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TOUR OF TWO BAYS - POMPEII, SORRENTO, POSITANO
Frequently Asked Questions
- Do You have a pickup or shuttle service from and to the airport?
- Which languages are spoken by You?
- At what time can we check-in and out?
- Do You arrange local excursions?
- Is there a telephone with direct dialling in the apartment?
- Is the price per apartment or per person ?
- Is breakfast included in the price ?
- Is the apartment equipped with TV ?
- Is heating included in the price?
- Are pets welcome?
- Is it forbidden to smoke in the apartments?
- Is it compulsory to rent an apartment from saturday to saturday or any other solution ?
- Do You require a deposit caution?
- Is it compulsory a minimum number of days for our stay?
- Where can we rent a car?
- Are there any extra costs?
- Which is the nearest railway station?
- Which is the nearest airport?
- Do you provide linen and towels ?
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Do You have a pickup or shuttle service from and to the airport?
Yes, on request - extra charge. -
Which languages are spoken by You?
Italian, English. -
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 arrange local excursions?
Yes, on request. -
Is there a telephone with direct dialling in the apartment?
No -
Is the price per apartment or per person ?
Per apartment per week. -
Is breakfast included in the price ?
No. -
Is the apartment equipped with TV ?
Yes. -
Is heating included in the price?
Yes. -
Are pets welcome?
It depends on the type of apartment. Please ask info when You reserve. -
Is it forbidden to smoke in the apartments?
No. -
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. -
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 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. -
Where can we rent a car?
We are pleased to tell You that we can offer You this service. -
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. -
Which is the nearest railway station?
From the Circumvesuviana station at Sorrento trains connect Naples - Herculaneum - Pompeii - Castellammare di Stabia - Sorrento -
Which is the nearest airport?
Naples Capodichino Airport -
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
We know for certain that this temple was consecrated to Apollo thanks to the dedication in Oscan by quaestor Oppius Campanus that was found in the cell. One enters the scared area from Via Marina through a tuff portal from the Samnite period. Interestingly, the view of this sacred building is blocked by the central column of the portico’s short side, which suggests that the main entrance was once directly from the Forum. This hypothesis is confirmed by the fact the main facade of the altar at the bottom of the temple steps faces the Forum. The sacred area is surrounded by a portico with 48 Doric columns, in the centre of which, on a podium in the Italic style, is the a ... 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.