Two of the area's most iconic locales – Mount Vesuvius and Pompeii – can be found roughly 15 miles away from central Naples. Mount Vesuvius is the only active volcano left on Europe's mainland ...
The tragic story of Pompeii, the Roman city buried in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD, has captured public imagination since its rediscovery and excavation in the late 16th century.