Herculaneum, the ancient gem of the Bay of Naples

Local history is my great passion since I was a child and let me tell you that Pompeii it was not the only city buried by the great eruption of the volcano Mt. Vesuvius in AD 79. On the coastline a few miles away there was another town, Herculaneum. This city, just like Pompeii, was at the same time destroyed and preserved by the disaster. Pyroclastic flows covered Herculaneum with a mountain of boiling ash, hiding the remains of the ancient city 70 feet underground. Today, almost 2000 years later, the charm of Herculaneum is still intact. The city was a residential spot for wealthy people. Smaller but richer than Pompeii. Traces of the affluence of the ancient Herculaneum are still visible in the original style and in the elegant decoration of the private houses. Herculaneum is different than Pompeii also for the state of preservation. The two cities were destroyed by the same eruption but the effects were not alike. Let me show you the best of this area in a walking tour full of history!