Pompeii and Herculaneum Small-Group with an Expert Archaeologist
Description
Embark on an unforgettable journey back in time with our exclusive Pompeii and Herculaneum tour, departing from either Sorrento or Naples. Unlike other tours, we offer a personalized, small-group experience, ensuring you get the most out of your visit to these iconic archaeological sites. Our expert guides bring the history of Pompeii and Herculaneum to life, sharing fascinating insights about the daily lives of the Romans before the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. With comfortable, air-conditioned transportation, you’ll enjoy stunning views of the Bay of Naples and Mount Vesuvius as you travel. Skip the long lines and dive straight into exploration, with time to fully immerse yourself in the ruins. Visit both Pompeii and Herculaneum, two cities preserved in different ways by the eruption, and gain a unique perspective on ancient Roman life. Book today for an enriching, seamless, and exciting historical adventure!
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Pompeii is an extraordinary archaeological site, an ancient Roman city preserved by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. During your visit to Pompeii with the guide in two and a half hours, you will discover its most famous areas frescoes.
Have a look of the so called Teatro Piccolo of Pompeii.
Visit the most important Theater 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.
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.
Visit the most famous brothel in the ruined Roman city of Pompeii.
Via dell’Abbondanza
The house of Faun was one of the largest and most impressive private residences in Pompeii.
Have a look of the ancient main square of Pompeii.
Basilica was an open portico that gave shelter to merchants and other activities.
A quick lunch break is available before the transfer (own expense). After the visit of Pompeii, continue to Herculaneum. Here you will enjoy a two-hour guided visit of this remarkably well-preserved ancient town, where wooden structures, mosaics, and everyday objects survived the eruption, offering an intimate and vivid glimpse into Roman life.
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 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.
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Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Minimum numbers of 6 people per tour apply. There is a possibility of cancellation after confirmation if there are not enough passengers to meet requirements. In the event of this occurring, you will be offered an alternative or full refund
- At Pompeii and Herculaneum Children under 18 y.o. enter for free, showing a valid form of ID.
- Please note that the drop-off point depends on the tour option you selected.
Reviews(82)
Vincenzo was an amazing guide; knowledgeable, passionate and charismatic. Highly recommend
This was a great tour of Pompeii and Herculaneum. Our tour guide made everyone feel welcome and spoke with great enthusiasm about each place. Would definitely recommend it.
Great guide for Pompeji - really made Pompeii and Herculeum come to life and was adaptive to the audience.
I received a call the day before that our excursion Pompeii and Herculaneum was cancelled but they were really nice about it. They changed our excursion to Pompeii with Amalfi Coast with stops in Sorrento and Positano. I was disappointed that we were not going to see Herculaneum but our Guide was great and honored all that they said they would and did a great job. They made this right. Pompeii was amazing and we really loved it. The Amalfi Coast was beautiful and really nice. The tour was good but not really our thing because we really aren't shoppers. It reminded us of the Road to Hana in Hawaii with really nice shops. Food was good. So overall, especially if you like shopping and seeing beautiful coastline this is for you. Hopefully, someday I will get to see Herculaneum.
It was a very hot day when we visited these historical sites. Make sure to bring water and hats and fans when you visit during the summer months. Our tour guide’s name was Vincenzo. He was great! He was knowledgeable, friendly and funny. He made the ruins and their history relevant. He was also very considerate of the heat and always looking for shaded areas to give us the information about the ruins. He was a great guide and is why we had such a good experience there.
Yes , Vincenzo was very knowledgeable and guided the tour very well he also added a bit of humor which was entertaining
Such an incredible experience. Vincenzo was an excellent guide and really made tied it all together.
Barbara, a guide out of passion, was referred to us by Mondoguide, an agency that was recommended to us by friends in Germany. Right from the get-go I knew I was in the right hands. Responsive, professional, providing detailled information about where to meet, price, and the content of the tour. Barbara, our guide, was simply a delight: not only was she personable, funny and thoughtful at the same time, she also provided an amplitude of her knowledge, not shying away from all the questions we asked. If you'd like to do Pompeij or Hercolaneum she's the go-to person for sure!
I had an amazing experience with our guide. She was very knowledgeable of both sites and provided excellent descriptions to each question. I would definitely recommend!
This tour was a great way to see both Pompeii and Herculaneum in one day. mondo Travel were great in communicating to us before the actual tour. Our driver arrived on time and in a late model air conditioned car. Our guide was excellent and managed the tour really well considering it was a heatwave day! Stifling. We were initially concerned that it would be rushed, but Vincenzo was incredibly knowledgeable and took the time to explain things in detail to the group. Highly recommend!
