Pompeii, Herculaneum Private Walking Tour With Archaeologist
4.9
(81)
🕑 5h 30m
Free cancellation
Explore the two areas most devastated by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79, Pompeii and Herculaneum. This half-day tour explores the two archaeological sites where visitors can see the remains of the cities's buildings, including stores, the Forum, the courthouse, thermal baths, the Temple of Augustalium, and more. Learn about the daily life of the ancient Romans from your archaeologist guide.
Languages:
English
Portuguese
Japanese
Spanish
German
Italian
French
Mandarin
📍Via dei Papiri Ercolanesi, 80056 Ercolano NA, Italy
🏢Operated by Askos Tours
Highlights
- ✓Take a half-day tour and explore the sites of Pompeii and Herculaneum
- ✓See the remains that were buried under volcanic ash from Mount Vesuvius
- ✓Learn about the daily lives of ancient Romans from your archaeologist guide
- ✓Enjoy a personalized experience with your own private tour guide
What you'll see & do
- ✓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)
- ✓The house receives its name from marble statues of stags/deer found in the peristyle.
- ✓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.
- ✓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).
- ✓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.
- ✓It is very important house for the elegant wooden partition remained.
- ✓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.
- ✓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.
- ✓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.
- ✓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.
- ✓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.
- ✓Beautiful domus in the Centre of the archaeological area, with various environments, collonnati, frescos e-com everywhere at Herculaneum-charred remains of wooden parts.
- ✓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.
- ✓Visit the most famous brothel in the ruined Roman city of Pompeii.
- ✓Walk through the main street of Pompeii.
- ✓Have a look of the ancient main square of Pompeii.
- ✓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.
- ✓Basilica was an open portico that gave shelter to merchants and other activities.
- ✓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.
- ✓The house of Faun was one of the largest and most impressive private residences in Pompeii.
- ✓The house of Menander is one of the richest and most magnificent houses in ancient Pompeii in terms of architecture, decoration and contents.
- ✓Visit the most important Theater in Pompeii
- ✓Have a look of the so called Teatro Piccolo of Pompeii.
What's included
- ✓Private Tour
- ✓Guidance and assistance by an Archaeologist guide
What's not included
- ✓Herculaneum entry tickets - 'Pompei express' entry tickets
- ✓Any kind of transportation to the sites
- ✓Food and drinks
Good to know
Wheelchair accessible
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Sunglasses and sunscreen are suggested
Comfortable shoes are required, NO flip flops
Herculaneum ruins' entry tickets: 16 euros (adult) 2 euros (EU citizens 18-25 y.o.)
Cancellation policy
- •A full refund will apply if you cancel more than 24 hours before the activity start time.
- •No refund is possible if you cancel less than 24 hours before the activity start time.
Free cancellation
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€ 473.00
Pompeii, Herculaneum Private Walking Tour With Archaeologist
4.9
(81)
🕑 5h 30m
Free cancellation
Explore the two areas most devastated by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79, Pompeii and Herculaneum. This half-day tour explores the two archaeological sites where visitors can see the remains of the cities's buildings, including stores, the Forum, the courthouse, thermal baths, the Temple of Augustalium, and more. Learn about the daily life of the ancient Romans from your archaeologist guide.
Languages:
English
Portuguese
Japanese
Spanish
German
Italian
French
Mandarin
📍Via dei Papiri Ercolanesi, 80056 Ercolano NA, Italy
🏢Operated by Askos Tours
Highlights
- ✓Take a half-day tour and explore the sites of Pompeii and Herculaneum
- ✓See the remains that were buried under volcanic ash from Mount Vesuvius
- ✓Learn about the daily lives of ancient Romans from your archaeologist guide
- ✓Enjoy a personalized experience with your own private tour guide
What you'll see & do
- ✓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)
- ✓The house receives its name from marble statues of stags/deer found in the peristyle.
- ✓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.
- ✓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).
- ✓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.
- ✓It is very important house for the elegant wooden partition remained.
- ✓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.
- ✓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.
- ✓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.
- ✓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.
- ✓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.
- ✓Beautiful domus in the Centre of the archaeological area, with various environments, collonnati, frescos e-com everywhere at Herculaneum-charred remains of wooden parts.
- ✓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.
- ✓Visit the most famous brothel in the ruined Roman city of Pompeii.
- ✓Walk through the main street of Pompeii.
- ✓Have a look of the ancient main square of Pompeii.
- ✓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.
- ✓Basilica was an open portico that gave shelter to merchants and other activities.
- ✓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.
- ✓The house of Faun was one of the largest and most impressive private residences in Pompeii.
- ✓The house of Menander is one of the richest and most magnificent houses in ancient Pompeii in terms of architecture, decoration and contents.
- ✓Visit the most important Theater in Pompeii
- ✓Have a look of the so called Teatro Piccolo of Pompeii.
What's included
- ✓Private Tour
- ✓Guidance and assistance by an Archaeologist guide
What's not included
- ✓Herculaneum entry tickets - 'Pompei express' entry tickets
- ✓Any kind of transportation to the sites
- ✓Food and drinks
Good to know
Wheelchair accessible
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Sunglasses and sunscreen are suggested
Comfortable shoes are required, NO flip flops
Herculaneum ruins' entry tickets: 16 euros (adult) 2 euros (EU citizens 18-25 y.o.)
Cancellation policy
- •A full refund will apply if you cancel more than 24 hours before the activity start time.
- •No refund is possible if you cancel less than 24 hours before the activity start time.
Free cancellation
🔒 Secure checkout
from
€ 473.00