Pompeii and Vesuvius
Days 1-7 · 6 nightsVia Villa dei Misteri, next to the Circumvesuviana station and the Porta Marina entrance. The pool comes in handy after a day spent on the site's scorching paving stones.
€100 a nightSee on Booking →In the centre of modern Pompeii, the area around the Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Rosary. A 3-star hotel for travellers without a car who combine the excavations, the sanctuary and the Circumvesuviana train.
€95 a nightSee on Booking →In Pompeii, close to the excavations. A simple 3-star hotel for entering the archaeological site at opening time, before the heat and the late-morning groups.
€90 a nightSee on Booking →Via Cesare Battisti, in Torre del Greco, on the coast between Herculaneum and Pompeii. A 3-star hotel for those who want to fit the climb up Vesuvius and the visit to Herculaneum into the middle of their stay.
€90 a nightSee on Booking →Corso Vittorio Emanuele, in Castellammare di Stabia, south of Pompeii, at the start of the Sorrento peninsula. A 4-star hotel for those combining the excavations with the Sorrento coast.
€110 a nightSee on Booking →Vicolo San Abbondio, in a lane in Pompeii, four kilometres from the town centre. A hotel with a garden, for catching your breath between a morning at the excavations and the climb up Vesuvius.
€80 a nightSee on Booking →Via Roma, in Pompeii, near the amphitheatre entrance to the archaeological site. A family-run hotel for going in that way rather than through Porta Marina, and visiting in reverse.
€85 a nightSee on Booking →Via Plinio, the street running alongside the archaeological site of Pompeii, four kilometres from the town centre. A small hotel for parking the car once and doing everything on foot.
€75 a nightSee on Booking →In Boscotrecase, on the slopes of Vesuvius, in a side street off Via Cifelli. A simple hotel for tight budgets planning the National Park trails and the climb up the Gran Cono.
€70 a nightSee on Booking →Via Roma, in Ercolano, in an 18th-century villa close to the archaeological site of Herculaneum. For those who want to visit Herculaneum early in the morning and head on from there to Vesuvius.
The shuttle to the Gran Cono of Vesuvius leaves from Ercolano Scavi station, in the same town.
€110 a nightSee on Booking →Via Sacerdote Benedetto Cozzolino, in Torre del Greco, on the lower slopes of Vesuvius. A 4-star hotel for travellers by car, halfway between Herculaneum and the road to the crater.
€130 a nightSee on Booking →