The best small towns in Campania — beyond Naples and the Amalfi Coast

Campania's borghi range from Amalfi clifftop villages to isolated Cilento hamlets where tourism is a novelty.

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1. Ravello

Ravello: Villa Rufolo (€10), Villa Cimbrone Terrace of Infinity (€8). Wagner, Gore Vidal, D.H. Lawrence all stayed.

2. Atrani

Smallest comune on the Amalfi Coast (pop: 900). One piazza, one beach, no hotels. The real fishing village that Positano pretends to be.

3. Procida

Procida: Italian Capital of Culture 2022. Marina Corricella's pastel harbor. Ferry from Naples: 25 min, €15. A fraction of Capri.

4. Castellabate

Cilento coast. "Benvenuti al Sud" filming location. Castello dell'Abate. Santa Maria di Castellabate beach. Pop: 8,000. Tourists: almost none outside August.

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5. Cetara — colatura di alici (anchovy sauce, the Roman garum tradition alive), tiny fishing village. 6. Sant'Agata sui Due Golfi — Don Alfonso 1890 restaurant, views of both gulfs. 7. Furore — the "town that doesn't exist" (houses scattered in a gorge). 8. Pisciotta — olive oil capital of Cilento, cliff town, wild beaches below.

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