Guided tour of Pompeii and Herculaneum with lunch entrance fees

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Duration:10 hours (approx.)
Location: Sorrento, Amalfi Coast

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The eruption of the volcano in 79 A.D. burned and buried the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, but after the catastrophe the ruins were preserved almost perfectly under layers of volcanic ash. Thousands of years later, you can still explore the spooky streets and get inside houses, toilets, and restaurants during the tour along with our authorized guides. Our tour was created to have a unique memory and discover the ancient cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum with their hidden treasures declared World Heritage by UNESCO. Immerse yourself in the tragic history of the region and then end the day with a delicious Italian lunch in a traditional restaurant on the slopes of Vesuvius.

• Explore the ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum with a local expert archaeological guide
• Semi-private and air-conditioned buses
• Entrance reserved in Pompeii and Herculaneum
• Wine tasting and lunch with local products

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Sorrento will be your starting point! It is located on a tufaceous rock overlooking the sea that dominates the horizon. On the top of the rock, the intense green vegetation blends harmoniously with the colors of the city of Sorrento. For the ancients, Sorrento and the Sorrento Coast were the land of the mythical sirens, the sirens who tempted sailors with their song!
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Departure from Sorrento in Lauro Square by our meeting point - "Bar Kontatto" at Corso Italia, 257
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The ruins of Pompeii are a vast archaeological site in the southern Campania region, near the coast of the Gulf of Naples. Once a thriving and sophisticated Roman city, Pompeii was buried under meters of ash and pumice after the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. The preserved site features remains of excavated streets and houses that visitors can freely explore.
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The Civil Forum represents the center of the daily life of the city, all the main public buildings for the administration of the city and justice, for the management of business, for commercial activities, such as markets, overlook it, in addition to the main places of city worship.
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The Temple of Jupiter dominates the northern side of the Forum, and Vesuvius rises spectacularly behind it. With the deduction of the colony (80 BC) the temple was the subject of a radical renovation and became a real Capitolium, with the three cult statues of Jupiter, Juno and Minerva, which imitated those of the Capitolium in Rome, placed on a high base, so as to make them visible to those passing through the Forum square.
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The Macellum consists of a tuff quadriporticus with a hall for worship in an elevated position on the eastern side, in line with the entrance. The Macellum of Pompeii was nothing more than the city market where people could buy food. Located north-east of the Forum, the complex had to remain out of the way from the square so as not to create too much crowding, given the high number of people who certainly frequented it. The walls of the porticoes were decorated with scenes from daily life, such as selling fish and poultry, and mythological subjects.
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Via dell'Abbondanza is one of the main streets of the ancient city of Pompeii, in Campania, which connected the Forum with the Amphitheatre.
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The Stabian Baths were built at different times. The initial phase of construction dates back to the 4th BC. (the gym with the trapezoid base). The main entrance by via dell'Abbondanza leads to a large courtyard. The pool is found to the left, whereas a colonnade is found to the right, which leads to the men's quarters, which are split into the apodyterium (dressing room), with the frigidarium (for cold baths), which leads to the tepidarium (for medium temperature baths) and then to the calidarium (for hot baths).The heating was guaranteed by a piping system in the walls and double floors that circulated the hot air coming from the furnaces and from mobile braziers. The women's quarters, close to the men's quarters, was split the same way in the apodyterium, tepidarium and calidarium. However, all were smaller and had no rich decorations as the men's quarters.) The baths that we can admire today were built in the 2nd century BC, a period in which Pompeii underwent a major building renovation. In the spa not only did people bathe, but they also discussed politics, battles, trials, women... it was the city living room where the events of the day were discussed.
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The brothel of Pompeii, with its erotic paintings, is one of the best-known buildings of the excavations and had the function of a brothel. The prostitutes in the brothel were mostly Greek and Oriental slaves. 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. The brothel is named from lupa, a Latin word meaning 'prostitute'.
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The Large Theatre was built around the middle of the 2nd century BC and significantly restored according to the Roman stlye. In the theatre they represented comedies and tragedies of Greek-Roman tradition. The theatre was the first large public building completely freed from the deposits of the eruption.
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Sorrentino Vini was founded in 1990 by the passion of Paolo Sorrentino. The company is currently the largest one of Vesuvius as it has 35 hectares of property, all located within the Vesuvius National Park. The most famous wine produced on Vesuvius is Lacryma Christi. It is the only DOC product (controlled designation of origin) produced on Vesuvius.
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The ruins of Herculaneum are archaeological site in the southern Campania region, near the coast of the Gulf of Naples. Once a small and sophisticated Roman city, Herculaneum was buried under meters of ash and pumice after the catastrophic eruption of Vesuvius in 79 A.D. The site is still perfectly preserved, has remains of streets, houses and villas excavated that visitors can admire.
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The luxurious house with sea view terrace belonged to Q. Granius Verus, a slave freed shortly before the destruction of Herculaneum. In the garden there are two statues of deer assaulted by a pack of dogs, from these the house takes its name
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Enchanting are the mosaics in glass paste, (very expensive for the time), with floral and hunting scenes and in a central position the mosaic with Neptune and Amphyfrite , (the marine deity and his wife).
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The skeleton house is probably the result of the aggregation of three smaller buildings, and its name derives from the discovery of human remains in a second-floor room in 1831.
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The Sacellum of the Augustales was built near the forum when Emperor Augustus was still alive and in power. It is a building with a quadrangular plan that preserves the splendid frescoes that represent: Hercules entering the Olympus in the company of Jupiter, Juno, Minerva and Hercules against Achelous. The janitor’s skeleton was found in his room lying on the bed.
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The house of the Hotel is an house of roman times, buried during the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 and found following the archaeological excavations of Herculaneum. The house of the Hotel is located on the edge of the hill, in a panoramic position, with its two thousand hundred and fifty square meters is the largest house of Herculaneum so far discovered and is also the only one of the city to own a spa district was for these reasons considered at first to be a hotel.
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The house of the black salon owes its name to its party hall entirely painted in black with geometric patterns. In this house were found waxed tablets of L. Venidius Ennychus who is supposed to have owned the house. The tablets speak of her eligibility for Augustale, the purchase of a slave, and the birth of a daughter.

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Posted By : 324orlam
This was a great trip, tour guides were very informative and showed us a lot in a small amount of time. The addition of food and wine tasting in the vineyard was great! Highly recommend this tour to anyone!
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Posted On : 2024-07-06 05:48:19

Posted By : adrianamH913ZX
Tour especial, muito bem organizado e guiado por Annalisa em Pompei e pela arqueóloga Mônica em Ercolano. Giovanna, a guia que nos ciceroneou no transfer também foi ótima.
O almoço foi uma grata oportunidade para confraternizar e conhecer turistas muito gentis e simpáticos com quem compartilhei o tour.
É uma empresa que recomendo com muito prazer!
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Posted On : 2024-06-28 12:28:38

Posted By : 510juliag
My wife and I really enjoyed our tour to Pompeii and Herculaneum. The guides and the drivers were good, and there were no queues to enter. The small group meant there was a good spirit and chat between the participants. Lunch at a beautiful winery on the lower slopes of Vesuvius was outstanding - nice food and wine produced on site. I was impressed that the lunch stop was used as a hub to "mix and match" tours, depending on whether clients has chosen full or half day trips, and their destination for the afternoon. At the end of the trip my wife left her phone on the bus, but after a quick call to the office it was found and returned very efficiently.
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Posted On : 2024-05-18 05:44:35

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