Along one of the beautiful and evocative areas of the Neapolitan coast, between Sorrento and Castellammare di Stabia, we find Vico Equense,  on a great tufa coastline, plunged in the green and overlooking the gulf of Naples. The territory is divided in 13 fractions including a territory of nearly 30 km².

THINGS NOT TO MISS
La Chiesa dell’Annunziata.  This church was built in the 14th century. It has been a Cathedral and a bishop’s seat until 1799. It represents a rare example of a Gothic church on the Sorrento peninsula.
Monte Faito. Truly a large green lung to the area, its surface area extends for 440 hectares which distributes into three towns. Faito offers the tourist the opportunity to spend some hours immersed in nature. From the mountain you can reach Castellammare di Stabia taking the cable car which offers a spectacle that the tourist shouldn’t miss.
Museo Mineralogico (Mineral museum). It was founded in 1992 by the Fondazione Discepolo and preserves nearly three thousand and five hundred kinds of minerals coming from every part of the world. There are also dinosaur fossils preserved in the Palaeolithic section founded in 1997. Call for information at 0818015668.
Museo di Arte Sacra (Holy Art museum). This museum is placed in Convento di San Vito dei Padri Minimi, and has been open since 1995. This museum contains some articles of holy art among the best preserved in Italy. Call for information at  0818798029.
L’Antiquarium equano (Archaeological Museum). This museum preserves archaeological finds, found on the occasion of many excavations in the city’s entire territory. In all, there are nearly 600 pieces, dated between the 7th and the 5th century B.C.
Castello Giusso. According to Charles II d’Angiò’ s will, it was built in the 14th century and it is the most well recognized monument of the city of Vico Equense.