Pompeii tours: Pompeii is the most popular tourist attraction in Italy.
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 TOUR WITH GUIDE IN POMPEII AND CAPRI IN ONE DAY AT A REASONABLE PRICE !!!
Why do not you share the expenses and arrange with other cruise passengers (6 or 8 at most) an exclusive tour in the Gulf of Naples with a comfortable Mercedes vehicle, private driver and tour guide? We have organized for you a Pompei-Capri tour. Contact us by e-mail info@pompeii.org.uk for further info.
POMPEII MONUMENT OF THE DAY
This sumptuous villa was built just out-side the Porta Ercolano gate in sight of the town walls. An entrance on Via dei Sepolcri led straight into the 14-column peristyle around which the various rooms and living quarters of the house were situated. The house’s bath area was situated in a triangular space between the road and the peristyle while the triclinium/living room opposite commanded a view over the Gulf of Naples and the large garden below. In the centre of the garden was an open-air triclinium with a swimming pool surrounded by a covered gallery (cryptoporticus). Here the master of the house, with his ‘treasure’ of 1356 sesterces, and other 18 people, mainl ... continue
RECIPE OF THE DAY OF THE ANCIENT POMPEII
(Apic. 2, 1, 7) Ingredients:
- 500g minced meat
- 1 french roll, soaked in white wine
- 1/2 tsp freshly ground pepper
- 50ml Liquamen (can be replaced by 1/2 tsp salt + a little white wine)
- some stone-pine kernels and green peppercorns
- a little Caroenum
- Baking foil
Instructions:
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Mix minced meat with the soaked french roll. Ground spices and mix into
the meat. Form small burgers and put pine kernels and peppercorns into
them. Put them into baking foil and grill them together with Caroenum.
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.