Today we moved on again, to the coast of the Adriatic Sea. We wished to visit Matera and a few other villages in the Puglia area so we picked a site that would serve as a base for that. Of the Camping Card accepting sites in the area Camping Pineta al Mare had the best reviews so we headed here.
Towing Kilometres – Today: 380 Cumulative: 31,298
Today we gathered up our nerves and once again ventured into the misery that is driving on Italian roads. We wanted to casually drive the Amalfi coast, stop for photographs, and maybe have some lunch. The route was approximately 85km.
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 were heading out by car to visit the famous Mount Vesuvius, mainly known for destroying the town of Pompeii in AD 79 but also the eruption of this volcano buried and destroyed the lesser towns of Herculaneum, Opiontis and Stabiae, to name a few. The volcano is carefully monitored and although the most recent eruption was in 1944 we were definitely hoping that the gods would be kind today 😉 Continue reading Mount Vesuvius, Campania, Italy