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Herculaneum

Herculaneum was another roman city destroyed by the eruption in 79 AD. While Pompeii was buried by ashes, Herculaneum was drowned by piroclastic fluxes that sealed the old town under more than 20 metres of mud as hard as the rock. The lava destroyed most of the buildings (unlike Pompeii) but saved almost all the objects that were inside the houses, as it covered them slowly. Thanks to this phenomenon, all kind of perfectly preserved objects can now be seen: furniture, ornaments and also papyruses and wooden objects that can still be seen today even though they were carbonized. Looking at these objects will help you to understand the habits and daily life of a population that lived almost 2000 years ago.

Our itinerary

Your visit of the Ruins of Herculaneum will take about two hours. With the help of one of our professional Tour Guides, you will visit all the most important buildings of this unique city. Your tour will start from the Entrance Bridge, where you will admire the layout of the old city, and you will go through the different phases of its history: the birth, the destruction, the discover…
Then you will visit the Men’s and Women’s Baths; the House of the Augustals; the different shops; the Houses of the Dark Room, of Neptune and Amphitrite, and of the Wooden Partition; the Palestra and the Borbonic Tunnels; the marvellous House of the Deers, where one could have a magnificent view on the Bay of Naples.

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