Pompeii Excavations Guide
Jun 28th, 2007, 05:25 PM
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Before you get into Pompeii proper there are lots of guidebooks for sale in the tourist stands. I bought a small but thorough paperback that had the overlay of what each major ruin looked like originally and then you pulled up to see what you were looking at now. I was with students andthey really liked it. (Actually so did I!)I bought this type of book for Rome (Forum, etc) as well. If you will be shopping ahead of time, they are easy to find in Rome.
Jun 28th, 2007, 05:41 PM
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Give me a day to plow through the garage. I have at least four---one for the catacombes and one for Athens. (I taught ancient Civ in middle school and they were big, big hits) My guess is that they were from the same publisher, and since they were in English, you may be able to order them online ahead of time. Check the board tomorrow evening.
Jun 29th, 2007, 07:10 AM
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You have heard right, the map provided is poor, street names on map but not on the actual streets, had to navigate by approximating ruins to pictures on map, take lots of water as most water points were inoperative when we went.
Jun 30th, 2007, 01:59 PM
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I've been with guides and without guides and in my opinion, it's much more fun wandering around on your own with a good guide book. I've heard some audio guides are good and ijourneys.com is getting good reviews.
Jun 30th, 2007, 02:38 PM
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kelkel,
I have the guidebook with the overlays, which is titled Pompeii Monuments Past and Present.
I purchased it at the excavation site.
We hired an official guide at the site. There were 10 of us, and we paid $10 each for the tour.
Our guide, Luigi, was personable as well as knowledgeable. We had lots of questions, which he answered with good humor.
Have a great trip.
Byrd
I have the guidebook with the overlays, which is titled Pompeii Monuments Past and Present.
I purchased it at the excavation site.
We hired an official guide at the site. There were 10 of us, and we paid $10 each for the tour.
Our guide, Luigi, was personable as well as knowledgeable. We had lots of questions, which he answered with good humor.
Have a great trip.
Byrd
Jun 30th, 2007, 03:34 PM
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The website for Pompeii is www2.pompeiisites.org
After clicking English, you can take a virtual tour. I found their free map quite useful. Pompeii has handheld audio guides you can rent and each site is numbered on the map. You just enter the number to hear the info. The map also includes suggested 2,4,6 hour diy tours by number. The diy tours are also on the website along with an aerial view.
After clicking English, you can take a virtual tour. I found their free map quite useful. Pompeii has handheld audio guides you can rent and each site is numbered on the map. You just enter the number to hear the info. The map also includes suggested 2,4,6 hour diy tours by number. The diy tours are also on the website along with an aerial view.
