Plan your visit
Concierge guides to Herculaneum Park
Practical, concierge-written guides to visiting Herculaneum Park: timing, transport, comparisons and FAQs.
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The Best Time to Visit Herculaneum
When the Campanian heat is bearable, when the tour-group pressure thins, and when the light catches the glass-paste mosaic at Casa di Nettuno e Anfitrite at its best.
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How to Get to Herculaneum
The Circumvesuviana train, the Ercolano-Scavi station, and the seven-minute walk downhill to the gate — get this one detail right and the day is easy.
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Can You Do Herculaneum and Pompeii in One Day?
Yes — they sit twenty-five minutes apart on the same train line. Here is the honest concierge guide to which to do first, how to time the day, and when to split the visit across two days instead.
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The Villa of the Papyri and the Herculaneum Scrolls
The Roman luxury villa partly excavated at Herculaneum, the carbonised library of 1,800 scrolls discovered in 1750, and the modern X-ray and AI techniques finally unrolling them after 1,900 years.
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Herculaneum History: From Roman Resort to UNESCO Discovery
The Greek colony that became a Roman luxury town, the AD 79 eruption that carbonised it, the 1709 well-digging discovery, the Bourbon tunnels, Amedeo Maiuri's modern excavations, and the 1980s Boatsheds find.