Archeology Experience Naples & Surrounding Half day Tour

  The region of Campania has been inhabited since ever and, as a consequence, there are many archaeological areas to be visited, so this category of tours really is very rich. Some of these tours are very well known destinations,, always part of the itineraries, but besides these ones there are many areas, which are not world famous or so much visited. So even the visitor, who has been here already, has the opportunity to see something new but however interesting. This category includes, besides the ruins, the museums where most of the findings are kept, therefore fulfilling the archaeological interest. Tour 1  POMPEI During the eruption of 79 A.d. Pompei was not destroyed but just "sealed off" by volcanic materials, its preservation is unique in the world. When you visit Pompei, you literally travel back to the past. Streets, shops, villas, baths are all intact, with still bright frescoes and mosaics. In this tour, you will admire the Forum area with its public buildings, the temples, the market place, the spas, the villas of rich Roman merchants.  Tour 2 PHLAEGREN FIELDS The northern extremity of the bay of Naples, also known as the bay of Pozzuoli, is a mixture of landscape, history and archaeology. During the tour you’ll visit the ruins of Cuma, the first greek colony of the Mediterranean; Pozzuoli, which became during the Roman Empire, one of the richest ports of the Empire; and the Solfatara, an impressive example of a resting volcano, with bubbling mud and fumerolles, a moon-like scenary..