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POMPEII AND HERCULANEUM GUIDED TOUR WITH AN ENGLISH-SPEAKING GUIDE
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POMPEII AND HERCULANEUM GUIDED TOUR WITH AN ENGLISH-SPEAKING GUIDE:
DURATION: |
7/8 hours | |
PRICE: |
According to the number of the participants | |
AVAILABILITY: | All-year-round | |
| English-speaking driver with an air-conditioned Mercedes (or similar make) at your disposal for 7/8 hours A private English-speaking guide for 5 hours in the excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum ENTRANCE FEES NOT INCLUDED | |
Itinerary Details are listed below:
TOUR SCHEDULE OF POMPEII & HERCULANEUM
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| Meeting with our English-speaking driver and his Mercedes car (with air-conditioning) by Your hotel or the cruise ship |
| Arrival to Pompeii ruins and private visit (2 hours) of the site with your private English-speaking guide |
| 1 hour of free time for lunch - lunch not included |
| Transfer (with the same guide) to the excavations of Herculaneum |
| 2 hour visit of Herculaneum with the same guide |
| Back to Your hotel or to the cruise ship |
The tour of Pompeii and Herculaneum is the typical archaeological visit in the area of Naples.
The ruins of Pompeii are located about 30 km from Naples and 20 km from Sorrento and it is the most visited monument in Italy. The guided tour takes about 2 hours. It begins with the great Forum with its imposing temples to proceed with stores, shops, spa facilities, with fascinating patrician homes with their frescoes and mosaics. No to be missed are also the impressive plaster casts of bodies of victims of the tragic eruption in 79 AD.
The name of Herculaneum comes from the legendary founding of the town from Hercules, attracted by the beauty of the place. Probably it was founded by Greeks during the VIII century. BC.
Thanks to the beauty of the area and its mild climate, the town became one of the most beautiful residential localities of the Roman patricians who built homes - including the so-called Villa of the Papyri, one of the largest of antiquity.
The terrible eruption of Vesuvius, 24 August 79 AD buried suddenly and for ever the town.
In 1709 first discovery of the buried town took place even though the systematic excavations began three decades after the will of Charles III of Bourbon, who had also built around the excavations a residence, the Palace of Portici.
The wonders that emerge from excavations and the fascination exerted by Vesuvius made Herculaneum a destination for scholars, writers and wealthy tourists who inserted it among the most popular stages of the Grand Tour of Europe.
Today Herculaneum is well known all over the world.
THIS TOUR WILL OPERATE RAIN OR SHINE, SO BE PREPARED FOR ALL WEATHER CONDITIONS.
THIS IS A GUIDED TOUR WITH PRICES BASED ON THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE TRAVELLING IN YOUR PARTY!
VISIT POMPEII RUINS WITH THE AUDIO SYSTEMS
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
A mosaic depicting a growling dog and the well-known words of warning ‘cave canem’ (beware of the dog) is the decoration found near the entrance of this medium-sized, imperial style house opposite the Forum baths. The house has a Tuscan atrium and a peristyle with lararium situated on the rear wall. The atrium leads into the cubicula (bedrooms) and the tablinum. The house derives its name from a fine mosaic with a theatrical scene which was found in this tablinum along with paintings representing episodes from the Iliad. These finds are now exhibited at the National Archaeological Museum in Naples. To the right of the peristyle we find the triclinium whose frescoes a ... continue
RECIPE OF THE DAY OF THE ANCIENT POMPEII
(Apic. 1, 35, 1) Ingredients:
- Mint
- Rue
- Coriander
- Fennel
- Lovage
- Pepper
- Honey
- Liquamen (or 3 tblsp soya sauce + 3 tsp anchovy paste)
- Vinegar
Instructions:
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Smash and homogenize all the spices. Add honey and Liquamen and mix it all. Taste and, if necessary, add some vinegar. Serve with bread.
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.