Geography

NAPLES AND ITS VOLCANOES

Day 1 

Morning: Arrival in Naples.

Afternoon: Guided visit of the historical center, starting from churches of Gesù Nuovo and Santa Chiara, and continuation toPiazza San Domenico, Piazzetta Nilo, Via San Gregorio Armeno and church of San Lorenzo Maggiore.

Evening: hotel accommodation and dinner in restaurant

Day 2

Morning: transfer to Vesuvio volcano. Here the environmental guides will give the information to reach the crater after a path of 3.807 m in total (approx. 3 hrs round trip).  Given the features of the path and especially due to the particularly steep slope, the climb up the crater is unadvisable for people with complex disorders such as breathing and heart problems.

Afternoon: visit the Archeological site of Pompei. Tour of the ruins, where everything stopped 2000 years ago. Walking trough the ancient lava streets, you will admire the domus, the shops, the temples, the theaters, the thermal baths, the main square, and much more.  

Evening: dinner and night in hotel

Day 3

Morning: transfer to Pozzuoli , in Campi Flegrei area, for a guided tour of the village with Flavian amphitheatre and visit of archaeological park of Cuma: the Antro della Sibilla and its oracles, the Tempio di Apollo and Tempio di Giove.

Afternoon:  Naples underground

Evening: dinner and night in hotel

Day 4

Full day: Ischia island (volcanic island) by boat for a full day visit. Walking through the village and tour by coach with stop in the most panoramic points. Is the biggest island of archipelago of Campania region, rich of woods, open-air thermal beaches that interchange to ample pine groves and rocky cliffs, giving life to breath-taking views.

Evening: return to Naples dinner and night in hotel

Day 5

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