Your airconditioned
chauffeur driven vehicle will meet you at the pier of
Naples and proceed to Pompei to visit the remains of the ancient
city
petrified in 79 a.d. by the molten lava from the eruption
of The Vesuvius.
Discovered in 1628, the remains of a forum, a basilica, public
baths,
shops, bars and houses, a drainage system, paintings, frescoes
and
pottery bear witness to a standard of life more than 2000
years ago.
It takes approximately 2 hours to walk the paths of history.
Drive to Sorrento , the Etruscan / Greek city, land of Ulysses,
Greek trade,
lemon groves and colour!
Native city of the poet Torquato Tasso 1544; and haunt of
literary
artists such as Keats, Byron, Scott and Dickens during the
1800s.
The old city centre surrounded by the Greek city walls that
you can see
under the level of the Porta Parsano Nuova, is untouched by
time and
development.
The cloister of Saint Francesco and the Basilica of San Antonino
are two
of the famous churches, while the Palazzo Veniero from the
13th Century
and the Durazzo Portals belong to the old palaces of the noble
families.
Walk along the streets lined with shops and cafes, the principle
handicraft is inlaid wood.
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