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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 unforgettable cultural experience, this tour lets you explore the highlights of both archaeological sites comfortably and efficiently.
What's Included
Meeting and pickup
Itinerary
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1Pompeii 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 • Admission ticket not included -
2Odeon - Teatro Piccolo
Have a look of the so called Teatro Piccolo of Pompeii.
15 minutes • Admission ticket free -
3Teatro Grande
Visit the most important Theater in Pompeii
15 minutes • Admission ticket free -
4
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 • Admission ticket free -
5Stabian 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 • Admission ticket free -
6Lupanar
Visit the most famous brothel in the ruined Roman city of Pompeii.
15 minutes • Admission ticket free -
7Via dell’Abbondanza
Via dell’Abbondanza
Admission ticket free -
8
The house of Faun was one of the largest and most impressive private residences in Pompeii.
15 minutes • Admission ticket free -
9Foro de Pompeya
Have a look of the ancient main square of Pompeii.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
10Basilica
Basilica was an open portico that gave shelter to merchants and other activities.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
11Archeological Park of Herculaneum
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 • Admission ticket not included -
12
The house receives its name from marble statues of stags/deer found in the peristyle.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
13La 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 • Admission ticket free -
14College 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 • Admission ticket free -
15Casa 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 • Admission ticket free -
16Partem Domus lignea - Casa del Tramezzo di Legno
It is very important house for the elegant wooden partition remained.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
17House 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 • Admission ticket free -
18Central 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 • Admission ticket free -
19Casa 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 • Admission ticket free -
20Casa 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 • Admission ticket free -
21House 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.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free
Additional info
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- At Pompeii and Herculaneum Children under 18 y.o. enter for free, showing a valid form of ID.
- 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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Cancellation Policy
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
- 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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