So by then we'd been to Naples & Pompeii. Next stop on the archaeological tour is Herculaneum, which, as luck would have it, is also accessible from the Circumvesuviana. Convenient, almost as if they planned it that way.
Herculaneum is another ongoing excavation. It was a Roman town like Pompeii, buried under 50 ft mud & ash by the same Vesuvian eruption.
Generally speaking, Herculaneum offers a similar experience to Pompeii, except on a smaller scale (Pompeii was huge).
Many of the architectural features are identical.
Including some very nice mosaics.
& frescoes.
Even a Roman bed.
While on the whole Herculaneum did seem bit better preserved than Pompeii, parts of it are still entirely exposed to the elements & unprotected from the wear & tear of tourists.
There's a delightful orchard toward the back.
It was pretty cool to see this sort of bidness going on.
A bath complex.
Pint of the black stuff, landlord?
The columns have layers.
Vesuvius in the distance.
On our way back to Massa Lubrense I took this picture. Gorgeous, right?
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