Mount Vesuvius

#674 among destinations in Italy

Nature, Natural attraction, Volcano

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Mount Vesuvius is a somma-stratovolcano located on the Gulf of Naples in Campania, Italy, about 9 km east of Naples and a short distance from the shore. It is one of several volcanoes which form the Campanian volcanic arc. Vesuvius consists of a large cone partially encircled by the steep rim of a summit caldera, caused by the collapse of an earlier and originally much higher structure. ()

Local name: Vesuvio Coordinates: 40°49'22"N, 14°25'42"E

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Mount Vesuvius – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Mount Somma, Museo Liverino, Herculaneum, Boscotrecase.

~710 ftSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Volcano
Mount Somma, Vesuvius
4 min walk • Mount Somma is a mountain located in the Province of Naples, in the Campania region of southern Italy. Mount Somma is an integral part of the Somma–Vesuvius volcanic complex. It is 1,132 metres high.
2.7 miSW
Museum, Art museum
Museo Liverino, Torre del Greco
70 min walk • Museo del Corallo - Collezione Privata LIVERINO is a coral museum located in Torre del Greco, a town in the Province of Naples, in Italy. For over five generations, the Liverino family has produced and processed coral.
4.2 miW
Town, , Area
Herculaneum, Ercolano
106 min walk • Herculaneum was an ancient town, located in the modern-day comune of Ercolano, Campania, Italy. Herculaneum was buried under volcanic ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79.
3.8 miSE
Area
Boscotrecase, Boscoreale
96 min walk • Boscotrecase is a comune in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the Italian region Campania, located about 20 km southeast of Naples.
3.6 miS
Area
Trecase, Torre Annunziata
93 min walk • Trecase is a comune in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the Italian region Campania, located about 15 kilometres southeast of Naples. Trecase borders the following municipalities: Boscotrecase, Ercolano, Ottaviano, Torre Annunziata, Torre del Greco.
3.4 miW
Area
San Sebastiano al Vesuvio, Naples
88 min walk • San Sebastiano al Vesuvio is a comune in the Metropolitan City of Naples, located on the western slopes of Mount Vesuvius. Its elevation means that it is often a few degrees cooler than the neighbouring metropolis of Naples.
3.4 miNW
Area
Pollena Trocchia, Naples
86 min walk • Pollena Trocchia is a comune in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the Italian region Campania, located about 11 km east of Naples. It was created in 1811 from two already existing villages, Pollena and Trocchia, both of Samnite-Etruscan origin.
4.2 miW
Museum, Architecture
Villa Campolieto, Ercolano
107 min walk • Villa Campolieto is a Vesuvian villa located along the Golden Mile in the municipality of Herculaneum.
4.4 miW
40°48'17"N • 14°20'50"E
Giardino degli Scavi di Ercolano, Ercolano
113 min walk • Park, Historical place, History museum
4 miSW
Church
Basilica di Santa Croce, Torre del Greco
102 min walk • The Basilica of the Holy Cross - a Roman Catholic temple in the Italian city of Torre del Greco, in the administrative region of the campaign.
3.8 miNW
40°52'12"N • 14°23'24"E
Santuario Della Madonna Dell'arco, Sant'Anastasia
98 min walk • Church, Museum