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Napoli bay & Islands

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Ischia Island

Map	The "fungo" at Lacco Ameno	View of Sant'Angelo	The promontory of Sant'Angelo	A roman aqueduct	Castello Aragonese
The harbor at Casamicciola	Casamicciola	View of Ischia Porto	Bay on the SE side
Ischia is the main island of the Napoli bay. The origins of this island are volcanic. There are many geothermal manifestations at Ischia like thermal sources and this island is well known for thermal baths. Ischia was colonized about 800 BC by the Greeks and about 300 BC by the Romans. The main harbors at Ischia are both at the North side, Ischia Porto and Casamicciola. Ischia Porto is always very busy. In Casamicciola, inside of the harbor, there is a marina. Good anchoring sites are at Sant'Angelo (S) and on both sides of the Castello Aragonese (NE). More information at: http://www.ischia.it

Procida Island

Map	The main village	The main village	The main village	The marina at Chiaiolella
A lovely, very picturesque and polychromatic island. There is a small marina at Chiaiolella in the SW corner of the island.

Pozzuoli

Map	The Solfatara volcano	The amphitheater	Vestiges of the Serapis temple	View of the fishing harbor	.
Pozzuoli is a small town in the NE corner of the Napoli bay. Just behind the town there is a tall, still active volcano that can be visited. The area around Pozzuoli is subjected to bradisism (raising and sinking of land) probably connected to the more or less filling of the magma chamber under the volcano. Pozzuoli has a long Greek and roman history and shows interesting vestiges

Pompeii

Map	somewhere in Pompeii	somewhere in Pompeii	Inside of a roman store	a dining room in Pompeii	A street
The amphitheater	An administration building at the forum	Front side of a store	Inside of a roman store	inside of a house	A garden in the house
Inside of a house	Wall picture	Wall picture	Wall picture	Rest of a victim of the eruption	Front side of a store
A bakery with the wheat mills	The Vettii house	The well known Cave Canem	Simply a wonderful diving in the antique. Is a must see at least one time in the life! Pompeii was an opulent roman city and was destroyed by an eruption of the Vesuvius in 79 AD. Pompeii was not destroyed by lava but by hot volcano gases of more as 400°C and was covered by more as 10 m volcano ashes. Only about 60% of the city is excavated up today. Take at least 2-3 days to visit Pompeii with a private guide who explains you what you see and how was the life in the city at the roman epoch. Visit also the National Museum in Naples with a large section dedicated to Pompeii. More information at: http://www.pompei.it/ Official homepage of the archeological sites at: http://www.pompeiisites.org

Erculaneum (Ercolano)

Map	overview of the archeological site	overview of the harbor side	a peristilium	front of an house	a compluvium
dressing room next to the baths	Public baths	a wall decoration	inside a house	the unique original roman window ww	the house with the garden
Inside of a house	Erculaneum (name given by the Greeks in honor to Hercules) was also destroyed by the hot gases of the eruption of the Vesuvius in 79 AD and covered by mud. Erculaneum was a smaller city as Pompeii and mainly dedicated to commerce and harbor activity. Only 25% of the city is yet excavated. The vestiges can be visited in about a day. More information about Pompeii at: http://www.pompei.i Official homepage of the archeological sites at: http://www.pompeiisites.org

Capri Island

Map	South side with the faraglioni	The faraglioni	The harbor Marina Grande	View from Capri to Marina Grande	The campanile
The piazzetta	A Street in Capri	A street in Capri	Inside the well known Grotta Azzurra	View from Anacapri along the North side	view of Capri island from the NW
The most famous Island in the world. Since the antique was Capri an objective for the "way of life". Residence of the roman emperor Tiberius and in modern times of artists, authors, politicians and high society people. Capri counts a huge number of visitors all around the year. Visit also the blue grotto (Grotta Azzurra) at sunny weather and in the late morning. At this conditions there is the best color effect in the grotto. For boats there is one marina in the harbor Marina Grande at the North side. No chance to get a free box in the summer months. Anchoring is possible at the North side next to the harbor over sandy ground or at the South side before Marina Piccola over sandy and rocky ground at 15 to 30 meters. More information at: http://www.capri.it

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