Vesuvio (Km 95)

The volcano began its activity in 79 A. C. and is still active today. Its possible to reach one side of the crater following a path that begins at the car park at 1000 m. with a difference in level of approximately 100 m.

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Pompei (Km 103)

The first excavations of the town buried by the eruption of Vesuvio in 79 A.C. began in 1748 and are still going on. Visiting the famous town it is possible to learn about the everyday life of the romans, their houses, their games and the sports that they practised.

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Cuma (Km 102)

The cave is completely dug out in tufa rock. It 5 meters high and 130 meters deep and ends in a large square room. When it was discovered in 1932 it was thought to be the cave of the oracle of Sibilla Cumana.

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Sorrento (Km 124)

The beautiful and famous place is located on a high tufa rock that stretches out into the sea in the southern part of the gulf of Naples. It is surrounded by citrus and olive plantations.

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Amalfi (Km 149)

The Amalfi coast is a mixture of history and nature. There is the cathedral of Amalfi, the villas of Ravello, the islands “ li Galli” in front of Positano, tha Emerald cave and the traditional ceramics of Vietri.

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Capri (Km 85 + aliscafo 35 min.)

Places to see in the very famous island are the Faraglioni, Tragara, the ruins of Villa Jovis, the sumptuous residence of the roman emperors Ottaviano, Augusto and Tiberio and also Marina Grande and the “Certosa di S. Giacomo”

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Reggia di Caserta (Km 62)

It was built in the second half of the 17th Century with the project by Luigi Vanvitelli for Carlo III of Borbone. There is a beautiful park, a typical Italian style garden with plays of water spurting in the numerous fountains.

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Ercolano (Km 90)

The mythical foundation of Ercolano is in 1243 B. C., by the demigod Hercules. It was situated in an enchanting place on a plateau overhanging the sea. In 79 A.C. the town was completely buried by a burning cloud which transformed in a mass of mud that slowly covered everything without changing anything. Almost all inhabitants had the possibility to escape.

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Gaeta (Km 68)

Interesting destination because of the beautiful “Serapo beach”, the characteristic historic centre, the Sanctuary of the splitted mountain “Montagna spaccata”, the Annunziata church and the Monte Orlando natural park.

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Sperlonga (Km 81)

The old seamen’s village, on a headland overhanging the sea, is a labyrinth of lanes with houses painted with white lime, archaeological remains and beaches on the light blue Tirreno sea.

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