VOLCANOES, GODS, AND EMPERORS- Departure Naples – Naples, Italy

EXPERIENCE:

Explore Italy’s most amazing but hidden region that combines the legends of the ancient Greeks, with the power of the Roman Empire infused with stunning volcanic activity and sublime Mediterranean scenery. We start after being picked up at your chosen location and heading towards the entrance of the Flavian Amphitheater of Pozzuoli. You will be amazed with Rome’s third largest amphitheater with the best underground section of any coliseum, and it is your chance to get up close and personal with history. We will discover the legends and stories of the gladiator games, beastly hunts, mock naval battles, and the plight of early Christian leaders that met their demise right here. Next, we will depart and walk downwards towards the Rione Terra. Here we will go beneath the medieval and modern streets to experience a mini-Pompeii! Still very much intact, we will walk along a real Roman road from 2,000 years ago. This amazing site allows us to see Roman homes, shops, including bakeries and a mill, and get a feel for life in the empire. One-of-a-kind experience. Next, we will venture further down to the lower reaches of the city until reaching the Temple of Serapis, which was in antiquity a Roman marketplace. The standing columns show the marks of the many mollusks that clung on as the land rose and sank again repeatedly over the millennia. This effect is known as Bradyseism owing to the volcanic nature of the land, and you will see how it is still active todayAfter some free time for lunch, we will venture through the medieval streets of Pozzuoli, discussing the town’s fabled history that included a visit, according to the bible, of the apostle Paul. Our day ends here around 15:00 and we will be met by our transportation and be shuttled back to your accommodations after first seeing, from the outside, the circus of the Emperor Antoninus Pius and the ancient imperial bath complex known as the Temple of Neptune.

ABOUT THIS EXPERIENCE

– Departure from: Naples, Gaeta, Sorrento
– Lenght: 5 – 7 hours from Naples or Sorrento
– Hotel pick up in Sorrento (7.30 am), Naples or Gaeta (8 am) – Every day
– Available in English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, or French
– Not suitable for wheelchair users

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS:

Be amazed with the third largest Roman amphiteater of the ancient empire
Visit the misterious underground Greco-Roman city underneath Pozzuoli
View the former Roman market of Puteoli (Temple of Serapis)
Walk through the medieval town – Free time for lunch

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