Naples is located near the center of the gulf, which is dominated by the volcanic massif of Mount Vesuvius and the Sorrento peninsula bordered to the east at Punta Campanella, the west by the Gulf of Naples and Cape Miseno, on the north by the Appendices Appennino Campano.
The historic city has been developing mainly on the coast, the nucleus of the town was formed from the island of Megaride, where Greek colonists gave start to the first trading post, which involved the development of the city today.
The area of ​​Naples is mainly composed of hills on which they were born real neighborhoods and / or historic districts, but also by islands, coves and peninsulas jutting out over the Tyrrhenian Sea.