3/5 Pete R. 6 months ago on Google
We
started
our
self-guided
tour
at
the
Piazza
Anfiteatro
entrance,
which
is
not
the
primary
entrance,
as
many
of
the
tourism
office
will
yell
at
you
while
you
are
walking
toward
it,
trying
to
get
you
to
talk
to
them.
But
it
is
a
great
entrance
with
one
minor
issue,
if
you
get
an
audio
guide
you
have
to
make
your
way
back
to
the
entrance
to
return
the
audio
guide
and
recover
your
ID,
in
our
case
our
passport.
But
it
is
fine
to
start
here
and
view
the
beautiful
forum
first
and
make
your
way
down
through
the
many
streets.
The
audio
guide
costs
8€
for
one
or
13€
for
two.
They
consist
of
an
older
smartphone
sized
device
which
you
have
to
put
up
to
your
ear
to
listen
to.
If
you
have
headsets
with
a
9mm
jack
you
can
plug
in
and
listen,
but
they
do
not
have
a
speakerphone
and
do
not
support
Bluetooth.
If
you’re
doing
a
self-guided
tour
the
audio
guide
is
worth
it,
but
they
do
use
up
your
hands
and
make
it
difficult
to
take
photos.
We
got
the
Pompei
Plus
pass
which
included
access
to
the
Villas.
We
did
it
feel
it
was
worth
the
extra
money.
There
are
some
neat
things
but
there
just
isn’t
enough
time
to
see
the
ruins
and
the
Villas
in
one
day.
Also,
the
other
issue
is,
if
you
hit
the
Villas
after
3:30
they
close
the
road
back
up
and
you
have
to
exit
there
and
walk
all
around
the
site
to
get
back
to
where
you
started,
basically
losing
about
1.5
hours
as
they
will
not
let
you
back
in.
This
was
our
biggest
issue
as
we
weren’t
told
about
the
closing
of
the
entrance
to
the
Villas
and
the
guy
at
the
entrance
was
very
rude.
Other
than
that,
the
Pompeii
site
has
some
amazing
sites
to
see.
Highlights
of
what
we
saw
on
our
self-guided
tour
are:
Amphitheater,
Teatro,
Brothels,
Temple
of
Jupiter,
climb
to
the
top
of
the
building
at
the
North
end
of
Via
di
Mercurio.
Just
do
the
Express
if
you
only
have
one
day
to
visit.
