Audio Tour
Naples to Ravello
33miles
12stops
1h1m
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Garibaldi Square and Naples Central Station
Mile 0 — 80142 Napoli NA
You're passing through Piazza Garibaldi, where Giuseppe Garibaldi is commemorated with a monument.
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Leaving Naples Through the Urban Sprawl
Mile 3
The dense urban corridor you're driving through right now is part of the Campanian Plain, one of the most fertile and most densely populated areas in all of Europe.
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3
Ercolano Guards a Buried Roman City
Mile 6 — 22
You're passing through Ercolano, home to the archaeological site of Herculaneum, which many experts consider better preserved than Pompeii.
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4
Torre del Greco and Vesuvius Coral Trade
Mile 9
Torre del Greco has been Italy's coral capital for over four hundred years.
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5
Pasta Capital Built on Nero's Villa
Mile 13 — 234
Beneath this town lies one of the most lavishly decorated Roman villas ever found.
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6
Pompeii Alongside the Motorway
Mile 14 — 80
You're passing directly alongside Pompeii, and you should see exit signs for the scavi, the excavations.
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7
Agro Nocerino Plain Before the Mountains
Mile 20
You're crossing the Agro Nocerino-Sarnese, one of the most fertile plains in southern Italy, and that fertility comes directly from Vesuvius.
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8
Chiunzi Pass Through Ancient Limestone
Mile 26 — 84010 Tramonti SA
The rock faces you're passing through right now are Mesozoic limestone, roughly 200 million years old, formed on the floor of the ancient Tethys Ocean long before the…
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9
Tramonti Where Pizza History Began
Mile 26 — 84010 Tramonti SA
Tramonti has a serious claim as the birthplace of pizza. Long before Naples became famous for it, bakers here were making flatbreads with local ingredients.
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10
Terraced Slopes of the Amalfi Coast
Mile 29
The terraced hillsides you're passing through right now were carved by hand over more than a thousand years.
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11
Atrani: Smallest Town, Royal Coronations
Mile 34 — 29
As you approach Ravello, watch for a dense cluster of buildings packed into a narrow ravine below the road.
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12
Villa Rufolo and Wagner's Inspiration
Mile 34 — 29
Villa Rufolo was built in the thirteenth century by one of the wealthiest families in the Amalfi Republic.
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1
Garibaldi Square and Naples Central Station
Mile 0 — 80142 Napoli NA
You're passing through Piazza Garibaldi, where Giuseppe Garibaldi is commemorated with a monument.
0:00
2
Leaving Naples Through the Urban Sprawl
Mile 3
The dense urban corridor you're driving through right now is part of the Campanian Plain, one of the most fertile and most densely populated areas in all of Europe.
0:00
3
Ercolano Guards a Buried Roman City
Mile 6 — 22
You're passing through Ercolano, home to the archaeological site of Herculaneum, which many experts consider better preserved than Pompeii.
0:00
4
Torre del Greco and Vesuvius Coral Trade
Mile 9
Torre del Greco has been Italy's coral capital for over four hundred years.
0:00
5
Pasta Capital Built on Nero's Villa
Mile 13 — 234
Beneath this town lies one of the most lavishly decorated Roman villas ever found.
0:00
6
Pompeii Alongside the Motorway
Mile 14 — 80
You're passing directly alongside Pompeii, and you should see exit signs for the scavi, the excavations.
0:00
7
Agro Nocerino Plain Before the Mountains
Mile 20
You're crossing the Agro Nocerino-Sarnese, one of the most fertile plains in southern Italy, and that fertility comes directly from Vesuvius.
0:00
8
Chiunzi Pass Through Ancient Limestone
Mile 26 — 84010 Tramonti SA
The rock faces you're passing through right now are Mesozoic limestone, roughly 200 million years old, formed on the floor of the ancient Tethys Ocean long before the…
0:00
9
Tramonti Where Pizza History Began
Mile 26 — 84010 Tramonti SA
Tramonti has a serious claim as the birthplace of pizza. Long before Naples became famous for it, bakers here were making flatbreads with local ingredients.
0:00
10
Terraced Slopes of the Amalfi Coast
Mile 29
The terraced hillsides you're passing through right now were carved by hand over more than a thousand years.
0:00
11
Atrani: Smallest Town, Royal Coronations
Mile 34 — 29
As you approach Ravello, watch for a dense cluster of buildings packed into a narrow ravine below the road.
0:00
12
Villa Rufolo and Wagner's Inspiration
Mile 34 — 29
Villa Rufolo was built in the thirteenth century by one of the wealthiest families in the Amalfi Republic.
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