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Vico Equense
1st March 2008

Vico Equense, clinging perilously to the cliffs, is an unspoilt small town with fine views of the Bay. Picturesque narrow streets, interesting churches, and walks through the olive groves and perfumed Mediterranean scrub in the hills above town make it a lovely place to stay. The history of Vico goes back to the Etruscans. Early inhabitants settled near the sea but were driven, by nature and pirates, to move towards higher, safer areas, where they settled among the hills. A pre-Roman necropolis was discovered here in the 1960s. Vico has its own station on the Circumvesuviana Railway, giving easy access to Pompeii, Herculaneum, Naples and Sorrento.

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00 Vico Equense - map of the area
00 Vico Equense - map of the area
01 Vico Equense
01 Vico Equense
02 Vico Equense
02 Vico Equense
03 Vico Equense - town center
03 Vico Equense - town center
04 Vico Equense - town center
04 Vico Equense - town center
05 Vico Equense - town center
05 Vico Equense - town center
06 Vico Equense - town center
06 Vico Equense - town center
07 Vico Equense - town center
07 Vico Equense - town center
08 Vico Equense War Memorial, Piazza Kennedy
08 Vico Equense War Memorial, Piazza Kennedy
09 Vico Equense - view
09 Vico Equense - view
10 Vico Equense - Bay & Marina di Vico, Hotel Oriente to the right
10 Vico Equense - Bay & Marina di Vico, Hotel Oriente to the right
11 Vico Equense - Hotel Oriente & Vesuvius
11 Vico Equense - Hotel Oriente & Vesuvius
12 Vico Equense - Circumvesuviana station to the right, across road from Hotel Oriente
12 Vico Equense - Circumvesuviana station to the right, across road from Hotel Oriente
13 Vico Equense - Hotel Oriente
13 Vico Equense - Hotel Oriente
14 Vico Equense - Above the town is Chiesa Santa Maria del Toro and the prestigious Santa Maria del Toro Culinary Arts Institute.  Further up is Convento San Francesco. Spilling down the cliff is the quirky Hotel Oriente.
14 Vico Equense - Above the town is Chiesa Santa Maria del Toro and the prestigious Santa Maria del Toro Culinary Arts Institute. Further up is Convento San Francesco. Spilling down the cliff is the quirky Hotel Oriente.
15 Vico Equense
15 Vico Equense
16 Vico Equense - Chiesa Santa Maria del Toro, Santa Maria del Toro Culinary Arts Institute.  Further up is Convento San Francesco.
16 Vico Equense - Chiesa Santa Maria del Toro, Santa Maria del Toro Culinary Arts Institute. Further up is Convento San Francesco.
18 Hills above  Vico
18 Hills above Vico
19 Vico Equense - view over bay to Vesuvius
19 Vico Equense - view over bay to Vesuvius
20 Vico EquenseConvento San Francesco
20 Vico EquenseConvento San Francesco
21 Vico EquenseConvento San Francesco
21 Vico EquenseConvento San Francesco
22 Vico EquenseConvento San Francesco
22 Vico EquenseConvento San Francesco
23 Vico Equense - Convento San Francesco above Vico
23 Vico Equense - Convento San Francesco above Vico
24 Vico Equense - Convento San Francesco above Vico
24 Vico Equense - Convento San Francesco above Vico
25 Vico Equense
25 Vico Equense
26 Vico Equense
26 Vico Equense
27 Vico Equense - beyond is Marina di Equa
27 Vico Equense - beyond is Marina di Equa
28 Vico Equense - in foreground is Marina di Vico, above the marina is Vico, beyond is Marina di Equa and Seiano
28 Vico Equense - in foreground is Marina di Vico, above the marina is Vico, beyond is Marina di Equa and Seiano
29 Vico Equense - entrance to Hotel Oriente
29 Vico Equense - entrance to Hotel Oriente
30 Vico Equense - view from Hotel Oriente
30 Vico Equense - view from Hotel Oriente
31 Vico Equense - view of Castello Giusso from Hotel Oriente
31 Vico Equense - view of Castello Giusso from Hotel Oriente
32 Vico Equense - Hotel Oriente
32 Vico Equense - Hotel Oriente
34 Vico Equense - Hotel Oriente
34 Vico Equense - Hotel Oriente
35 Vico Equense - Hotel Oriente, Vico behind
35 Vico Equense - Hotel Oriente, Vico behind
36 Vico Equense - Hotel Oriente - outside our room
36 Vico Equense - Hotel Oriente - outside our room
37 Vico Equense - Marina di Vico with Castello Giusso above
37 Vico Equense - Marina di Vico with Castello Giusso above
38 Vico Equense - Marina di Vico and Scoglio della Margherita below Vico Equense
38 Vico Equense - Marina di Vico and Scoglio della Margherita below Vico Equense
39 Vico Equense - Marina di Vico
39 Vico Equense - Marina di Vico
40 Vico Equense - Seiano
40 Vico Equense - Seiano
41 Vico Equense - Seiano Circumvesuviana station
41 Vico Equense - Seiano Circumvesuviana station
42 Vico Equense - Seiano Circumvesuviana station
42 Vico Equense - Seiano Circumvesuviana station
43 Vico Equense - Seiano roadway viaduct
43 Vico Equense - Seiano roadway viaduct