A Landscape Designed by Volcanic Activity
In the midst of the fiery Phlegraean Fields, the port of Pozzuoli
offers up some awe-inspiring sites of its own. Visitors can walk
into the crater of Solfatara volcano surrounded by steaming eruptions
and boiling mud (161 Via Solfatara, open 8:30 am to one hour before
sunset; entrance fee, about 4 euros; tel. +39.081.5262341). One
can also tour the Mount Nuovo volcano, which offers a sweeping
vista of the gulf and lakes Lucrino and d'Averno, the latter the
mythological entrance to Hades (tel. +39.081.80414162, open 9
am to one hour before sunset). Guided tours are offered on Sundays,
beginning at 11 am, through Le Ali di Dedalo, tel. +39.081.5266159.
Hotels & Restaurants
Our favorite two hotels in Pozzuoli: the 4-star Grand Hotel Oasi,
253 Via Campana, tel. +39.081.3031025; double room, 56 to 258
euros; the 3-star Solfatara, 163 Via Solfatara, tel. + 39.081.5262666;
double room, 103 euros.
Restaurants here are plentiful and considered an attraction unto
themselves. We like: La Cucina, 19 Largo San Paolo, tel. +39.081.5269060;
Il Capitano, 10 Promenade Colombo, tel. +39.081.5262283; and
La Ninfea, on Lake Lucrino, tel. +39.081.8661326, specializing
in fish and the local white wine Falangina, produced in the Phlegraean
Fields; 31 to 36 euros.
For more…
Contact the Tourist Information Office, 3 Via Campi Flegrei,
Pozzuoli, tel. +39.081.5262419.
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