Private Herculaneum Walking Tour

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1. Located in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius, Herculaneum was an ancient Roman town destroyed by volcanic pyroclastic flows in 79 AD. Its ruins are located in the comune of Ercolano, and are the best preserved ones in the area; a unique location freezed in time. Together with your official guide, you will walk into a living picture of the 79 ad

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2. The Casa dei Cervi is an imposing example of a Roman noble family's house that, before the volcanic mud slide, boasted a seafront address. Constructed around a central courtyard, the two-storey villa contains murals and some beautiful still-life paintings.

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3. The House of the Skeleton probably the aggregation of three smaller buildings, derives its name from the discovery of human remains in a second floor room in 1831. Some inhabitants shut themselves in their homes and they died there either by suffocation or because of the extreme heat of the gases which hit the town.

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4. It is thought that the building was a centre of the cult of the Emperor Augustus and the headquarters of the Collegium Augustalium (or possibly even the local curia).

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5. The "thermae" were the city's public baths. There were relatively few private baths and these were limited to the most well-to-do families, given that the latter were the only ones who could afford to build rooms suited to the purpose. The thermal bath buildings were divided into two sections: one reserved for women and one reserved for men. Each of these contained a series of rooms with different functions: changing room cold bath room tepid bath room hot bath room all well preserved from the passing of the years

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6. After the Eruption of the Volcano Vesuvius, many inhabitants fled for their lives reaching the beach. The men tried to protect women and children, but the fury of the Volcano was unstoppable and the waves, the sand and the lava destroyed the little port and the beach. The wooden boat, recovered from the ancient beach, was covered with a resinous material, which preserved it perfectly, and in 1982 it was bring back to lifeand put back in the right position, so travellers can admire it.

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7. The Partem Domus Lignea, owes its name to a folding wooden door discovered here; it was used to separate the atrium from the tablinium (the studio of the owner). In front of the façade it's still possible to admire the benches where the clientes waited to be received from the host.

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How it compares in Napels

• Its from-price is 15% below the median of the 3135 experiences we list in Napels.
• Its length is typical for the group.
• The operator lists free cancellation on it.

About Napels

Gepassioneerd en chaotisch onder de Vesuvius is Napels de geboorteplaats van de pizza en de poort naar Pompeji, Capri en de Amalfikust.

Het historische centrum, een dicht stratenraster dat de oude Grieken aanlegden, is een wereld van kerken, straatkapelletjes en wasgoed dat tussen balkons hangt. Spaccanapoli snijdt er recht doorheen, de Via San Gregorio Armeno staat vol werkplaatsen voor kerststallen, en de Sansevero-kapel herbergt de verbluffende Gesluierde Christus. Onder de grond onthullen tunnels en reservoirs de Griekse en Romeinse stad eronder.

Top-ranked sights in Napels: Mt. Vesuvius (Monte Vesuvio), Via dei Tribunali, Naples Historic Center (Napoli Centro Storico).

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