Sorrento to herculaneum half day tour r r travel from sorrento to herculaneum and enjoy a guided tour of this ancient town which along with its neighbour pompeii was preserved beneath a layer of lava mud and ash when mt vesuvius erupted in 79adr r youandrsquoll leave sorrento and travel along the gorgeous coastal road which takes you through castellammare di stabia to herculaneumr r a residential town without the commercial wealth or importance of pompeii herculaneum was buried beneath