From Sorrento: Visit To The Ruins Of Herculaneum And Pompeii

Pompeii and Herculaneum are the largest towns of the five buried by the Vesuvius eruption of 79 AD, and they are also the most fully excavated.

Although they were buried by the same eruption, Pompeii was covered mainly by ash, and Herculaneum by mud and lava, it is interesting to compare building techniques and life style walking round the sites.

Pompeii lived off commerce whereas Herculaneum was a fishing community, but by the first century it was becoming a fashionable holiday resort both towns were discovered and excavated mid-18th century.

Start the tour with a pick-up from your hotel or meeting point and transfer to Pompeii. There you’ll have a guided visit of 2 hours showing you the main public monuments and some of the homes of the Pompeii ruins.

After the visit you will have free time at leisure for lunch before to reach the second archeological site of this tour which is Herculaneum. Enjoy a guided visit of about 2 hours showing you the main attractions of this huge ruins.

Then be transferred back to the hotel in Sorrento.