Herculaneum Ruins

Posted By : Peter H
Herculaneum is well worth seeing. The remains, buried under ash since Vesuvius erupting 79ad, has been carefully excavated over the past century or so. It could be described as a mini-Pompeii, but is worth a visit and its compact site means it is not as challenging to get around.

The train station, Ercolano Scavi, can be tricky to get to from Naples and Sorrento since not all trains stop there. You’ll need to change at Santa Maria Anunciata returning to Sorrento. Platform signage and information in Naples is particularly poor. You need to ask station staff to be sure you board the right train.
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Posted On : 2024-05-17 07:33:48

Posted By : GMH153
Leaving the car park to make your way down to Herculaneum you have to stop to admire the buildings standing beneath you. The guide said that the sea used to come up to the doors where the skeleton could be seen

Walking the streets where people have walked for thousands of of years was well preserved and the mosaics and wall paintings are very impressive. As are the gladiator pens and houses

On leaving the city tour ensure to end the visit with the boat exhibit
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Posted On : 2024-05-11 11:19:35

Posted By : Jorioz14
Closer to Naples and Vesuvius than Pompeii.
13€ entry.
Arriving early (for 9:30 a.m. entry) by train from Garibaldi/Naples, very short wait to get the ticket. Easy arrival, go down main street from the station, 500 meters to the entrance arch. Good height gain over the entire site of Ercolano (Herculaneum), 3-hour visit, without audio guide but several travel guides, carried out clockwise.
In terms of communication, the site of Pompeii (much larger, more populated, a city formerly dedicated to commerce) crushes the ancient Herculaneum, a small fishing port, a happy result, because a visit without tourism, and a great pleasure than that of enter peacefully into the often two-story houses of the wealthy of the time.
Architectural panorama, beautiful frescoes and mosaics.
In the end, Herculaneum is worth your visit just as much as Pompeii!
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Posted On : 2024-05-04 04:01:30

Posted By : amsterdammarlies
Very interesting, it's just big enough to see everything. Be sure to bring cat food and water for the small (but very thin) kittens. They walk around the terrace/food corner. Unfortunately, the food corner does not offer food for cats. But they really need this! My thanks are great!
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Posted On : 2024-04-24 05:39:47

Posted By : D9738OGchristophers
Extraordinary. Amazing. Fantastic guide. Just go. Friends had suggested that Herculaneum was a better option than Pompei. Easier to get around. No regrets. Or do both.
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Posted On : 2024-04-22 11:19:03

Posted By : Chloergriffin
The woman at the desk on 14/04/24 was rude and unhelpful. Kept interrupting us when we were trying to explain the problem with the ticket. We had a booking reference but didn’t have a barcode so she dismissed us from the line. Our email said to collect the ticket from the desk. I walked around asking for help. I tried to access the Wi-Fi. I felt very frustrated and close to tears. In the end we went back to the desk- she said “Oh your ticket is with the audio guide around the corner. You should’ve said from the start”!!!! 🤬🤬🤬 It was written on the booking reference!! We wasted time unable to get in because the woman at the desk wouldn’t listen.
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Posted On : 2024-04-16 03:39:09

Posted By : bk51wrm
We had tickets booked to tour Herculaneum for Apr 12, 2024. We walked to the Metro station only to find out the Metro was on strike. I contacted the Herculaneum ticket vendor only to find out that cancellation or date change needs to be done 24hrs in advance. I am 42€ ($62 Cdn) out of pocket. No refund!!! No possible date change!!! We could have taken a taxi for another 65€ charge... not happening!
Our impression of Naples... dirty, stinky, unfriendly, rude people. Not a city we will revisit... ever!
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Posted On : 2024-04-12 08:11:14

Posted By : 554wendys
From the station is a nice 10min walk to the ruins. The views from the entry point are very good. It is a much easier walk than Pompeii but without so many wow moments. We arrived for 9.30am and it was empty but the nice thing was plenty of staff walking around and answered a few questions I had (found the staff to be multi-lingual in Italian and English at the least). Absolutely worth going and good value for money and a must if you dont have time for Pompeii
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Posted On : 2024-02-27 09:28:00

Posted By : 400JEAN8
Easy train from Naples station.
Several every hour.
Entrance 15 minutes walk from the station.
Tickets at the entrance.
The site is smaller than Pompeii, so easier.
Few tourists, but it's still early.
Little information.
Exceptional state of conservation, site perfectly maintained by UNESCO.
Fairly quick visit.
Restaurant near the park of low quality and expensive.
Otherwise the city has few attractions.
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Posted On : 2024-02-14 15:20:22

Posted By : chocolate123
The place is very interesting, no question. And now in February very empty which makes visiting so much nicer.

There is WiFi so you can download a guide to your phone which is available in many languages. Problem is, that is only to easy to overlook the small stand at the entrance. The information about the WiFi and password is written in tiny letters.
There is only space for one person at a time to do so. As the WiFi is slow, it takes some time.

What stops them to make that more accessible? Already with small crowds it is not functional anymore.

Why they are not able to provide clean and decent toilets is beyond me.

That's why only three stars.
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Posted On : 2024-02-08 17:31:45