Ottaviano Trip Overview
Where is Pompeii?
The world famous Pompeii is 150 miles south of Rome, fairly close to Naples. It is a long day from
Rome or an easy excursion from Naples or the popular holiday area around Sorrento. .
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Duration: 8 hours
Starts: Ottaviano, Italy
Trip Category: Shore Excursions >> Ports of Call Tours
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Where is Pompeii?
The world famous Pompeii is 150 miles south of Rome, fairly close to Naples. It is a long day from
Rome or an easy excursion from Naples or the popular holiday area around Sorrento. .
Stop At: Vesuvius National Park, Via Palazzo del Principe, 80044 Ottaviano Italy
Tour Pompeii Vesuvius and Sorrento
Pompeii is a site (ruin) that words or pictures can not describe or capture. Filled with so much history. It is a must see where one can marvel over in person. If interested we can arrange a 2hour private tour guide for Pompeii for an additional cost of 120 euros.
Vesuvious is a stratovolcano in the Gulf of Naples, Italy about 9 kilometers east of Naples. A view of Naples at the height of the eruption in 1944 with the City of Torre del Greco in the background. Spectacular view!
Sorrento is a small quaint town in Campania, Southern Italy that is filled with shops, taverns, villas, hotels and incredible scenery. A must see place as well.
Duration: 8 hours
Stop At: Pompeii Archaeological Park, Porta Marina (via Villa dei Misteri), 80045 Pompeii Italy
The ruins at Pompeii were first discovered late in the 16th century by the architect Domenico Fontana. Herculaneum was discovered in 1709, and systematic excavation began there in 1738. Work did not begin at Pompeii until 1748, and in 1763 an inscription (“Rei publicae Pompeianorum”) was found that identified the site as Pompeii. The work at these towns in the mid-18th century marked the start of the modern science of archeology.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Sorrento, Sorrento, Province of Naples, Campania
The Roman name for Sorrento was Surrentum. Legends indicate a close connection between Lipara and Surrentum, as though the latter had been a colony of the former; and even through the Imperial period Surrentum remained largely Greek.
The oldest ruins are Oscan, dating from about 600 BC. Before its control by the Roman Republic, Surrentum was one of the towns subject to Nuceria, and shared its fortunes up to the Social War; it seems to have joined in the revolt of 90 BC like Stabiae; and was reduced to obedience in the following year, when it seems to have received a colony.
Duration: 1 hour
