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SIRENS TOUR - POMPEII, POSITANO, SORRENTO, CAPRI
Frequently Asked Questions
- Is there a telephone with direct dialling in the rooms?
- Which is the nearest airport?
- Which is the nearest railway station?
- Where can we rent a car?
- Is it compulsory a minimum number of days for our stay?
- Is heating included in the price?
- Do You arrange local excursions?
- At what time can we check-in and out?
- Which languages are spoken by You?
- Do You have a pickup or shuttle service from and to the airport?
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Is there a telephone with direct dialling in the rooms?
No -
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 -
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. -
Is heating included in the price?
Yes. -
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 -
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.
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
Walking further down Via dell’Abbondanza in the direction of the Porta di Sarno Gate, we reach Pompeii’s equivalent of a ‘fast-food’ restaurant, where warm meals could be bought and eaten on the spot. Coins for a total weight of about 3 kg, equivalent in worth to about 680 sesterces, were found in one of the wall recesses. Given the large quantity of change (374 asses and 1,237 quadrantes, each worth one of quarter of an as), these were probably the takings of a single day’s business. The shop is completed by a sacellum dedicated to Mercury and Dionysus and a small shrine for the tutelary deities of the household. The publican’s own apartment extended to the rear of t ... continue
RECIPE OF THE DAY OF THE ANCIENT POMPEII
(Apic. 4, 2, 27) Ingredients:
- 1 whole firm-fleshed fish
- 200 ml fish stock
- 30 ml white wine reduced
- Liquamen to taste (or soya sauce)
- 2 tsp olive oil
- 1 sliced leek
- 1 tsp coriander seeds
- large pinch of black peppercorns
- 1 tsp lovage (or celery seeds)
- 1 tsp chopped fresh oregano
- 2 raw egg yolks
- twist of black pepper
Instructions:
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Fillet the fish and add these to a pot before topping with fish stock, wine, olive oil, liquam ... 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.