Pompeii and Herculaneum Private Walking Tour with an Archaeologist
A marvellous archaeological walk at the disover of the ancient cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum buried from the ashes of the volcano Vesuvius in 79 a. D.
With this tour you’ll discover the most of the towns’ highlights starting from Pompeii. The guide, a licensed expert Archaeologist, will meet you at the main entrance and will show you the best highlights like the Forum – the main square of the city – the main houses and buildings, and also the plaster casts – the dead bodies of the Pompeiians emerged by the excavations.
At the end of this visit, have a quick break then move to Herculaneum where your journey back to the past will start over again. Herculaneum is smaller than Pompeii but better preserved: you’ll see findings like wooden doors and exquisite paintings and you’ll visit the beach, where more than 300 skeletons were found!
ItineraryThis is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Pompeii Archaeological Park, Porta Marina (via Villa dei Misteri), 80045 Pompeii Italy
Meet the guide at the main entrance of the archaeological site called "Porta Marina Superiore". The guide will be holding a sign with our company's name "Askos Tours" on the top.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Basilica, Vicolo Delle Terme 2, 80045 Pompeii Italy
Basilica was an open portico that gave shelter to merchants and other activities.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Forum, Via Villa dei Misteri, 80045 Pompeii Italy
Have a look of the ancient main square of Pompeii.
Duration: 10 minutes
Pass By: Via dell’Abbondanza, Via dell_Abbondanza, 80045 Pompeii Italy
Walk through the main street of Pompeii.
Stop At: House of Menander, Via Villa dei Misteri, 80045 Pompei NA, Italy
The house of Menander is one of the richest and most magnificent houses in ancient Pompeii in terms of architecture, decoration and contents.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Granaries of the Forum, Via degli Augustali, 12, 80045 Pompei NA, Italy
In the granary you will see marble tables and baths for fountains that adorned the entrances of houses and some casts of victims of the eruption as well as that of a dog and a tree.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Stabian Baths (Terme Stabiane), Via Del Foro, 26, Pompeii Italy
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.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Via Villa Dei Misteri 2 Approximately Two Blocks East of The Forum at The Intersection of Vico del Lupanare and Vico del Balcone Pensile, 80045 Pompeii Italy
Visit the most famous brothel in the ruined Roman city of Pompeii.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: House of the Faun, Via Villa dei Misteri, 2, 80045 Pompei NA, Italy
The house of Faun was one of the largest and most impressive private residences in Pompeii.
Duration: 15 minutes
Pass By: Odeon - Teatro Piccolo, Pompei Scavi, Pompeii Italy
Have a look of the so called Teatro Piccolo of Pompeii.
Stop At: Teatro Grande, 80045 Pompei, Metropolitan City of Naples, Italy
Visit the most important Theater in Pompeii
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Archaeological Park of Herculaneum, Corso Resina, 187, 80056 Ercolano NA, Italy
Transfer by train to Herculaneum (30 minutes trip + 10 minutes walk) and quick lunch break if required.
Meeting place is the Ticket Office of the Herculaneum ruins.
You can get there as follows:
- By car in via Pignalver (There is a not guarded parking very close the meeting place)
- By train in Corso Resina 1 (Circumvesuviana train station is 10 minutes walk away)
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: House of the Deer, Via dei Papiri Ercolanesi, 80056 Ercolano NA, Italy
The house receives its name from marble statues of stags/deer found in the peristyle.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: La Terrazza di M. Nonio Balbo, Ercolano Italy
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.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: College of the Augustales, Herculaneum Archeological Park, Ercolano Italy
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).
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Casa del Rilievo di Telefo, Via Mare, 38-42, 80056 Ercolano NA, Italy
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.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Partem Domus lignea - Casa del Tramezzo di Legno, Herculaneum Archeological Park, Ercolano Italy
It is very important house for the elegant wooden partition remained.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: House of the Skeleton, Herculaneum Archeological Park, Ercolano Italy
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.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Central Thermae, Herculaneum Archeological Park, Ercolano Italy
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.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: House of the Black Salon, Scavi di Ercolano, Via Dei Papiri Ercolanensi, 80056 Ercolano NA, Italy
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.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Casa Sannitica, Herculaneum Archeological Park, Ercolano Italy
The house has an arrangement that was typical of the Samnites (an ancient people of the Sabine race who occupied this mountainous part of central Italy). The splendid atrium is skirted by a gallery with Ionic columns. The rooms are decorated with frescoes.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Casa del Bel Cortile, Ercolano Italy
This is one of the most original houses in Herculaneum. It has a courtyard with a stairway and a stone balcony instead of an atrium.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: House of the Grand Portal, Herculaneum Archeological Park, Ercolano Italy
Beautiful domus in the Centre of the archaeological area, with various environments, collonnati, frescos e-com everywhere at Herculaneum-charred remains of wooden parts.
Duration: 10 minutes
Informacion Adicional
"Sunglasses and sunscreen are suggested"
"Comfortable shoes are required, NO flip flops"
"Wheelchair accessible"
"Service animals allowed"
"Near public transportation"
"Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level"
"This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate"
"Confirmation will be received at time of booking"
Duration: 5 Hours
Start location: Via Villa dei Misteri, 1, 80045 Pompei NA, Italy
Cancellations and refunds:
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start time of the experience.
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