Its takes about 35-40mins to walk to the top and around the top of the crater. Make sure you have some good foot wear on, and ladies don't go wearing heals or wedges as we saw some people!! Take some water with you for the journey up if its a hot day, it was when we went about 35degs and... more
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Apollo Hotel
Aug 20, 2008
Room clean and tidy. Linen old and well worn. If you like sleeping this place was terrible. Cars and trucks driving past all night. No airconditioning and the room was very hot. Would be a great place to stay in winter as it was very close to the diggings. more
Mount Vesuvius
Aug 19, 2008
During our recent holiday to Sorrento, we booked an organised tour taking us to Vesuvius and Pompeii. We had done some reading on both locations before hand and looked forward to the visits. Mostly all coments regarding climbing to the top of Mount Vesuvius mentioned..... comfortable walking shoes, plenty of drinking water, high factor sun cream, and an 'easy' though... more
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- “Overview of Pompeii” Frommer's
- “Van Camping: Who Needs a Hotel? Well . . .” Washington Post (free registration required)
- “The Smart Guide: Pompeii” timesonline.co.uk / Times Newspapers Ltd.
- “Pompeii slowly, steadily rising from ashes” SignOnSanDiego.com/Scripps Howard
- “Sorrento Peninsula beckons with history, beauty” SignOnSanDiego.com
- “Why Pompeii In Italy Is Special” Hillman Wonders of the World
- “Day Trip; Going Back In Time, Briefly” New York Times (free registration required)
- “Blast from the past” Sydney Morning Herald
- “Fun Things to Do With Your Kids in Campania” Travel for Kids
- “Don't leave Naples and the Amalfi Coast without...” easyJet In-flight
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- “Pompeii Travel Blogs, Photos and Videos” TravelPod.com
- “Ampitheatre” VirtualTourist.com
- “Emotional-Pompei ruins...” Globosapiens.net
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- “A place for walking” VirtualTourist.com
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