Herculaneum

...Then we were off to Herculaneum. This place was AMAZING! It is a smaller and better preserved version of Pompeii. The town was also a victim of the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius, but Herculaneum was closer to the volcano and so was completely submerged in a thick sea of very hot mud which fossilized the Roman fishing town. We found ourselves racing through the site trying to see everything within the 2 hours we gave ourselves for parking. The preservation is incredible, the intricately laid tiled floors, frescoes on the walls, even wood beams still present. It was hard to imagine that you were actually allowed to walk on some of those 2,000 year old tiled floors. Incredible.

The Women's Bath

A Taverna

The Public Baths

Volcanic mud pulled from large basin

Volcanic mud that tried to make its way inside