Transfer From Naples Train Station/area to Sorrento 2hr stop in Herculaneum
Description
The city of Herculaneum was accidentally found during the excavations for expanding a well in 1709. The excavations began only in 1764 then resumed in 1823 then stopped again in 1875, until they finally restarted in 1927. You will see narrower streets with normal height sidewalks, as the city was already provided with a sewer system unlike Pompeii, which was not equipped with it. Moreover the town had a city aqueduct that allowed rich people to have water directly in their houses. There is a good preservation of the houses in Herculaneum that are visibly more luxurious than Pompeii’s; the reason is to be attributed to the blanket of mud and to high pyroclastic materials from 10 to 25 meters high, which solidified until getting a rock floor called "Pappamonte" , a material quite similar to tuff. A residential location inhabited by the Roman aristocracy, differently from Pompeii, which was a working city.
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When booking please provide the name of the train, the number of the train and time of arrival. In order to logistically place the driver at the correct platform number.Or flight number, airline and arrival time. Or hotel/private resident information:address and telephone number. Or cruise ship name and time
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- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Stroller and wheelchair guests need their own caregivers
- we can accommodate folding wheelchairs
- Strollers and wheelchair guest are limited in certain areas
Reviews(3)
Took 3hr to get from Herculaneum to Sorrento.. we were communicating with our driver, but still had to wait a few minutes for him to pick us up where he left us off which delayed our start time a small amount. It would’ve been nice to have water offered to us after our HOT Herculaneum tour.
Dear Janice , we are sorry if you felt like we missed in our duties but we feel like to disagree with you about all your comment and your rating to our service, we are constantly in touch with our driver we also allowed you to change pickup time several times in order to meet your needs and through the conversation we know that the driver picked up you earlier, if you got to the ruins late as you said this is not up to us because we don’t control traffic, the pickup back the driver was earlier then you and the police send him away since you were not there and that’s just a pickup and drop off spot not a parking, even in that case there’s nothing we can do and it was maximum few minutes, about the water in the product details you would notice that water is not included so we don’t owe you, the last complain you had about the 3 hours drive from The Ruins to Sorrento is absolutely the one that more we don’t understand because as I mentioned we don’t control traffic and there’s only one road to go to Sorrento, the driver was more stressed then you were being in traffic so long, maybe you should read more about the place next time, hope we have been able to clarify our position and what happened, we also hope you gonna revalue our rating up because it’s not work only 4 stars , hope to hear back from you soon and to have you on board again.
Paolo was our driver who was in communication with me days before our pickup. He suggested the Afragola station to save time and hassle and he was of course spot on. As a first time visitor to Italy, I really appreciated not only his skill as a driver but as a person having a conversation about his country. He is very personable and spoke about history and his personal life with equal skill. He gave us some great tips and recommendations to enjoy Sorrento. I wholeheartedly recommend Paolo to any potential customers if they want not only a safe and smooth drive but someone to have a nice laugh and conversation.
Paolo was our driver and it was a wonderful trip. He was very communicative before the trip letting us know best train station. He was extremely friendly and informative. The drive to Sorrento was very pleasant. I would highly recommend him.