On one of our free weekends, we took a trip down to southern Italy. We stayed at a hotel on the waterfront overlooking Bay of Naples, Mount Vesuvius and the Castle. The city of Naples is not as nice as we anticipated, however the waterfront was gorgeous. We walked around Naples and visited the Museo Nazionale, which holds many artifacts and intact mosaics actually from Pompeii. After this we decided to hike to the top of the hill to the Castel Nuovo. The views from the top of this hill were amazing! We each purchased a cameo here. The cameos were hand carved in Naples but the actual shell was imported from Africa. We zigzagged our way down the hill where we sat and watched the sunset over the Naples Bay.
Mount Versuvius, Naples On Saturday we took a local train to Pompeii, an ancient city that was completely preserved after its burial from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Pompeii was incredible! It was like an enormous maze and you had to find your way out! It was actually a lot bigger than I thought. The views of the ancient architecture and the mountain ranges behind it were incredible! Being able to see the actual streets of the city and columns of the buildings was really great.
PompeiiAfter Pompeii we took another local train down to Sorrento. It was a smaller quaint town on the hillside off the Bay of Naples. We walked around the small town, bought some limoncello (!) and went into a few authentic Italian shops. We walked down to the waters edge to take a few pictures, the views were amazing. From here you could see Mount Vesuvius in the distance and also the island of Capri. We settled ourselves on a bench overlooking the Bay of Naples and watched the sunset. It was a perfect ending to a perfect weekend!
Sorrento hillside cliffs
Sunset in Sorrento!
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