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Overview

You cannot miss the chance to visit Herculaneum when you're in Naples and Pompeii area. The ancient Roman city of Herculaneum is a UNESCO World Heritage site and lies just north of Pompeii. Explore the ruins with an archaeologist guide and benefit from a smaller group size of max 20 people, meaning more chance to ask your guide questions and learn how the city was destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Guided walking tour of Herculaneum Gain historical insight from an archaeologist guide Skip-the-line tickets means no waiting in long queues

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

Outside Herculaneum ticket Office building in Herculaneum ruins archaeological park.

Language Offered

German-GUIDE

English-GUIDE

Italian-GUIDE

French-GUIDE

Spanish-GUIDE

Itinerary

1. Casa dei Cervi
The house receives its name from marble statues of stags/deer found in the peristyle.
Duration: 10 mins
2. 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.
Duration: 10 mins
3. 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).
Duration: 10 mins
4. 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.
Duration: 10 mins
5. Partem Domus lignea - Casa del Tramezzo di Legno
It is very important house for the elegant wooden partition remained.
Duration: 10 mins
6. 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.
Duration: 15 mins
7. 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.
Duration: 15 mins
8. 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.
Duration: 10 mins
9. 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.
Duration: 15 mins
10. 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.
Duration: 10 mins
11. 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.
Duration: 10 mins

Inclusion

2 hrs live guidance by an archaeologist licensed guide

skip the line admission fees

Exclusion

transportation

personal expenses

Cancellation Policy

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For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

  • 100% refund if cancelled 1+ days before the start date
  • 0% refund if cancelled less than 1 day(s) before the start date

Additional Info

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller

Public transportation options are available nearby

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Supplied by PompeiIn

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