Private Tour : Pompeii and Herculaneum

We'll drive you through the most significant

archaeological sites of Italy:

Pompeii and

Herculaneum.

You will meet your

English speaking driver at the Hotel and he will drive you to the

archeological site of

Pompeii where you will spend approximately 2 hours.

Pompeii was

an ancient Roman town near modern Naples.

Its initial rediscovery was in 1599 and there was a broader rediscovery almost 150 years later in 1748.

You will see many

villas and

temples that were destroyed and buried under 13 to 20 feet of volcanic ash and pumice in the

Mount Vesuvius eruption in AD 79.

Then you will continue to

Herculaneum (about 15 min to reach it).

The tour will take about two hours.

Like Pompeii,

Herculaneum

was buried and destroyed by

Vesuvio's eruption in 79 AD.

Herculaneum

was wealthier than Pompeii, characterized by an extraordinary density of fine houses with more lavish use of coloured marble cladding, whose original splendour has been preserved and covered by a deep pyroclastic material.

After Pompeii and Herculaneum

tour,

the driver will take you back to your hotel.