For entry 10 € are due. However, you can run only 1/3 of the route with the bus tourists and then return again because the circuit is closed (06.2019), since 2 years ago was a forest fire. The other Vesuvius circular hiking trail with 8.5km is also closed.

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Breathtaking views down to Naples and the coast.

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Elevation 1,050 m

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Thursday 19 March

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