ITALY:2002
Up! Pompeii
"Up Pompeii" was a British TV series in the 1960s, or 70s, featuring Frankie Howard, set in Pompeii. So when we arrived here, we had seen it all before as a TV set.
Well not really. Pompeii is just so, so, so big...I guess about the size of a small English town. To explore it all would take days, so our advice is to take a tour, and just see what you can. The tour was excellent and in no way spoilt the independence of being able to poke around on our own.
It's just as if the town is still alive, the difference being the streets of today throng with modern tourists, rather than toga wearing Romans.
Pompeii is huge, hot and really all a bit to much, but a MUST SEE..
Anyone with a child at school doing Romans would find a visit to Pompeii of great help to their child.
In a child's mind history would come alive and the streets would once more fill with the bustle of Roman life.
You can freely take photographs anywhere, both inside and outside, and use flash. From a conservation point of view, the use of flash may need to be restricted one day in the future.
Vesuvius watches over Pompeii.....will it one day erupt and hide Pompeii again?
When you leave there may be an offer of a 3 course restaurant meal for 11 Euro, ..with no extras...take it, it`s a great offer, air-conditioned restaurant, ideal!
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