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FROM SALERNO TO NAPLES, PASSING THROUGH POMPEII AND THE VESUVIUS |
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alerno is excellently served by an efficient network of highways and railways that lets you visit both Naples and Pompeii in the same day, leaving at an early hour.
To reach Pompeii, that is only 30 km far from Salerno, it takes 30 minutes by car, from 20 to 40 minutes by train and 50 minutes by bus.
After the terrible eruption of the Vesuvius in 79 a.C. that razed the old town burying it under a thick blanket of ash, the excavations brought to light an inestimable archaeological, artistic and cultural patrimony almost intact.
 Naples – Panorama
Nowadays, Pompeii is the most visited archaeological site of Europe, with its over two million of visitors.
From Pompeii is easy to reach the Vesuvius, but at an altitude of 1000 metres you have to walk up to the edge of the crater.
 Naples – Santa Chiara’s Cloiste
In Naples there are many things to see: churches, museums, castles, royal residences, art and architecture treasures.
If you want to make an exhaustive tour of Naples, you’d better think of saving a whole day, so you can have lunch or dinner at a pizzeria (in Naples there are the best pizzeria of the world; among them, the most famous are “Michele” in Forcella, and “Di Matteo” in via dei Tribunali).
 Naples – San Martino’s Carthusian monastery |
