You will be picked up in the morning by coach from your hotel and drive south along the Autostrada del Sole, following the route of the Roman Via Casilina behind the coastal mountains. En route we pass Castelli Romani, where the hillsides are devoted to vineyards and the Abbey of Montecassino (totally destroyed in World War ll but now rebuilt and spectacularly perched high on its mountain top). We continue via Naples, located between the sea and Mount Vesuvius, to Pompeii.