Location and located at the bus stop is departure for the climb to the Vesuvius via the Via del Vesuvio National Park Bus. Vesuvio is one of the most famous volcanoes in the world, with a characteristic profile, whose 79 AD eruption. allowed the perfect preservation of Pompeii and Herculaneum up to the present day. In the area, over 230 different minerals have been cataloged and it is possible to observe the deposits of various historical eruptions and the forms generated by the action of the exogenous agents on the original pyroclastic layers. These deposits were then slowly colonized by vegetation: a succession of vegetation types that operate this type of colonization, starting from the first link in the chain, is a lichen, the Stereocaulon vesuvianum. The areas surrounding the foot of the volcano have always been populated by the fertility of the vulcanite, rich in potassium.

Location and located at the bus stop is departure for the climb to the Vesuvius via the Via del Vesuvio National Park Bus. Vesuvio is one of the most famous volcanoes in the world, with a characteristic profile, whose 79 AD eruption. allowed the perfect preservation of Pompeii and Herculaneum up to the present day. In the area, over 230 different minerals have been cataloged and it is possible to observe the deposits of various historical eruptions and the forms generated by the action of the exogenous agents on the original pyroclastic layers. These deposits were then slowly colonized by vegetation: a succession of vegetation types that operate this type of colonization, starting from the first link in the chain, is a lichen, the Stereocaulon vesuvianum. The areas surrounding the foot of the volcano have always been populated by the fertility of the vulcanite, rich in potassium.

The name and the origins of Sorrento are lost between myth and historical reality. Certainly there is a link with that myth of the Sirens so widespread in the Gulf of Naples since antiquity. The Mermaids were mythological begins half-woman half fish, whose song pushed sailors to ship against the rocks. Ulysses managed to defeat them by holding the ears of his companions and being tied to the mast. If it is not certain to whom to attribute its foundation it is very probable that it was inhabited already in the XI century and that it constituted for the Greeks and Etruscans an important stop in the commercial traffic. To visit: the main towns of the peninsula, places of attraction during the summer: Vico Equense, Seiano, Meta, Massa Lubrense, S. Agnello. How to get to the city: - Motorway Napoli - Salerno in the direction of Salerno, exit at Castellammare di Stabia, continue on the SS, follow the signs for the various tourist destinations. - Circumvesuviana from Torre Annunziata -train for Castellammare-Sorrento, Sorrento stop.

After the happy period of the Naples province of the Roman emperors, who surrounded it with patrician villas, deepening many treasures to enlarge and embellish it, even the first barbarians who brought disasters and ruins arrived in Naples. Alaric, Genseric, and Odoacer invaded the territory and Belisarius, the general of Justinian emperor sacked the city to overthrow the resistance. Totila and Teia were the last barbarians who dominated it. Returned to power by the emperors of the East in 567, Naples was ruled by the Exarchs of Ravenna, until, in the eleventh century, it passed to the Normans, sons of Tancredi d'Altavilla who subjugated it with the whole territory. In 1060, one of them, Roberto Guiscardo, assumed the title of Duke of Calabria, extended his conquests. His son Roger, at the request of the Pope, drove the Arabs from Sicily and had himself crowned king. Henry VI, son of Frederick Barbarossa, boasting succession rights, having married Constance, the daughter of Roger II, took possession of the kingdom and after him reigned his son Frederick II of Swabia, until 1250. It was dominated by the Angevins, then by Austrian and from 1734 to 1799 by the Bourbons, who, after the parenthesis of the Neapolitan Republic and the Napoleonic domination, returned to the Unification of Italy, in 1861, which proclaimed Naples forever Italian land. To visit: Decumano Maggiore, Naples underground, Spaccanapoli, Maschio Angioino, Piazza Plebiscito, Royal Palace, Capodimonte Museum, etc.

The island, inhabited since the Paleolithic age, in which it was still connected to the mainland, was Greek and then Roman. Caesar Augustus, visiting Capri in 29 BC, was so impressed by his beauties that he bought it from the city of Naples in exchange for the nearby, larger and richer Ischia. His successor, Tiberio, lived there from 27 to 37 AD. according to the legend, there are twelve villas dedicated to as many gods of Olympus and, from the most imposing of them, "Villa Jovis", governed the Roman Empire. Other emperors stayed in Capri after Tiberius and up to the 4th century AD it was visited and inhabited by Roman nobles. The island, once again passed to the Duchy of Naples, underwent Saracen raids in the 6th and 7th centuries and in the following ones the dominion of the Longobards, the Normans, the Angevins, the Aragonese and finally the Spaniards. The island crossed a new period of fortune in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, in unison with the great political and artistic flourishing of Naples, for the existence of an active diocese and for the privileges granted to it by the Spaniards and then by the Bourbons. This is testified by the marvelous architecture of churches and convents that arose in the two urban centers. From the second half of the 18th century, the island was chosen as a residence by the Bourbons, who went there for hunting quails, and as a travel destination. How to reach the island: -Autostrada Napoli-Salerno, direction Naples, exit Porto, from the Beverello pier the connection is assured by a dense system of ferries, hydrofoils and fast ships. - Motorway Napoli-Salerno, direction Salerno, exit Castellammare di Stabia, continue to Sorrento through the SS: At the port of Sorrento you can embark on ferries, hydrofoils and fast ships. -Circumvesuviana: from Torre Annunziata station, train to Naples, Piazza Garibaldi stop. -Circumvesuviana: from Torre Annunziata station, train to Castellammare-Sorrento, Sorrento stop.

Located at the western entrance of the Gulf of Naples, Ischia is the largest among the Neapolitan islands and one of the main attractions of the surroundings of Naples, from which it is 17.5 miles. The island is of volcanic origin and its current conformation is the result of a complex geological evolution started in the Pliocene. Traces of the most ancient human settlement on the island have been found on the eastern side, on the hill of San Michele. It was probably an indigenous Italic people, descended from the Pelasgians. How to reach the island: -Autostrada Napoli -Salerno, direction Naples, exit Porto, from the Beverello pier the connection is assured by a dense system of ferries, hydrofoils and fast ships. -Circumvesuviana: from Torre Annunziata station, train to Naples, Piazza Garibaldi stop.

The Amalfi Coast is the stretch of the Campania coast, located south of the Sorrento peninsula, overlooking the Gulf of Salerno; it is bordered to the west by Positano and to the east by Vietri sul Mare. It is a stretch of coast famous all over the world for its naturalistic beauty, home to important tourist settlements. It takes its name from the city of Amalfi, the central nucleus of the Coast not only geographically, but also historically. The Amalfi Coast is known for its heterogeneity: each of the towns of the Amalfi Coast has its own character and its traditions. How to reach the Amalfi Coast: - From the North: At Caserta Sud take the A30 motorway towards Salerno-Reggio Calabria; Salerno exit, then S.S. 163 Amalfitana. If you need to reach Ravello, Scala or Tramonti, alternative route could be the "Nocera" motorway exit, follow the signs for "Costiera Amalfitana" and then "Valico di Chiunzi". - From the South: A3 Motorway to Naples, follow the signs for Salerno, then S.S. 163 Amalfitana.

The origins of the city are still uncertain. Its name derives from the Latin "Herculaneum" and from the Greek "Erakeion". The ancients attributed his foundation to Hercules. Undoubtedly it is from the Greek period, even if no monumental surplus of the most ancient period has survived, except for a section of the walls: nevertheless, with its "decumani" and its "hinges" it recalls very much the Greek town planning of the Greek Neapolis. To visit: Archaeological excavations from the Roman period. How to get to the city: - Naples - Salerno motorway towards Naples, exit at Ercolano. - Circumvesuviana, from Torre Annunziata - train to Naples, Herculaneum stop - excavations.

The island of Procida is made up of the island of Vivara and the largest island of Ischia, the group of the Flegree islands, a continuation of the Phlegraean Fields, with which they share the volcanic origin. Procida, which the ancients called "Prochyta", consists of four craters: Solchiaro, Pizzico, Terra Murata and Pozzovecchio; the islet of Vivara, once united to Procida in the South-East part, represents a fifth crater. The history of this island is linked to that of Ischia up to the eighteenth century. How to reach the island: -Autostrada Napoli-Salerno, direction Naples, exit Porto, from the Beverello pier the connection is assured by a dense system of ferries, hydrofoils and fast ships. -Circumvesuviana: from Torre Annunziata station, train to Naples, Piazza Garibaldi stop.