Anyone been to Pompeii? I've always wanted to see it, but seems like

raccoon

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Fri Oct-12-07 11:00 AM
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Anyone been to Pompeii? I've always wanted to see it, but seems like

most tours that go to Rome/Italy don't include it. Is it worth seeing?

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Mon Oct-15-07 10:45 AM
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1. You need a tour that goes to Capri/Sorrento or Naples

it will most likely include or have an option for Pompeii.

Yes, it is worth seeing, it is really cool. I was there in 1997 for an architectural history program. Make sure you get to Capri, it is gorgeous!

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Mon Oct-15-07 05:15 PM
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2. Definitely see it, and Herculaneum too, if at all possible. Check references to the Amalfi coast.

Pompeii is absolutely incredible. You might have to do it as a separate trip, along the Amalfi Coast (Naples, Sorrento, Positano, Capri, etc). It would be hard to coordinate it with a 'Roman Holiday', so to speak, unless you have lots of time and facilities for travel to the coast.

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Tue Nov-06-07 12:12 PM
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3. Pompeii is really cool

hey, have your ever thought of Elderhostel? http://www.elderhostel.org/

I don't know if you are the age that they require, but being a letter carrier, I see their brochures and they look very interesting.

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Tue Nov-06-07 02:51 PM
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4. I've been on one of their trips, to Canada, last summer.

I really enjoyed that trip and plan to go on some more.

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Tue Nov-06-07 03:04 PM
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5. another neat spot in Italy is

Cinqueterre - five lands. http://www.cinqueterre.it/en/index.asp

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Wed Dec-19-07 01:17 PM
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6. I've been there twice. You must also go to museum in Naples!

The archaeological museum in Naples is where many of the Pompeii mosaics were taken. Be sure to book a viewing of the "secret room" in the museum, where all the erotic stuff is kept on display. You have to ask about it when you get there because it's not open to the public at large. It's easy to get into -- and SO eye-opening.

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Wed Mar-26-08 04:30 PM
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7. been 4 times....but go to Paestum!

this is such an old thread...hopefully you haven't left yet..
drive down the beautiful Amalfi Coast to Paestum and you will see the most beautiful Greek ruins in the middle of nowhere with no tourists...it's eerily beautiful!
http://www.paestum.de/en/paestum.htm

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