If you're just looking for a bite-sized tour, this half day gives us plenty of time to show you the ancient site of Herculaneum. A residential coastal town which has been superbly preserved due to the fact that it was covered in volcanic mud during the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD.
Posted By : Navigator22705369091
This was a very interesting and informative visit to Herculaneum and followed on from our trip to Pompeii a couple of days before.
The pick up was easy enough, although the coach wasn't already waiting there, which made us wonder if we were in the correct location. The journey was comfortable and the air-conditioning worked well. It took around 1.5 hours to get to the site, but we did stop to pick up from a couple of other places too. We split into two groups when we arrived as tours apparently need to be with a maximum of 15 people - we were with Carmel, our guide from the coach, and others were introduced to another guide who we met at the entrance.
The tour with Carmel was excellent and she managed to find us some shadier spots to stop in as she explained the sights. We were able to briefly visit the boat house and the museum - both of which had amazing finds. We felt that we'd managed to see the highlights in the two hours. Much of it is amazingly well-preserved, much more so than Pompeii, and the mosaic work and paintings are quite incredible. We're so glad that we went.
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Posted On : 2023-08-20 15:32:54 
Posted By : Sandra_E
Herculaneum was the best part along with the tour guide. Would have preferred a hotel pick as we had to get to pick up point early and then the bus came passed our hotel! Good trip though.
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Posted On : 2023-07-27 05:26:26 
Posted By : Evelynn_L
Have wanted to make this trip since Art History class 40 years ago. Watch the Youtube video
hosted by a British professor before you go. Herculaneum has more preserved houses, relics
mosaics than Pompeii which is much larger and out in the open. We were there in May with
temps in the 70's. Can't imagine doing this in the heat. Wear very comfortable shoes with good tred and a hat. Lots of walking, stairways and uneven large cobblestones. We thought it was crowded but tour guide said it is much more crowded June-Sept. Guide was excellent taking us through the ancient town and many houses, baths and forums. Amazing place to experience. Took about an hour by bus to get there from Sorrento. We were in a large tour bus. We prefer the small vans that carry six or eight but there wasn't anything like that available. However is was a nice group. Beautiful scenery of Bay of Naples, small towns and Mt Vesuvius along the way. DIdn't return to Sorrento until about 2PM which felt like a full day tour to us. Our only complaint was the communications with Viator and the actual tour company that escorted us. I was unable to download the tickets even though I had a confirmation email that it was bought and paid for in advance. Screen kept popping up "Oops there's a problem" Had me concerned that we perhaps were not confirmed for this trip after all. The description of the the meeting place was very vague. A large group of people waiting for other tours were in the same location. at 8:00AM but no buses showed up for quite a while and there were no signs to indicate that any of us were in the right place. We have taken several Viator trips. Never had this problem but we had a problem with another tour scheduled two days later. Couldn't confirm that we would be picked up at our hotel and then late the night before the full day boat trip, we got a phone call saying that it was canceled. Very disappointing. It was a beautiful day. We ended up going to Capri on our own, waiting in long lines for hours to buy ferry tickets. Never ended up going to Amalfi or Positano. We are supposed to be getting a full refund.
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Posted On : 2023-05-27 10:30:20
Posted By : Samantha_S
This tour was done on a holiday and even though there were crowds, our guide got us in and going in record time, making sure we were all accounted for and bathroom breaks appreciated. She spoke wonderful English and knew the history of the place and shared all kinds of fascinating facts that brought the tour to life. It was a half day and for someone that is slightly older, it was just the right amount of time. With that said if I were younger I could have spent the whole day there.
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Posted On : 2023-05-02 02:56:05
Posted By : WaiHung_C
Tour pick up was on time. Our friendly guide Carmela, made the tour so enjoyable and I learned a lot about Herculaneum because of the wealth of knowledge she has. I think the tour length was about right but on a hot day bring a hat!
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Posted On : 2022-10-04 15:31:09
Posted By : Hilary_N
Herculaneum was a wonderful site to see and the tour guide Raffael was awesome in both his knowledge and his funny anecdotes. He made the morning fly by ❤️
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Posted On : 2022-10-03 08:58:55
Posted By : rosalyn824
A great tour. Friendly, knowledge and helpful tour guides (there were two, so that there were 25 visitors per guide). We were given radio receivers to hear what our tour guides
were saying whilst walking round, which was very effective and helpful. Bus was air-conditioned and comfortable, and picked us up from outside our hotel, as I had asked via message on TripAdvisor whether this was possible.
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Posted On : 2022-07-31 17:29:59
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