Pompeii Street View. Via Villa dei Misteri. Station and Porta Marina entrance to Scavi.

 

Via Villa dei Misteri. May 2010.  Pompei Scavi, Villa dei Misteri station. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

 

Via Villa dei Misteri. May 2010.  Pompeii Scavi, Villa dei Misteri station.

This is the station for the Pompeii entrance at the Porta Marina.

The station is on the Circumvesuviana line running from Naples to Sorrento.

Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

 

Via Villa dei Misteri. May 2010. Pompeii Scavi, Villa dei Misteri station. Entrance.

Turn right on coming out of the station and walk a short distance down to the Porta Marina entrance to Pompeii.

If you have official business you can find the offices of the Soprintendenza a short distance to the left across the road.

 

Pompeii station, May 2010.  Steps down from entrance hall to underpass leading to Platform 2, for departures to Herculaneum and Naples or arrival from the Sorrento direction.

Do not cross the train tracks!!  All tickets must be stamped in the little orange machines on the walls before every journey.

 

Via Villa dei Misteri. May 2010. Pompei station entrance hall.

Platform 1, for departures towards Sorrento or arrivals from Naples is through the far side of the entrance hall.

Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

 

Pompeii station, May 2010. Looking south from platform 1, towards Castellammare and Sorrento.

The platform is entered from the far side of the entrance hall of the station.                                                                                                                            

 

Pompeii station, May 2010.  Looking north from platform 1.

Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

 

Via Villa dei Misteri. July 2011. Looking south past the Circumvesuviana station.

The entrance to Pompeii Scavi is on the left opposite the parked white van in the distance.

Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

 

Via Villa dei Misteri. May 2010. Looking south towards the Porta Marina entrance to Pompeii.

The Circumvesuviana station is to be found on the right of the picture.

 

Via Villa dei Misteri. May 2010. Looking north towards the Circumvesuviana station.

 

Via Villa dei Misteri. May 2010. Looking north from outside the Porta Marina entrance to Pompeii.

The station is the red building at the end on the left.

 

Via Villa dei Misteri. May 2010. Entrance to the Scavi di Pompei at Porta Marina. Looking east.

 

Via Villa dei Misteri. May 2010. Porta Marina entrance to the Scavi di Pompei.

The information booth can be seen through the entrance.

The ticket office booths are round to the left. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

 

Via Villa dei Misteri. May 2010. Porta Marina entrance to the Scavi di Pompei.

Ticket booths are on the left and the bookshop is on the right. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

 

Pompeii, May 2010.  A very busy day at the entrance ticket barriers. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Photo taken from inside the excavations looking out north across the entrance buildings.

The bookshop is far right with the red banner. To its left are the ticket booths with a row of notices.

The round unit in the centre is the information booth.

The toilets are on the far left. The ticket turnstiles are in the front of the photo.

 

Pompeii, May 2010. Looking east from the ticket barriers towards the climb up to the Porta Marina.

 

Pompeii, June 2009. The climb up to and through the Porta Marina and into the excavations.

Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.