Pompeii, Sorrento and Positano

This is one of the most appreciated tours by our customers: if you are on a cruise and only have one day to spend here, this tour offers a perfect match of the wonderful beauties that you can find in the Campania Region, combining the beautiful scenery of Sorrento and Positano, with Pompeii, one of the most fascinating historical sites in the world.

Pompeii
Pompeii is located in the Gulf of Naples, on the slopes of Vesuvius. It is a city of ancient origin: it was born as an Osco settlement, it was then inhabited by Samnites and later, from the first century a.D., conquered by the Romans.
Today it is known as the city that hosts one of the most important archaeological sites in the world.
The archaeological excavations, which began during the eighteenth century, have progressively brought to light an urban center that played an important role in the times of the Roman Empire. It had about twenty thousand inhabitants, its streets were animated by artisan shops and traders and many of its citizens lived in luxurious villas, richly furnished and frescoed. Pompeii and the surrounding lands were also a popular holiday resort.
The Roman city was buried by lava following the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 a.D., in its time of maximum prosperity.
Lava and ash created a kind of cover that allowed the city to maintain itself over the centuries and to be protected from the weather, for this reason the city has remained intact until this day and can be visited.
Then, walk around the site, get lost to its homes and frescoes, and you’ll discover the genuine spirit of the past.

Sorrento
Of Greek origin, Sorrento during the nineteenth century established itself as a famous tourist destination.
Today the city has become an international tourist destination, mainly thanks to its central location among the main tourist resorts in the area: Positano, Amalfi, Ravello, Capri, Pompeii and Naples.
Sorrento is a quiet center, pleasant in every season for the mild weather, the scent of the gardens and the panoramic terraces.
The heart of the city is Piazza Tasso, dedicated to the homonymous writer, born in Sorrento in 1544.
The historic center still shows the orthogonal route of the roads of Roman origin with thistles and decumani, while towards the mountain it is surrounded by sixteenth-century walls.
The artifacts of the past are preserved in the National Museum of Terranova along with an extensive collection of furniture, porcelain and paintings.
From the 18th century Sorrento also became famous for its great artisan tradition of inlaid wood.
Not to be missed is the Church of San Francesco, from which you can reach the Villa Comunale overlooking the Gulf of Naples.

Positano
Originally a small fishermen village in the heart of the Amalfi Coast, Positano with its colors and its Mediterranean-style houses offers an enchanting view that seems the scenography of a theater. The best way to visit and grasp the nuances of the village is to walk through the narrow streets full of shops, famous for the clothes of the original “Moda Positano”. Shopping among the picturesque shops is a unique experience. Positano, a seductive place like the sirens who, according to the myth, lived on the rocks of Li Galli, the small islands in front of it. From every point of the town you can admire the multicolored majolica dome of the Church of S. Maria Assunta which guards the icon of the Black Madonna, of Byzantine inspiration, dating back to the 18th century. Of considerable artistic and cultural interest, the Roman Archaeological Museum (M.A.R.), archaeological site of a Roman residential villa, discovered under the Church of Santa Maria Assunta, witness of valuable architectural and picturesque testimonies of the past. The Spiaggia Grande is the heart of the town, as well as being one of the longest on the coast, it is one of the most worldly, frequented by artists and celebrities who chose this corner of paradise from the early 1900s. In the second half of the 1500s Positano had built watchtowers, the three most important, that of the Sponda, of Trasita and that of Fornillo, are still visible today.