Experts' Choice Award Solfatara
What the experts agree on
Ancient Romans called this surreal volcanic crater "Forum Vulcani," and today's visitors experience the same fascination: sulfurous fumaroles, bubbling mud vents, and eerie hollow-sounding ground that reveal the volcano's still-active nature.
“Fumaroles of sulphur, strong smelling and with yellow deposits, miniature volcanoes spitting mud, jets of bubbling sand, hot ground which sounds hollow when trodden on.”
– Michelin Guide
Lonely Planet "Some 2km up Via Rosini, which becomes Via Solfatara (about 900m north of the metro), the surreal Solfatara crater was known to the Romans as the Forum Vulcani (home of the god of fire). "
Time Out "The ancient Romans called the Solfatara the Forum Vulcani, and visited it with the same strange fascination as modern-day tourists. " Full review
