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Paestum Tour: Best Preserved Temples in the World (UNESCO)

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Overview
  • Discover the perfectly preserved temples of Hera, Poseidon and Ceres
  • Visit the amphitheatre and the Roman forum
  • Explore the Archaeological Museum with the famous Tomb of the Diver

Activity location

    • Paestum
    • Paestum, Campania, Italy

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • Via Magna Graecia, 919, 84047 Santa Venere SA, Italy | Archaeological museum entrance (Paestum)
    • Santa Venere, Provincia di Salerno, Italy

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What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedLicensed guide
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedEntrance tickets Archaeological Park and National Archaeological Museum
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded Tasting/Lunch/Dinner
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded Transport/Pick up and Drop off

What you can expect

Paestum is an ancient city of Magna Grecia called by the founders Poseidonia and later Paestum by the Romans in honour of Poseidon, but very devoted to Athena and Hera. Explore the archaeological park and revel in the archaeological treasures found in Paestum.

The guided tour will take you to admire three temples, the first, that of Hera, also called Basilica is the oldest, in Doric style, with impressive dimensions (twenty-six metres wide and fifty-five in length). Later you will visit the largest temple, that of Poseidon also called Neptune, comparable to the temple of Zeus in Olympia, a majestic wonder in Doric style built in 460 B.C.E. The tour continues with the discovery of the third temple, that of Ceres, the Sanctuary dedicated to Athena, of a more modest but equally exceptional size. Along the Via Sacra there will be the opportunity to see the Roman Forum and the Amphitheatre.

After the ruins of Paestum, the tour will end at the National Archaeological Museum, where you can admire the thirty-three metopes of the temple of Hera Argiva, the statue of Zeus, the crater with the rat of Europe and the famous tomb of the diver: a tomb of five limestone slabs in local travertine plastered and decorated with parietal painting of a figurative subject, realised with the fresco technique.

Location

Activity location

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    • Paestum
    • Paestum, Campania, Italy

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    • Via Magna Graecia, 919, 84047 Santa Venere SA, Italy | Archaeological museum entrance (Paestum)
    • Santa Venere, Provincia di Salerno, Italy