well I good morning guys in today's video we are going to be exploring the
ancient city of Pompeii but also showing you a bit of the new side yeah exactly
so we're gonna start off with the ruins in the morning pizza for lunch yeah I'll
check out the the new part of the town in the afternoon that's the plan while
many travelers visit Pompeii on a day trip we chose to base ourselves here for
a few days the main draw of course were the ruins of Pompeii an ancient Roman
city that was buried under Ash and pumice when vesuvius erupted in 79 AD
what follows is our mini travel guide well great guys we're now entering the
amphitheater here in Pompeii feels a little dark and spooky
our first stop inside the complex was the amphitheater of Pompeii built around
70 BC this is the oldest surviving Roman amphitheatre to have been built of stone
for comparison the Colosseum in Rome wouldn't come into existence for another
century we toured the grounds and also checked out the music exhibit on site
because it turns out a lot of bands have played here over the years alright so
that was kind of funny a little less related to the history of Pompeii a
little more like modern rock history so basically it's a it's an exhibit of
different bands that have played here over the years yeah Vincente big names I
think out of all the the bands that have come here I would have most liked to
have seen The Pink Floyd show that was the best spectacular
well this is a cool little spot we can't actually go in because the gates are
locked but we have a vineyard and right behind you can see Mount Vesuvius
after visiting the amphitheater which is on the very east end we started making
our way into the city the streets were cobbled and all along
there were rows of houses and villas many of them with impressive frescoes
that tell the tale of a wealthy city with lavish homes
okay so next up we are visiting what would have been a really nice home this
one is called the house of Venus in the shell and if you look over my shoulder I
think we all know why
so all along Pompeii streets you've got these little stepping stones to kind of
cross from one side of the street to the other and that's because they used to
have water just running down the streets to keep them clean so yeah this would
have been your little bridge oh you're a genius
isn't it
one of the reasons Pompey is so well-preserved is because it was buried
quickly by volcanic ash and pumice plus the lack of air and moisture also
allowed for the buried artifacts to be extremely well-preserved stepping into
the homes is like stepping into the past you can still see the elaborate mosaic
floors and vibrant frescoes frozen in time oK we've been walking around for
the while impressions on the crowds Sam I'm surprised like how many people are
visiting here for December 4th yeah it's just like we found a quiet little nook
here but I can't imagine how busy it must be in the summer it must be
absolutely bananas yeah like it's already feeling a little bit crowded in
the wintertime during high season whoa
okay guys so we figured we would take a minute to talk about the price
so entrance to the archaeological site is 13 euros per person and you get this
little brochure which actually unfolds into this massive map yeah something
that surprised me is just how big the the site is like this is massive it's
you could spend a whole day here easily yeah okay also here is a little tip for
you when we were walking in we were
approached by someone I dropped my ticket oops when we were
walking in we were approached by someone who said they worked for the tourist
office and we were asking like oh is this the entrance and he's like oh yeah
come come you buy the tickets here and then when we went in there they were
trying to sell us either a guided tour or an audio tour and they didn't list
those are the only two options to visit Pompeii and we're like this sounds a
little bit fishy so we walked out of there and it turns out you just buy your
tickets right at the entrance you don't need a guide you don't need an audio
tour if you don't want to pay extra so yeah yeah we're so you do you do have
those options and yeah just just know that to buy your ticket you go to the
main entrance that's the key point
continuing our walk through Pompeii we eventually reached the forum this square
would have been the center of life for locals with temples municipal buildings
and markets the statue of the centur half-man half-horse is a focal point as
is the view of Mount Vesuvius looking down on the ruins
so here's a little interesting piece of history I read apparently when the
volcano erupted in 79 ad one of the reasons that Pompeii wasn't expecting it
is because they didn't even know Mount Vesuvius was a volcano they thought they
just lived at the foot of a mountain and that's because last time the volcano had
erupted had been 1,800 years for that so either they had no records of their
history or they had lost it or it had been long forgotten either way they were
very unprepared for what came
finish off our visit of Pompeii we walked along the southern edge of the
ruined city where we saw the casts of the victims of the Soviets when
archaeological teams begin excavating Pompeii they noticed there were large
voids in the compacted ash whenever they were digging around bones by pouring
plaster into the spaces they were able to capture the final poses of the
residents last moments in the city all right guys so it is time for lunch we
just visited the ruins of Pompeii and you probably spent like three hours
there walking around in the cold super fascinating but we are hungry it's time
for lunch so today we're gonna take you to one of
our favorite pizzerias in all of yunkai this is gonna be our third time going
there and we we found it the first night yeah it just seems like a nice like
family-owned business yeah so we'll go back again why not
one of our best discoveries of our time in Pompeii was pizzeria Illyria we
stumbled here soaking wet on her first night in the city and we just couldn't
stay away after that here's what the fuss is all about oh my gosh the pizzas
here and it looks amazing we ordered the Margherita with the buffalo cheese and
we finally got it right now when eating this pizza on the first
night we're like rolls that looks so good and then we came back the following
getting the penny tried ordering that one we got one without the sauce the
only cheese will achieve an item she's in like little cherry tomatoes bitches
what we've been after the whole time so you've got like your tomato sauce space
or do I guess this one comes with a buffalo cheese or got your basil and
then extra-virgin olive oil and like we've worked up an appetite
I mean after walking around from cave for three hours yeah we are start
we're fiercely hungry we're basically going for like the classic classic here
lately simple simple in terms of the toppings
but very high quality ingredients that we'll be waiting for game over
could you not when I say this I could eat this every day and never get sick of
it after that we ended up getting a second margherita pizza the first one
was just too tasty and then we also ordered the Nutella cheesecake which is
just as decadent as it looks okay guys so we've now had our lunch and it's time
to explore modern Pompeii the only thing is it's freezing cold so I don't think
we're gonna last very long but we're here in front of the church in the main
square so yeah I'm gonna take you on a little tour little two of the area I'm
very quick to her and then we're gonna call it a day yes we started our
do-it-yourself tour of modern Pompeii at Cibola Longo a beautiful plaza lined
with palm trees right in the heart of the city standing in the square it's
impossible to miss the shrine of the Virgin of the Rosary of Pompeii where
once you step in yura greeted with painted domes and golden ceilings and
then from there we went to the top of the bell tower for a 360 degree view of
the city
okay guys so we just paid two euros to go up the company later or the bell
tower and there was actually an elevator so we didn't have to climb the steps and
now that we're up here we get some amazing views of all of Pompeii and we
can even see Mount Vesuvius since we're the only ones here right now the guy
said when we're ready to just ring the bell up there which I've done ooh
okay and the elevator is finally moving I was thinking this guy isn't coming for
us there's a bit of a rickety old one - all right Sam final thoughts on from a
final thoughts on Pompeii so yeah we had a great time my gosh it was so much
bigger than I first anticipated yeah like we spent just over three hours
there but I think if we really wanted to we could have at least spent a full day
it's a half day or a full day execution I can't imagine doing it on one of these
rush tours where you would also go here and then to Mount Vesuvius and
Herculaneum that would be nuts so my advice is to maybe do it independently
and to just enjoy walking around yeah that's that's definitely my advice
every day