Half Day Morning Tour of Herculaneum from Sorrento

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Destination: Sorrento, Campania, Italy

Duration: 4 hours

Price: $40.37

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Spend a half day in a full-immersion tour in Herculaneum, a residential coastal town which has been superbly preserved by volcanic mud and ash during the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 A.D. See the remains and skeletons of this town, which continues to be excavated even today.

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Stop At: Parco Acheologico di Ercolano, Corsa Resina, 80056 Ercolano Italy

The archaeological excavations of Herculaneum have returned the remains of the ancient city of Herculaneum, buried under a blanket of ashes, lapilli and mud during the eruption of Vesuvius in 79, together with Pompeii, Stabiae and Oplonti.

Found randomly following the excavations for the construction of a well in 1709, the archaeological investigations in Herculaneum began in 1738.

Duration: 2 hours