From Tuscany we took the train to Sorrento which is a little coastal town. We stayed in Sorrento for three nights. We used Sorrento as our home base to visit other areas of the coast. Our first stop was Pompeii. Remember back in elementary school learning about Pompeii?

Back in 79 AD, Vesuvius which was a volcano located within a short distance of the city of Pompeii erupted. It caught the local population utterly unprepared. This city was completely destroyed during this volcano eruption, buried under 9 feet of volcanic ash. People were literally frozen in time, doing what they were doing at the moment of the eruption. It wasn’t until 1748 that archaeologists discovered Pompeii. In fact what is really interesting is that only 75% of the city has been uncovered from the ash. They are still doing evacation of the city itself today. Amazing…they have been uncovering this city for over 250 years.

We were there for about 1/2 a day and then we just hopped the train back to Sorrento. Pompeii is about a 45 minute train ride from Sorrento so it’s just a 1/2 day excursion.