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Beauty and the Beast: Ravello, Mt. Vesuvius and Pompeii

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June 27th 2014
Our next to last cruise port was Salerno, on the west coast of Italy. We had so many things to choose from in one day.... Isle of Capri, Naples, Salerno, Amalfi Coast, Vesuvius, Herculaneum, Positano, Pompeii, etc. We found a web post from a family from Oregon asking for other passengers to join them in hiring a private guide for a small group tour. We jumped at the chance and were very pleased. O ... read more

Europe » Italy » Campania » Pompei

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more