A British man has died on holiday in front of his wife and children while climbing Mount Vesuvius. Identified locally as Mark Irwin, 56, he died on Sunday after hiking the 4,000ft volcano near ...
There are also cable car-assisted hikes. The best time to climb Mount Etna is from May to September. Mount Vesuvius, Italy Mount Vesuvius was the volcano that destroyed the city of Pompeii in AD 79.
Nearly 4 million people visited the ruins of the Roman city of Pompeii in 2023, a third more than the previous year.