Alessandra left us at the theater and told us we were now free to explore Pompeii on our own. She did give us a few suggestions, plus we had gotten a copy of the sprawling map when we entered.

Two of the area's most iconic locales – Mount Vesuvius and Pompeii – can be found roughly 15 miles away from central Naples. Mount Vesuvius is the only active volcano left on Europe's mainland ...

Pompeii is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the second most-visited tourist site in Italy, after the Colosseum in Rome. Discoveries continue to be made at Pompeii two millennia after the ...