Paolo Gardelli

The thriving Roman city met its fate in 79 A. D. , when the Mount Vesuvius erupted. The ash from Mt. Vesuvius buried the entire town with many of its inhabitants. Herculaneum is much smaller but better preserved then Pompeii. While Pompeii had been covered in four to five meters of ashes, an avalanche of muds 20 meters thick had buried Herculane...

The Circumvesuviana is a local train with stops in all towns on the slopes of the Mount Vesuvius. With this vehicle you can comfortably get to the sites of Pompeii, Herculaneum and Oplontis. The line Napoli-Pompei-Sorrento starts from the terminus in Naples and then stop in several towns along the bay. The complete journey from Naples to Sorr...