Anfiteatro Flavio Neroniano — Attraction in Pozzuoli

I loved this place. After driving past countless times and not knowing where the entrance actually was, my wife and I took the time to go. Even in post-Coronavirus times, the ruins were open with a €4 entrance fee.

While it's similar to the Roman Coliseum (built by the same folks, completed around 70CE - not far from when Vesuvius erupted), there's not a tremendous amount to see. You can walk through the main level and traipse through the underground section. Afterwards, the outer area is available to gaze at but honestly, it's not a lot to view. However, what's there is pretty cool and with signs written in both English and Italian, there's a lot of history to absorb. You can do it all in less than an hour, but the price tag is well worth the time. You'll need to park across the street or on the side streets, not always the easiest.

But though it's a modest spectacle, the history is intriguing. Don't expect anything too grand, but what's there is awfully cool - if you like this sort of...

One of the greatest Amphitheatres, but with so many competing ancient Roman sights in the area it doesn't seem to get the number of visitors it deserves. That's your gain if you visit. On the surface the gladiatorial arena is well preserved, but it's underground that this amphitheatre really shines. Unusually you can visit the underground rooms and tunnels where they would have held the wild animals that would be lifted up into the arena, along with complex environmental stages, and of course where the gladiators prepared to fight and die. Watch the fight scenes in the movie Gladiator to get an idea of just how complex and dramatic these events would have been, and then wander through and up into the arena imagining how it must have been.

It was free the day we visited because it was the first Sunday of the month, but even then there was only a handful of people...

Took students here on a school trip. We were pleasantly surprised by this amphitheatre. It is unique for having being so well maintained underneath which was dug out after being covered in dirt over centuries. We randomly met Sergio, an on site office administrator who voluntarily gave us teacher’s a private tour underneath and then up to the main arena of the space. His passion and knowledge made the experience truly special and he also kindly addressed the students with some of the history of the seating and the gladiator events which took place there. If you enjoy Roman history then you must visit. I can not recommend it enough. Ciao...