Napoli Trip Overview
– Meeting point and pick-up with your Chauffeur and drive to Pompeii first.
– Entering Pompeii by the Sea Gate with your Licensed Tour Guide you will experience how the citizens of the greatest empire the world has ever known lived and loved, worked and played, ate and drank and died. Because of the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79, twenty feet of volcanic ash and pumice stone covered Pompeii.
– In the second part of the day you will drive south via the motorway towards Mount Vesuvius, Europe’s only still-active volcano.
– Driving along the winding roads of the volcanic slopes, admiring stunning views of the Neapolitan and Caserta plain, until approximately 3,000 feet, where the road comes to the end.
– There (if you want!) begin your trek on foot over narrow paths that zigzag up the mountain another 1,000 feet to reach the very top of the crater, to walk along the rim to get the very best pictures.
– Once back to the parking lot you will proceed back to the hotel.
Additional Info
Duration: 7 to 8 hours
Starts: Napoli, Italy
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Napoli, Campania, Italy
– Meeting point and pick-up with your Chauffeur and drive to Pompeii first.
– Entering Pompeii by the Sea Gate with your Licensed Tour Guide you will experience how the citizens of the greatest empire the world has ever known lived and loved, worked and played, ate and drank and died. Because of the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79, twenty feet of volcanic ash and pumice stone covered Pompeii.
– In the second part of the day you will drive south via the motorway towards Mount Vesuvius, Europe’s only still-active volcano.
– Driving along the winding roads of the volcanic slopes, admiring stunning views of the Neapolitan and Caserta plain, until approximately 3,000 feet, where the road comes to the end.
– There (if you want!) begin your trek on foot over narrow paths that zigzag up the mountain another 1,000 feet to reach the very top of the crater, to walk along the rim to get the very best pictures.
– Once back to the parking lot you will proceed back to the hotel.
Stop At: Pompeii Archaeological Park, Porta Marina (via Villa dei Misteri), 80045 Pompeii Italy
Pompeii was an ancient Roman city buried under 4 to 6 m (13 to 20 ft) of volcanic ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Vesuvius National Park, Via Palazzo del Principe, 80044 Ottaviano Italy
Vesuvius National Park is an Italian national park centered on the active volcano Vesuvius, southeast from Naples. The park is centered on the active volcano and its most ancient (now inactive) crater, Monte Somma. It houses 612 vegetable species and 227 wildlife ones.
Duration: 3 hours
