after pompeii of couse...
if you had time, which of these 2 ruins is better to see?

I personally liked Herculaneum better than I liked the ruins at Castellamare di Stabia. Plus, the Herculaneum ruins are easier to get to from the Circumvesuviana train line, in my opinion.

The Herculaneum Archeological Part is a relatively short walk from the Ercolano stop on the Cirvumvesuvia Railroad. There is a lot of ancient city to see.

Castellamare di Stabia is more off the beaten path, requires more planning to get there and is much smaller than Ercolano.

That should be "The Herculaneum Archeological Park" in the above post. I need to find my glasses of get bigger keys.

Thank you-
i am also going to see Ostia outside Rome so i might be on "Archeology" overload after seeing Pompeii and maybe Herculaneum, AND Ostia.

Is there any better "outside" rome trip other than Ostia Antica?

>Is there any better "outside" rome trip other than Ostia Antica?<

Perhaps Tivoli - Villa d'Este and Hadrian's Villa...

I have not seen Porta Stabia but I liked Herculaneum even better than Pompeii

i was thinking Herculaneum might be better than Pompeii too. Just because it's better preserved. But, I would get killed if i came home and didn't go to Pompeii. I am thinking- go to Herk, and skip Ostia.
Hadrians Villa is a good choice & maybe that ancient road w/ the graves along it (forgot the name).

Hi K,

You might want to check out Orvieto.

http://www.eng.uci.edu/~alberto/orvieto/en_seeing.html

that ancient road w/ the graves along it (forgot the name).

VIA APPIA

thanx- i will definitly check that out.
i have 5 days in rome & allocated one to Ostia- but nothing definite