When you get to Pompeii, you realise that little in the world has changed in 2,000 years. It is an open-air museum with its thermae, markets, city court, commodity exchange, temples, gladiator barracks, theatre and amphitheatre, wide and comfortable streets, perfectly preserved houses decorated with frescoes, fountains. It seems that people have left their homes for a few minutes and are about to come back.
Vesuvius is a dormant volcano that can be expected to offer endless surprises. A volcano that has become the calling card of one of Italy’s most fascinating cities, Naples. You will hear about its history, its geology, go up to the crater itself and have your photo taken against the backdrop of the islands of Capri and Ischia, Procida and Ventotene.
