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Pompeii and Herculaneum Tour with Archaeologist

5(90 reviews)Naples, Italy
7hDurationGerman, Russian, Portuguese, Mandarin, Japanese, English, Italian, French, SpanishOffered inMobile ticketTicketPickup includedPickupEasyLevel

About this experience

This tour involves exploring the ancient Roman cities of Herculaneum and Pompeii with an archaeologist and professional guide. The experience includes private transportation in a comfortable minivan. Herculaneum, although smaller than Pompeii, is better preserved, buried under 20 meters of mud. It features second stories, carbonized wooden objects, and intact paintings and mosaics. Your guide will provide detailed explanations to enhance your understanding of the site. Pompeii allows for a broader exploration, where you can walk through the streets and see significant public buildings and private houses. The guide will share insights into the history of the city and Roman life. The itinerary may change.

Itinerary

1

La Terrazza di M. Nonio Balbo

M. Nonius Balbus was the city's major benefactor restoring and building many public buildings. On his death he was made patron and feted with many honours, detailed in the long inscription on his funeral altar.

2

College of the Augustales

It is thought that the building was a centre of the cult of the Emperor Augustus and the headquarters of the Collegium Augustalium (or possibly even the local curia).

3

Central Thermae

The Central Thermae were built around the beginning of the 1st century AD and were divided, as was then the common practice, into men's and women's baths, each with their own separate entrances.

4

House of the Skeleton

The House of the Skeleton probably the aggregation of three smaller buildings, derives its name from the discovery of human remains in a second floor room in 1831.

5

Partem Domus lignea - Casa del Tramezzo di Legno

It is very important house for the elegant wooden partition remained.

6

Archaeological Park of Pompeii

Free time to have lunch on your own, then continue your tour visiting Pompeii Ruins

7

Lupanar

Visit the most famous brothel in the ruined Roman city of Pompeii

8

Foro de Pompeya

Have a look of the ancient main square of Pompeii

9

Via dell’Abbondanza

Walk through the main street of Pompeii

10

Basilica

Basilica was an open portico that gave shelter to merchants and other activities

11

Stabian Baths (Terme Stabiane)

These occupy a vast area between the Brothel lane, the Holconius crossroads and the Via Stabiana. They represent the oldest thermal complex in the city

12

Odeon - Teatro Piccolo

Have a look of the so called Teatro Piccolo of Pompeii

What's included / not included

Entrance feesAdmission ticket 'Pompeii Express'Hotel/port pick up and drop offTransportation by private Minivan and a professional driverGuidance and assistance for the entire tour
Meals and personal expenses (not obliged to stop)

Additional information

Accessibility and comfort

  • Specialized infant seats are available
  • Service animals allowed
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Good to know

  • Suggested comfortable shoes.
  • In the summer NO flip flops.
  • Best to bring sunglasses, sunscreen and water.
  • Lunch stop in between Herculaneum and Pompeii (not obliged to stop)
  • Herculaneum ruins' entry tickets: 16 euros (adult) 2 euros (EU citizens 18-25 y.o.)

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