Day 27
The following day we walked the 150 yards from our hotel to Porta Marina gates of Pompeii, and at 9-00am precisely we entered with other seekers of historical titillation...(oooh, missus) not now lurcio !
We walked nearly 5 miles and didn't see it all, some of it closed off to the public, some of it only opens on certain days, some of it we didn't see because we were shattered and only just managed to get back to the hotel.
It is a physically demanding site, the old paths and roads are difficult, I'd love to know how many broken ankles they deal with each season. Added this are endless tour groups jostling for position at each of the sites makes it difficult to get time to appreciate what your looking at.
For anyone thinking of visiting Pompeii, my advice is either find the money for a local guide or audio guide or get a very good guide book. We had downloaded a guide to the site but you still found it frustrating not really knowing what you were looking at.
Anyway a few more photos to bore you with...
Mount Vesuvius in the background...
I think the God's were trying to tell me something...
The following day we walked the 150 yards from our hotel to Porta Marina gates of Pompeii, and at 9-00am precisely we entered with other seekers of historical titillation...(oooh, missus) not now lurcio !
We walked nearly 5 miles and didn't see it all, some of it closed off to the public, some of it only opens on certain days, some of it we didn't see because we were shattered and only just managed to get back to the hotel.
It is a physically demanding site, the old paths and roads are difficult, I'd love to know how many broken ankles they deal with each season. Added this are endless tour groups jostling for position at each of the sites makes it difficult to get time to appreciate what your looking at.
For anyone thinking of visiting Pompeii, my advice is either find the money for a local guide or audio guide or get a very good guide book. We had downloaded a guide to the site but you still found it frustrating not really knowing what you were looking at.
Anyway a few more photos to bore you with...
Mount Vesuvius in the background...
I think the God's were trying to tell me something...