Pompeii aka: Pompei

The guides were wonderful. It is truly an amazing place and if you like history or archeology, you will really enjoy it. It took several hours to tour and I could have spend more.

Even though Pompeii is awesome, I would recommend visiting Ercolano/Herculaneum even more than Pomepeii !
Because it was closer to Vesuvius, it is much better preserved !

Very cool place, wish I would have had a guide but did ok on my own.

I imagine this place to be a beatuiful jewel of frozen history. I was captivated by the erie pictures of the frozen people unearthed from ashes of vesuvius as a child and am very excited to be traveling there this fall.

A don’t miss location. The highlight had to be when and Italian man felt he had to lean over and point out the, in his words “magic penis”, that was painted in an entry way. Priceless.

INCREDIBLE when you’re here it feels like you’ve gone back in time and the original inhabitants are just about to come back

lots of history!

In high school, I was a Latin geek and we regularly talked about Vesuvius. I find the history simply fascinating!

I was as sick as a dog – need to return! At least I chose somewhere memorable to share my breakfast with!

I went to Pompeii roughly 4 years ago. It is definitely worth the cost of admission. As everyone (including the tours) say, BRING LOTS OF WATER. As you’re walking ancient ruins, there is very little to no shade on the streets.

If you can manage it, get into some of the building which are open to the public and look around. The preserved frescoes are awesome and you get the feeling of being a Roman on the streets—down to the ruts in the streets from the carts.

Big photo opportunity! When you get to the center of the city at the forum, stand at the far end toward the old temple. You get a beautiful symmetrical shot of the columns from the forum, the altar of the temple and then Mt. Vesuvius in the background.

If you’re into Ancient Rome or love wandering ruins aimlessly, another trip when you’re in The Eternal City is a day trip out to Ostia Antica. The city is preserved pretty well (some places more than others). The great advantage is that it has MUCH fewer tourists. You’ll want to watch out for the more secluded areas of the site, but definitely check out one of Rome’s less rich port cities. There are apartments, a theatre and a preserved marketplace. Definitely also worth the trip.