Rome Trip Overview
A driver with private transport will pick you up in Rome and drive to Pompeii, where you’ll meet the local licenced guide to do a tour of 2 hours in the ancient city. The city, submerged by the effects of the catastrophic eruption in 79 AD, emerges from the past and reveals its eternity. This tour walks across the places of religion, the ludi gladiatori, the ancient games, the gardens and the activities of otium (idleness) and neg-otium (business). The long Via dell’Abbondanza runs through the city, on both sides there are many Thermopolium, old snack bars, fullonica, rich laundries, pistrinum, bakeries, and it ends at the forum, the central square.
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Duration: 7 hours
Starts: Rome, Italy
Trip Category: Day Trips & Excursions >> Day Trips
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What to Expect When Visiting Rome, Lazio, Italy
A driver with private transport will pick you up in Rome and drive to Pompeii, where you’ll meet the local licenced guide to do a tour of 2 hours in the ancient city. The city, submerged by the effects of the catastrophic eruption in 79 AD, emerges from the past and reveals its eternity. This tour walks across the places of religion, the ludi gladiatori, the ancient games, the gardens and the activities of otium (idleness) and neg-otium (business). The long Via dell’Abbondanza runs through the city, on both sides there are many Thermopolium, old snack bars, fullonica, rich laundries, pistrinum, bakeries, and it ends at the forum, the central square.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Pompeii Archaeological Park, Porta Marina (via Villa dei Misteri), 80045 Pompeii Italy
The guide will meet you outside the gate of the Archeological site “Porta Marina INFERIORE”, with a board with your name. You can buy the entrance fees skipping the line and then you enter the site. A tour normally lasts from 2 to 2hours and half, during which you can see all the highlights like: the theatres and the criptoporticus of the theatres; the luxury house, a domus; the baths; the brothel; the large Forum; a thermopolium, an ancient snack bar; the main streets and whatever you’ve read about and you’d like to see. (For special requests please ask the guide before starting the tour)
Duration: 2 hours
Pass By: Vesuvius National Park, Via Palazzo del Principe, 80044 Ottaviano Italy
Driving South to Pompeii, along the highway you can see on the left the beautiful Vulcano Vesuvius
Pass By: Bay of Naples, Italy
During your ride you can admire the breathtaking view of the bay of Naples
