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Naples & Pompeii: Our Favourites

South by high-speed train to Naples, its archaeological museum, Pompeii and Herculaneum.

The back story

  1. The back story

    Naples and Pompeii: the back story

    Naples·In depth

    South by high-speed train to Naples, its archaeological museum and Pompeii beneath Vesuvius.

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What to see

  1. Beneath Vesuvius

    Pompeii

    Pompeii·Archaeological park

    The Roman city buried by Vesuvius in AD 79.

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  2. The other buried city

    Herculaneum

    Ercolano·Archaeological park

    The smaller, better-preserved town buried in the same eruption.

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  3. Pompeii’s treasures

    National Archaeological Museum of Naples (MANN)

    Naples·Museum

    The great museum of the finds from Pompeii and Herculaneum.

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