Before you go
Emergency numbers in Italy
- January: 9 h 34 of daylight
- February: 10 h 39 of daylight
- March: 11 h 54 of daylight
- April: 13 h 17 of daylight
- May: 14 h 27 of daylight
- June: 15 h 05 of daylight
- July: 14 h 50 of daylight
- August: 13 h 50 of daylight
- September: 12 h 30 of daylight
- October: 11 h 10 of daylight
- November: 9 h 56 of daylight
- December: 9 h 16 of daylight
Getting there
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Where you can go from Herculaneum
- Under 1 h
- 1–2 h
- 2–3 h
- 3–5 h
- 5 h +
From Herculaneum's stations on a Tuesday at 08:00, by train, coach or ferry, to the other city's station: the wait for the first train included, not the way to the station.
Under an hour· 2
1 to 2 hours· 2
2 to 3 hours· 1
5 hours or more· 37
- Pisa5h 06
- Cortona5h 20
- Modena5h 25
- Ferrara5h 29
- Milan5h 30
- Lucca5h 31
- Siena5h 42
- Rimini5h 43
- Parma5h 56
- Bari6h 04
27 moreFewer
- Padua6h 06
- Verona6h 10
- Perugia6h 16
- Brescia6h 23
- Mestre6h 25
- Como6h 25
- Cremona6h 25
- Ancona6h 33
- Vicenza6h 34
- Venice6h 36
- Bergamo6h 39
- Murano6h 41
- Varese6h 47
- Treviso6h 52
- Lugano6h 56
- Vernazza6h 56
- Polignano a Mare6h 58
- Turin7h 01
- Brindisi7h 01
- Reggio Calabria7h 07
- Mantua7h 12
- Varenna7h 26
- Locarno7h 36
- Messina7h 37
- Lecce7h 45
- Genoa7h 46
- Bolzano7h 50
From Herculaneum's stations on a Friday at 17:30, by train, coach or ferry, to the other city's station: the wait for the first train included, not the way to the station.
Under an hour· 2
1 to 2 hours· 1
2 to 3 hours· 1
3 to 5 hours· 9
5 hours or more· 1
From published timetables, as of 19 October 2026. Only cities with a page here, in the countries we have timetables for.
Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide- Central Baths Archaeological site · 80 m
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- College of the Augustales Archaeological site · 90 m
- Herculaneum Archaeological site · 110 m
- House of the Mosaic Atrium Archaeological site · 130 m
- Casa del Genio Archaeological site · 140 m
- Suburban Baths Archaeological site · 150 m
- House of the Hotel Archaeological site · 160 m
- House of Aristides Archaeological site · 190 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Somewhere to run
Getting around
- Ercolano Scavi 670 m
- Portici-Ercolano 1.1 km
- Gianturco 1.2 km
- Portici Via Libertà 1.2 km
- Ercolano Miglio D'Oro 1.2 km
- Portici Bellavista 1.8 km
More train stations: Torre del Greco 2.4 km, Pietrarsa-San Giorgio a Cremano 2.9 km, Napoli San Giovanni Barra 4.7 km
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