"Ruins are reminders
that while time will pass
memories remain"
The entrance ticket costs you €13 but if I am not mistaken, you can enter the site for free on the first Sunday every month from 9am - 12pm. Then, you have three choices on how to explore the city. First, get a two hour walking tour with a tour guide who speaks fluent English. The pros is that you get a lot of information and you can just ask any questions regarding the history. The con is that it costs you additional €12. I am not sure whether it's per head or per group, but it is expensive for us cheapskates.
Second, you may hire an audioguide + map that costs you €6.50 like we did. The pro is that it is less expensive and you can take your sweet time exploring the site. We only hire one audioguide and share it. I know, sharing is caring. The cons are, the audioguide is actually useless and they can't talk back whenever you have questions in mind. I think it's much better if you just read the whole history about Pompeii beforehand. It will save you bucks, trust me. Plus, when you hire the audioguide, they will keep your id (passport) to make sure you return the audioguide to them. But the entrance and exit gate is like 1km away from each other, which is farrr.
Lastly, you can just get yourself a map on the phone and it costs you nothing. Pro, cost free. Cons, you ended up exploring Pompei for hours because you don't really know which part you should actually visit. We took 4 hours or so to finish everything and it was tiring I tell you.
So, was Pompei worth a visit? Yes, if you are an avid admirer of historical sites and buildings, or maybe if you're taking architecture. No, if you actually looking forward to see the remains (like me) because most of the remains were transferred to Archeological Museum of Naples for preservation. But there are some that's left but still, I wanted to see more sobs.
Anyway, we stayed at an apartment near Napoli Campi Flegrei which is like 30 minutes via train, if I'm not mistaken. But you also get there by subway. The owner Annarita doesn't speak fluent English but she was very helpful and welcoming. It's only like 3 mins walk from the railway station and supermarket. Restaurants are also within walking distance. So I highly recommend booking her apartment if you feel like visiting Naples.
Here is her link. You can book her via Airbnb
Photos taken at Ruins of Pompeii
No comments:
Post a Comment