Pompeii 1-day Tour - What to see in Italy’s Roman ruins - Mini-documentary

This is what you might see during a one-day (7-hour) tour of Pompeii’s Roman ruins in Italy. Note - The city is huge. You won’t see everything in a day and some areas are usually closed for conservation. Be sure to also check out part 2 - the Herculaneum tour (7m56s): My video of what to see in Sorrento is here (6m16s): And here’s my short film about a day on Capri (3m34s): This is my Positano Day Trip film (3m10s): About this Pompeii mini-documentary: Pompeii was an ancient Roman city near Naples, in Italy. It was mostly destroyed and buried under 4 to 6 meters of volcanic ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Today it’s some distance inland, but in ancient times was nearer to the coast. Pompeii is about 10 km away from Mount Vesuvius and covered a total of about 66 hectares. About two thirds of the city ha