Private Excursion to Pompeii and Mt. Vesuvius from Sorrento
Sorrento, Italy
Trip Type: Private Sightseeing Tours
Duration: 8 hours
Private tour to Pompei & Vesuvius with personal and English driver and private car at disposal.
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Private tour to Pompei & Vesuvius with personal and English driver and private car at disposal.Departure in the morning by private and comfortable car for a tour of Pompeii and Vesuvius with an English speaking driver. The city of Pompeii was destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD and forgotten for hundreds of years under layer of ash and cinder. Today, this UNESCO World Heritage Site is one of the most popular tourist attractions of Italy. It is a journey in to the past. You will discover, through a walk among the excavations the moments that preceded the tragic explosion.
You can experience the life in ancient times, public and above all private. The most surprising aspect is in fact, the high number of homes and villas in which the bottles, glassware, furnishings, and ovens are intact permitting you to see into the most personal aspects of the everyday life of its inhabitants.
During the day you can visit the Forum, which was the active centre of the city, the Temple of Apollo, the Basilica, the most important public building seat of courts of justice and centre of economic life, the Vespasian Temple, and what’s more the famous Forum Thermal Baths, the Roman’s relaxing area divided into sections for men and women with shared central heating. The tour continues to Mount Vesuvius, one of the most important and active volcano of Europe.
The climbing until the crater’s edge is very pleasant and the view from the top is really breath-taking; in fact the mount dominates the Bay of Naples with its characteristic cone. From the top you can observe the whole extent of the southern part of the volcano feeling absorbed by a savage beauty. In the 1991 the institution of Vesuvius National Park was decreed and the “World Biosphere Reserve” status was given to it by UNESCO.
You can experience the life in ancient times, public and above all private. The most surprising aspect is in fact, the high number of homes and villas in which the bottles, glassware, furnishings, and ovens are intact permitting you to see into the most personal aspects of the everyday life of its inhabitants.
During the day you can visit the Forum, which was the active centre of the city, the Temple of Apollo, the Basilica, the most important public building seat of courts of justice and centre of economic life, the Vespasian Temple, and what’s more the famous Forum Thermal Baths, the Roman’s relaxing area divided into sections for men and women with shared central heating. The tour continues to Mount Vesuvius, one of the most important and active volcano of Europe.
The climbing until the crater’s edge is very pleasant and the view from the top is really breath-taking; in fact the mount dominates the Bay of Naples with its characteristic cone. From the top you can observe the whole extent of the southern part of the volcano feeling absorbed by a savage beauty. In the 1991 the institution of Vesuvius National Park was decreed and the “World Biosphere Reserve” status was given to it by UNESCO.
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