Sorrento Private Minibus Tour to Pompeii and Mount Vesuvius

Highlights

• Pompeii & Vesuvius
• Private Transport
• Panoramic Views

What's included

Itinerary

1. 1

   Sorrento Coast

   1h

   Enjoy the views of one of the most beautiful coasts in the world from the high. We take our way by the cliffs in direction to Pompei. we will also stop for taking pictures of the coast, by a wonderful panoramic point along the way. Sorrento is the perfect city for starting your trip, with a door to door pickup for most of the hotels in town, and hundreds of other pickup spots to make the collection as smooth as possible, like this to make you think only on enjoy the trip. In our way to Pompei, we will pass through Sant'agnello, Piano di Sorrento, Meta and Vico Equense, different neighborhoods with lovely sights and historical architecture, while we reach the highway that will bring us to the Archeological Park.

2. 2

   Archaeological Park of Pompeii

   2h 30min

   Discover the city of Pompei, once a very important commercial point in Roman Imperium. brutally buried by the Vesuvius eruption of 79AC. discover an endless ruin park, full of history you can walk and touch. Pompei is worldwide known for its immensity and story. Once was one of the most important commercial maritime cities of the Roman Imperium. with the emblematic abundance road, majestic forums, rich local art and entertainment together with very modern comforts and amenities for their citizens. Pompei was home of many important families of that century. but one day, everything changed. The massive vulcano (there almost twice than now) that was sleeping beside the city, decided to wake up on a massive pyroclastic eruption that in 3 days, totally buried the city, taking out with heat, gas and ashes, all the Pompeians were used to know, and also the lives of thousands. Admire the scene frizzed of those days on the 79AC, while you walk through city's roads and palaces at your own pace.

3. 3

   Via dell’Abbondanza

   Pass by

   Via dell'Abbondanza is Pompeii's main east-west thoroughfare, stretching over 500-600 meters from the Forum to Porta di Sarno. It is a street rich in domes, shops, and lively commercial activity, characterized by a “humpback” pavement with oval stones for pedestrian crossing.

4. 4

   Casa del Fauno

   10min

   House of the Faun (casa del Fauno) is one of the most important and luxury buildings of Pompei, started to be built during the III century BC and finally modified and amply enlarged during the 120 BC, getting into more than 2900 square meters. The house presents a big central garden (Atrio) with a statue of the Fauno that named the residence. own by an important family of Pompei, the house takes lot of square meters for gardens but not for rooms, demonstrating an important desire to show power and richness from few.

5. 5

   Foro de Pompeya

   10min

   The political and administration center of the city, where the Pompeians voted for the laws and discuss the daily life, it represents a symbol of modern politics and humanism.

6. 6

   Stabian Baths (Terme Stabiane)

   10min

   The Stabian Baths, so named because they are located at the intersection of Via dell'Abbondanza and Via Stabiana, were built around the 4th-3rd century BC. The structure features a trapezoidal porticoed gymnasium at its center: the columns, originally slimmer in shape, were heavily plastered after the earthquake of 62 AC. In the eastern area, the bathing rooms are divided into men's and women's sections: the men's "Frigidarium" (for cold baths) has a dome-shaped vault imitating the sky, niches on the walls, and depictions of marine subjects. It was originally intended to serve as a "Calidarium" (warm baths), as there are rooms where braziers were placed. The women's "Frigidarium" was built after the men's.

7. 7

   Tempio di Giove Capitolino

   10min

   The Temple of Jupiter was built around 250 BC and was originally dedicated to Jupiter: it was built during a period of rapid urban expansion in the city and soon became the main sacred structure in Pompeii . Following the conquest of the city by Lucius Cornelius Sulla, the temple was dedicated to the worship of the Capitoline Triad, hence its name Capitolium. Then, in addition to the veneration of Jupiter, Statues of Juno and Mars were also added: it was customary among the Romans to dedicate temples to these deities in the center of the city, as had previously been done for Jupiter. The Temple of Jupiter, located in the northern part of the forum, is of Italic design and features a high podium, thirty-seven meters long and seventeen meters wide, made with lava and tuff inserts, decorated with half-columns and hollow inside, with an entrance along the east side.

8. 8

   Piccolo Lupanare

   10min

   The Lupanare is the most famous brothel of Pompei, in between probably 3 or more that were present along the city. All around the streets of Pompei, there were clear signs (man penises, many of them still clear visible) conducing the sailors, mostly foreigners that arrived to the city on board commercial vessels, to this pleasure places. Once inside the place, a large number of famous fresh paintings (most still visible), were showing the different services the clients could get from the prostitutes either male or female, all very useful as most of clients were foreigners so did not know the local language. The building is divided in 2 floors with many small rooms where services were provided. The name Lupanare comes from the word they used to call the prostitutes,

Before you go

Location

Italy