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ICARUS TOUR -CAPRI AND THE BAY OF NAPLES
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ICARUS TOUR TO CAPRI AND THE BAY OF NAPLES:
DURATION: | 8/9 hours | |
PRICE: | According to the number of participants | |
AVAILABILITY: | All-year-round | |
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English-speaking driver & Air-conditioned Mercedes (or similar make) for transfer to the heliport Expert guide Convertible taxi for transfer on the island Jetfoil (or catamaran)
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Itinerary Details are listed below:
TOUR SCHEDULE OF ICARUS TOUR
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| Meeting with Your English-speaking driver and his Mercedes car (with air-conditioning) by the harbour of Sorrento (or Naples) or your hotel |
| Transfer to Sorrento heliport (or Naples heliport) |
| Tour over the Bay of Naples in helicopter |
| Landing to Capri island (Anacapri) and meeting with our professional English-speaking guide |
| Transfer by convertible taxi to the Blue Grotto (visit) |
| Transfer by convertible taxi to Capri town and visit of the centre |
| Cable car to Capri port |
| Back to Sorrento (or Naples) port by hidrofoil |
A luxury excursion by elicopter over the Gulf of Naples will let You appreciate the most important places of the area.
An English-speaking driver will take You directly at the harbour of Sorrento, or Your hotel, for drive You to the heliport of Sorrento (or Naples). There will start Your amazing tour over Sorrento and Amalfi Coast, the Archaeological site of Pompeii, Mount Vesuvius and the Island of Capri.
Landing on the Island at Anacapri. A convertible taxi with an expert guide, at Your complete disposal, will drive You to the Blue Grotto for a visit, with the typical small boat, in this enchanted place. Next stop is Capri town, with its famous “Piazzetta”, follows a guided walk to the Garden of Augustus and free time for shopping in the centre.
Then Your return will take place by Jetfoil or catamaran to Sorrento (or Naples).
THIS TOUR WILL OPERATE RAIN OR SHINE, SO BE PREPARED FOR ANY WEATHER CONDITIONS.
THIS IS A PRIVATE SHORE EXCURSION WITH PRICES BASED ON THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE TRAVELLING IN YOUR PARTY!
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 house may have belonged to one or the other of these two patrician personages whose names appears more than once in the election slogans painted on the facade. The house is Samnite in type and the tall entrance portal leads to a vestibule with a mosaic pavement in which the portal itself and a chained dog are depicted. Next come the atrium decorated with mosaic panels with figures of animals. This had already been damaged in the earthquake of 62 A.D., as had the style IV wall paintings, of which only two still life survive. At the centre of the pavement, an alabaster tondo is surrounded by a double guilloche motif, palmettes and animals in panels. After this co ... continue
RECIPE OF THE DAY OF THE ANCIENT POMPEII
(Apic. 8, 7, 17) Ingredients:
- 750 g pork chops
- 100 ml white wine
- 4 tbsp Liquamen (or soya sauce)
- 4 tbsp water or broth
- 4 tbsp cider vinegar
- 4 tbsp olive oil
Instructions:
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Heat a frying pan, add a little oil and cook the pork chops until they are nearly done. Set the chops aside and clean the pan.
Add the remainder of the ingredients to the cleaned pan and place the chops in the liquid. Bring this to the boil and continue cooking the chops, turning them occasionally, until they are done. Place the chops on a the plat ... continue
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.