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Herculaneum's Boat, Pompeii and Trail No. 5 up Vesuvius
Vesuvius stands over the Bay of Naples, and the two towns it buried in AD 79 are the best surviving look anywhere at Roman daily life. This day is private, with a driver, and takes in both of them and the volcano. At Pompeii a licensed guide meets the group at the main gate, and the walk starts once the tickets are bought. Herculaneum works the same way, with its own guide at its own gate. What Herculaneum has that Pompeii does not is the boat: the restored remains of a vessel dug out of the old marina, on the same stretch where 300 skeletons were found. On Vesuvius the route is nature trail no. 5, Il Gran Cono, which begins at the Piazzale at 1,000 metres. The timings run to about 40 minutes' drive up from the motorway, 35 minutes on foot to the top, 35 minutes back down, and 40 minutes' drive down again. Both sites are covered by licensed guides. The driver handles everything between them.
What's included
- Bottled water
- Driver
- Tickets to Pompeii and Herculaneum (if option selected)
- Professional guide (if option selected)
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- Accommodation - Port - Train station - Airport pickup and drop-off
Itinerary
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Archaeological Park of Pompeii
A licensed guide meets you at the main gate of Pompeii. Once the tickets are bought the walk begins, and the guide takes the group through the ruins of the town.
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This gate provides access to the west of the city and it is…
This gate opens onto the west of the city, and it is the most impressive of the seven gates of Pompeii.
Foro de Pompeya
The Civil Forum was the centre of daily life: the public buildings for administration and justice, the business quarter, the markets, and the main places of worship all faced onto it.
Basilica
Business was done here and justice administered. Five entrances lead in from the Forum, separated by tuff pillars.
This was a small cook-shops where hot food was sold
A small cook-shop, where hot food was sold.
Casa del Fauno
One of the larger houses in Pompeii, covering a whole block of about 3,000 square metres. Its original layout dates from the 2nd century BC.
Casa dei Vettii
One of the richest and best known houses in Pompeii, under the protection of Priapus, god of prosperity, painted to the right of the door. The owners were the brothers Aulus Vettius Restitutus and Aulus Vettius Conviva, freedmen who made their money in trade.
Stabian Baths (Terme Stabiane)
The pool is on the left; on the right a colonnade leads to the men's quarters, split into the apodyterium, the changing room, with the frigidarium for cold baths, then the tepidarium for warm and the calidarium for hot.
Teatro Grande
The Grand Theatre was built into the natural slope of the hill, which formed the auditorium. The seating was divided by corridors into three areas and then into five sectors, resting on a barrel-vaulted passage.
Archeological Park of Herculaneum
The driver takes you on to the Archaeological Park of Herculaneum, where a licensed guide meets you at the main gate. Once the tickets are bought, the walk through the ruins begins.
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Salone della Barca di Ercolano
One of the more recent finds: the restored remains of a boat dug out of the marina area, on the same stretch where 300 skeletons were found.
The nature trail n
Nature trail no. 5, Il Gran Cono, starts at the Piazzale, 1,000 metres above sea level, in the municipality of Ercolano at the end of the Ercolano-Vesuvio provincial road. The Piazzale doubles as the car park for anyone driving. Before the climb there is an info point of the Vesuvius National Park, with information about the protected area and maps for sale. From the Piazzale the northern side of Monte Somma is already in view, with the cognoli of Sant'Anastasia and Punta Nasone, the top of the old volcano at 1,132 metres, facing the cognoli of Ottaviano and Levante. Looking up from there, the whole of the climb ahead is visible from below.
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Approximately 40 minutes drive from the highway to the…
About 40 minutes' drive from the motorway to the point nearest the summit trail. Roughly 35 minutes on foot to the top, and 35 minutes back down to the car. Then about 40 minutes' drive back down to the motorway.
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Casa dei Cervi
One of the wealthiest private houses in Herculaneum, and the owner's money is not in any doubt.
Not included
- Lunch
- Food and drinks
- Gratuities
- Tickets for Mount Vesuvius
Good to know
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Specialized infant seats are available
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- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- If passenger are on a Cruise ship, at time of booking, They must provide the following information: ship name, docking time, disembarkation time and re-boarding time
- Dress code is casual
- Up to 8 travelers per booking.
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Guiding available in: en, it.
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