE GOTHIC AND BAROQUE..AND AN EXTRAORDINARY
COLLECTION OF ANCIENT REMAINS COMING FROM NEARBY
ROMAN CENTERS SUCH AS POMPEII AND HERCULANEUM
..CURRENTLY HOUSED IN THE NATIONAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL
MUSEUM. AMONG THE MOST IMPORTANT REMAINS..THE
EARLY CHRISTIAN CATACOMBS OF ST. GENNARO AND ST
GAUDIOSO..THE BAPTISTERY OF ST. GIOVANNI IN FONTE..
FROM THE CONSTANTINE PERIOD..THE MEDIEVAL CASTEL
NUOVO..WITH ITS SPLENDID TRIUMPHAL ARCH..CONSIDERED
ONE OF THE GREATEST EXPRESSIONS OF SOUTHERN ITALIAN
RENAISSANCE ART..THE CATHEDRAL..THE CHURCHES OF ST.
CHIARA AND ST. LORENZO MAGGIORE SHOULD NOT BE
MISSED. FINALLY..THE COOKERY..WITH OUTSTANDING
SEAFOOD DISHES..PRESSED PORK MEATS..DAIRY PRODUCE
AND SWEETS AND HIGHLY PRIZED WINES IS WELL WORTH
HONORING.
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THE HOTEL IS LOCATED 16 KM FROM POZZUOLI. POZZUOLI..
LOVELY TOWN IN THE PROVINCE OF NAPLES AND LIVELY
CENTER OF THE CAMPI FLEGREI..PARTLY CLINGS TO A
TUFACEOUS OUTCROP STRETCHING TOWARDS THE SEA AND
PARTLY LIES ALONG AN ENCHANTING BAY..ON AN ARC OF
THE EPONYMOUS GULF ENCLOSED BETWEEN CAPE MISENO
AND THE ISLAND OF NISIDA. IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE
SIXTEENTH CENTURY IT BEGAN TO RECOVER SOME
IMPORTANCE AS SPA AND NOWADAYS IS RENOWNED FOR ITS
THERMAL BATHS..THE HEART OF A FACINATING DISTRICT
..WHERE THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AREAS OF CUMA AND BAIA
STILL PRESERVE INTERESTING TRACES OF THEIR PAST..
SUCH AS THE MACELLUM AND THE FLAVIO AMPHITHEATRE.
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THE HOTEL IS LOCATED AT 28 KM FROM POMPEII. A SMALL
TOWN IN THE PROVINCE OF NAPLES.. LOCATED ON ONE OF
THE SLOPES OF VESUVIUS..MODERN POMPEII..DEVELOPED
AROUND THE SANCTUARY FOUNDED IN 1876 BY BARTOLO
LONGO..STANDS RIGHT NEXT TO THE ANCIENT SETTLEMENT..
BURIED BY THE ERUPTION OF VESUVIUS IN 79 AD.
THE OLD CITY.. GROWING OUT OF THE FUSION OF VARIOUS
OSCAN CENTERS..PERHAPS AT THE END OF THE SEVENTH
CENTURY BC..RECEIVED AN INFLUX FROM NEIGHBORING
GREEK SETTLEMENTS..WAS LATER OCCUPIED FIRST BY THE
ETRUSCANS AND THEN THE SAMNITES. THE CITY..AFTER
CENTURIES OF OBLIVION..WAS REDISCOVERED AT THE END
OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY.
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THE EXCAVATIONS..BEGAN IN 1748 ON THE ORDERS OF
CHARLES OF BOURBON..AND WERE CONDUCTED EVER MORE
RIGOROUSLY DURING THE NINETEENTH CENTURY..SINCE THEN
THEY HAVE NOT BEEN INTERRUPTED AGAIN.
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ABOUT THREE FIFTHS OF ITS ENTIRE AREA HAS BEEN
UNEARTHED..WITH MORE THAN 900 BUILDINGS UNCOVERED..
NOWADAYS TOGETHER WITH HERCULANEUM AND STABIAE
IT MAKES UP THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY AVAILABLE
EVIDENCE OF DAILY LIFE..AS WELL AS OF THE PUBLIC
AND PRIVATE BUILDINGS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD. THE
MAJORITY OF THE UNEARTHED FINDS ARE DISPLAYED IN THE
NATIONAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM OF NAPLES.
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THE HOTEL IS LOCATED AT 34 KM FROM CASERTA. THE
TOWN OF CASERTA STANDS ON THE FERTILE PLAIN CROSSED
BY THE RIVER VOLTURNO.. NOT FAR FROM THE OLD MEDIE-
VAL VILLAGE OF CASERTAVECCHIA FROM WHICH IT TAKES
ITS NAME ALREADY A BISHOPRIC IN THE TENTH CENTURY
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