Salerno, Italy Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

Capital of Campania's southernmost province, the lively port of SALERNO is much less pell-mell than Naples and, being well off most travellers' itineraries, has a good supply of cheap accommodation – making it a good base for both the Amalfi coast and the ancient site of Paestum further south. During medieval times the town's medical school was the most eminent in Europe. More recently, it was the site of the Allied landing of September 9, 1943 – a landing that reduced much of the centre to rubble. The subsequent rebuilding has restored neither charm nor efficiency to the town centre, which … more »