| 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. |
00 Vico Equense - map of the area |
01 Vico Equense |
02 Vico Equense |
03 Vico Equense - town center |
04 Vico Equense - town center |
05 Vico Equense - town center |
06 Vico Equense - town center |
07 Vico Equense - town center |
08 Vico Equense War Memorial, Piazza Kennedy |
09 Vico Equense - view |
10 Vico Equense - Bay & Marina di Vico, Hotel Oriente to the right |
11 Vico Equense - Hotel Oriente & Vesuvius |
12 Vico Equense - Circumvesuviana station to the right, across road from 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. |
15 Vico Equense |
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 |
19 Vico Equense - view over bay to Vesuvius |
20 Vico EquenseConvento San Francesco |
21 Vico EquenseConvento San Francesco |
22 Vico EquenseConvento San Francesco |
23 Vico Equense - Convento San Francesco above Vico |
24 Vico Equense - Convento San Francesco above Vico |
25 Vico Equense |
26 Vico Equense |
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 |
29 Vico Equense - entrance to Hotel Oriente |
30 Vico Equense - view from Hotel Oriente |
31 Vico Equense - view of Castello Giusso from Hotel Oriente |
32 Vico Equense - Hotel Oriente |
34 Vico Equense - Hotel Oriente |
35 Vico Equense - Hotel Oriente, Vico behind |
36 Vico Equense - Hotel Oriente - outside our room |
37 Vico Equense - Marina di Vico with Castello Giusso above |
38 Vico Equense - Marina di Vico and Scoglio della Margherita below Vico Equense |
39 Vico Equense - Marina di Vico |
40 Vico Equense - Seiano |
41 Vico Equense - Seiano Circumvesuviana station |
42 Vico Equense - Seiano Circumvesuviana station |
43 Vico Equense - Seiano roadway viaduct |
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