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We offer a professional service to take you on an unforgettable excursion to Pompeii, giving you the opportunity to discover the hidden secrets of the ancient Roman villas. In fact, the excavations of Pompeii are among the most important in Campania.
Professional guide on request to be paid locally.
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Duration: 11 hours
Starts: Rome, Italy
Trip Category: Day Trips & Excursions >> Day Trips
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We offer a professional service to take you on an unforgettable excursion to Pompeii, giving you the opportunity to discover the hidden secrets of the ancient Roman villas. In fact, the excavations of Pompeii are among the most important in Campania.
Professional guide on request to be paid locally.
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Stop At: Pompeii, Pompeii, Province of Naples, Campania
Mount Vesuvius, a volcano near the Bay of Naples in Italy, has erupted more than 50 times. Its most famous eruption took place in the year 79 A.D., when the volcano buried the ancient Roman city of Pompeii under a thick carpet of volcanic ash. The dust “poured across the land” like a flood, one witness wrote, and shrouded the city in “a darkness … like the black of closed and unlighted rooms.” Two thousand people died, and the city was abandoned for almost as many years. When a group of explorers rediscovered the site in 1748, they were surprised to find that – underneath a thick layer of dust and debris – Pompeii was mostly intact. The buildings, artifacts and skeletons left behind in the buried city have taught us a great deal about everyday life in the ancient world.
Duration: 5 hours
