Make sure you save a day of your holiday for pompeii here is a city frozen in time stopped in action when mount vesuvius erupted in 79ad remains of temples villas and streets have been uncovered and they more or less look just as they did 2 000 years ago youll even get to see the people who were turned to stone trying to flee the city in its final hours the ancient town of herculaneum is another must see while its somewhat overshadowed by its big brother pompeii the irony is that its