Salita al Gran Cono del Vesuvio (da Quota 1000)
Ercolano (NA)
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From Quota 1000 the trail climbs the ash up to the rim of the Gran Cono, where the smoking crater opens up and below stretches the whole gulf of Naples.
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History & archaeologyScavi di Ercolano
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A Roman town petrified by volcanic mud, with wooden beams, beds and doors still in place: here time stopped more intact than anywhere.
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The last stretch climbs on foot over the scree to the rim of the crater, where the warm breath of the earth mixes with the view of the whole Gulf of Naples.
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The oldest volcanological observatory in the world, willed by the Bourbons in 1841, with historic instruments and mineral collections, looking out over the slopes of Vesuvius.
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Miglio d'Oro e Ville Vesuviane (Villa Campolieto)
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The eighteenth-century residences of the Neapolitan nobility along the Miglio d'Oro, with Villa Campolieto and its elliptical portico facing the sea among stuccoes and gardens.
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The ancient stone stairway that for centuries was the only link between Marina Grande and Anacapri, step after step up the face of the mountain.
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The path that runs along the mountainside between Agerola and Nocelle, suspended above the coast: terraces, dry-stone walls and the sea opening all the way to the Faraglioni of Capri.
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Ponte Tibetano di Laviano
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Ninety metres suspended over the Vallone delle Conche: on the Tibetan bridge of Laviano you walk through the void amid the woods, your gaze running all the way to the Sele valley.
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Sixteen hundred metres of cable strung above the gorges of the Cilento: hooked to the Volo dell'Angelo of Trentinara, you glide toward the gulf of Salerno at the speed of the wind.
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Zipline del Fiordo di Furore
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Seven hundred metres of cable cross the fjord of Furore to Conca dei Marini: a flight of a few instants suspended between the rock walls and the blue of the coast.
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Above Amalfi the trail climbs a damp valley of waterfalls and prehistoric ferns, among the ruins of the old ironworks swallowed by the vegetation.