Shore excursions - Day tours - Transfers

HERCULANEUM - POMPEII - NAPLES

 

You will be provided with an English speaking driver for transportation service, on your request, it is also available a private guide (with extra charge), for the whole day or just for the visit of the ruins.  The driver will be waiting for you at your port of arrival,  or outside of your accommodation, holding a sign with your name on it.

 

POMPEII

A once-thriving commercial port of 20,000, Pompeii grew from Greek and Etruscan roots to become an important Roman city. Then, on August 24, A.D. 79, everything changed. Vesuvius erupted and began to bury the city under 30 feet of hot volcanic ash. For the archaeologists who excavated it centuries later, this was a shake-and-bake windfall, teaching them volumes about daily Roman life.

 

NAPLES

Neapolis (“new city”) was a thriving Greek commercial center 2,500 years ago. Today, it remains southern Italy’s leading city. Naples impresses visitors with one of Europe’s top archaeological museums (with the artistic treasures of Pompeii), fascinating churches that convey the city’s unique personality and powerful devotion, an underground warren of Greek and Roman ruins, fine works of art (including pieces by Caravaggio, who lived here for a time), and evocative nativity scenes (called presepe ). Naples, of course, makes the best pizza you’ll find anywhere, and tasty pastries as well (try the crispy, ricotta-stuffed sfogliatella ). But more than anything, Naples has a brash and vibrant street life—“Italy in your face” in ways both good and bad.