Agave Hotel Residence Inn, Pozzuoli ****
Naples, Campania  This handsome four-star hotel in Napoli province is located in a beautiful, green oasis close to the famous Phlegrean Fields, an area rich with ancient history and archaeological sites. The city of Pozzuoli was founded by the ancient Romans and, because of its strategic location at the tip of the... View hotel Double rooms from €60
Hotel Delle Rose, Pozzuoli ***
Naples, Campania  This modern hotel is built in traditional Italian style and overlooks the beach and the Bay of Naples, 500 metres from the Lucrino Ferrovia Lumano railway station. The Hotel Delle Rose lies two kilometres from the town of Pozzuoli on the Phlegrean peninsula. View hotel Double rooms from €35
Hotel Gli Dei, Pozzuoli ****
Naples, Campania  This three-storey hotel, opened in 2004, features striking contemporary architecture and is located in Pozzuoli on the Phlegrean peninsula, in Italy's Campania region. Though now technically dormant, the Solfatara volcano, 600 metres from the hotel, still spews out jets of acrid sulphur, boiling mud and hot sand, making for a spectacular backdrop. View hotel Double rooms from €62
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On the Mediterranean coast of Italy's Campania region, Pozzuoli sits west of Naples (Napoli), a ring of volcanic hills behind, and the Campi Flegrei (the 'fiery fields') beyond. Famed for years as the childhood home of Sophia Loren, it has ferry connections on to the islands of Procida and Ischia. In antiquity, St Paul landed here before travelling on to Rome. Its volcanic sand also has another claim to fame, being the stuff the Romans used to make the first concrete a couple of thousand years ago. The Colosseum and the cupola of the Pantheon were made from Pozzuoli sand. The distinctive land around here is created by volcanic activity, most notably in the volcanic crater of Solfatara, with its many active fumaroles (holes emitting volcanic steam and sulphurous fumes). Other sights include the Flavian Amphitheatre, the third biggest in Rome after the Colosseum and the Capuan Amphitheatre, and which in its day could hold 20,000 baying spectators. Other Classical sights include the Macellum or Temple of Serapis and the Forum. Visit too the Sanctuary of San Gennaro (St Januarius). Along with Naples Cathedral, this is one of two places that the miracle of the reliquification of the saint's blood is supposed to occur. Visit Lake Averno, where Virgil sited the gates to Hell in the Aeneid (plenty of fire and brimstone around the Campi Flegrei of course). Nearby are the Grotto of Cocceiu, the Grotto of the Cumaean Sibyl and the Temple of Apollo. The similarly fiery Lake Lucrino is also worth a look: it is mentioned in Pliny's Natural History. To the left you'll find a selection of Pozzuoli hotels, just to whet your appetite. See also Pozzuoli hotels (full listings) and our Pozzuoli hotel map. |
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