🇮🇹Ruins of Herculaneum Walking Tour - Walk and Learn about the ruins with City Walks 4K!

See chapters below. We are continuing our exploration of ancient Roman ruins in Southern Italy. Herculaneum was a small location for the rich that Vesuvius destroyed in the 79AD eruption. To compare Herculaneum vs. Pompeii consider that When Vesuvius erupted in 79 A.D, it covered the city with ash instead of pumice. Hence, the ruins are actually much better preserved. However, it's a much smaller archeological park which makes it much more approachable. It's a short but straightforward walk from the train station. Many people catch a bus from the train station up to Vesuvius and then tour Herculaneum afterwards. Unfortunately, they were doing construction work up at Vesuvius so it was closed while we were in the area. You can totally tour Herculaneum without a guide or with a downloadable phone app. The site is small and there are plenty of restaurants just outside the gates. You can stay at hotels or vacation apartment rentals in Naples, Sorrento, or the little cities in between.
If you wish to visit Herculaneum, you can get tickets in the visitor center and they have lockers too. To get to Herculaneum from Naples, you can just take the train.
The Herculaneum Scrolls have recently made the news following a new scientific technique that promises to allow the full reading of these ancient documents.
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0:25 View of boat house with bones, bodies
01:35 Area Sacra
2:22 Terraza di M. Nonio Balbo
4:29 Casa della Gemma
4:38 bas relief of Telephus, Hercules’ son
5:06 Balbo Casa de Cervi
6:30 Statue of Hercules
7:45 Cervi being attacked by dogs
10:02 Carbonized wood
17:06 Terme Femminili
18:10 Triton mosaic
19:46 Casa di Nettuno e Amfritrite
23:00 Casa del Salone Nero
25:39 Casa del Bicentenario
27:47 Statue of man stepping on cat
28:38 Collegio degli Augustali aka Sacello degli Augustali
30:14 Casa dei due Atri
32:20 Terme Urbane garden
32:53 Terme Maschilli
33:30 sala Tepidarium (sala tiepida) mosaic
34:30 Casa di Galba.
34:42 cruciform piscina
36:39 Casa dello Scheletro
37:10 The nymphaeum
38:10 mosaic lararium (shrine to household gods)
39:38 Casa di Argo
42:01 Casa Casa di Aristide
42:30 Casa dell'Albergo
43:33 Casa dell'Atrio a Mosaico
44:26 Casa dell' Erma di Bronzo
45:00 Bronze Herma or bust statue
46:01 Casa dell' Alcova
48:13 Casa del Tramezzo di Legno
51:05 Exit Bridge
52:28 Overlooking Archeological park from above
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[@jasminechang767]

An absolutely riveting walk! Thank you for bringing a 2000 year old city to life!

[@CityWalks]

Thanks so much Jasmine, and thanks for all your support. -H

[@dthels75]

If there is one power I wish I had it would be time travel. Your last few videos have successfully taken me back in time. Keep on back stepping!

[@CityWalks]

Nicely put. It would be fascinating just to get a look into the details that we don't really know about. For instance, in 1000 years, historians may look at our recipes and nowhere does it say what kind of eggs to use? We take so much for granted in our daily lives that isn't documented. Makes me wonder what we don't know about the people who lived here. -H

[@rulaco6761]

Wooow, espectacular!!

[@CityWalks]

Thanks Rulaco. Hope you enjoyed the premiere and chat as well. -H

[@PorscheSpeedster-kz6nc]

Great walking tour. Thank you!

[@rogertemple7193]

A walk through history and the beautiful weather around all of this beautiful scenery Thanks very good, i will be watching more of your videos Thank You. 📹📱🚶🚶🚶🚶📱📹

[@CityWalks]

Thanks so much Roger. I hope you'll enjoy them. You can sort through and search them on the website as well. citywalksvirtualtours.com -H

[@rogertemple7193]

@@CityWalks Thank You and Take Care.😇 📹📱🚶🚶🚶🚶📱📹

[@tracypeters7027]

An amazing tour! Thank you for sharing this! Not sure I could have concentrated enough to wander and talk at the same time..

[@CityWalks]

Hi Tracy, I had actually already walked around for a few hours. Also, I'm an natural jabberer. :) -H

[@georgewalker]

Great work! Keep it up! Thanks so much!

[@CityWalks]

Thanks so much George, I'm just about to start the Premiere of Vico Equense walk if you want to check it out. -H

[@SandraWhoCares]

Awsome! I lived in Italy for a while, visited lots of cities there, spent a full day in Pompei. No time to go to Herculaneun. Shame! It's much more preserved. Thanks for your beautiful video. 😊🎉

[@CityWalks]

Wonderful. Italy is an amazing place and these ruins are just a taste. Thanks for watching. -H

[@judyp9131]

Fascinating site! I absolutely share your sense of awe and wonderment! Thank you for getting me through a treadmill workout on a rainy day in VT.

[@CityWalks]

Hi Judy, you are very welcome. I'm so glad you enjoyed it. -H

[@brettm1251]

Hello Henry, first of all may i say i enjoyed our chat today and also thank you for sharing this video. Herculaneum blew me away so incredible this is just my kind of video, i do hope your virtual live chats are a success. have a great day Henry

[@CityWalks]

Thanks Brett and I'm looking forward to watching your channel grow as well. -H

[@adel7187]

Spectacular ❤

[@CityWalks]

Thanks Ad El. -H

[@WanderingWalksofWonder]

Thanks for such an enjoyable experience. Really felt like I was there!

[@CityWalks]

You are so welcome.. -H

[@AmbientWalking]

Wow! How interesting! Thanks for this! Appreciate all your ways of seeing! : )

[@CityWalks]

You are so welcome. Thanks for watching and commenting. -H

[@ellen4956]

That was like being a little kid and having someone carrying you around on their shoulders, pointing things out to look at. So much fun! Thank you!

[@CityWalks]

hi Ellen. What a wonderful analogy. Thanks for watching and so glad you enjoyed it. -H

[@OthmarsVlog]

nice one, well done and thumbs up 👍🔥💯

[@CityWalks]

Thanks so much. I appreciate it. -H

[@roses9339]

I'll never travel to this place, so thankyou for giving us the tour.😁. Cheers Rosemary Western Australia 73yrs

[@CityWalks]

Glad to be your proxy walker. All the best to you. -H

[@Northcountry1926]

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[@K1110.]

Excellent. Thank You For Posting.

[@CityWalks]

Glad you enjoyed it -H

[@dorahristova9360]

I really enjoyed that. Thank you very much.

[@CityWalks]

Glad to hear it! Fascinating place. -H

[@darkstar18498]

Thank you.very nice.i learned so much

[@CityWalks]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks so much for watching. It's a magical place. -H

[@richardneal3841]

Good job of taking the video as I enjoyed the walk. Thanks

[@CityWalks]

Hi Richard, glad you liked it. All the best. -H

[@tatianaerofy4908]

Спасибо за возможность прикоснуться к истории. Невероятное чувство... Благодарю Вас, Генри!

[@CityWalks]

You are so welcome Tatiana. -H

[@amateurambience]

Really nice beach walk tour! I enjoy it a lot! thanks for sharing my friend! big like, friends from Taiwan!

[@CityWalks]

You are so welcome-H

[@michellemullard9522]

Thank you, that was great to watch

[@CityWalks]

Hi Michelle, so glad you enjoyed it. -H

[@harminderkaur4759]

Today I visit 2000 years past wonderful experience of visit the place ❤❤❤

[@CityWalks]

Great 👍 I'm glad you liked it -H

[@ktloz2246]

Great Job!!! Only thing i can recommend is zooming in on those cordoned off areas where the pictures.where at some distance away, couldn't see what they were.

[@CityWalks]

Yeah 👍 feel your pain on that. It’s challenging with the cameras I use but it’s always improving. I’ll see if I can come up with a better system. Thanks for the feedback. -H

[@shable1436]

Speed tour, I guess he didn't want to make an hour long video to upload

[@markmark2080]

It's wonderful to be able to follow your path on google earth, almost like being there but with a constant over head view...

[@CityWalks]

Oh, cool, glad you enjoyed it. It's an amazing place. Thanks for watching. -H

[@pamelaruben4644]

Thank you

[@CityWalks]

You're welcome. All the best. -H

[@cassmacdonald-perfectlyimp2486]

If I remember correctly, it was a mudslide, like a Lahar, which mostly ended up burying Herculaneum, leading to the preservation of wood, as well as some quite stunning warping of some of the mosaics floors, leaving them looking like OpArt.

[@CityWalks]

Could be. My understanding was that it was a huge amount of ash, but not the pumice stones that hit Pompeii. Thanks for the info. - H.

[@jaynesegman7847]

Wow!

[@CityWalks]

Thanks -H

[@Ravensonng]

Thank you so much for sharing this experience with us. I will be traveling to Italy this May and due to time limitations I have to choose between Pompeii and Herculaneum. I think Herculaneum will be my choice. Your video gives a real glimpse of what life was like at the height of the Roman Empire. I am very much looking forward to seeing it. Again, thank you.

[@CityWalks]

Awesome. I'm so glad you'll get a chance to spend time in that area. I think you can't really choose a wrong one but this will be smaller, better preserved, and probably less crowded. Have a great trip! -H

[@bwktlcn]

The one wish I have is to eventually visit Herculaneum, Pompeii and Santorini. What I found interesting was , as you noted, the size of the rooms. Many rooms were dark, even on a bright, sunny day. We forget that until relatively recently, “home” was mostly for cooking, eating, sleeping, procreation, protection from the elements or other humans. You spent most of your time outside, unless the weather was bad or a warring tribe was near. You see that in colonial American buildings. Even Mount Vernon, Washington’s home, the rooms would be considered average to small by today’s standards. They didn’t come home, go in and stay inside. I would think that most domestic things - weaving, sewing, child rearing - happened in the garden areas or in the Atrium where the light was best. Public things - politics, working outside the home, etc. - may have occurred in the Forum, or other public spaces. I fear I would find the homes of the well off small and claustrophobia inducing. The homes of the poor would be so small, I would probably have a panic attack.

[@CityWalks]

Well said. Of course, part of it was limited by technology. It was hard to make big stone buildings that could support a roof. And it was hard and expensive to cut large straight boards in colonial America. Very interesting thoughts and points in this wonderful comment. Thanks so much. -H

[@SandraWhoCares]

The modern Italians still put their names on their houses. I think it 's so interestimg.

[@CityWalks]

It's fascinating how some traditions continue to persist in modern times. Thanks for that info. I didn't notice that at the time but you're right. Cheers. -H

[@Mr.56Goldtop]

That ramp that you walked up, is that the original height of the short wall on the right, or was it taller or had a fence on it? 3 years ago I was literally right outside of Pompeii, but I wasn't able to go inside because it was 5:00. 😭

[@CityWalks]

I believe the ramp starts at the original waterfront area. It's changed a lot in the 1-2000 years since the eruption for sure. I'm so sorry you missed pompeii. It's amazing too. Not sure if you've seen them yet but I did two virtual walks there. You can find them on the website citywalksvirtualtours.com if you'd like. -H

[@agillan2930]

Nice walk, great photography, lacking a lot of context to tell us what we're looking at.

[@CityWalks]

Thanks so much. Glad you enjoyed it. It's an amazing park and so much less crowded than Pompeii -H

[@FirmanGunawan-rg9dn]

It would be more interesting if you could explain while entering the rooms of the functions on those days

[@CityWalks]

I agree. Thanks for the feedback. -H

[@carissafisher7514]

I wish we would have come up with some newer ideas by now. Like sidewalks and streets? It’s weird we haven’t changed our designs more.

[@CityWalks]

There are certainly a lot of cultural inertia in human history. Thanks for watching. - H.

[@shable1436]

Opus reticulatum is the word your looking for, that's the diamond looking brick and stone work, and how you can tell what period it was, like opus mixtum, and opus latericium, and so on, depending on the material and structure

[@CityWalks]

Awesome. Thanks so much for sharing that info. I love learning more about history and architecture and this is right up my alley. All the best and thanks again for sharing. - H.

[@timmardon6161]

What is the camera you are using?

[@CityWalks]

I filmed this with the Osmo Pocket 2. -H

[@timmardon6161]

Excellent quality. I am thinking about the 3!@@CityWalks

[@CityWalks]

@@timmardon6161 ​​⁠ i’ve got the three now and I absolutely love it. It is exponentially better than the two. An amazing camera. - H.

[@timmardon6161]

I don't vlog but i love gadgets!! I guess the stills are as good as the vt?@@CityWalks

[@eternalsunny]

Why do you think they were so short? I’m 5 foot two, I’m really short. Where did you get the average height information from? That’s strange.

[@CityWalks]

Hi there and thanks for the comment. I believe I got the info from one of the signs or a tour guide from our Pompeii tour. -H

[@CityWalks]

Also, my math was off. It's about 4'11" and 5'3". I'm not good with the conversions. I was using 2.5 instead of 2.54 cm to the inch.

[@carissafisher7514]

Probably lack of nutrition.

[@anndale6555]

do Sorrento italy next😅

[@CityWalks]

You can find my Sorrento walk on the website. -H

[@carissafisher7514]

Did they heat the homes in anyway?

[@CityWalks]

I suppose they must have. Hopefully someone more knowledgeable will chime in. -H

[@InFltSvc]

I can’t believe that they let people walk on that floor. They really should have that covered in walking glass ….

[@CityWalks]

You are probably right but they have lots of professionals advising them so hopefully, it's ok. Thanks for watching and commenting. -H

[@carissafisher7514]

Maybe it is built to last?

[@garydoyle5765]

1.5 meters is 4’ 11”. 1.6 meters is 5’ 3”

[@CityWalks]

Right. I was off a bit wasn’t I. Thanks for the correction. Cheers. -H

[@anndale6555]

there is a ampitheater, to why have u missed it?

[@CityWalks]

To my knowledge there is not an amphitheater in Herculaneum. Perhaps you mean the one at Pompeii which I cover in the second walk from there. You can find that on the website. Thanks. -H

[@CKing-388]

I think your approx heights are off. Lol

[@CityWalks]

Yes, I got the conversion wrong. I was thinking 4 9/12 instead of 4.9. Women were approximately 4'11" and men would have been 5'3". Thanks for pointing that out. --H

[@Northcountry1926]

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[@CityWalks]

thanks. -H

[@alecblunden8615]

My eyes are far from adequate but the masonary looks like opus reticculatum - pyramidal tuffa blocks inserted into concrete.

[@CityWalks]

Hi Alec. Thanks so much for that. Very interesting. -H

[@Bobbythebuilder789]

How much of this city is the original stonework

[@CityWalks]

I'm not sure about the actual number but it's very high. They've repaired a few walls and replaced some wood in a few places but most of it is original. Thanks for watching. -H

[@Bobbythebuilder789]

@CityWalks wow that is really interesting thank you for the reply. Unlike Pompei where 70%of the city is excavated.I wounder why archaeologists have not tried to excavate the remaining of the City of Herculaneum.

[@CityWalks]

@@Bobbythebuilder789 I’m sorry, I think I misunderstood your question. I don’t know how much of the city remains on excavated and I’m not sure the archaeologists do either. The modern city is right there with five story buildings on top of 60 feet of ash that built up over the centuries. I believe it would be very difficult to fully excavate the site without tearing down the city above. That said, the site is still very sizable and much more intact than Pompei.

[@Bobbythebuilder789]

@CityWalks the question was why has the city of Herculaneum not been fully and only partly excavated?

[@agillan2930]

@@Bobbythebuilder789 Because it lies under the modern town.

[@nancyeaton731]

"little tile things" = mosaics 🙂

[@CityWalks]

Hi Nancy, I’m amazed at how often i forget that word while filming. -H

[@MegaLivingIt]

I like the Italian name Ercolano better than Herculaneum. The Romans were so civilized then with towns and cities and pizza parlors, while we Western Europeans were still living in twig an mud huts and wearing rags.😄

[@CityWalks]

Good point. These things have a way of coming around. -H

[@RyanJohnsonD]

Roman Catholicism is so Roman.

[@CityWalks]

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