Castellammare di Stabia Attractions
Castellammare di Stabia (5m/17ft; pop. 73,000), a port built at the foot and on the lower slopes of an outlier of Monte Sant'Angelo, occupying the site of the Roman Stabiae, which was destroyed together with Pompeii in A.D. 79 (recent excavations; museum). The town is a favorite resort of the Neapolitans on account of its mineral springs, impregnated with sulfur and carbonic acid gas. In the Piazza del Municipio is the 16th century cathedral. In the southwest of the town are the harbor, with a long breakwater, and the spa establishments, with a ruined castle (13th century) on the hill above. In the Scanzano district, above the cathedral to the east, are the new Baths.
Monte Faito
Above Castellammare to the southeast is the beautiful park of the Villa Quisisana ("Here you recover your health"); the house is at the southeast end of the park. From here there is an attractive drive (12km/7mi; also cableway) up Monte Faito (1,131m/3,732ft; view), to the south. Beyond Castellammare the Amalfi road runs close to the coast again, affording magnificent views of the Bay of Naples, Vesuvius and the steep rock coast of the Sorrento peninsula.
