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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
This sumptuous villa was built just out-side the Porta Ercolano gate in sight of the town walls. An entrance on Via dei Sepolcri led straight into the 14-column peristyle around which the various rooms and living quarters of the house were situated. The house’s bath area was situated in a triangular space between the road and the peristyle while the triclinium/living room opposite commanded a view over the Gulf of Naples and the large garden below. In the centre of the garden was an open-air triclinium with a swimming pool surrounded by a covered gallery (cryptoporticus). Here the master of the house, with his ‘treasure’ of 1356 sesterces, and other 18 people, mainl ... continue
RECIPE OF THE DAY OF THE ANCIENT POMPEII
(Apic. 4, 2, 36) Ingredients:
- 1 kg. nettles
- 11 gr. pepper
- 8 tbsp di liquamen (or soya sauce)
- 9 tbsp olive oil
- 8 eggs
Instructions:
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Wash, drain, dry and mince the nettle. Grind the peppercorns with a pestle and add a tbsp of liquamen; then put all in a pot with oil and liquamen and boil. Make cold and add beaten eggs; mesh. Cook in a bain-marie in oven 130° for 75-80 minutes. Sprinkle with pepper and serve, hot or cold.
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.