Vesuvius can rightly be called a treacherous beauty: externally this volcano with its wooded slopes is very attractive, but history shows that it is capable of sudden and disastrous eruptions. However, although Vesuvius is considered an active volcano it has been dormant dor more than 80 years, and many tourists come here on excursions. Climbing in the company of guides along specially laid trails of the national park they admire the extremely picturesque flora and lava stones, and on the top of Vesuvius they will find not only a periodically smoking crater, but also a spectacle tha has no equal - a panorama of Naples and the bay from a height of 1280 m. In order to get a complete picture of the past and present of the volcano you should go on an individual excursion with English-speaking guide, including a visit to:
See also other sights in Naples: Centre Pompidou, Musée d'Orsay, Versailles, Eiffel Tower, Montmartre, Disneyland Paris, Arc de Triomphe Paris, Louvre Museum, Mont-Saint-Michel, Moulin Rouge