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◆ H I S T O R I C I TA LY
NATALIE AND
MATTHEW IN
FRONT OF THE
MARINA GATE

door. Under-18s from any EU
country go free, and my adult
ticket cost just €11 for the whole
day - and believe me, it can take
all day to get around.

infamous brothel. But as there's
so much to see, it's advisable to
draw up a hit-list. Three mustsee sights are the amphitheatre,
where gladiators fought lions and
each other; the Temple of Isis,
which shows how the Romans
assimilated Egyptian cults into
their society; and the House of
Mysteries, with its vibrant red
wall fresco depicting life-size
men, women and gods.
SISTER ACT
After close to seven hours of
hiking over uneven surfaces, we
ended our visit at the incredibly
well preserved amphitheatre,
which is 150 years older than
Rome's Colosseum.
As we took selfies,
pretending to be gladiators
fighting for our lives in front of
the other tourists, I had to smile:
for a moment, Matthew wasn't
too cool to mess about with his
big sister. Teenagers aren't a
different species, after all. 

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HIGHLIGHTS
If you don't have time
to see it all, here are
three must-see areas

THE TEMPLE
OF ISIS

THE AMPHITHEATRE

THE HOUSE
OF MYSTERIES

IMAGES: Natalie Bowen, Getty Images, Shutterstock

CAST A SPELL
Make sure you leave the train at
Pompeii Scavi station - Pompei
(with a single i) is the name of the
modern town a fair walk away.
There are two entrances to
the ancient city - the main one
is close to the Circumvesuviana
station. A smaller entrance, down
the hill and around the corner,
has shorter queues and opens
closer to the forum.
Everything Matthew and I had
ever learned about the Romans
was on show in Pompeii. The
forum is a rectangular plaza
flanked on all sides by the remnants
of important buildings, such as
the Temple of Jupiter and the
law courts. A large crowd was
gathered around plaster casts of
Pompeii residents - the crouched
forms of adults, children and
even a dog looking so familiar
from textbooks and TV.
The original, heart-stopping
remains, along with most of
the treasures found during
excavations of the 170-acre
site, are kept safely in Naples'
National Archaeological Museum,
but the replicas are enough to
give a feel for what life was like.
Plan your visit carefully. I tried
to take Matthew to everything
from the Stabian Baths to the



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