The Golden Mile and Oplontis

Hidden treasures

A journey that will lead to the discovery of the hidden treasures of the Golden Mile, so renamed thanks to the architectural wealth and important eighteenth-century residences, in late Neapolitan Baroque style, wanted by the Neapolitan aristocracy: the "villas of delights". Oplontis, the wonderful treasure of Vesuvian archaeology, beautiful Pompeian paintings. Meeting with our guide and beginning of the visit at three "Vesuvian delights", extraordinary:  Villa delle Ginestre, linked to Leopardi’s stay in Naples, where the poet Recanati composed "La Ginestra" and "Il Tramonto della Luna"; Villa Campolieto, completed by Vanvitelli at the end of the eighteenth century;  Sea Park of Villa Favorita characterized by a long avenue that crosses the entire park between hedges and saplings. Lunch in local restaurant. In the afternoon, guided tour of the Archaeological Excavations of Oplontis, formerly a suburban area of Pompeii that preserves the so-called Villa 'di Poppea' included among the assets that UNESCO has defined "World Heritage Site" grandiose residential construction of the mid-1st century BC, enlarged in the imperial age, under restoration at the time of the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The beautiful ancient paintings reflected by the lights of the afternoon will give us an emotion of enchantment.