Paestum Travel Blogs

Paestum is the classical Roman name of a major Graeco-Roman city in the Campania. Founded around the end of the 7th century BC by colonists from the Greece, and originally known as Poseidonia.The main features of the site today are the standing remains of three major temples in Doric style, dating …

I fell in love with Sicily the first time I visited Palermo, especially the Greek ruins.  I'd heard about Paestum but was too excited about Sicily - So I spent most of the first 3 years in Italy constantly exploring down there.  I finally got down to Paestum after around the 4th year and …

  This is a place you'l have to visit. The museum in front of the entrance of paestum is worth visiting too!

Amalfi Coast, Capri, Paestum, Pompei,Rome, Sistine Chapel,Vatican, Vesuvius

We visited here after seeing Pompeii. The temples are in amazingly good condition, despite being from the 6th century BC. All are standing to their true height (approx 30 ft) with complete sides and floors. It's as if they are "only" 500 years old. Each temple is approximately 100 yards in length b…

Al villaggio "Arco Naturale" di Palinuro ed escursioni a Paestum e alle grotte di Castelcivita

this trip was organised by my school in our sixth year. an unforgetable experience! I will go back there, but not to visit its many museums but to get to know the people a little bit more. There are some gaps in the dates because i didn't take pictures at that time ( raining, like in Ravenna, or dead batteries :) ) Some pictures may be from another place I visited in Italy, so give me a mail if you see some wrong titles at the pictures ( nobody is perfect :) )