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Sunland since 1979 is the leading tour operator for ground hanling services on Amalfi Coast, Cilento and Neapolitan Riviera. Sunland is the partner of some of the biggest tour operator world wide. Our attentive staff is at your service for: Hotel accomodation...
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Self-catering villas and apartments on the Amalfi Coast with pool, access to the sea and air conditioning. Amalfi Vacation owns and manages all the Amalfi Coast villas shown on the website. We are specialists in luxury villas and self-catering apartments...
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Villa Casale is a splendid patrician villa of probable Medieval origins, set in the magical scenery of the City of Music, suspended between sky and sea; it is the ideal place for spending an exclusive and relaxing holiday in one of the most beautiful...
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Villa Eva is our romantic villa, surrounded by a park of over 3000 square metres and beautiful gardens. It offers the view of the incomparable scenery of the Amalfi Coast and a wonderful tranquil spot where our guests can stay in loneliness, sitting in...
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Castel dell'Ovo
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Castel dell'Ovo stands on the ancient Megaride islet. One of the imaginative Neapolitan tales tells that it was named after an egg that Virgilio hid inside a cage in the basements of the castle The place where the egg was kept was heavely locked because "all the facts and the fortune of Castle Marino" dipended on the egg. Since that moment the destiny of the Castle, and of the whole city of Naples, has been bound to that egg. The chronicles quote that at the time of Queen Giovanna I, the castle was seriously damaged because the huge arch joining the two rocks on which the castle stood, collapsed; the Queen had to solemny declare that the egg had been replaced in order to avoid the panic in town for fear of new and greater disasters. It is the mythical tomb of Partenope and Virgilio saw it when Lucio Licinio Lucullo lived there. The Normans, and later the Angiovines, turned it into a military fortress, as it stands today.
Castel dell'Ovo
Borgo Marinari
Tel. 081.7956180/81
Open: Mon to Sat - Hours: 9.00 a.m. - 7.30 p.m. - Sun and festival days: 9.0 a.m. - 2.00 p.m.
Tickets fares: Free entrance