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Herculaneum small group tour with an archaeologist

4.6(5 reviews)Naples, Italy
2hDurationGerman, English, Italian, French, SpanishOffered inMobile ticketTicketNot includedPickupEasyLevel

About this experience

Explore the ancient Roman city of Herculaneum, a UNESCO World Heritage site located just north of Pompeii. This guided walking tour, led by an archaeologist, is designed for groups of up to 20 people, allowing for a more personalized experience and opportunities for questions. The tour includes skip-the-line tickets, ensuring you avoid long waiting times. It is suitable for those interested in history and archaeology. Note that the tour focuses on the events surrounding the city's destruction by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.

Itinerary

1

Casa dei Cervi

The house receives its name from marble statues of stags/deer found in the peristyle.

2

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.

3

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).

4

Casa del Rilievo di Telefo

The house possibly belonged to one of the town's leading benefactors, Marcus Nonius Balbus and is somewhat unusual in that it has its own private access to the adjoining Suburban Thermae to the south.

5

Partem Domus lignea - Casa del Tramezzo di Legno

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

6

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.

7

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.

8

Casa del Salone Nero

The House of the Black Hall is one of Herculaneum's more luxurious mansions. The house has a monumental entrance which still retains the carbonised remains of the doorposts and lintel.

What's included / not included

2 hrs live guidance by an archaeologist licensed guideskip the line admission fees
transportationpersonal expenses

Additional information

Accessibility and comfort

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

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