When you think about the best amphitheater in the Roman world most will probably go with the Colosseum in Rome – and it is the biggest and most famous for sure. But down just a quick metro ride out of Naples is a very nice amphitheater in the little town of Pozzuoli. It might not be very impressive above the ground compared to the more famous theaters around the old Roman world – but when you go down to the basement it is possibly the best preserved of all the old theaters from Roman.
You can walk around underground taking in the strange structures where they kept the wild animals before the fights and wonder around the structures imagining what it used to be like. And the great advantaged of this place compared to the Colosseum is the almost complete lack of visitors. When we went there was just one other couple walking around the complex so it was pretty easy to take photos without getting those annoying tourist all over the place. Sure we went a bit out of season – but in Rome the season never stops like it did down here.
We leave the underground to take a look at the above part of the complex. There is some old seat up here and you can see the area where the fights took place which is actually the third largest of all the old arenas in Italy. But I just don’t find what remains above ground all that impressive. There is just something missing to give it that little extra wow factor. The old arches are just too broken down and the seats are too worn – so you have to use your imagination a lot to figure out what it used to be.
Leaving the wonders of the underground we head out to see what else is the city. There are some great views of the sea and some nearby islands which would be good to visit in case the weather was a bit better than today. Actually after we have lunch and walks out to explore the city more the explorations are quickly cut short by some heavy showers accompanied by great gust of wind which renders our umbrella pretty useless. We search for safety from the rain and find a little restaurant next to an old forum – after a little wait the rain becomes a little less heavy and we head out again. The little forum is quite nice – but it seems like it is closed for the day – so we just walk around from above and have a little look from here. I guess we weren’t really all that interested in spending too much more time down there in the rain anyway. It was a nice little city and if the weather had been better we could have spent a little more time exploring – as it is it is time to head back to the train station and the warmth and comfort of the hotel room.
Wow! Thank-you for sharing!
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you welcome – and thanks for dropping by and reading.
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My pleasure!
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Oh, it looks amazing! Wonderful post!
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Thanks – it was a nice overlooked attraction.
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Another amazing post from the FrejaTravels
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Thanks for the kind words.
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Wow looks amazing, I’ve been to the one in Rome which is also amazing!!
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Yeah the coloseum is more impressive above ground than this one. But underground this one is more impressive.
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Definitely!!
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Talk about impressive.. the basement is so well preserved…it’s almost possible to imagine what it used to be like in its glory days. I am hoping to go back to Italy at some point and this is definitely on my to-do list. Nice pics and great post!
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Thanks and have fun going back to Naples and the rest of Italy one day.
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wow! it is so well-kept :)! lovely post
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thanks you – it was a very nice quite place.
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Wow! I love that you were able to get photos that aren’t full of tourists everywhere! It looks very beautiful.
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Thanks – it wasn’t too difficult since there was only two more visitors in addition to us 🙂
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That would feel amazing!
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It was 🙂
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Reading your post and the photos, I felt I was transported to the basement of the amphitheater. Great post!
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Thanks you – I am glad you enjoyed the basement.
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No way! This is so cool!!! 😀
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Indeed. It was beautiful:)
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Thanks for sharing 🙂
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You welcome and thank you for checking our blog
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My pleasure 🙂 and please also share the list of destinations which you deal.
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Amazing sight! We made it to Pompeii and Ercolano but didn’t have time to go further on the peninsula. We were based in Sorrento (of course!) and there were so many places to visit. 🙂 🙂 Many thanks for yours to mine.
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Thanks – when you didn’t manage to get out to this area you have an reason to go back and visit again. thats not a bad thing 🙂
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That’s very true. So much to see the world over xx
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yeah it will take several lifetimes to see it all.
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You welcome and thanks for dropping by.
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Ah.. Thank you soo much. I found it now. cheers:)
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Glad 🙂
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Wow! That’s amazing. What a wonderful place to visit.
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Yes indeed it was a very nice day.
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The Pozzuoli amphitheatre looks very familiar, I think I’ve seen a tv program in which they looked at the infrastructure and things such as lifts to raise the wild animals to the arena. Very interesting!
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I haven’t seen such a documentary. It would be interesting to see after having visited the place.
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