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casts that were made in the late 19th century by pouring plaster into the hollows left by
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nearby was once the city's main meat
and fish market.
Lupanare
TOURS
You'll almost certainly be approached by a guide outside the
scavi
(excavations) ticket office. Authorised guides
wear identification tags and you can expect to pay between €100 and €120 for a two-hour tour, whether you're
alone or in a group. Reputable tour operators include
Yellow Sudmarine
( 329 1010328, 334 1047036;
both of which offer tours of the ruins, as well as excursions to other regional highlights, including Naples, Capri
and the Amalfi Coast.
Yellow Sudmarine also runs cheaper walking tours of Pompeii. Costing €12 per person (excluding entry to the
ruins), these two-hour guided walks depart at 11am every Saturday to Thursday (at 3pm on Fridays) from outside
the Pompei Scavi-Villa dei Misteri Circumvesuviana train station. Tours should be booked a day ahead, either by
email or phone.
From the market head northeast along Via degli Augustali to Vicolo del Lupanare.
brothel. A tiny two-storey building with five rooms on each floor, its collection of raunchy
frescoes was a menu of sorts for its randy clientele.
Teatro Grande
Heading back south, Vicolo del Lupanare becomes Via dei Teatri. At the end you'll find
sea and the River Sarno. The main attraction here was, and still is, the 2nd-century-BC
Teatro Grande, a 5000-seat theatre carved into the lava mass on which Pompeii was ori-
initially used for the audience to stroll between acts, and later as a barracks for gladiators.
Casa del Menandro
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