PHOTO: Colorful Street Scenes Around Every Corner in Sorrento, Italy
In the city center and tourist areas in Sorrento, Italy, colorful buildings are often adorned with shutters, awnings, and balconies with rows of potted plants.
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PHOTO: Life on the Back Streets of Sorrento, Italy
Most of the streets of Sorrento are meticulously groomed, as the city is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Italy. However, take a little time to wander the back lanes and you’ll see scenes like this, which are more indicative of local life.
PHOTO: Rim Trail Around the Top of Mt. Vesuvius, Italy
Once at the summit of Mt. Vesuvius, a trail leads around more than half of the rim, allowing peeks into the caldera that formed when the volcano blew its top in 79 AD, burying the Italian cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, among others. If you look closely, you can spot steam rising from a vent … Read more
Mount Vesuvius – Napping with One Eye Open
After a week spent traveling around the Bay of Naples, I was still somewhat baffled by what I had seen at Pompeii, Herculaneum, and the Villa di Poppaea Sabina at Oplontis. To visit all these sites I’d ridden the Circumvesuviana, a privately owned train that runs around the base of Mount Vesuvius. At each, the … Read more
PHOTO: Hiking the Trail to the Top of Mount Vesuvius, Italy
The big green buses of BusVia carry passengers halfway up Mount Vesuvius to the trail head, from which visitors must hike 20 minutes up this steep cinder path to reach the rim. The trail offers sweeping views of the Bay of Naples and the dense population corridor between Naples and Sorrento, which are threatened by … Read more
