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Pompeii vs Herculaneum tour suggestions
Does anyone have information about day tours to P or H. Is one location
better than the other. I have heard that H is better. Would visiting both in one day be rushed? Tony McCann |
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Tony McCann wrote:
Does anyone have information about day tours to P or H. Is one location better than the other. I have heard that H is better. Would visiting both in one day be rushed? I have been to Pompeii but not (yet) Herculaum. You could not do justice to Pompeii and also do another ruin in the same day. -- Julie ********** I could be wrong. My experience is limited to my experience. Check out my Travel Pages (non-commercial) at http://www.dragonsholm.org/travel.htm |
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In article , Tony McCann
wrote: Does anyone have information about day tours to P or H. Is one location better than the other. I have heard that H is better. Would visiting both in one day be rushed? Tony McCann I liked both and would recommend spending one day for each. One day for both would not let you see enough, particularly of Pompeii. Herculaneum is better preserved in many ways as compared to Pompeii, but Pompeii is larger - a real city - including theatres and an arena. Herculaneum is more like a resort village on the sea. I spent all day at Pompeii and did not finish - it is just huge. You can see all of Herculaneum in one day. Something else to consider is that a lot of the artifacts from the sites are in the National Archeological Museum in Naples. This includes the awesome Battle of Issus mosaic depicting the charge of Alexander the Great to Darius, the emperor of Persia. Here are some links that might help: http://homepage.mac.com/stepheda/Gra...toAlbum60.html http://homepage.mac.com/stepheda/Gra...toAlbum62.html -- Dan Stephenson Photos and movies from US Parks and all over Europe: http://homepage.mac.com/stepheda |
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"Tony McCann" wrote in message ... Does anyone have information about day tours to P or H. Is one location better than the other. I have heard that H is better. Would visiting both in one day be rushed? The answer to your final question is "Yes". I'm not sure what you mean by "day tours". From where would you be starting? I would STRONGLY advise against the "day trip from Rome" option. If you are staying in Rome, go to Ostia Antica. If you are staying in or near Naples/Sorrentine peninsula, I would advise the following: Take the Circumvesuviana train to Pompei Scavi (Villa dei Misteri) on at least one day and visit Pompeii. On another day go to Herculaneum and the so-called Villa of Poppaea at Torre Annunziata, both on the Circumvesuviana line and, for a first visit at least, "doable" in the same day. Alan Harrison |
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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 ...And Paradise Was Lost...like teardrops in the rain... |
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We went year before last. I suggest you go to Naples. See the museum
mentioned earlier in this thread. (I really wish we had.) Take the Circumvesuviana (spelling?). Got to Sorrento. Check out the beach town, go back to Pompeii and spend the day, at least a whole day, there is a wonderful little hotel there right off the town square. Cost us 80$ for the night and they have a great breakfast. Get on the train and stop at Opalantis. It's only a couple of hours. Get back on the train and go to Herculeneum. Plan at least four or five hours, maybe a day. As you walk down the hill from the train station to the ruins, you will find an excellent little restaurant on the right hand side of the road. It ain't fancy, but it had the best doggone pizza we ever had, before or after. Before you leave, catch the bus at the top of the hill just before the train station to the volcano. Don't go up there if the volcano is erupting! Go back to Naples. There is a great motel right in front of the train station. But watch for thieves. The locals warned me to hide by camera. Take the train to Pozoulli. That's where the apostle Paul landed after his shipwreck. See Acts 21 for details. He was there about 80 years before Mt. Vesuvius had to act up. There is a taxi station in Pozoulli. Take a taxi and see Solfatarra, Lago D'Averno, the cave of the Sybillines (sp?) and the ruins of the huge bath at Cuma. The taxi driver will hurry you. Just give him some Euros and ask him to be patient. He'll cheer up. Get him to drop you off at the train station at Pozooulli and go back to Naples for your return to wherever. Read up on all these places and you will enjoy them. We loved every bit of it and only regret that we didn't spend one more day seeing Sorrento and the museum at Naples. Poetic Justice wrote: 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 ..And Paradise Was Lost...like teardrops in the rain... |
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Pickin@fiddle wrote in message news:41FB8D2D.8090108@fiddle... Get on the train and stop at Opalantis. The ancient name of the place was Oplontis (Oplonti in Italian). The station you would want is Torre Annunziata - Oplonti. On leaving the sation go left to the main road, turn right and walk about 300 yards. The arcaheaological site is just beyond the first traffic lights, on thhe left. It's only a couple of hours. Get back on the train and go to Herculeneum. Plan at least four or five hours, maybe a day. As you walk down the hill from the train station to the ruins, Station name is Ercolano. Alan Harrison |
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On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 08:18:37 -0500, Pickin@fiddle wrote:
Take the train to Pozoulli. That's where the apostle Paul landed after his shipwreck. See Acts 21 for details. He was there about 80 years before Mt. Vesuvius had to act up. I doubt it. Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD. -- Barbara Vaughan My email address is my first initial followed by my surname at libero dot it I answer travel questions only in the newsgroup |
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nitram wrote:
A bit of a swim from Malta? Perhaps he walked, I heard his boss pulled it off once. Regards, Walter ...And Paradise Was Lost...like teardrops in the rain... |
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nitram wrote: On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 07:01:15 -0500, (Poetic Justice) wrote: nitram wrote: A bit of a swim from Malta? Perhaps he walked, I heard his boss pulled it off once. Regards, Walter LOL Seriously, I love all those responses. But that'll get you through all those places in 4 days. They are quite beautiful and I felt like we were getting a taste of life in the real Italian world. Especially since we didn't speak Italian and no-one we met understood English with a southern dialect. Coit |
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