Hotel Eremo, built in 1902


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On a cold and drizzly day I drove half way up the south western slope of Italy's infamous volcano, Mt. Vesuvius to the Hotel Eremo, built in 1902. Since it's building, it has survived both the 1908 and 1944 eruptions of the volcano.

It was built by entrepreneur John Mason Cook who also built the railway that connected Naples to Vesuvius, which is a halfway point between Naples and Sorrento.

Before the hotel was built, the location was already known in the late 1800's because of a hermit who lived in a shack that leaned on the neighboring Church of the Savior who would make and sell omelettes to travelers passing through.

The hotel is some 400+ meters up the side of the volcano and has views of the entire Golf of Naples and features 32 rooms at 20 Lira per night.

The 1944 eruption of Vesuvius severely damaged the railway which was the main access to the hotel and following several changes of hands, until the final owner, Commendatore Mario Paudice refused to sell it and it fell into disrepair.

Years of neglect and vandalism have left this once star of Naples a ruin of it's former self.

Come with me as we take a very creepy walk through every room on every floor of the Hotel Eremo.