Tourist attractions Pompei

The oldest baths in Pompeii (2C BC) were comprised of a section for women and a section for men. To the left of the palestra are a changing room and a pool. Beyond, to the right, are the women's baths: changing rooms with lockers, a tepidarium and a ..

This is the main square where everything happened in ancient times. The large pedestrianised area was the setting for the city’s main public buildings – the great basilica where judicial and business matters were conducted, the macellum (covered ma..

This is without doubt the most attractive house in Pompeii. It has been faithfully reconstructed (the roof of the atrium has just been restored) and it has a delightful garden with statues, basins and fountains. The frescoes in the triclimium depic..

The first mystery is where in fact are the wall paintings which made the reputation of this villa? They are very hard to find in this maze of rooms. The second mystery is that of the paintings themselves; on a red Pompeiian background is a splendid f..

The volcano’s familiar yet menacing profile is the dominant feature of the Bay of Naples . Inextricably linked though it is to the disaster of Pompeii, the lower slopes of Vesuvius are today fertile land planted with fruit trees and vines producing ..

These small baths date back to Augustus’ reign. Visitors see the men's baths with palestra, changing rooms, frigidarium with frescoed ceiling, tepidarium and caldarium, then the women's baths with waiting room, changing rooms with mosaic pavement..

This was the residence of the most powerful family in Ravello. It is grandiose with massive towers, yet delicate with a Sicilian-Norman style cloister opening onto superb gardens laid out in terraces above the sea. The panoramic view is marvellous, a..

A pastiche villa in the eclectic 19C style so dear to the Bloomsbury Set , with a false Gothic cloister and a large vaulted room. Not to mention an extraordinary garden laid out like a belvedere, a true balcony overlooking the sea in a vertigo-induc..

A coastline lapped by clear waters, beautiful villas set among luxuriant greenery, perched villages and fishing communities tucked away in little bays... The Amalfi Coast is renowned far and wide, bringing visitors in their droves to explore this coa..

Covering 80km from Pozzuoli in the north to Sorrento in the south, the Bay of Naples makes for an expansive panorama: to the west the Phlegraean Fields with their intense geological activity; to the south the wild and rugged Sorrento peninsula (cliff..

Concerts, ballets, oratorical meetings were the shows put on in this "small" room (800 seats nevertheless!) which was previously covered in a wooden roof and which from the early days of Roman colonisation (80 BC).

Here in the fullonicae new clothes were washed by being trampled in vats filled it with a mix of water and soda... or urine. This workshop was set up in old dwelling-house.

This large patrician house is richly decorated with paintings in the 4th Pompeian style (combining the architectural details of the 2nd with pastel scenes and landscapes of the 3rd). Notice the superb peristyle with the Doric columns covered in stucc..

One of ancient Pompeii’s main commercial thoroughfares is today one of the site’s most charming, lined by shops and houses.

Of exceptional splendour, this is an immense house with two atriums, two peristyles and a dining room for every season. The original of the faun bronze statue which adorned one of the impluviums is in the museum in Naples. The rooms were decorated wi..

This huge gateway with two portals for pedestrians flanking a larger one for vehicles leads into Via delle Tombe and to the Villa dei Misteri.

It is hard to describe the melancholy charm of this street flanked by monumental tombs and cypress trees. There are tombs with niches, small circular or square temples, altars resting on plinths, drum-shaped mausoleums, semi-circular seats (exedrae),..

This handsome residence has many original wall paintings, including portraits, still life, landscapes and a surprising number of peacock representations. Within the villa, the kitchens are easily identified (with ovens and sink), as are the latrines,..

This mountain belongs to the Lattari range, which separates the gulf of Naples from the gulf of Salerno. From the Capi belvedere, you have a panoramic view over the golf of Naples. In addition, if you climb even higher, the unrestricted view from..

An inscription states that this bakery belonged to Sextus Patulus Felix. In the shop and back room of the baker's you can see mills and a large oven.