Herculaneum was a wealthy ancient Roman city that was engulfed by the same pyroclastic flow from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius that consumed nearby Pompeii in AD79.
Today we drove over toward Naples to visit the archaeological site.
Today we set off to explore the nearby island of Capri. Extremely unusually for us we had to set an alarm because the ferry was due to leave at 8:15am, a time we rarely see these days 🙂
We had pre purchased the return ferry tickets from our genial campsite host for the sum of €80.20 and we were waiting on the dock in good time for the ferry. We arrived in Capri around 10am following a change of ferry in Sorrento. The port was already extremely busy.
Today we packed up and left Camping Roma Capitol to travel further south to Camping Sant’Antonio in Vico Equense. This will be our base to visit some sites in the Naples area. The campsite is a €20 a night Camping Card site. It has mixed reviews but is just across the road from the Marina Di Equa, a picturesque little port with numerous bars & restaurants, including a 2 star Michelin one.
We thought we could be comfortable in such a place 🙂
Towing Kilometres – Today: 269 Cumulative: 30,918
Today we drove a few kilometres over to the local station, Ostia Antica, to take the train into Rome to visit the Colosseum. Our first parking attempt at the station car park actually turned out to be at a cemetery, but we were soon put right by a friendly local and found one of the last places free at the real station car park 🙂
Kim & I had visited Rome a few years previously and, although we had seen the outside of the arena, we hadn’t entered. Time to put that right. We purchased the tickets at the station, €7 each for a 24hr period on all public transport. Continue reading The Colosseum
Yesterday we arranged for a late checkout from Vilanova Park and had a casual day packing up, preparing to travel to our next stop, Italy. This activity was interspersed with coffee breaks and sitting out in the sushine, to wile the time away until our 5pm departure from camp.
We set off toward Grimaldi Lines Terminal at Barcelona docks taking the toll road so as to avoid the winding narrow coast road with the caravan. The expected tow time of 45 minutes became over an hour due to traffic but we had plenty of time to spare.