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Originally I only knew about the ruins at Pompeii and Herculaneum, as you will be able to tell from viewing these pages I found a few more sites. I have included these in the hopes that someone else may find it useful and enhance their holiday as much as I did.
I have used various guide book descriptions, some of which seem to contradict each other, so I hope these are correct. I've also included some pictures taken from post-cards and pictures out of guide books when possible. And also some taken by my girlfriend, Lynn, and myself. Please excuse the state of me in some of them, all I can say is we were on holiday.
Unfortunately in Ostia Antica we had a camera failure on the second day so the end of that day has no pictorial record by us. So, again, I have used post-cards and guide book pictures to illustrate the site.
Where possible I have included the Italian or Roman name of ruins in brackets, as we found each guide book or map referred to them differently. Please use the E-Mail link to contact me if any of these are wrong as I’m no Latin or Italian scholar and I'll try to correct them.
A few words of advice: do take a break between midday and 2-00 pm for at least an hour as you will get major sunstroke if you don’t. Take plenty of water with you into the sites, we went through about 2 litres minimum per day, and sandwiches are a must, except at Pompeii and Ostia Antica where there is a café on site.
There are also a lot of places on the sites which are still undergoing excavation or are just too plain dangerous. These are usually marked off with orange webbing or wooden gates. I'd advise you not to go through these, as frustrating as they are, as some of them are there to stop you destroying delicate evidence or killing yourself under some dodgey brick-work.
Oh yes, PLEASE TAKE NOTE do not buy any souvenirs or films in front of the Pompeii Excavations, or in the Market at the bottom of the ramp, without going into the town-centre first where most things are about 1/2 to 1/3 the price. (Example: a mug at 30,000Lire(@ £9-00) near the site is about 12,000Lire(@ £3-60) in the Town-centre Square.)
The Town-centre is only a short bus-ride or car journey away and is well worth a visit in it’s own right, as it’s quite picturesque. Parking is only 1,000Lire(@ £0-30) for an hour in the parking bays.
So if you like Ruins and want to know more then please read on. Thanks and good browsing. 
And an apology to myself and you as I was so hyped-up about being at these sites that I didn't take half as many pictures as I thought I had. So there are a few pictorial holes in my account. Well I suppose I'll just have to go back again, shame.
Back to topPlease feel free to pass on your comments or tips to me via this e-mail address(no obscenities please).
A big Thank You to all the people who have taken the time to e-mail me with their comments (good & bad). I'm glad so many appreciated the site, I will hopefully be able to add some more in a couple of weeks.
There is also a "Sliding Menu", if your browser supports javascript, which is activated by holding your mouse over the section just to the left of the words "Roman Holiday" in the left frame. See picture on the right. This contains quick links to several points in the pages such as Amphitheatres, Forum, etc.
} by each place link in the left frame to bring up a rough map of the site.
