Hike up mount vesuvius and then explore the unesco listed ruins of pompeii on a must do day trip from rome going at a steady pace the hike includes a walk on the ridge of italys famously feisty volcano allowing incredible views down into the crater itself after a pizza lunch head to pompeii to see the havoc that mount vesuvius reaped on it in ad 79 tour the unesco listed excavations seeing fossils and well preserved ruins while hearing the horrors that befell this intriguing ancient city