Pompeii's legacy of love lost in lava

The lava may have cooled 2,000 years ago, but Pompeii is a hot destination this Valentine's Day with a special opening of the exceptionally preserved House of the Chaste Lovers.

This rich baker's dwelling, complete with garden, stables, mill and a sumptuous fresco of a tender kiss, stands on via dell'Abbondanza, the once-bustling thoroughfare of this ancient Roman city.

It also boasts the grinning skeletons of petrified mules caught in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD.