September opens under the banner of evening visits to the excavations of Pompeii.
Every Saturday starting September 7, 2024, continuing on September 14 and finally on the 21st, it will be possible to visit Pompeii by night. A walk that begins at nightfall until 11:30 pm.
An unmissable opportunity for all lovers of Pompeii, who will be able to admire it in a completely different guise, less chaotic and crowded than in the morning and dressed in lights and colors.
The evening walks in the excavations of Pompeii this year include a double itinerary, which will allow access, on the one hand, to some houses near the amphitheater and the Palestra grande, and on the other hand to the Villa of the Mysteries.
Admission is allowed from 7:30 p.m. until 11:30 p.m., with last admission at 9:45 p.m.
The cost of the ticket is €7. Tickets can be purchased either on the official ticketone.it website or at the respective ticket offices.
First itinerary for evening visits to the excavations of Pompeii
The first itinerary includes the entrance from Piazza Anfiteatro, and it will be possible to visit some of Pompeii’s most elegant domus in a completely new guise, dressed in lights and colors.
Such as the large and spectacular urban villa of Praedia Giulia Felice, famous for its large garden and scenic portico with fluted marble columns.
House of Venus in a Shell, renowned for its large fresco placed on a garden wall, from which it takes its name.
House of Loreio Tiburtino, featuring a large canal in imitation of a Nilotic landscape and mythological paintings from Ovid’s Metamorphoses.
The itinerary includes access to the exhibition “The Other Pompeii, Common Lives in the Shadow of Vesuvius” set up at the excavations’ Palestra Grande.
This year Pompeii’s excavations at night will be enriched with activities dedicated to children and families, organized by the Pompeii Children’s Museum.
That will include a special educational visit to the domus along the route, preceded by an acting performance at Casa Rosellino, curated by Fabio Cocifoglia, under Mimmo Paladino’s large Red Horse.
The cost for that activity is €5 per participant (in addition to the site entrance fee) and the duration of the visit + performance is about 1 hour and 40 minutes, starting at 8 pm.
Reservations and ticket purchase can be made online by writing to info@pompeiichildrensmuseum.it
Second Itinerary for overnight visits
The second itinerary for the evening opening at the Pompeii Ruins includes a visit to the renowned Villa of the Mysteries. Located outside the walls of Pompeii and accessible via the Pompeii Artebus shuttle service departing from Piazza Esedra (schedules available at www.pompeiisites.org).
Again, opening will be at 7:30 p.m. until 11:30 p.m. with last admission allowed in this case until 10:30 p.m. The duration of the route will be about 40 minutes.
The cost of the ticket is €7, which can be purchased online and at the cashless at Villa dei Misteri.
Evening openings at other sites
The evening opening will also affect other archaeological sites, such as Villa Poppea in Oplontis, Villa Regina in Boscoreale, and Villa Arianna and Villa San Marco in Castellammare.
Villa Poppea at Oplontis by night
Villa of Poppaea in Oplontis, a majestic mansion attributed to Nero’s second wife, will be open for evening walks on Sept. 7 on the occasion of White Night, organized by the municipality of Torre Annunziata, and on Sept. 13. The evening walk will allow visitors to admire the evocative display of statues and works set up in the Villa, as part of a permanent diffuse museum project.
Tours on the theme “Vinalia Rustica” with tasting of local wines and reading of verses by Greek and Latin poets by the Archeoclub of Torre Annunziata – “Mario Prosperi.” are scheduled for the White Night.
Opening hours: 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. with last admission at 10:30 p.m. – Cost €5.
Villa Arianna and Villa San Marco in Castellammare di Stabia
Villa Ariadne and Villa San Marco, two examples of grand Roman aristocratic villas that once overlooked the sea, will be open for evening visits on: Friday, Sept. 13 and Friday, Sept. 20.
Access hours: 7:30 p.m. – 11:30 p.m. with last entry at 10:30 p.m. – Free admission
Villa Regina of Boscoreale
Boscoreale’s Antiquarium and Villa Regina will be open on Saturday, September 7, 14 and 21. The evening walk allows views of Villa Regina, an ancient Roman farm dedicated to wine production, and the Antiquarium. Which since last year exhibits, in addition to and artifacts from the Vesuvian territory, a new room entirely dedicated to recent discoveries from the suburban villa at Civita Giuliana, including the famous ceremonial chariot and horse cast.
Opening hours: 7:30 p.m. – 11:30 p.m. with last admission at 10:30 p.m. – Cost €5
Evening tours for €1
On the occasion of the European Heritage Days, Pompeii will be open in the evening on Saturday, Sept. 28 at a cost of €1. With entrance from Piazza Anfiteatro at the following times: 8-11 p.m. (last entrance 9:30 p.m.).
There will also be an evening opening for all Park sites on Saturday night, Sept. 28, at a cost of €1, from 8-11 p.m. (last entrance 10 p.m.).
