The mount Vesuvius is the best known Italian volcano and it is considered the 2nd most dangerous volcano in the world. Vesuvius is internationally renowned for the 79AD eruption, which destroyed the Roman cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, Oplontis and Stabiae. The driver will drive up to 1000 metres altitude and from the parking you will reach the crater following a trekking path that usually takes 30 minutes. Once there, a volcanologist will introduce the tourists to the geology and the history of the eruptions.