Located in a panoramic position, Castellammare di Stabia overlooks the gulf of Naples; it is surrounded by the hills of Pozzano, Fratte, Quisisana, Monte Coppola, Scanzano, Varano that rim the borders of the Lattari mountains with citrus groves and on the southern side, with oak, chestnut and pine woods.

Stabiae was buried by the Vesuvius eruption of 79 AD. Excavations carried out after the WWII brought to light two imposing villas from the Roman period: Villa Arianna and Villa San Marco.
The town was completely rebuilt in the IX century as was its castle that defended the most important of its many sources of therapeutic waters. The new city was named after the castle overlooking the sea. Castellammare comes from the Latin castrum ad mare that means castle overlooking the sea.

The excavations that took place in 1749 and the scientific analysis made on the mineral waters drew the attention of the main intellectuals of the time. It was thanks to figures like lord Blessington, Walter Scott, Charles Dickens, Alfonso de Lamartine, Gustave Flaubert, Alexandre Dumas, Xavier de Maistre, Herman Melville, J.F.Cooper that Castellammare was included in the itinerary of the Grand Tour.

Castellammare has been famous since ancient times for the 28 natural springs of mineral water that gush spontaneously from the slopes of Monte Faito. The waters are all different for composition and therapeutic properties. Because of its natural springs it has been nicknamed “the city of the waters”. There are two termal baths.

Castellammare is reachable by train (Circumvesuviana).