Starting Dec. 8, there will be the start of evening openings in Pompeii Archaeological Park.
A walk starting at sunset with last admission allowed at 9 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 walks on “an autumn evening,” as the initiative promoted by the Pompeii Archaeological Park is called, will begin on December 8 and continue every Friday and Saturday of the month until December 22. So 8 – 9 – 15 – 16 – 22.
Admission for the evening tour of Pompeii’s ruins will also affect the Palestra Grande, where an exhibition for the humbler classes will also be set up.
Access is allowed from 6 p.m. until 10 p.m., with last admission at 9 p.m.
The cost of the ticket is €5 + €1 earmarked for Emilia Romagna affected by violent flooding. Tickets can be purchased on the official ticketone.it website.
Pompeii, however, is not the only archaeological site affected by the evening opening. But the sites of Oplontis, Boscoreale and Stabiae will also be open during the “autumn evenings.”
The evening opening will affect a different site each month.
Opening night excavations of Oplontis
Starting on September 16 with the opening of the Oplontis site, an opening that will be held every Saturday until October 21.
So September 16 and 30 and October 7,14 and 21.
On the occasion of the evening opening of Oplontis it will be possible to take an evocative tour of one of the most luxurious and magnificent Roman Villas in the area, Villa Poppea.
Which on the occasion of the evening opening will be enriched with numerous statues, busts and frescoes from the exhibition “Art and Sensuality in the Houses of Pompeii.”
Tickets cost €5 + €1 (earmarked for Emilia Romagna) and can be purchased at www.ticketone.it
Visiting hours will be from 19:00 to 23:00, with last entry at 22:00.
Evening visit to Villa Regina in Boscoreale
The evening opening will continue with a visit to the Villa Regina in Boscoreale starting on Oct. 4, and will continue on Oct. 21, 28, Nov. 4 and 11.
During the visit it will be possible to admire the ancient rustic villa consisting of several rooms, which also houses an ancient wine cellar with 18 dolia.
Admission to the Villa Regina is completely free and the visiting hours in October will be from 19:00 to 23:00, with last entry 22:00
While for November visits from 18:00 to 22:00, with last entry at 21:00.
Villa Stabiae
In November, however, the evening opening will affect the Ville di Stabiae complex, which includes Villa San Marco, one of the largest of the Roman residential villas, and Villa Arianna, the oldest, which owes its name to the large fresco found on the back wall of the triclinium.
Again, admission is completely free and visits will be held on the following days: Nov. 4, 11, 18, 25, Dec. 2.
With admission hours starting from 6:00 pm until 10:00 pm, with last admission at 9:00 pm.
And as mentioned earlier the “autumn evenings” will end with the evening opening of Pompeii in December starting Friday, December 8.
