Tony McCann wrote:

Does anyone have information about day
tours to P or H.

Hi Tony, By 'day tours' do you mean bus tours? If so, from where (Rome,
Naples, Sorrento, etc).
In 3 trips (off season) to Herculaneum, I don't recall ever seeing any
bus tour groups or any hotel or tourist info office pamphlets
advertising bus tours there.
Pompeii has alot of bus tours from as far away as Rome. But the Rome
ones cost twice as much as doing it yourself and only spent ~2hrs on the
site. And they will probably stop at a couple of factory outlets
(cameos, furniture) and do a drive-thru of Naples and possibly Sorrento.
A very long day (12-14hrs) for 2hrs at the site with the rest of the
herd. On your own from Rome you can be at Pompeii in 3hrs.

Is one location better than the other. I
have heard that H is better.

My opinion: Pompeii is a *complete* walled-in city, sort of a mini-Rome.
Herculaneum is just a small section of a smaller city (population wise
~25% of Pompeii). But it is better preserved than Pompeii and it has a
better 'going back in time' feel to it for me.
IMO Pompeii is the far better choice. Esp now that some of Herculaneum
is closed off and it was already small to begin with.

Would visiting both in one day be rushed?

I don't know where you are stating from but let me give you a timeline.
Ok 1st off I'm a history nerd, so *I* have to see and find
*everything*. I'm still debating on visiting Pompeii for the 5th time
next March.
But for the average tourist, they could easily spend an enjoyable day
there or they could walk thru the site and see many highlights in 4hrs.
Herculaneum is alot smaller and you can leisurely do the audioguide
tour and explore alittle in 2hrs.
If you have the Circumvesuviana train schedule you can be from inside
Pompeii to inside Herculaneum in ~45min.
Both sites have very informative audioguide tours, Pompeii's has a 2, 4
or 6 hr itinerary.
If your email address is valid I'm going to send a tripreport with
detailed directions that I have posted in the past. I will put POMPEII
in the Subject Line.
Regards, Walter



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