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Embark on this private day tour complete with a private guide, (if the option including the private tour is selected), and learn about the ancient ruins of Pompeii. Stroll the once thriving city and observe the skeletons among you. Afterward, take a tour of a local winery as you taste delicious selections of vino and enjoy a three-course light lunch.
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Duration: 7 to 8 hours
Starts: Naples, Italy
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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Embark on this private day tour complete with a private guide, (if the option including the private tour is selected), and learn about the ancient ruins of Pompeii. Stroll the once thriving city and observe the skeletons among you. Afterward, take a tour of a local winery as you taste delicious selections of vino and enjoy a three-course light lunch.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Pompeii Archaeological Park, Porta Marina (via Villa dei Misteri), 80045 Pompeii Italy
Visit of the ruins of the ancient town of Pompeii.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Pompei Porta Marina, 80045 Pompei, Metropolitan City of Naples, Italy
This gate provides access to the west of the city and it is the most impressive among the seven gates of Pompeii. The name derives from the fact that the exit road led to the sea. The layout with a barrel vault made of concrete, that is a mixture of mortar and stones, dates back to the Silla colony (80 BC).
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Foro di Pompei, Via Villa dei Misteri, 80045 Pompei NA, Italy
The Civil Forum is the core of daily life of the city and is the focal point of all the main public buildings for city administration and justice, business management, and trade activities such as markets, as well as the main places of citizen worship.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Forum Baths, Via del Foro, 26, 80045 Pompei NA, Italy
The Forum Baths are located behind the Temple of Jupiter and date back to the years immediately after the founding of the colony of veterans by General Silla (80 BC). Women’s and men’s quarters had separate entrances. The men’s section presents an apodyterium (dressing room), used also as a tepidarium (for medium temperature baths), frigidarium (for cold baths) and calidarium (for hot baths). Like many buildings in Pompeii, the baths were heavily damaged during the earthquake of 62 AD.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: House of the Faun, Via Villa dei Misteri, 2, 80045 Pompei NA, Italy
It is one of the larger houses of Pompeii, covering an entire block of about 3000 sqm and, according to its original layout, it dates back to the 2nd century BC. The wealth and social level of the owner are immediately evident from the street: the pavement bears the Latin welcome inscription (HAVE); the majestic door is framed with pillars with decorated capitals and the entrance floor is inlaid with multi-colored yellow, green, red and pink marble triangles (opus sectile).
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Via Villa Dei Misteri 2 Approximately Two Blocks East of The Forum at The Intersection of Vico del Lupanare and Vico del Balcone Pensile, 80045 Pompeii Italy
The prostitutes in the brothel were mostly Greek and Oriental slaves who were paid between two and eight Asses (a glass of wine cost one Ass) for their services.
The building has two floors. The homes of the owner and the slaves are at the top and there are five rooms at the bottom, all fitted with a built-in bed, on both sides of the corridor that connects the two entrances of the ground floor. The rooms were closed by a curtain. A latrine is seen at the end of the corridor, under the staircase.
Small paintings with erotic depictions on the walls of the central corridor informed customers of the activities that took place within the Lupanare.
The brothel is named from lupa, a Latin word meaning ‘prostitute’.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Great Theatre of Pompeii, 80045 Pompei, Metropolitan City of Naples, Italy
The Grand Theatre was built by exploiting the natural slope of the hill for the construction of the auditorium. The staircase was separated into three areas with corridors, which were in turn divided into five sectors, and was based on a passage with a barrel vault.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Sorrentino Vini, Via Fruscio 2, 80042 Boscotrecase Italy
Visit a winery to have a wine tasting and a light lunch.
Duration: 2 hours
