Cape Miseno, Bacoli

Name: Cape Miseno
Address: Bacoli, Italy

#1 among attractions in Bacoli

Top attraction, Vernacular architecture, Lighthouse

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Capo Miseno Lighthouse is an active lighthouse located at the end of the promontory, with the same name, that marks the north-western limit of the Gulf of Naples as well as the Gulf of Pozzuoli toward the Tyrrhenian Sea in the province of Naples. ()

Coordinates: 40°46'42"N, 14°5'21"E

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Bacoli Italy

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Cape Miseno – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Monte Nuovo, Flavian Amphitheater, Lucrinus Lacus, Piscina Mirabilis.

3.9 miN
Volcano with picturesque views
Monte Nuovo, Pozzuoli
101 min walk • Monte Nuovo, a fascinating geological wonder, stands proudly in the city of Pozzuoli, Italy, offering a unique glimpse into the earth's fiery underbelly. This cinder cone is the youngest mountain in Europe, having emerged from the ground during a dramatic volcanic...
3.8 miNE
Large 1st-century AD Roman amphitheater
Flavian Amphitheater, Pozzuoli
97 min walk • The Flavian Amphitheater, located in Pozzuoli, is the third-largest Roman amphitheater in Italy. Only the Roman Colosseum and the Amphitheatre of Capua are larger. It was likely built by the same architects who previously constructed the Roman Colosseum. The name "Flavian Amphitheater" is primarily associated with the Roman Colosseum.
3.6 miN
Lake, Nature, Natural attraction
Lucrinus Lacus, Pozzuoli
91 min walk • Lucrinus Lacus, or Lucrine Lake is a lake in Campania, southern Italy. It is less than one kilometre to the south of Lake Avernus and is separated from the Gulf of Pozzuoli by a narrow strip of land.
1.3 miN
Impressive underground Roman cistern
Piscina Mirabilis, Bacoli
33 min walk • The Piscina Mirabilis is an ancient Roman cistern on the Bacoli hill at the western end of the Gulf of Naples, southern Italy. It was one of the largest ancient cisterns.
1.3 miN
Archaeological site
Aqua Augusta, Bacoli
33 min walk • The Aqua Augusta, or Serino Aqueduct, was one of the largest, most complex and costliest aqueduct systems in the Roman world; it supplied water to at least eight ancient cities in the Bay of Naples including Pompeii and Herculaneum.
2.4 miN
Lighthouse
Fortino Tenaglia Lighthouse, Bacoli
61 min walk • Fortino Tenaglia Lighthouse is an active lighthouse located on a promontory on the west side of the Gulf of Pozzuoli in the municipality of Bacoli, Campania on the Tyrrhenian Sea.
3.8 miW
Lighthouse
Punta Pioppeto Lighthouse, Procida
98 min walk • Punta Pioppeto Lighthouse is an active lighthouse located on the northernmost promontory of Procida, Campania on the Tyrrhenian Sea.
4.4 miN
Archaeological site
Grotta di Cocceio
112 min walk • The Grotta di Cocceio is an ancient Roman tunnel nearly a kilometre in length connecting Lake Avernus with Cumae and dating from 38-36 BC.
3.6 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Fusaro Lake, Bacoli
91 min walk • Lake Fusaro is a lake situated in the province of Naples, Italy, in the territory of the community of Bacoli. It is about 0.5 miles from Baia, and about 1 mile from the acropolis of Cumae. It is separated from the sea by a narrow coastal strip.
2.3 miN
Museum
Museo archeologico dei Campi Flegrei, Bacoli
60 min walk • The Archaeological Museum of the Phlegraean Fields is a museum housed in the Aragonese Castle in Baia, in the municipality of Bacoli. Since December 2014, the museum has been under the management of the Polo Museale della Campania.
3.4 miNE
Church
Basilica Cattedrale San Procolo Martire, Pozzuoli
87 min walk • Pozzuoli Cathedral or the Basilica of San Procolo martire is the main Roman Catholic church in Pozzuoli and the seat of the Diocese of Pozzuoli. It sits at the top of the Rione Terra and is built around an ancient Roman temple.