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Hotel Forum, Pompei ***
Naples, Campania
Double rooms from €70.00
Hotel Forum, Pompei, Naples, Campania
Hotel Grillo Verde, near Naples ***
Naples, Campania
Double rooms from €62.00
Hotel Grillo Verde, near Naples, Naples, Campania
Hotel Calypso, Pompeii ***
Naples, Campania
Double rooms from €65.00
Hotel Calypso, Pompeii, Naples, Campania
Hotel Amleto, Pompeii ****
Naples, Campania
Double rooms from €65.00
Hotel Amleto, Pompeii, Naples, Campania
Villa dei Misteri, Pompei **
Naples, Campania
Double rooms from €67.00
Villa dei Misteri, Pompei, Naples, Campania
Hotel Degli Amici, Pompeii ***
Naples, Campania
Double rooms from €70.00
Hotel Degli Amici, Pompeii, Naples, Campania
Hotel Diana, Pompei ***
Naples, Campania
Double rooms from €65.00
Hotel Diana, Pompei, Naples, Campania
Hotel Palma, Pompeii ****
Naples, Campania
Double rooms from €80.00
Hotel Palma, Pompeii, Naples, Campania
Hotel Vittoria, Pompeii ***
Naples, Campania
Double rooms from €70.00
Hotel Vittoria, Pompeii, Naples, Campania
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Once one of the most important towns in Campania, life in Pompeii (and its sister city Herculaneum) came to an abrupt end on 24 August, 79AD. The eruption of nearby Vesuvius buried the pair in metres of volcanic ash and pumice. That, and the poisonous fumes, rather than the more picturesque floods of lava. The town vanished, although it's estimated that probably only some 2000 of the 20,000 population perished (among them the poet Pliny, who probably died of a heart attack). Pompeii's loss was the modern world's gain, as the old city wasn't rediscovered until 1600, and excavations weren't begun in earnest until 1748.

What they found, and the digging continues to this day, painted an extraordinary picture of Roman life as it was lived by ordinary people. Plaster casts were taken of imprints the bodies made in the ash, with faces twisted into paroxysms of panic and agony. Swimming pools, dining tables, work implements, erotic frescoes, even ancient graffiti have been found. Today Pompeii is a Unesco World Heritage Site, attracting 2.5 million visitors a year and, we must say, absolutely unmissable if you are visiting Campania. As a pre-visit preparation, we can seriously recommend the BBC's 'Pompeii, The Last Day'. A visit to the city should also take in a trip to Vesuvius of course, which sits amidst its own national park. Pompeii and Herculaneum (Ercolaneo) are also on the Circumvesuviana train line, which connects to Sorrento and Naples.

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