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ROYAL PALACE OF CASERTA
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GUIDED TOUR TO THE ROYAL PALACE OF CASERTA WITH YOUR OWN GUIDE:
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roughly 1,45 h | |
PRICE: |
Euros 150 | |
AVAILABILITY: | All-year-round | |
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English-speaking guided for the visit of the Royal Palace and of the Garden - roughly 1 hour and 45 minutes ENTRANCE FEES ARE NOT INCLUDED CLOSING DAY IS ON TUESDAY
VISITING HOURS OF THE ROYAL APARTMENTS: 8:30 - 19:30 last admission: 19:00 January., Febr., Nov., December. 8.30-14.30
March 8.30-16.00 April 8.30-17.00 May, September 8.30-17.30 June, July, August 8.30-18.00 October 8.30-16.30 The ENGLISH GARDEN closes one hour before the entry to the park. ADMISSION: Free of charge: for EU citizens under 18 or over 65 years old.
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In addition, the Palace has a spectacular garden spread over an area of 120 hectares and decorated with a series of waterfalls and fountains with statues of classical mythology. Moreover, the wife of Ferdinand IV of Bourbon, Maria Carolina of Austria, added in the park a beautiful English garden adorned with rare species of plants and decorated with statues, some of them coming from the ruins of Pompeii.
SUGGESTIONS:
Wear comfortable shoes and take camera with You. In low season warmer clothing may be required.
THIS TOUR WILL OPERATE RAIN OR SHINE, SO BE PREPARED FOR ALL WEATHER CONDITIONS.
THIS GUIDED TOUR OF THE ROYAL PALACE OF CASERTA AND ITS GARDEN COSTS EUROS 150.
THE ENTRANCE FEE IS NOT INCLUDED.
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 large house, built in the Samnite period in the second half of the 2nd century B.C., must have belonged to Marcus Epidius Rufus or Marcus Epidius Sabinus, to judge from the number of times these two names appear in the election propaganda on the façade and on the walls of the neighbouring buildings. Outside, a two-step podium runs along the façade, an unusual architectural feature. Beyond the entrance vestibule is an atrium of Corinthian type of an imposing size, with sixteen columns with Doric capitals set around the impluvium basin in the centre. This is the most striking of the rare Corinthian atrium in Pompeii (in other words with a row of columns set along ... continue
RECIPE OF THE DAY OF THE ANCIENT POMPEII
(Apic. 9, 9) Ingredients:
- 1 kg fresh sea mussels
- 100 ml Liquamen or 1/2 tblsp salt
- 1 branch of leek, finely minced
- 1 tsp cumin
- 200 ml Passum (or honey)
- 1 tblsp minced Savory
- 500 ml white wine
- ca. 500 ml water
Instructions:
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First water mussels, and clean them. Mix together Liquamen, wine,
water, Passum and spices. Boil the broth for about 20 minutes, then add
mussels. Boil additional 10 minutes. Serve.
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.