Interest in one region in Southern Italy has grown by 210 percent in 2025, according to Expedia search trends. Italy is a top summer travel destination for Americans; that’s really nothing new.

But while the poverty of Campania may have, in a way, protected the precious heritage of the area, it also hurt its reputation for centuries. Despite Aglianico being considered one of Italy’s ...

6 Vineyards to Visit in Campania—Italy’s Innovative Wine Region The southern Italian region that encompasses the ruins of Pompeii and Mt. Vesuvius has been a big wine producer for centuries.

A worker in the Ocone vineyards in Ponte, Beneveto (in Italy's Campania region) trains a vine, using the traditional method of using weeping willow shoots to tie the vines to the trelissing. Photo ...