Explore Pompeii and Herculaneum, two prosperous Roman cities once set in a marvelous landscape of sea, rivers, and fertile fields before the eruption of Vesuvius buried them and erased them from the face of the earth. Visiting these ruins is deeply fascinating, offering an extraordinary chance to step into the ancient Roman world and see where people ate, slept, loved, enjoyed, prayed, and died. In just five hours, discover two cities that are similar yet distinct, especially in their character and state of preservation.