Overview

The eruption in AD 79 spelled a fiery end for Pompeii, but after the catastrophe the ruins are almost perfectly preserved under layers of Volcanic ash. Thousands of years later, you can still explore the eerie streets and step inside homes, bathhouses, and restaurants places with our authorized guided tour and head for a leisurely tour around the city which paints a vivid picture of life in final days before the eruption. Our tour was created to have a unique memory and discover the ancient city of Pompeii and its hidden treasures, which has been declared World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
• Explore the ruins of Pompeii with an authorized local guide
• Semi-private and air-conditioned buses
• Entrance reserved in Pompeii
• Wine tasting and lunch with local products

Description

Pass By: Sorrento, Sorrento

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!

Stop At: Bar Kontatto, Corso Italia, 257, 80067 Sorrento NA, Italy

Departure from Sorrento in Lauro Square by our meeting point - "Bar Kontatto" at Corso Italia, 257

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Pompeii Archaeological Park, Porta Marina (via Villa dei Misteri), Pompeii 80045

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.

Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Forum, Via Villa dei Misteri, Pompeii 80045

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.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Tempio di Giove Capitolino, Via Del Tempio Di Giove, 18, Pompeii 00186

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.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Macellum, Via Villa Dei Misteri, Regio VII, Building 12, Pompeii 80045

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.

Duration: 10 minutes

Pass By: Via dell’Abbondanza, Via dell_Abbondanza, Pompeii 80045

Via dell'Abbondanza is one of the main streets of the ancient city of Pompeii, in Campania, which connected the Forum with the Amphitheatre.

Stop At: Stabian Baths (Terme Stabiane), Via Del Foro, 26, Pompeii

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.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Lupanar, Via Villa Dei Misteri 2, Approximately Two Blocks East of The Forum at The Intersection of Vico del Lupanare and Vico del Balcone Pensile, Pompeii 80045

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'.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Teatro Grande, Via Paganora 19/A, Pompeii

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.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Sorrentino Vini, Via Fruscio 2, Boscotrecase 80042

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.

Duration: 2 hours