Home to three of the best-preserved Greek temples anywhere, rising from a plain south of Salerno where ancient Poseidonia once stood.
The same plain, grazed by buffalo, produces some of Campania's finest mozzarella di bufala.
When to visit Paestum
Average highs and lows across the year.
What to see first
Temples of Paestum
Three Doric temples of the 6th and 5th centuries BC, among the best preserved outside Greece.
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