Lupanare di Pompei — Attraction in Pompei

We started our self-guided tour at the Piazza Anfiteatro entrance, which is not the primary entrance, as many of the tourism office will yell at you while you are walking toward it, trying to get you to talk to them. But it is a great entrance with one minor issue, if you get an audio guide you have to make your way back to the entrance to return the audio guide and recover your ID, in our case our passport. But it is fine to start here and view the beautiful forum first and make your way down through the many streets. The audio guide costs 8€ for one or 13€ for two. They consist of an older smartphone sized device which you have to put up to your ear to listen to. If you have headsets with a 9mm jack you can plug in and listen, but they do not have a speakerphone and do not support Bluetooth. If you’re doing a self-guided tour the audio guide is worth it, but they do use up your hands and make it difficult to take photos.

We got the Pompei Plus pass which included access to the Villas. We did it feel it was worth the extra money. There are some neat things but there just isn’t enough time to see the ruins and the Villas in one day. Also, the other issue is, if you hit the Villas after 3:30 they close the road back up and you have to exit there and walk all around the site to get back to where you started, basically losing about 1.5 hours as they will not let you back in. This was our biggest issue as we weren’t told about the closing of the entrance to the Villas and the guy at the entrance was very rude.

Other than that, the Pompeii site has some amazing sites to see. Highlights of what we saw on our self-guided tour are: Amphitheater, Teatro, Brothels, Temple of Jupiter, climb to the top of the building at the North end of Via di Mercurio.

Just do the Express if you only have one...

The Lupanare di Pompei, or the Brothel of Pompeii, is a compelling site that offers a unique insight into the city’s social fabric during ancient times. This well-preserved establishment features a series of small rooms, each with a stone bed, showcasing the practical design of a Roman brothel. The walls are adorned with vibrant frescoes that depict various erotic scenes, providing a glimpse into the attitudes toward sexuality and leisure in Pompeian society. As you navigate through the intimate spaces, you gain an understanding of the personal and transactional relationships that existed in this context. A visit to the Lupanare is both thought-provoking and revealing, presenting a candid picture of daily life in ancient Pompeii and contributing to the city's rich...

Very popular tourist destination, very crowded with loads of tourists and guides... these are local people trying to earn a living HOWEVER....

Each tour guide only gets an allotted route so you don’t have time to explore all of Pompei.

There are other areas that are under excavation also.

And the “bodies of people are actually plaster casts and not real dead people ... they drilled through the solidified ash to the cavity left my the body and filled it with liquid plaster... Also most of the artefacts have been removed and various pots pans dead dogs can be viewed behind large wooden gates which are also crowded with tourists... The guide will then take you to a restaurant close by that does a very nice business in feeding tourists ... once in a life time...