Full-Day Sorrento Positano Pompeii Tour
Portici, Italy
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Trip Type: Ports of Call Tours
Duration: 9 hours
Shore excursions starting at 8:00AM from the ports of Naples or Salerno. Meeting point with your English speaking driver is down below the ship you will visit the Archaeological site of Pompeii, the beautiful city of Sorrento and Positano. Return to the ship by 5:00PM.
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Shore excursions starting at 8:00AM from the ports of Naples or Salerno. Meeting point with your English speaking driver is down below the ship you will visit the Archaeological site of Pompeii, the beautiful city of Sorrento and Positano. Return to the ship by 5:00PM.
Sorrento, is one of the most important resorts in south Italy. Spend an hour walking through streets with fine old shops selling ceramics, lacework and intarsio (marquetry items), and many other unique items famously produced in this area.
After the visit in Sorrento drive along the Amalfi coast to Positano, stopping many times for to admire the views and take photos. Positano is know as the vertical city and it's one of the most popular tourist destinations in Italy.
Positano is the coast’s most picturesque and photogenic town, with vertiginous houses tumbling down to the sea in a cascade of sun-bleached peach, pink and terracotta colors. No less colorful are its steep streets and steps lined with wisteria-draped hotels, smart restaurants and fashionable boutiques. One hour walking around to discover the beauty of the city.
After Positano, drive to Pompeii with a lunch stops in between. Getting in Pompeii, (around 2:30pm) your driver will introduce you to a local guide who will take you for a 2-hour tour of the archaeological site.
Pompeii was founded in the VII century B.C. by the Oscans who settled on the slopes of Vesuvius and in an area not far from the river Sarno. In that period Pompei was an important trade center so it became object of the Greek, Etruscan and Samnites expansionist aims. In the third century B.C. Pompeii was conquered by the Romans and in a short time it became the most important port on the bay of Naples. It was very important for the Roman trade exchanges as it began to export wine and olive oil to Provencal and Spain.
In 62 A.D. when the city was about 2,000 inhabitants and economically very important, it suffered heavy damages from an earthquake and the Roman senate ordered immediately the reconstruction of the town, but only 17 years later while many works were under construction, on August 24th 79 a tremendous eruption of the volcano Vesuvius completely submerged the city under 6/7 meters of lava and volcanic ash which cancelled all forms of life. A few hundred years after the disaster, the name and also the location was forgotten. The town was accidentally discovered in the 1600 and excavated in the 19th and 20th centuries. Due to its excellent state of preservation it has given an invaluable insight into the Roman world and may lay claim to being the richest archaeological site in the world. Return to the car by 4:45pm and drive back to your ship.
Sorrento, is one of the most important resorts in south Italy. Spend an hour walking through streets with fine old shops selling ceramics, lacework and intarsio (marquetry items), and many other unique items famously produced in this area.
After the visit in Sorrento drive along the Amalfi coast to Positano, stopping many times for to admire the views and take photos. Positano is know as the vertical city and it's one of the most popular tourist destinations in Italy.
Positano is the coast’s most picturesque and photogenic town, with vertiginous houses tumbling down to the sea in a cascade of sun-bleached peach, pink and terracotta colors. No less colorful are its steep streets and steps lined with wisteria-draped hotels, smart restaurants and fashionable boutiques. One hour walking around to discover the beauty of the city.
After Positano, drive to Pompeii with a lunch stops in between. Getting in Pompeii, (around 2:30pm) your driver will introduce you to a local guide who will take you for a 2-hour tour of the archaeological site.
Pompeii was founded in the VII century B.C. by the Oscans who settled on the slopes of Vesuvius and in an area not far from the river Sarno. In that period Pompei was an important trade center so it became object of the Greek, Etruscan and Samnites expansionist aims. In the third century B.C. Pompeii was conquered by the Romans and in a short time it became the most important port on the bay of Naples. It was very important for the Roman trade exchanges as it began to export wine and olive oil to Provencal and Spain.
In 62 A.D. when the city was about 2,000 inhabitants and economically very important, it suffered heavy damages from an earthquake and the Roman senate ordered immediately the reconstruction of the town, but only 17 years later while many works were under construction, on August 24th 79 a tremendous eruption of the volcano Vesuvius completely submerged the city under 6/7 meters of lava and volcanic ash which cancelled all forms of life. A few hundred years after the disaster, the name and also the location was forgotten. The town was accidentally discovered in the 1600 and excavated in the 19th and 20th centuries. Due to its excellent state of preservation it has given an invaluable insight into the Roman world and may lay claim to being the richest archaeological site in the world. Return to the car by 4:45pm and drive back to your ship.
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