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SIRENS TOUR - POMPEII, POSITANO, SORRENTO, CAPRI
Frequently Asked Questions
- Is there a telephone with direct dialling in the rooms?
- Which is the nearest airport?
- Which is the nearest railway station?
- Where can we rent a car?
- Is it compulsory a minimum number of days for our stay?
- Is heating included in the price?
- Do You arrange local excursions?
- At what time can we check-in and out?
- Which languages are spoken by You?
- Do You have a pickup or shuttle service from and to the airport?
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Is there a telephone with direct dialling in the rooms?
No -
Which is the nearest airport?
Naples Capodichino Airport -
Which is the nearest railway station?
From the Circumvesuviana station at Sorrento trains connect Naples - Herculaneum - Pompeii - Castellammare di Stabia - Sorrento -
Where can we rent a car?
We are pleased to tell You that we can offer You this service. -
Is it compulsory a minimum number of days for our stay?
Weeks go normally from Saturday to Saturday, but when it is possible we try to satisfy any need. -
Is heating included in the price?
Yes. -
Do You arrange local excursions?
Yes, on request. -
At what time can we check-in and out?
Check-in: from 16:00 to 20:00 except previous agreement. Check-out: within 10:00 of the departure day except previous agreement -
Which languages are spoken by You?
Italian, English. -
Do You have a pickup or shuttle service from and to the airport?
Yes, on request - extra charge.
HAVE A GREAT PRIVATE EXCURSION FROM THE PORT OF NAPLES TO NAPLES CENTER, POMPEII, SORRENTO AND AMALFI COAST IN ONE DAY AT A REASONABLE PRICE !!!
Why do not you arrange with us an amazing day in the Gulf of Naples - a private tour (just for you) with a comfortable limousine or minivan with driver and an English-speaking tour guide? We have organized for you a great guided tour to Naples-Pompeii-Sorrento-Amalfi Coast (Positano). Contact us by e-mail info@pompeii.org.uk for further info.
POMPEII MONUMENT OF THE DAY
The garden of this house is embellished with large fountain decorated with coloured mosaics and compositions made of glass paste tiles. Rows of shell running all round the nymphaeum form a highly original decoration which is completed by two large theatrical masks embedded in the bases of two columns. The water for the fountain flowed through a hole in the middle of the apse and fell over a flight of marble steps, creating an impressive effect, before being collected in a small pool decorated with a bronze statue of a cupid carrying a dolphin on his back. The statues on display here are copies. The garden of the adjoining house, called the House of the Small Fountai ... continue
RECIPE OF THE DAY OF THE ANCIENT POMPEII
(Apic. 9, 9) Ingredients:
- 1 kg fresh sea mussels
- 100 ml Liquamen or 1/2 tblsp salt
- 1 branch of leek, finely minced
- 1 tsp cumin
- 200 ml Passum (or honey)
- 1 tblsp minced Savory
- 500 ml white wine
- ca. 500 ml water
Instructions:
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First water mussels, and clean them. Mix together Liquamen, wine,
water, Passum and spices. Boil the broth for about 20 minutes, then add
mussels. Boil additional 10 minutes. Serve.
FORBIDDEN POMPEII: IMAGES AND NEWS
Love was a common topic of conversation in Pompeii. Feelings, passions, poetic love, sex, homosexuality, prostitution and so forth were all part of daily life and not a source of prejudice. The concept of “obscenity” seems to have been unknown. Love and sex were considered earthly practices of a man’s life that were encouraged by the benevolence of Venus. The thousands of examples of graffiti found on the town’s walls are unequivocal proof of what the people of Pompeii thought about love and sex.