DK Travel : Naples & the Amalfi Coast : Outdoor

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Terme della Regina Isabella, Ischia

Luxury massage and treatments.
Terme di Agnano

A spa since ancient times. Mud-baths and mineral waters.
Terme di Cava Scura, Ischia

Built into the cliffs, with a cave sauna and baths in sulphurous water.
Terme di Stabia, Castellammare di Stabia

Mud, mineral waters and massage.
The Amalfi Coast

Excellent hiking points can be reached above Positano and between Ravello and AmalfiAtrani. Most of these paths are erstwhile goat trails, while some have been built up as stone stairways, but all of them offer incomparable views.
The Phlegrean Fields

Hug the coastline from Posillipo to Pozzuoli and take local roads to Agnano Terme and La Solfatara.
Vesuvius

A walk along the rim of this vast crater is an experience of a lifetime. Some 20,000 visitors a year trek to the top to peer down into the steaming depths 200 m (700 ft) below. The hike up takes 45 minutes and it’s at its best in late spring, when flowers and songbirds are most vibrant. It is cold on the top, so go prepared.
Via Toledo

From the royal quarter Via Toledo begins elegantly, but soon the Quartieri Spagnoli (Spanish Quarters) come up along the western flank – a warren of narrow, dark streets that don’t seem to have changed in centuries. However, continuing on you’ll pass appealing Piazza Dante and finally come to the Museo Archeologico.
Windsurfing and Boating

Windsurfing gear can be rented at the more frequented beaches on the islands and along the outlying coasts; the Lido of Procida is good, as well as Punta Carena on Capri. Renting boats and yachts is possible on the islands and along the Amalfi Coast but again, Procida is the best spot.
Work-Outs

Gym-culture came to Italy in the 1990s and appears to be here to stay. Top gyms in Naples offer bodybuilding, aerobics, step, martial arts and various other activities, as well as saunas and Turkish baths.