SOUTHERN ITALY HOTELS & RESORTS

The area of Southern Italy, or Mezzogiorno, encompasses six regions; Basilicata, Campania, Calabria, Abruzzo, Molise and Puglia, and also Sicily. Geographically, Southern Italy is much drier and hotter than the rest of Italy, and historically, has been exposed to significantly different influences than the rest of the peninsula, and in particular, to Greek settlement and Arab invasions.

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ABRUZZO Hotels & Accommodation Abruzzo is a region in Italy located on the Adriatic Sea. Its western border lying less than 50 miles due east of Rome. Although geographically more of a central than southern region, it is considered part of Southern Italy, a vestige of Abruzzo's historic association with the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies ...

AEOLIAN ISLANDS Hotels & Accommodation The Aeolian Islands or Lipari Islands are a volcanic archipelago in the Tyrrhenian Sea north of Sicily, named after the demigod of the winds Aeolus. The Aeolian Islands are a popular tourist destination. The largest island is Lipari. The other islands include Vulcano, Salina, Stromboli, Filicudi, Alicudi, Panarea and Basiluzzo ...

BASILICATA Hotels & Accommodation Basilicata or Lucania is a region in the south of Italy, bordering on Campania to the west, Apulia (Puglia) to the north and east, and Calabria to the south. The region can be thought of as the instep of Italy, with Calabria functioning as the toe and Apulia the heel. The regional capital is Potenza. The region is divided into two provinces: Potenza and Matera ...

CALABRIA Hotels & Accommodation Calabria is a region in southern Italy which occupies the toe of the Italian peninsula south of Naples. It is bounded to the north by the region of Basilicata, to the south-west by the region and island of Sicily, to the west by the Tyrrhenian Sea, and to the east by the Ionian Sea. The region has a population of 2 million ...

CAMPANIA Hotels & Accommodation Campania is a region of Southern Italy, bordering on Latium to the north-west, Abruzzo and Molise to the north, Apulia to the north-east, Basilicata to the east, and the Tyrrhenian Sea to the west. The region has a population of 5.8 million. The name derives from Latin, as it was called by Romans Campania felix (fortunate countryside) ...

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MOLISE Hotels & Accommodation Molise is a region of Southern Italy, the second smallest of the regions. It was formerly (until 1963) part of the region of Abruzzi e Molise (with Abruzzo) and now a separate entity. International tourism is becoming more evident largely as a result of the international flights which enter Pescara not far to the north in Abruzzo ...

PUGLIA Hotels & Accommodation Apulia or Puglia is a region in southeastern Italy bordering the Adriatic Sea in the east, the Ionian Sea to the southeast, and the Strait of Otranto and Gulf of Taranto in the south. Its southern portion known as Salento, a peninsula, forms a high heel on the boot of Italy. It is bordered by Molise, Campania and Basilicata ...

SICILY Hotels & Accommodation Sicily is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of almost 10,000 squaer miles and five million inhabitants. Sicily is directly adjacent to the region of Calabria via the Strait of Messina to the east. The volcano Etna, situated close to Catania, is the tallest volcano in Europe ...

SICILY: Catania, Cefalu, Palermo, Syracuse, Taormina, ... see all Sicily Hotels