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THERMAL ISCHIA PRIVATE TOUR
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DURATION: | 7/8 hours | |
PRICE: | According to the number of participants | |
AVAILABILITY: | All-year-round | |
| Hydrofoils tickets from and to Ischia ARE included. | |
Itinerary Details are listed below:
TOUR SCHEDULE OF THERMAL ISCHIA PRIVATE TOUR
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| Meeting with our professional English-speaking guide by Your Hotel/cruiseship in Naples or Sorrento |
| You'll go on foot with guide to the port of Sorrento or Naples |
| Departure to Ischia |
| Arrival to Ischia island by jet-foil (or catamaran) |
| Transfer by Mercedes car from the port to the centre |
| 1 hour and 30 minutes of sightseeing in the centre of Ischia with the guide |
| Arrival to Poseidon thermal complex and 3 hours and 30 minutes of free time to spend inside the complex |
| Transfer by private car with driver and guide to Ischia Port |
| Departure from Ischia to the port of Sorrento or Naples |
You will meet our local English-speaking driver at your accommodation to start the Tour:
ISCHIA:
Famous for its thermal waters, fine beaches and spectacular scenery, Ischia is the biggest island of the bay. Ischia was one of the first Greek colonies in the 8th century BC found there. An important stop on the trade route from greece to northern Italy, it was renamed Aenaria by the Romans. In 1301 an eruption of the now extinct Monte Arso forced the inhabitants to flee to the mainland, where many stayed permanently. The spanish took the island in 1495 and ruled until a brief French occupation in the early 19th century. The English attacked in 1806, sparkling fierce fighting and the bombardment of the Castello Aragonese - the scars are still evident today. the thermal spas of Ischia claim cures for most anything that ails you. Called the Emerald Island, Ischia is studded with pine groves and surrounded by sparkling water that wash up on many sandy beaches. The island covers just over 47 sq. km and its prominent feature is Monte Epomeo, near the center, a volcano that was a powerful force and source of worry for the Greek colonists who settled here in the 8th century B.C. Besides the sandy beaches, the health spas (which utilize the hot springs for hydromassage and mud baths), the island is famous also for the vineyards producing the red and white Monte Epomeo, the red and white Ischia, and the red and white Biancolella.
THIS TOUR WILL OPERATE RAIN OR SHINE, SO BE PREPARED FOR ALL WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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
This temple was built after the earthquake of 62 A.D. as a place of worship for the cult of the Emperor and has a facade projecting slightly further out than the building of Eumachia. A central door leads into a space in front of the inner sanctuary which is bounded on the front side by four columns. Inside these, a staircase on either side led up to a podium on which stood the cella containing the cult statue. Behind the sacellum were three rooms used for the officiators both of this temple and of the adjacent Temple of the Lares which could be reached via a communicating doorway. A marble altar with bas-relief sculptures can be seen in the centre of the sanctuary. ... continue
RECIPE OF THE DAY OF THE ANCIENT POMPEII
(Apic. 8, 7, 8) Ingredients:
- 1 suckling pig
- Pepper
- Lovage (or chopped celery leaves)
- Caraway seed
- Celery seed
- Rue
- 2 drops asafoetida essence
- 3 tsp Liquamen (or soya sauce)
- 3 tbsp white wine
- 1 tbsp Passum
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp cornflour
Instructions:
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Clean the pig, sprinkle with salt and roast at 180°C for 55 minutes per kg plus 50 minutes.
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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.