http://www.italofile.com/2008/03/11/day-trip-to-pompeii-from-rome/ The Italy Travel Resource Sat, 22 Nov 2008 05:19:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://www.italofile.com/2008/03/11/day-trip-to-pompeii-from-rome/#comment-133 Tom O'Connor Sun, 23 Mar 2008 19:12:23 +0000 http://italofile.com/2008/03/11/day-trip-to-pompeii-from-rome/#comment-133 Hi Melanie, I just returned from Rome yesterday. I spent the entire 8-9 days in Rome and never got bored. I did not go to Pompeii because, as you suggested, I went to Ostia Antica instead. I've never been to Pompeii but you and another commentator said OA is a good alternative to Pompeii. It certainly was cheaper and more time effective to avoid the train ride to Naples. I was happy with that decision and really enjoyed my time there. I did not go witha tour and agree with you that walking the ruins alone provides an eerie sense of many things. But in the end, I think the main thing I missed from Pompeii is the preserved bodies (or just the bodies in the shape in which they died of ash smothering). Of course, I also missed the madness of Pompeii, but Rome certainly had enough of that (which I loved). Thank you so much for looking into all of this though. Hi Melanie,
I just returned from Rome yesterday. I spent the entire 8-9 days in Rome and never got bored. I did not go to Pompeii because, as you suggested, I went to Ostia Antica instead. I’ve never been to Pompeii but you and another commentator said OA is a good alternative to Pompeii. It certainly was cheaper and more time effective to avoid the train ride to Naples. I was happy with that decision and really enjoyed my time there. I did not go witha tour and agree with you that walking the ruins alone provides an eerie sense of many things. But in the end, I think the main thing I missed from Pompeii is the preserved bodies (or just the bodies in the shape in which they died of ash smothering). Of course, I also missed the madness of Pompeii, but Rome certainly had enough of that (which I loved). Thank you so much for looking into all of this though.

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