In southwestern Italy on the Bay of Naples, pretty Sorrento with its majestic sea cliffs is the gateway to the chic island of Capri. From your Sorrento resort, you may also want to visit Pompeii to see the excavations of the Roman city that was destroyed by the eruption of the volcano Vesuvius in 79 A.D. It was covered in ash for hundreds of years, until archaeologists discovered it in 1748; because it was so well preserved, it gives visitors a fascinating peek into Romans' daily life in the first century.