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NOTES IN THE AIR - EVENING CONCERT IN VILLA RUFOLO AT RAVELLO
Frequently Asked Questions
- Which languages are spoken by You?
- Do You have a pickup or shuttle service from and to the airport?
- Which is the nearest airport?
- Which is the nearest railway station?
- Are there any extra costs?
- Where can we rent a car?
- Is it compulsory a minimum number of days for our stay?
- Do You require a deposit caution?
- Is it compulsory to rent an apartment from saturday to saturday or any other solution ?
- Is it forbidden to smoke in the apartments?
- Are pets welcome?
- Is heating included in the price?
- Is the apartment equipped with TV ?
- Is breakfast included in the price ?
- Is the price per apartment or per person ?
- Is there a telephone with direct dialling in the apartment?
- Do You arrange local excursions?
- At what time can we check-in and out?
- Do you provide linen and towels ?
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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. -
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 -
Are there any extra costs?
When they arrive, people have to pay an additional cost for electricity, running water etc. Besides clients will leave a bond (caution money) on their arrival and it will be given back on their departure. -
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. -
Do You require a deposit caution?
Clients will leave a bond (caution money) on their arrival and it will be given back on their departure. -
Is it compulsory to rent an apartment from saturday to saturday or any other solution ?
Normally weekly rentals go from saturday to saturday, but when it is possible we try to satisfy any request. -
Is it forbidden to smoke in the apartments?
No. -
Are pets welcome?
It depends on the type of apartment. Please ask info when You reserve. -
Is heating included in the price?
Yes. -
Is the apartment equipped with TV ?
Yes. -
Is breakfast included in the price ?
No. -
Is the price per apartment or per person ?
Per apartment per week. -
Is there a telephone with direct dialling in the apartment?
No -
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 -
Do you provide linen and towels ?
Yes, one set.
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 building is clearly visible from the sea as it is situated on the promontory of the hill of Pompeii and commands a wide view over the plain below. Passing along Via dell’Abbondanza to the end of Via dei Teatri we find a portico with three Ionic columns and a semicolumn which form the entrance to the Triangular Forum. The Hellenistic style arrangement of the area, which has a colonnade with 95 columns, dates back to the 2nd century B.C. This intervention created a harmonious protective curtain around the pre-existing Doric Temple and at the same time annexed this sacred area to the theatre district and the two gymnasiums as the foursided portico behind the stage of ... continue
RECIPE OF THE DAY OF THE ANCIENT POMPEII
(Apic. 3, 19, 1) Ingredients:
- Thistles*, a taft
- Liquamen (or 5 tblsp soya sauce + 5 tsp anchovy paste)
- 5 tblsp oil
- 4 eggs
Instructions:
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Clean, cut and boil the thistles. Boil eggs. Put in a pan Liquamen and oil, mesh and boil. Put the thistles in the sauce and cut eggs over it. Cover and leave it marinate for half an hour, without boiling. Serve hot.
*It’s possible to use artichoke instead of thistles.
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.