Pompeii and Herculaneum Small Group tour with an Archaeologist | La Vacanza Travel

Pompeii and Herculaneum Small Group tour with an Archaeologist

Duration: 6 hours
Destination: Italy, Campania, Pompeii
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  • 6 hours
  • Pompeii
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  • Not-Cancellable

Overview

This experience combines the two archaeological sites of Pompeii and Herculaneum, famous for the eruption of Mount Vesuvius happened in 79 AD.
Join the guide at the entrance of Pompeii ruins called Porta Marina Inferiore, where the tour starts.
Discover the site and its best highlights with the assistance of an expert Archaeologist.
You will see the Forum – the main square – the most important houses and buildings and the famous plaster casts.
After the tour take a quick break, then reach the site of Herculaneum by the local metro line called Circumvesuviana at a few steps from Pompeii entrance.
End your tour with the site of Herculaneum, smaller than Pompeii but better preserved: visit the beach where more than 300 skeletons were found.

Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product

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

Stop At: Odeon - Teatro Piccolo, Pompei Scavi, Pompeii Italy

Have a look of the so called Teatro Piccolo of Pompeii.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Teatro Grande, 80045 Pompei, Metropolitan City of Naples, Italy

Visit the most important Theater in Pompeii

Duration: 15 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: 15 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: 15 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: 15 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

Inclusions
  • Guidance at Pompeii and Herculaneum by Archaeologist guide
  • Pompeii admission fee
  • Herculaneum skip the line ticket
  • Circumvesuviana one-way ticket from Pompeii to Herculaneum
  • Entry/Admission - Archaeological Park of Herculaneum

Exclusions
  • Pick up and drop off service
  • Meals and drinks
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Near public transportation
  • Most travelers can participate
  • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 20 travelers
  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Departure Point

Piazza Esedra, 4, 80045 Pompei NA, Italy


Return Details

Ercolano Scavi, 80056 Ercolano, Metropolitan City of Naples, Italy

Voucher info

You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.

Duration

6 hours


User's Reviews

Robin_M

27 Apr, 2024

A great job explaining details and offering insight into how the people lived. Guide was extraordinarily informative and helpful.

Bronwen_J

27 Apr, 2024

The experience of the guide was excellent. He was really helpful and knew a great deal about his subject.

Terry R

27 Apr, 2024

I highly recommend doing this tour. Sergio the archeologist took us to and explained various sites around Pompeii and Herculaneum in great detail. You could tell that he was very passionate about the sites and made you excited to learn about them. You would never come close to same experience doing it yourself or audio guide. Overall awesome experience

Caitlyn_S

26 Apr, 2024

Rafael was so so great - super funny and knowledgeable! The shuttle was comfortable, there was a perfect amount of walking. A break in the middle for lunch. You could spend hours in Herculaneum or Pompeii so I highly recommend this tour as a means to see the beautiful highlights with someone explaining the cultural significance. Great job Rafael

Joseph_F

26 Apr, 2024

Pompeii is amazing. But for me, Herculaneum was more personal, human, and touching. Our guide Rafael was fantastic - approachable and funny. Great experience

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