Herculaneum Tour With Archaeologist With Skip-the-Line Entry
Get a deeper insight into the ruins of the ancient Roman city of Herculaneum on this group tour with an archaeologist guide. Benefit from skip-the-line admission, meaning less time spent waiting around. Visit the Samnite house and the Temple of the Augustales, and see the remains of the thermal baths and gymnasium. Along the way, learn how the city was destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.
Highlights
- ✓Beat ticket anxiety with included entry to Herculaneum
- ✓Don't miss what's being said with audio headsets
- ✓Go beyond the guidebook with an archaeologist leading the way
- ✓Easy to fit into a busy vacation schedule
What you'll see & do
- ✓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.
What's included
- ✓Licensed guide with archaeological background
- ✓Entrance fees
- ✓Small Group (maximum 20 people per guide)
- ✓Headsets
- ✓Guidance and assistance
What's not included
- ✓Meals/drinks
- ✓Private transportation
Good to know
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
Dogs are allowed at the Herculaneum Archaeological Park without breed or size restrictions, however they must be kept on a leash or muzzle and it is mandatory to have bags to collect any droppings. For reasons of logistics and conservation, within the Antiquarium premises, the Boat Pavilion, and the domus featuring mosaic floors, access is permitted only to dogs that are carried in arms or transported in an appropriate carrier.
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.
Herculaneum Tour With Archaeologist With Skip-the-Line Entry
Get a deeper insight into the ruins of the ancient Roman city of Herculaneum on this group tour with an archaeologist guide. Benefit from skip-the-line admission, meaning less time spent waiting around. Visit the Samnite house and the Temple of the Augustales, and see the remains of the thermal baths and gymnasium. Along the way, learn how the city was destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.
Highlights
- ✓Beat ticket anxiety with included entry to Herculaneum
- ✓Don't miss what's being said with audio headsets
- ✓Go beyond the guidebook with an archaeologist leading the way
- ✓Easy to fit into a busy vacation schedule
What you'll see & do
- ✓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.
What's included
- ✓Licensed guide with archaeological background
- ✓Entrance fees
- ✓Small Group (maximum 20 people per guide)
- ✓Headsets
- ✓Guidance and assistance
What's not included
- ✓Meals/drinks
- ✓Private transportation
Good to know
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
Dogs are allowed at the Herculaneum Archaeological Park without breed or size restrictions, however they must be kept on a leash or muzzle and it is mandatory to have bags to collect any droppings. For reasons of logistics and conservation, within the Antiquarium premises, the Boat Pavilion, and the domus featuring mosaic floors, access is permitted only to dogs that are carried in arms or transported in an appropriate carrier.
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.