The brothel of Pompeii

Very interesting. I highly recommend a guided tour to get the history and truly appreciate what you are looking at. Amazing, so unique and beautiful. Our guide was fantastic. This was one of my favorite stops in Italy.

Great place, lots of history and the stories from the tour guide of people who used to live in this town were amazing. I would recommend going with a tour guide for this as there is information for you to read, however, they have their own twist on it with stories from before the volcano erupted.

The Lupanare di Pompei, or the Brothel of Pompeii, is a compelling site that offers a unique insight into the city’s social fabric during ancient times. This well-preserved establishment features a series of small rooms, each with a stone bed, showcasing the practical design of a Roman brothel. The walls are adorned with vibrant frescoes that depict various erotic scenes, providing a glimpse into the attitudes toward sexuality and leisure in Pompeian society. As you navigate through the intimate spaces, you gain an understanding of the personal and transactional relationships that existed in this context. A visit to the Lupanare is both thought-provoking and revealing, presenting a candid picture of daily life in ancient Pompeii and contributing to the city's rich historical narrative.

Amazing experience exploring the ancient ruins of Pompeii. So historic and the walk through exhibit was very knowledgeable. Recommended before heading the old streets of what was Pompeii. It's 163 acres of old city area!

The Lupanare of Pompeii is one of the most fascinating and revealing sites in the ancient Roman world — especially about daily life, sexuality, and culture. 🏛️ What is the Lupanare? The Lupanare (from Latin lupa, meaning "she-wolf" — a slang term for prostitute) is Pompeii’s most famous brothel. It is the only purpose-built brothel discovered in the city. “Lupanar” literally means “den of the she-wolves” — a euphemism for a house of prostitution.

Amazing and sad at the same time. Recommend ordering tickets online as the queue for buying on the day was long. Also download the free app to help you with your own self guided tour.

Wow! How incredible to walk through a place so well preserved from so long ago!! We downloaded the Rick Steves audio tour and took our time walking around

We started our self-guided tour at the Piazza Anfiteatro entrance, which is not the primary entrance, as many of the tourism office will yell at you while you are walking toward it, trying to get you to talk to them. But it is a great entrance with one minor issue, if you get an audio guide you have to make your way back to the entrance to return the audio guide and recover your ID, in our case our passport. But it is fine to start here and view the beautiful forum first and make your way down through the many streets. The audio guide costs 8€ for one or 13€ for two. They consist of an older smartphone sized device which you have to put up to your ear to listen to. If you have headsets with a 9mm jack you can plug in and listen, but they do not have a speakerphone and do not support Bluetooth. If you’re doing a self-guided tour the audio guide is worth it, but they do use up your hands and make it difficult to take photos. We got the Pompei Plus pass which included access to the Villas. We did it feel it was worth the extra money. There are some neat things but there just isn’t enough time to see the ruins and the Villas in one day. Also, the other issue is, if you hit the Villas after 3:30 they close the road back up and you have to exit there and walk all around the site to get back to where you started, basically losing about 1.5 hours as they will not let you back in. This was our biggest issue as we weren’t told about the closing of the entrance to the Villas and the guy at the entrance was very rude. Other than that, the Pompeii site has some amazing sites to see. Highlights of what we saw on our self-guided tour are: Amphitheater, Teatro, Brothels, Temple of Jupiter, climb to the top of the building at the North end of Via di Mercurio. Just do the Express if you only have one day to visit.