Up Pompeii – and Naples

For a winter city break with a difference, head south suggests The Italian Connection and discover Naples and nearby Pompeii which reveals more about the every day life of the Roman citizen than any other site.

An easy half hour by train from the city, Pompeii (open daily from 0830 to 1700 November to March) covers a huge area and – even without the peak season crowds – still requires at least a full day to explore its forum, amphitheatre, merchant’s houses, gladiator barracks, bath house, villas, streets and temples and yes even brothels!

Back in Naples, visitors should also allow time to visit the Museo Archeologico Nazionale (open daily in winter from 0900-2000) where the best of Pompeii’s mosaics and murals have found their way.

Other cultural Neopolitan highlights include the Teatro San Carlo (the largest opera house in Italy), the Duomo and the church of Santa Chiara which has cloisters covered in colourful majolica tile depicting pastoral scenes. Not to forget the endless range of shops which map the glorious streets of this ever buzzing city.

The Italian Connection can arrange a range of services from tours and excursions to tailored itineraries allowing you to get the best from your trip, penthouse apartments in the historical centre to simple B&Bs and guesthouses, opera tickets to your own personal guide.

Other places to include are: Herculaneum, Oplontis Vesuvius and Phlegraean Fields. A completely tailor made service, tell us what you need and your budget and let us do the rest.

For more information, visit Italian-connection.co.uk.