L’ acqua e il fuoco nei Campi Flegrei

Nature

Water and fire in the Phlegraean Fields

This is 'the most prodigious country in the world': the beauty of spectacular nature and the bewitching attraction of volcanoes that have always stirred the imagination and senses of travellers. The Astroni park, on the border between Naples and the Campi Flegrei, is a WWF nature reserve created in the crater of an ancient volcano, while the Solfatara nature reserve, rich in woods and Mediterranean scrub, is an active volcano, characterised by sulphurous vapours released from the ground. The atmosphere of Lake Averno is unique and legendary, history and myth immersed in surprising nature, with Lake Lucrino in Roman times housing the imperial fleet. On the hill of Monte Nuovo, the youngest volcano in the Phlegraean Fields, there are paths and trails surrounded by greenery for walking or horse riding. A fairy-tale dwelling emerges from Lake Fusaro: it was a refined hunting lodge of the Bourbon kings, for hunting in the nearby pine forests or for coot hunting on the lake. Lake Miseno, which in ancient times was the shipyard where Roman ships were fitted out or repaired, surrounded by a rare reed thicket, offers a unique lake landscape, separated from the sea only by a few tuffaceous rocks.

Number of stages

7

Overall length

34.2 KM

Average journey time

15 Hours

Recommended mean of transport

Auto/Moto

Itinerary map

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Via Italia, SP363, Via Montegrillo, Via Castello, Via W. A. Mozart, Via Bellavista, Via Miliscola, Via Virgillio, Variante Solfatara, Via Solfatara, Variante Solfatara, Via Miliscola

34.2 km, 55 min

	Head northeast on Via Miliscola	55 m
	Turn left onto SP337	900 m
	Turn left to stay on Via Italia (SP363)	1 km
	Make a U-turn and continue on SP363	1 km
	You have arrived at your 1st destination	0 m
	Head northeast on Via Italia (SP363)	150 m
	Turn right to stay on Via Italia (SP337)	800 m
	Turn right onto Via Miliscola	800 m
	Continue onto Via Montegrillo	1 km
	Continue onto Via Lucullo	900 m
	Continue slightly left onto Via Castello	1.5 km
	Turn right	800 m
	Continue onto Via Risorgimento	250 m
	Turn left onto Via Lungolago	150 m
	Continue slightly right onto Via Miseno	400 m
	Turn right	70 m
	You have arrived at your 2nd destination, straight ahead	0 m
	Head southeast	70 m
	Turn left onto Via Miseno	400 m
	Turn right onto Via Gaetano De Rosa	350 m
	Continue slightly left onto Via Ercole	200 m
	Continue left onto Via Roma	450 m
	Turn sharp left	400 m
	Turn right onto Via W. A. Mozart	1 km
	Continue onto Via Bellavista	1.5 km
	Turn left	40 m
	Go straight onto Via delle Terme Romane	300 m
	Turn right onto Via Virgilio	450 m
	Turn left	10 m
	Turn right onto Via Fusaro	300 m
	You have arrived at your 3rd destination, on the right	0 m
	Head northwest on Via Fusaro	300 m
	Turn right	1 km
	Continue onto SP531	700 m
	Turn right onto SP205	450 m
	Turn right onto Strada Provinciale Circumlago di Lucrino (SP205)	400 m
	Turn left onto Via Miliscola	500 m
	Continue straight onto Via Miliscola	500 m
	Keep right onto Via Miliscola	500 m
	Make a sharp left onto Via Virgillio	300 m
	You have arrived at your 4th destination, straight ahead	0 m
	Head east on Via Virgillio	300 m
	Go straight onto Via Miliscola	350 m
	Continue onto Via Campi Flegrei	250 m
	Make a slight left to stay on Via Campi Flegrei	25 m
	Turn left onto Via Domitiana	250 m
	Turn right	55 m
	Go straight onto Viale Adriano Olivetti	1 km
	Continue onto Variante Solfatara	250 m
	Keep right onto Variante Solfatara	2 km
	Turn left onto Via Solfatara	500 m
	Turn left to stay on Via Solfatara	70 m
	Make a slight right	100 m
	Turn left	100 m
	Go straight onto Via Solfatara	20 m
	You have arrived at your 5th destination, on the left	0 m
	Head southwest on Via Solfatara	55 m
	Turn right to stay on Via Solfatara	450 m
	Keep right at the fork	100 m
	Continue onto Variante Solfatara	2.5 km
	Keep right at the fork	70 m
	Go straight onto Viale Adriano Olivetti	1 km
	Continue onto Via Domitiana	450 m
	Make a slight left	150 m
	Turn right onto Via Miliscola	1.5 km
	Continue straight onto Via Miliscola	800 m
	Continue onto Via Montegrillo	1 km
	Continue onto Via Lucullo	900 m
	Go straight onto Via Fondi di Baia	200 m
	You have arrived at your destination	0 m

20 km

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Lake Lucrino

It is the smallest of the Phlegraean lakes (9 and a half hectares), a vestige of an ancient coastal lagoon, formed in a crater, largely filled in by the upheavals of the 1538 eruption, which create...

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Lake Avernus

The dark and mysterious lake, home to a sanctuary dedicated to the gods of the underworld, was for the Greeks and Romans the entrance to Hades, the world of the underworld. Along its banks is the A...

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Lake Miseno

Also called Mare Morto (Dead Sea) because of its progressive silting up, it is a shallow coastal lagoon communicating with the port of Miseno, joined to the sea by a small canal that crosses the be...

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Lake Fusaro

For the ancient Greeks, the lagoon, not yet completely enclosed by coastal dunes, was part of the underworld, and underground volcanic activity and hot mineral springs identified it as the infernal...

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5

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Oasis of Monte Nuovo

Europe's youngest volcano was formed in 1538 following the last violent eruption in the Phlegraean Fields (lasting several days), preceded by earthquakes and the raising of the ground. A phenomenal...

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6

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Solfatara

Called by the ancients "Hephaestus' agora" or "Vulcan's hole", it was described in the first century A.D., already famous for its sulphurous vapours, by Petronius in the Satyricon. It is the still ...

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7

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Baia Founds

Although the Phlegraean Fields have been inhabited since prehistoric times - important evidence of the Bronze Age can be found at Vivara - the region achieved undisputed fame in Roman times. For th...

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