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Pompeii and Herculaneum Small-Group with an Expert Archaeologist
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Salerno
Important Information
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Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
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Public transportation options are available nearby
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Specialized infant seats are available
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Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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Minimum numbers of 6 people per Shared 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.
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At Pompeii and Herculaneum Children under 18 y.o. enter for free, showing a valid form of ID.
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Please note that the drop-off point depends on the tour option you selected.
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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Discover two of the world’s most extraordinary Roman archaeological sites—Pompeii and Herculaneum—on a guided experience led by a professional archaeologist. These ancient cities, buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79, come to life as your expert guide explains their history, architecture, and daily life in remarkable detail. Skip the stress of navigating maps or planning logistics: this tour includes assistance during the transfer between Pompeii and Herculaneum and provides priority access to both sites. Walk through villas, temples, baths, and beautifully preserved homes as your archaeologist unveils stories hidden in the ruins. Designed to offer depth, clarity, and an unforge...
Highlights
From 6 hours to 11 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
From 6 hours to 11 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
One way transportation from Pompeii to Herculaneum ( Option from Pompeii)
Round-trip transportation to/from Naples( Option from Naples)
Guided tour service in both Pompeii and Herculaneum
Train tickets to/from Rome to Naples + transportation from Naples ( Option from Rome)
Round-trip transportation to/from Sorrento ( Option from Sorrento)
Meals and drinks
Gratuities
Personal expenses
Meeting Points
Departure
Stazione Marittima di Salerno
Your driver or guide will be waiting for you as you disembark your ship, holding a sign reading: "MondoGuide"
You will be returned to the port at the end of the excursion
Return
Tourist Bus Parking
( Option Tour from Sorrento)
Pompeii and Herculaneum Small-Group with an Expert Archaeologist
(38) Reviews
Salerno
About
Discover two of the world’s most extraordinary Roman archaeological sites—Pompeii and Herculaneum—on a guided experience led by a professional archaeologist. These ancient cities, buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79, come to life as your expert guide explains their history, architecture, and daily life in remarkable detail. Skip the stress of navigating maps or planning logistics: this tour includes assistance during the transfer between Pompeii and Herculaneum and provides priority access to both sites. Walk through villas, temples, baths, and beautifully preserved homes as your archaeologist unveils stories hidden in the ruins. Designed to offer depth, clarity, and an unforge...
Highlights
From 6 hours to 11 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
From 6 hours to 11 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
One way transportation from Pompeii to Herculaneum ( Option from Pompeii)
Round-trip transportation to/from Naples( Option from Naples)
Guided tour service in both Pompeii and Herculaneum
Train tickets to/from Rome to Naples + transportation from Naples ( Option from Rome)
Round-trip transportation to/from Sorrento ( Option from Sorrento)
Meals and drinks
Gratuities
Personal expenses
Meeting Points
Departure
Stazione Marittima di Salerno
Your driver or guide will be waiting for you as you disembark your ship, holding a sign reading: "MondoGuide"
You will be returned to the port at the end of the excursion
Return
Tourist Bus Parking
( Option Tour from Sorrento)
Itinerary
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Pompeii Archaeological Park
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.
2 hours
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Odeon - Teatro Piccolo
Have a look of the so called Teatro Piccolo of Pompeii.
15 minutes
3
Teatro Grande
Visit the most important Theater in Pompeii
15 minutes
4
House of Menander
The house of Menander is one of the richest and most magnificent houses in ancient Pompeii in terms of architecture, decoration and contents.
15 minutes
5
Stabian Baths (Terme Stabiane)
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.
15 minutes
6
Lupanar
Visit the most famous brothel in the ruined Roman city of Pompeii.
15 minutes
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Via dell’Abbondanza
Via dell’Abbondanza
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House of the Faun
The house of Faun was one of the largest and most impressive private residences in Pompeii.
15 minutes
9
Forum
Have a look of the ancient main square of Pompeii.
10 minutes
10
Basilica
Basilica was an open portico that gave shelter to merchants and other activities.
10 minutes
11
Parco Acheologico di Ercolano
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.
2 hours
12
House of the Deer
The house receives its name from marble statues of stags/deer found in the peristyle.
10 minutes
13
La Terrazza di M. Nonio Balbo
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.
10 minutes
14
College of the Augustales
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).
10 minutes
15
Casa del Rilievo di Telefo
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.
10 minutes
16
Partem Domus lignea - Casa del Tramezzo di Legno
It is very important house for the elegant wooden partition remained.
10 minutes
17
House of the Skeleton
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.
10 minutes
18
Central Thermae
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.
10 minutes
19
Casa Sannitica
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.
10 minutes
20
Casa del Bel Cortile
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.
10 minutes
21
House of the Grand Portal
Beautiful domus in the Centre of the archaeological area, with various environments, collonnati, frescos e-com everywhere at Herculaneum-charred remains of wooden parts.