Sitting west of Naples, the fields are in a caldera, the cauldron-like depression that forms after a volcano has ejected huge amounts of magma.
The Phlegrean Fields in southern Italy offer visitors a glimpse of a sulfurous inferno right on the planet’s surface.
The Door to Hell isn’t the only place that’s been compared to the underworld. And this was very intimidating.”ĭid I mention there’s no fence around the Door to Hell? If you’re feeling lucky, you can just walk right up to the edge and sense the soil crumbling under your feet.įor those feeling less adventurous, let’s take a virtual world tour of the most gloriously awful destinations, no gas masks or special suits required. “I’ve been inside a lot of volcanoes, and I’ve been around a lot of lava. “The very first time I walked up to the edge and felt the heat, my first reaction was, I don’t know if I’m going to be able to do this,” he says. “When it comes to hellish places that want to kill you, I’m kind of an expert,” says Kourounis, an explorer and storm chaser who puts the Door to Hell on the top of his personal awful-places list. George Kourounis and his team travel to Turkmenistan to see the mysterious crater of fire for the first time.
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