The crater is 450 meters (1,476 feet) in diameter and 300 meters (984 feet) in depth, per the national park. Mount Vesuvius is best known for its violent eruption in A.D. 79., which devastated the ...

ROME — An American tourist had to be rescued on Mount Vesuvius near Naples after he apparently slipped into the Italian volcano’s crater while trying to recover his fallen cellphone ...

Mount Vesuvius continues to be one of the chosen destinations for tourists: 2,884 visitors on Easter, 2,807 on Easter Monday.

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Scans of 18 ancient papyri that were buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius look ‘very promising’, and there are plans to ...

Hiking Mount Vesuvius is an opportunity to witness the power of nature up close. The trek to the summit rewards hikers with panoramic views of the surrounding countryside, and the crater itself ...

Stand atop the crater rim and stare directly into the seemingly bottomless blackened and smoky depths. For visitors to Naples or the Amalfi Coast, a morning spent hiking Mount Vesuvius should be ...

Without an agreement, Sorrento tour operators are ready to 'exclude the visit to the Vesuvius crater from their packages,' with all the inevitable economic and image consequences that such a ...