Naples is a fascinating city in itself, but it’s also an excellent starting point to visit some of Italy’s most ancient historical sites and archeological treasures. While most use Rome or Florence as a base camp for day trips, these amazing day trips from Naples prove that no traveler to Italy should skip over la bella Napoli – or the towns around it.

Pompei

Perhaps the epitome of a Naples day-trip, Pompeii is a town completely frozen in time by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. Once a booming trade town, today Pompeii is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the best possible way to see what life in ancient Rome was like.