Pompeii Travel Blogs, Travelogues and Travel Journals

We got our tickets to the ruins of Pompeii and headed in.  You get a map of the city with numbered sites marked and a corresponding booklet that has a brief description of the room or site you are looking at.  It is well designed, but we had trouble finding a couple spots.  So we started out at number one and were already out of order by number 8.  Then we decided to just skip around and see the sights we wanted to see and any that were nearby.  I was amazed to…

So considering that neither my sister, nor I had slept much on the flight you would think we would have slept well that first night, and you would be wrong.  Sleep did not come easy or for long, but we were still up and at it like champs for day 2.  We had a train scheduled to leave at 745am for Napoli (Naples) so we got up at about 615am.  Early enough to pack up because we had to check out of the hotel as we would be staying somewhere else for the next 2 nights.  &n…

Today we decided to take our life in our hands and ride the rickety local bus down the mountains to see the ruins at Pompeii.  Pompeii was a major Roman city that was buried under rocks and ash when the volcano Vesuvius erupted on August 24th, 79AD.  We   have seen a lot of ruins in Greece, but they are just a few walls and columns and a lot of rubble; this is a complete city that was preserved by the ashes, you can almost visualize daily life here.  It was a very large…

a wonderfull place, with a deep history..this goes for either Naples as Pompeii. The palace outside Naples was wonderfull and wonderfull romantic gardens, with waterfalls. and offcourse Naples, i am very happy that Daniela was with me to show me her wonderfull city and being such a good friend..she knows realy a lot about Naples and history. i never forget this

In 2004, I went to Italy with the same group that went to Paris. We rented a nice apartment in Rome and spent the majority of the week there. We did one day trip to Pompeii. The food was amazing, as was the weather, the art, and the culture.

"Come here Ms. Texas.  Touch this wall.  It is 2600 years old.  There are no walls like this in your country."  Guido, the tour guide. Our day began with breakfast at the hotel: warm french bread, cheese, salami, cereal, red (?!) orange juice and lemon poundcake.  Next we head out to meet a bus for a day long tour of Pompeii and Mt. Vesuvius.  Quick history lesson: in August 79 AD, Mt. Vesuvius erupted sending toxic gas fumes, mud and ash into the air.  In …

When planning this trip to Pompeii I thought of just spending 4 hours and then heading to Rome again because I still don’t have any good photos of Rome in my 5 trips there.  Once arriving at Pompeii I was stunned, I had no idea the city was this big; well I ended up spending the whole day here and still did not see it all. The famous city of Pompeii was destroyed by Mount Vesuvius Volcano eruption on 24th of August 79 AD that buried it under ash and rock. It was that very eruption th…

Rome, Pompeii, Tuscany & Venice. July 2006

A cruise to the Greek islands, Italy, Turkey, and Monaco. Before the cruise, we spent a couple extra days in Rome.

We spent 11 days on a tour through Italy. We started in Venice then we proceeded to Florence, Rome, Naples, Pompeii, Positano and ended in Milan. We were there at a great time too because of all the World Cup excitement.

Toured Italy and Switzerland in June 1994. Beautiful Countries.

Rome, Venice, Naples and Pompeii.

Fourth stop of Mediterranean cruise. Words can't describe Amalfi Coast's charm! Highlights: 1. Gorgeous coastline (reminds me of N. California coast on steroids) 2. Positano & Amalfi 3. Ravello, my favorite village 4. Pompeii ruins 5. View of Naples

Rome, Vatican City, down the Amalfi Coast to Sorrento and Positano and then up to Florence.

An amazing vacation with my cousin; we traveled from Venice, Italy through many Greek islands, Croatia, to Istanbul, Turkey. Beautiful!