Costa del Vesuvio

Departure at 9:00, meeting point Ottaviano at the car park in front of the Palazzo Mediceo. The Medicean palace was most probably built on the remains of a "Roman villa", due to the presence of many finds there, and it is the perfect location to begin a journey that starts from the gate of the park beside the old manor, going up by shuttle as far as path number one that leads to the Ottavianese slope of Vesuvius. There is a break along the way for tasting traditional wines, such as PER E PALUMMO and VESUVIO red, produced in the ancient Ottavianese vineyards. The hike will take visitors around Mount Somma in search of traces, following signs through holm oaks, pines, chestnuts and junipers, deeds and misdeeds, anecdotes and stories connected with that unbreakable bond that has lasted for 2,500 years between men, Vesuvius and WINE. 1. Difficulty of the route: average 2. Recommended clothing: training shoes or hiking boots and comfortable clothes, raincoats. 3.Period of feasibility: all year
4.Duration: 6 hours approx. 5. No. of participants: also upon request min 2 max 50 persons
6. Language: Italian – English 7. Cost: € 22 per person 8. Overall length: 6,125 m
9. Maximum altitude: 800 m a.s.l. 10. How to find us: Ottaviano is easily to reach from Naples . NA-BA motorway Pomigliano exit, follow signs to Hotel Augustus (it is in the centre of Ottaviano and is indicated from the toll exit and along the main roads) take the SS 268. From the Vesuvian towns, also from Naples exiting from the ring road at Corso Malta, take the 268 Comuni Vesuviani state highway, Cercola deviation, follow signs for Ottaviano centro exit, then follow signs for Parco Nazionale del Vesuvio, as far as the last car park on via Panoramica, also known as via Valle delle Delizie.