Campania and Sicily Itineraries in Original Locomotives
and Railway Carriages
Travel aboard the original Centoporte and
Corbellini carriages, which date back to the 1930s and 1950s, to visit some of
the historic cultural and culinary sites in Campania region of Italy .
Pietrarsa runs from Naples to Portici along Italy’s
first railway track. Inaugurated on October 3, 1839 by King Ferdinand II whose
goal was to make his kingdom compete with the technological supremacy of
England and France. The workshop was initially used to produce mechanical and
pyrotechnical materials for the Navy, but later went on to build and repair
locomotives and railway carriages. The very first locomotive made in Italy for
the Royal Railroads bore the factory’s name. Pietrarsa was the first industrial
complex in Italy, preceding the founding of Breda and Fiat by half a century.
Visit the Bourbon Dynasty Era Factory where Italy’s Rail History
Begins
Reggia connects Naples with
the Caserta Royal Palace. In 1750 King Charles
of Bourbon (1716-1788), later king of Spain, decided to erect the Royal Palace
as the ideal center of the new kingdom of Naples on the plains of Terra di
Lavoro. The project was entrusted to the architect Luigi Vanvitelli
(1700-1773), son of Gaspar Van Wittel, active under Pope Benedict XIV in the restoration
of St. Peter’s dome in Rome.
Archaeo
Train travels to the Roman and Magna Grecia archaeological sites of this
region, including Pompeii, Herculaneum, Paestum and Velia.
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Sannio stops in S. Agata de’Goti, the
region’s most beautiful borgo;
Telese Terme taste Falanghina and experience a
wine tour of the vineyards;
Benevento area museums: Streghe, Egizio and
Sannio as well as a tour of the Longobard era town;
Padre Pio’s Pietrelcina, Fragneto Monforte e Pontelandolfo.
Sicily and Food
by Train 87 municipalities are involved in the
promotion of the island’s extensive culinary traditions along 50 itineraries
traveling in carriages from bygone eras with diesel, electric, as well as a
1912 steam-driven locomotive to rediscover mountains and rural areas, borghi,
castles, art and archaeological finds, parks and natural oases.
Explore Campania and Sicily Aboard Historic Trains