Pompeii tours: Pompeii is the most popular tourist attraction in Italy.
POMPEII AND ITS MOUNT - POMPEII & VESUVIUS
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GUIDED TOUR TO POMPEII AND VESUVIUS :
DURATION: | 8 hours | |
PRICE: | According to the number of participants | |
AVAILABILITY: | All-year-round | |
| English-speaking driver & Air-conditioned Mercedes (or similar make) at your disposal for 8 hours Local Expert Guide for 2 hours in the ruins of Pompeii ENTRANCE FEES OF POMPEII RUINS AND THE CRATER INCLUDED | |
Itinerary Details are listed below:
TOUR SCHEDULE OF POMPEII & VESUVIUS
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| Pick-up by your hotel/cruiseship |
| Arrival to Pompeii ruins and visit (2 hours) of the site with a professional guide |
| Visit of a cameo factory |
| 1 hour of free time for lunch - lunch not included |
| Transfer to the top of Mount Vesuvius |
| 90 minutes of free time to reach the top of the volcano |
| Back to your hotel/cruiseship |
An unforgettable day for a great combination of Pompeii with Mt. Vesuvius, the responsible of its destruction. Departure from Your hotel with a Mercedes (or a similar make) vehicle (with air conditioning) with an English-speaking driver. When You arrive to the excavations of Pompeii, You’ll find a professional guide to visit together the ruins – roughly 2 hour visit.
Pompei holds an intense fascination for visitors today. Following the eruption of the volcano Mount Vesuvius in the year 79 AD, the thriving and prosperous town of Pompei lay buried and forgotten for hundreds of years, and excavations still continue, giving us treasures from the Roman period. After the visit of homes with their original frescos, Thermal baths and other public buildings, You leave the ruins (and the guide) and You have free time for lunch.
Then, You continue Your visit with Your driver up to the height of 3,000 ft on the volcano. Up there, You’ll have 90 minutes of free time and You can walk to the very top of the crater and admire the splendid panoramic views across the bay. Remember to bring comfortable shoes (not sandals) and your camera. Mount Vesuvius dominates the Bay of Naples. It is the only active volcano on the mainland of Europe.
After that, You can return back to Your hotel.
SUGGESTIONS:
Take water, wear comfortable shoes, take camera & sun cream. In low season warmer clothing may be required.
THIS TOUR WILL OPERATE RAIN OR SHINE, SO BE PREPARED FOR ALL WEATHER CONDITIONS.
THIS IS A PRIVATE DAY VISIT WITH PRICES BASED ON THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE TRAVELLING IN YOUR PARTY!
If You book this guided tour with us, We'll offer You for free the chance to visit in Pompeii the spectacular Suburban Baths, usually closed to the public and open expressly for You.
VISIT POMPEII RUINS WITH THE AUDIO SYSTEMS
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 is the oldest existing Basilica, dating back to the 2nd century B.C. The seat of the law courts was here and commercial and financial transactions also took place. After a portico comes the main entrance, which opened on the forum and, differently from the majority of basilicas, is located on one of the building’s short sides. The tribunal, part of the Basilica where the law-courts were, was on the short side, opposite the entrance, and consisted in a two meter high podium on top of which were six Corinthian columns. There are no stairs to the podium, this suggests that it could only be reached through wooden stairs, which could be removed in order to separate the ... continue
RECIPE OF THE DAY OF THE ANCIENT POMPEII
(Apic. 5, 2, 17) Ingredients:
- 1 fillet stockfish
- 1 calves’ brain
- 4 chicken livers
- 7 eggs
- 250 gr. ‘ricotta’ cheese
- 12 grain pepper
- 12 grain lovage
- 1 tblsp dry oregano
- 1 rue berry
- 1/2 glass dry wine (like Marsala)
- 3 tsp honey
- 3 tblsp oil
- Cumin
Instructions:
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Softening stockfish in water for 5 - 6 hours, dry, skin, bone and fry in a little bit of oil. Blanch calves’ brain for 5 minutes and cool. Blanch chicken livers for ... 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.