Pompeii tours: Pompeii is the most popular tourist attraction in Italy
POMPEII AND HERCULANEUM
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POMPEII AND HERCULANEUM TOUR:
DURATION: | 7/8 hours | |
PRICE: | Starting from EURO 68 | |
AVAILABILITY: | All-year-round | |
| English-speaking driver & Air-conditioned Mercedes (or similar make) at your disposal for 7/8 hours Local Expert Guide for 5 hours in the excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum ENTRANCE FEES INCLUDED | |
Itinerary Details are listed below:
TOUR SCHEDULE OF POMPEII & HERCULANEUM
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| Meeting with our English-speaking driver and his Mercedes car (with air-conditioning) by Your hotel or the cruise ship |
| Arrival to Pompeii ruins and private visit (2 hours) of the site with an archaeological English-speaking guide |
| Optional visit of a cameo factory |
| 1 hour of free time for lunch - lunch not included |
| Transfer (with the guide) to the excavations of Herculaneum |
| 2 hour visit of Herculaneum |
| Back to Your hotel or to the cruise ship |
The tour of Pompeii and Herculaneum is the typical archaeological visit in the area of Naples.
The ruins of Pompeii are located about 30 km from Naples and 20 km from Sorrento and it is the most visited monument in Italy. The guided tour takes about 2 hours. It begins with the great Forum with its imposing temples to proceed with stores, shops, spa facilities, with fascinating patrician homes with their frescoes and mosaics. No to be missed are also the impressive plaster casts of bodies of victims of the tragic eruption in 79 AD.
The name of Herculaneum comes from the legendary founding of the town from Hercules, attracted by the beauty of the place. Probably it was founded by Greeks during the VIII century. BC.
Thanks to the beauty of the area and its mild climate, the town became one of the most beautiful residential localities of the Roman patricians who built homes - including the so-called Villa of the Papyri, one of the largest of antiquity.
The terrible eruption of Vesuvius, 24 August 79 AD buried suddenly and for ever the town.
In 1709 first discovery of the buried town took place even though the systematic excavations began three decades after the will of Charles III of Bourbon, who had also built around the excavations a residence, the Palace of Portici.
The wonders that emerge from excavations and the fascination exerted by Vesuvius made Herculaneum a destination for scholars, writers and wealthy tourists who inserted it among the most popular stages of the Grand Tour of Europe.
Today Herculaneum is well known all over the world.
THIS TOUR WILL OPERATE RAIN OR SHINE, SO BE PREPARED FOR ALL WEATHER CONDITIONS.
THIS IS A GUIDED TOUR WITH PRICES BASED ON
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE TRAVELLING IN YOUR PARTY!
| TOTAL PRICE BASED ON THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| Adults | 570 | 590 | 610 | 660 | 680 | 700 | 730 | 750 | 820 | 840 | 860 | 885 | 900 | 930 |
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SHORE EXCURSIONS FROM THE PORT OF NAPLES (OR SORRENTO) FOR THE CRUISE SHIP PASSENGERS
We offer shore excursions from the port of Naples (or Sorrento) for cruise ship passengers wishing to visit Pompeii, Capri and the Amalfi Coast. We arrange private shore excursions from the port of Naples (or Sorrento) that are generally more economical than the cruise ship shore excursions offered by the cruise lines. On all our tours from Naples we use English-speaking drivers & air-conditioned Mercedes ( or similar make vehicles). When necessary like in Pompeii, You are accompanied by local expert guide.
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. 2, 4) Ingredients:
- 300 g minced meat (with fat)
- 100 g pine nuts
- Pepper
- Cumin
- Rue
- Parsley
- Savory
- Bay (or juniper) berries
- 2 tbsp Liquamen (or soya sauce)
- Sausage casings
Instructions:
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Cut meat and fat into chunks and place in a bowl. Sprinkle with pepper, cumin, savory, juniper berries, and liquamen. Mix with hands so that all chunks are well-coated with spice mixture. ... 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.