If you have read that post, or if you want to see the highlights, please read on!
I did not do a lot of reading about Pompeii before the visit and decided to purchase a guide book. After entering the site, and maybe a minute or two walk, is a visitor centre with indoor exhibitions and a bookshop.
If I were to do the trip again, I would opt to get a guide instead, but the guide would need to be a historian. Or, hire an audio guide. It is very difficult to make sense of what is in front of you as there is very little written guides available.
However, while photographing these, I would photograph the name of the building or region so that I can later look back on where I have been.
I am not a historian and I used both Google search and my photographs of the building names and descriptions for reference. Thank you for reading and I hope that you enjoy this post!
Pompeii Highlights
In terms of regions, I went via an anti-clockwise direction starting from where the public administration buildings are on Regio VII, like below:
And from there, I went around the corners, through the inner layout (which was primarily residences, aristocratic residencies, and commercial districts) before exiting again through the administrative and religious buildings.
There are some very special areas in Pompeii, so if your time is a bit short you may want to make a note of these areas so that you can see them.
Casa del Fauno or House of the Faun features a tranquil green courtyard, statue of a dancing faun and possibly an early example of the square grid design on the floors.
Palestra Dei Luvenes contains a mosaic on the floor that is decorated with mosaic of physical fight between two athletes and interesting paintings within the interior.
Casa del Cinghiale has a mosaic featuring a wild boar:
Tempo di Iside still looks very ethereal thousands of years later:
House of the Cryptoporticus, owned by a wealthy owner.
The villa also had a garden on one of the lower level roof terrace:
They expressed their tastes through the sumptuous baths and the art and designs adorning these from the dainty bird designs to something a bit more daring:
Casa dell’Efebo contains some nicely preserved illustrations below:
Casa e Thermopolium di Vetutius Placidus
House of the Orchard was interesting as it had motifs featured on a dark background and was a merge of the Greek cult with the Egyptian. A similar design can be found in the Villa dei Misteri in this post.
Finishing off Pompeii
I finished the site by going through Region VI. This area is a bit rough – with the ruins being overgrown with nature but was among the area first hit. There is not a lot of special notes in this area and not many visitors.
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