79 AD is the year that never ends: Vesuvius's eruption buried Pompeii under metres of ash and pumice, and in doing so delivered it intact to the future. The archaeological park — UNESCO-listed since 1997 and among Italy's most visited sites — preserves streets, frescoed villas, snack bars, and the plaster casts of victims that Giuseppe Fiorelli began making in 1863.
Bring serious shoes, water and at least half a day: the excavated site covers 44 hectares, and tickets should always be booked online. The modern town, with its Marian sanctuary, lives on beside the city that stopped.
Parco Archeologico di Pompei · Pompei · Villa dei Misteri and 18 more
Pizza Napoletana · Caprese
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Next up: The Supplication to Our Lady of Pompeii, Saturday 8 May
Nearest airport: Napoli Capodichino, 23 km away
Pompei is part of 🏛️ UNESCO heritage
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📅 Every year, on 8 May and the first Sunday of October
On 8 May and the first Sunday of October tens of thousands of pilgrims reach the sanctuary for the Supplication, recited at the same moment by devotees of the Rosary wherever they are.
Parco Archeologico di Pompei Fiorelli's plaster casts, the Forum and the Villa of the Mysteries in the town Vesuvius sealed. 
Pompei Eight centuries of life before the last day, which can be told hour by hour. 
Villa dei Misteri The villa outside the Herculaneum Gate with the great red frieze of the Dionysian mysteries, restored with las 
casa del Fauno The largest house in Pompeii: the dancing satyr and the Alexander mosaic, with copies in their place. 
anfiteatro romano di Pompei The oldest stone amphitheatre in the world: twenty thousand seats, the riot of AD 59 and Pink Floyd. 
Tempio di Apollo Pompeii's oldest temple, with the Oscan inscription in the floor and Apollo drawing his bow. Straight-line distances from the town centre. Tap a point to open its page.
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Outside Pompei, but an easy day trip away.
