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Herculaneum
Roman town destroyed by eruption of Mount Vesuvius

Herculaneum

Herculaneum is an ancient Roman town located in the modern-day comune of Ercolano, Campania, Italy.

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Herculaneum was buried under a massive pyroclastic flow in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.

Get in

Getting to Herculaneum

Frequent buses run to and from Naples. The Circumvesuviana trains take 25 minutes to get there from Naples and 40 minutes from Sorrento. To get to the ruins, get off at the

  1. 01
    Ercolano Scavi
See

Worth seeing

The section below provides a brief summary of what can be seen.

Do

Things to do

Don't be afraid to wander around. There's still a lot of character to the ruins from the city it once was, and you never know what you'll find. PompeiIn info@pompeiin.com +39 3284134719 offers itineraries at the ancient Herculaneum lasting minimum 2 hours and covering all the highlights of the city such as Northern Cardo (road oriented north–south), the House of the Skeleton, Thermopolium (restaurant food), Men's…

Eat

Where to eat

There are cake and pizza shops lining the street from the train station to the site. Take your own food to the site, there's only one vending machine, and that's mostly for drinks.

How locals move

Getting around Herculaneum the local way

  • Get in}} From the airport you can take a bus for €5 (called Alibus) which has two stops only: Stazione Centrale (Central station) and Piazza Municipio, near the main ferry port (molo Beverello).
  • Get inBeware of (legal) taxi drivers on the way to the Alibus stop, who claim to charge the same price as the Alibus, but actually also charge for children and go only once the minivan is full.
  • Get inFrom around the station, the bus routes Alibus, R2 and 151, the tram route 1 and the metro Line 1 will take you within three blocks of the ferries at Stazione Marittima.
  • Get inMedMar Group operates several large ferry/passenger ships that connect Naples with Sardinia (Olbia), Corsica (Porto-Vecchio), Tunisia (Tunis), and the Aeolian Islands.
  • Get inTirrenia Navigazione operates an overnight ferry service that has two separate routes, one to Sardinia (Cagliari) and the other to Sicily (Palermo).
  • Get aroundThere are several ferry and hydrofoil services that connect Naples and local ports and islands.
  • Get aroundFerry and hydrofoil services leave from either {{marker |type=go |name 40.837352 |long=14.254749 |image=Castel Nuovo from sea (2006-05-273).jpg }}, (approx.
  • Get aroundBesides the main stops the ferry service also connects many smaller communities.

From Wikivoyage: Naples, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

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