The park
The Vesuvius National Park, born in the 1995, develops around the Vesuvius and receives a remarkable variety of species of flora and fauna.
In the park they are passable 9 trails:
- The valley of hell
- Octavian's Cognoli
- Mount Somma
- The Tirone-Alto Vesuvio Reserve
- The Gran Cono (crater)
- The Matrone Road
- The Vallone della Profica
- The cogwheel train
- The Lava river
Information on the Vesuvius National Park
Opening time:
- January - February 09: 00 - 15: 00
- March - October 09: 00 - 16: 00
- April - May - June - September 09: 00 - 17: 00
- July - August 09:00 - 18:00
- November - December 09: 00 - 15: 00
Price tickets:
- For the Grand Cono, € 10. The route starts from the square at 1000 altitude slm in Ercolano (free for children below 1,20 mt only if accompanied by parents).
- 8 € for school students of all levels, university students with a presentation letter signed by the Headmaster;
- Consult the site of the Parco del Vesuvio for the other goals
Contacts:
- Tel: 081 / 2395653-66 | 081 865 3911
- Email: protocollo@epnv.it
- For the "Riserva Tirone" and "Strada Matrone" Trails it is necessary to ask for the opening of a gate to the "Territorial Offices for Biodiversity (UTB)" by sending a fax containing the data concerning the date scheduled for the visit and the number of participants. (Tel: 0823 354693, e-mail: utb.caserta@pec.corpoforestale.it)
- Official website of the Vesuvius National Park
How to get:
- Address: Casetta del Presidio Permanente Vulcano Vesuvio
- From Piazza Garibaldi: Circumvesuviana to Ercolano, then the EAV bus that reaches Vesuvius.
