Capri, Saint Tropez and Beverly Hills would not have compared to such a thriving world as the one of which Baia could boast. The Gulf of Pozzuoli was the place to be for Roman high society and owning a villa here was a matter of prestige. Artists, patricians and sovereigns throughout history have spent most "pleasant" hours here: from Caesar to Cicero, from Virgil to Nero, from Caligula to the philosopher Seneca, who attributes natural beauty to it, but also emphasising that it was a place of vice and debauchery. Whatever was not permitted in Rome, could be done in Baia.

Then, all of a sudden, Baia was forgotten. The cause of oblivion was bradyseism, a phenomenon due to the volcanic action of the territory, which caused it to sink. That's why the city is now under water. With your mask and fins you can admire a sort of "underwater Pompeii" made of majestic buildings, including the Villa dei Pisoni, with a thermal pool, the Villa a Protiro with its mosaics and the incredible Emperor Claudius' Nymphaeum.

In 2002, the protected marine area of Baia was created: a submerged archaeological park of unimaginable historical and cultural value. Its depths satisfy any underwater, photographic, naturalistic, speleological and archaeological interest. The submerged Baia park is a unique example of archaeological and naturalistic underwater protection in the Mediterranean Sea. It's like diving into the depths of mythical Atlantis.