Hotel in Pompei, The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Pompeii, the excavations, the Vesuvius volcano
The excavations of Oplontis
Torre Annunziata includes the excavations of Oplontis. These excavations probably were part of a peripheral area of Pompeii, and did not form an autonomous town. These excavations are made of two villas, but only the one of Poppea can be visited.
The villa of Poppea Sabina, second wife of Nero, is considered by UNESCO a part of the world heritage. It is a great house, very big in fact it contains also the thermal baths. It is decorated with many frescoes that create special perspectives and architectural elements, like columns, portals, etc. These paintings also portrait animals, fruit, and masks.
At the moment of the eruption the villa was not inhabited because it was being restructured as the remains show.
The other villa, the so-called “villa B” cannot be visited. It is attributed to a certain Lucius Crassius Tertius. There are many amphorae and tools indicating that maybe this villa was used as a “firm” that processed and sold agricultural products. Part of the building was used by the owner and it is decorated with interesting frescoes. Inside the villa a lot of jewels and coins were found and also the bodies of 54 people that had maybe taken refuge in the villa, considering it was a safer place.
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TOURIST INFORMATION
Access
Via Sepolcri, Torre Annunziata (NA)
Schools
School parties must book in advance
For all information:
Sezione Didattica - tel: + 39 081 8575331
Rules for visiting the archaeological areas
Opening times
November - March, every day from 8.30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
(last admission 3.30 p.m.)
April - October, every day from 8.30 a.m. to 7.30 p.m.
(last admission 6 p.m.)
Closed: 1st January, 1st May, 25th December
Main access routes
by train:
Circumvesuviana Napoli-Sorrento or Napoli - Poggiomarino o Napoli - Torre Annunziata (stop Torre Annunziata)
by car:
Autostrada A3 Napoli-Salerno (exit Torre Annunziata sud)
Admission
acess to 3 sites - valid for 1 day
Full price: € 5.50
Half price: € 2.75 (*)
access to 5 sites: (Herculaneum, Pompeii, Oplontis, Stabiae, Boscoreale) - valid for 3 days
Full price: € 20.00
Half price : € 10.00 (*)
Free of charge: for EU citizens under 18 or over 65 years old.
(*) Reductions: for EU citizens aged 18-24 and EU permanent school teachers.
Reductions and free tickets can be issued only by showing a valid document (passport, identity card, driving license).
A visit of the archaeological area of Pompeii should start from Porta Marina which is in the direction of the sea.
This gate that seems a tower built into the old walls had two passageways: one for the pedestrians and the other for the animals and the means of transport. In a niche in the wall there is a terracotta statue representing Minerva, the protectress of the gate.