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Pompeii and Herculaneum small group tour - skip the line
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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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Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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Pompeii and Herculaneum are among the world’s most important Roman archaeological sites, but the ruins can be hard to interpret to the untrained eye. With this tour, we will take a deep dive into ancient history by visiting both sites with an archaeologist guide. Learn about the history and architecture of these two cities buried by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in AD 79, taking in the highlights in just a few hours.
Highlights
5 hours and 30 minutes
Offered in English & Italian
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
5 hours and 30 minutes
Offered in English & Italian
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
skip the line tickets in Herculaneum
skip the line tickets in Pompeii
guidance in Pompeii and Herculaneum ruins for the entire duration of the tour
Circumvesuviana train tickets one-way from Pompeii to Herculaneum
meals and personal expenses
transportation to Pompeii and to your accommodation at the end of the tour
Meeting Points
Departure
Piazza Esedra, 4
Meet your guide at the left side of Pompeii entrance named Porta Marina INFERIORE close to the ''Arte bus'' stop.
Return
Archaeological Park of Herculaneum
ending in Herculaneum ruins
Pompeii and Herculaneum small group tour - skip the line
(17) Reviews
Pompei
About
Pompeii and Herculaneum are among the world’s most important Roman archaeological sites, but the ruins can be hard to interpret to the untrained eye. With this tour, we will take a deep dive into ancient history by visiting both sites with an archaeologist guide. Learn about the history and architecture of these two cities buried by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in AD 79, taking in the highlights in just a few hours.
Highlights
5 hours and 30 minutes
Offered in English & Italian
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
5 hours and 30 minutes
Offered in English & Italian
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
skip the line tickets in Herculaneum
skip the line tickets in Pompeii
guidance in Pompeii and Herculaneum ruins for the entire duration of the tour
Circumvesuviana train tickets one-way from Pompeii to Herculaneum
meals and personal expenses
transportation to Pompeii and to your accommodation at the end of the tour
Meeting Points
Departure
Piazza Esedra, 4
Meet your guide at the left side of Pompeii entrance named Porta Marina INFERIORE close to the ''Arte bus'' stop.
Return
Archaeological Park of Herculaneum
ending in Herculaneum ruins
Itinerary
1
Pompeii Archaeological Park
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.
10 minutes
2
Basilica
Basilica was an open portico that gave shelter to merchants and other activities.
10 minutes
3
Forum
Have a look of the ancient main square of Pompeii.
10 minutes
4
Via dell’Abbondanza
Walk through the main street of Pompeii.
5
Casa del Menandro
The house of Menander is one of the richest and most magnificent houses in ancient Pompeii in terms of architecture, decoration and contents.
10 minutes
6
Granai del Foro
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.
10 minutes
7
Terme del Foro
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.
10 minutes
8
Lupanar
The most famous brothel in the Pompeii Roman city of Pompeii
9
Casa del Fauno
The house of Faun was one of the largest and most impressive private residences in Pompeii.
10 minutes
10
Odeon - Teatro Piccolo
Have a look of the so called Teatro Piccolo of Pompeii.
11
Teatro Grande
Visit the most important Theater in Pompeii
15 minutes
12
Parco Acheologico di Ercolano
Parco Acheologico di Ercolano, Corso Resina, 80056 Ercolano 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)
1 hour
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Casa dei Cervi
The house receives its name from marble statues of stags/deer found in the peristyle.
10 minutes
14
La Terrazza di M. Nonio Balbo
The house receives its name from marble statues of stags/deer found in the peristyle.
10 minutes
15
College of the Augustales
The house receives its name from marble statues of stags/deer found in the peristyle.
10 minutes
16
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
17
Partem Domus lignea - Casa del Tramezzo di Legno
It is very important house for the elegant wooden partition remained
10 minutes
18
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
19
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
20
Casa del Salone Nero
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.
10 minutes
21
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
22
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
23
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.