Day 35 - Pompeii and Cristo de Vella (Veiled Christ)
Caught the Circumversuvian again early as heard that you need to do Pompeii in the morning as they close the houses off after 1.30 p.m. The train was packed and had to stand most of the way - a bit like going to work in London really only hotter! Also I didn’t realise that Pompeii was so far from Naples, another 8 stations on from Herculaneum. The good thing is that the entrance to the archeological site is right opposite the station.
Note: don’t bother getting tickets online before hand as the queue to get the vouchers exchanged for tickets is longer than the normal ticket queue - luckily I hadn’t done the on;one purchase thingy. Also at Pompeii they are not so good with the guide book - it was non-existent, where as at Herculaneum the guide book is really good and the interesting bits are all numbered.
Pompeii and Herculaneum are quite different so I was glad that I did both - Herculaneum is more like a small town whereas Pompeii a bigger city complete with forums and theatres etc.
At the furthest reaches of Pompeii is the Villa Misteri - its well worth taking the trek to see this place as its the most intact house and you can imagine the splendour in its time.
Unfortunately my plan to do Versuvius didn’t work out as it got overcast in the afternoon and a big cloud was hanging around Versuvius so I thought it not worth all the effort to see cloud. So I headed back to Naples, once again at Napoli Centrale (I’m almost fluent in Italian now - NOT!) making the switch onto the metro and headed for the old town in search of the Veiled Christ. I think google took me to places I really shouldn’t have been in but eventually got to this tiny street with the Museo Capella Sansevero, expecting a bit museum but this was totally devoted to this main statue and a couple of other minor ones. I can’t do it justice on the photos I’ve taken so see this link http://www.museosansevero.it/en/the-veiled-christ/the-statue. It was amazing.
Walking back through the old town, I got a bit lost but glad I did as I saw the romantic side of Naples - old narrow streets with life going on as it has for many years and found a few gems to photograph. Eventually finding my way back to the metro and headed for my B&B.
Found a review on another restaurant near the train station that had good reviews but was a little cheaper than last nights - TFFT! However, I must learn not to order a side salad with my pasta - it’s huge and a meal in itself. I ordered a lovely Ragu that had big chucks of the most melting meat ever with spaghetti - the best spaghetti bog ever; they do love parading their star here - Ms Loren favoured this one and they had a salad called after her - lol.
Note: don’t bother getting tickets online before hand as the queue to get the vouchers exchanged for tickets is longer than the normal ticket queue - luckily I hadn’t done the on;one purchase thingy. Also at Pompeii they are not so good with the guide book - it was non-existent, where as at Herculaneum the guide book is really good and the interesting bits are all numbered.
Pompeii and Herculaneum are quite different so I was glad that I did both - Herculaneum is more like a small town whereas Pompeii a bigger city complete with forums and theatres etc.
At the furthest reaches of Pompeii is the Villa Misteri - its well worth taking the trek to see this place as its the most intact house and you can imagine the splendour in its time.
Unfortunately my plan to do Versuvius didn’t work out as it got overcast in the afternoon and a big cloud was hanging around Versuvius so I thought it not worth all the effort to see cloud. So I headed back to Naples, once again at Napoli Centrale (I’m almost fluent in Italian now - NOT!) making the switch onto the metro and headed for the old town in search of the Veiled Christ. I think google took me to places I really shouldn’t have been in but eventually got to this tiny street with the Museo Capella Sansevero, expecting a bit museum but this was totally devoted to this main statue and a couple of other minor ones. I can’t do it justice on the photos I’ve taken so see this link http://www.museosansevero.it/en/the-veiled-christ/the-statue. It was amazing.
Found a review on another restaurant near the train station that had good reviews but was a little cheaper than last nights - TFFT! However, I must learn not to order a side salad with my pasta - it’s huge and a meal in itself. I ordered a lovely Ragu that had big chucks of the most melting meat ever with spaghetti - the best spaghetti bog ever; they do love parading their star here - Ms Loren favoured this one and they had a salad called after her - lol.
At least you did not find some. Random offensive tour guide at Pompeii like mum and i did. He proceeded to be offensive to catholics which I thought was rather courageous in Italy!!
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