You’ve been to Naples. You went to Pompeii. Yet you missed the adventure. Pompeii gets all the attention. But less than 30 kilometres from Naples, in the other direction, there is another Roman city just as extraordinary — that almost nobody knows exists and even fewer have seen. Because it’s underwater.Baia didn’t die in a flash of fire like Pompeii. It sank. One breath at a time, over centuries, until the most decadent resort of the Roman Empire became a silent kingdom of fish and seaweed.The science behind it is called bradyseism — from the Greek for slow movement. The Phlegraean Fields — the vast active volcanic caldera stretching west…
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AMALFI COAST #SINEQUANON: THE CORNERSTONES
ONE: RAVELLO This might just be a surprising number one for many. The usual day-trippers and rather ‘efficient’ travel guides tend to miss it entirely. And that’s a good thing, because the inevitable crowds already make it difficult enough to reach and truly savour its aristo beauty. Ravello, incidentally, isn’t actually on the Amalfi Coast at all, but rather perched elegantly uphill, just above Amalfi. It is spectacular, undeniably noble, and yes, rather expensive – but worth every penny. The narrow road leading up to Ravello is carved into the rocky mountain, feeling like an initiation path. It’s called, quite evocatively, the Valley of the Dragon. Ravello is also delightfully…
