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TRAVEL · March 10, 2014

A View to Vesuvius

Amalfi Coast Travel Vesuvius Naples
A view of Mt. Vesuvius from Chiunzi Pass

From the Amalfi Coast there are a few ways to reach Naples, but from Amalfi the quickest and easiest is via the Valico di Chiunzi, a pass across the Lattari mountains connecting the Amalfi Coast to Naples and the surrounding area. From Ravello, the road climbs higher and deeper into the mountains until you glimpse down and across the valley where Tramonti sits divided into a handful of different frazioni, or hamlets, decorating the mountainside. Once you reach the top of the pass and find a round about, giving one final glimpse down toward Tramonti and the Amalfi Coast, a few curves more and you catch the first glimpse of Mt. Vesuvius.

Amalfi Coast Travel Chiunzi Pass
Walk this way …

This massive volcano strikes me as small when seen from the top of Chiunzi Pass. Such a different impression than what you get driving along the autostrada from Salerno to Naples and you come around a curve and see Vesuvius looming in the distance. Here it seems so very peaceful and bucolic. Oh, how looks can be deceiving!

Posted In: TRAVEL · Tagged: Amalfi Coast, Costiera Amalfitana, Driving on the Amalfi Coast, Naples, Vesuvius

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  1. Sandra says

    March 10, 2014 at 23:50

    I have seen that view a few times…always fun to see it with a cap of snow. Amazing to think of being on the top with you!

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  2. Sandra says

    March 10, 2014 at 23:52

    Oh I guess those are clouds not snow…silly me!

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