Mt. Vesuvius Adventure

I am giving this excursion 5 stars because it was well organized and the guide was pleasant and accommodating. I would like to warn participants that the 4WD is a 4WD bus that does a lot of bouncing during a 20 minute ride to the hiking point. I would not recommend this trip if you have a bad back or neck. Also, it is a 20 minute hike, not walk to the top.

I am glad that we chose this tour- not many people can say they have been on the crater of any volcano. The experience was spectacular and breathtaking. I do feel that the description listed for this tour isn't accurate though. It states that one must be able to step onto the 4x4 vehicle and walk 20 minutes to the crater of the volcano from the vehicle. The word 'climb' is much more accurate than the words step and walk!! Getting to the crater from the vehicle is a strenuous climb on a fairly narrow path. Not dangerous, but strenuous. A good amount of time was allowed at the crater. One complaint that I have is that this tour left the cruise port at 10:30AM, so most of us had a big breakfast and didn't intend to eat lunch. But we were taken to a restaurant prior to climbing the volcano. This was not in the tour description and because of this we returned to the port over an hour after we should have and we had to cancel other plans in Naples so as not to miss our ship's departure.