Ancient City of Pompeii

Pompeii is the more well-known site of the devastating 79 AD Vesuvius eruption. The excavated portion of Pompeii is ten times larger than that of Herculaneum. Some 2.5 million tourists visit it each year, and maybe the Easter Monday holiday wasn’t the best time to visit.

Because a number of areas are still under active excavation, we were less free to walk around the site than we were at Herculaneum. Many wall and floor decorations had been removed (to the museum) by previous excavators. But the ornate columns and friezes above gave us a good sense of this once prosperous city and its dwellings.Read more