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Semi-Private Small Group of MAX 8 PEOPLE GUARANTEED! For an intimate 3 hours Full-Immersion Experience Duration: 3 hours: Expert Dedicated Licensed Tour Guide. SkipTheLine Tickets. Offered in: English, Spanish, Italian.

Overview

Explore the ancient ruins of the Pompeii Archaeological Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, in this small-group tour. Enjoy this great walking tour, Skip-The-Line fast access tickets included. Discover the town buried by the eruption of Vesuvius in A.D. 79 and how it still offer an unparalleled window into the quotidian life of classical antiquity. Walk amongst the incredible ancient ruins as our friendly expert licensed tour guide tells you of the glory and the drama of Pompeii: • Sanctuary of Venus • Basilica • Forum • Temple of Apollo • Macellum • House of Faun • Temple of Jupiter • Lupanar • House of Menander • Stabian Baths • Large Theatre • Small Theatre Odeon Skip-The-Line Tickets with fast access included.

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

Tour Guide will wait, with a sign with our company's name "ItalyBestExcursions" on the top, at the main entrance "Porta Marina Superiore" directly across the road from the "Pompeii Scavi" train station. • Meet Tour Guide at least 15 minutes in advance. Entrance is strictly limited.

Language Offered

English-GUIDE

Italian-GUIDE

Spanish-GUIDE

Itinerary

1. Archaeological Park of Pompeii
Make your way to the Pompeii excavation on your own (it's an easy trip from Naples or Sorrento on the Circumvesuviana train to the Pompei Scavi station). Meet your guide, with a sign with our company's name "ItalyBestExcursions" on the top, at the main entrance "Porta Marina" directly across the road from the Pompeii Scavi train station. • Please meet the guide at least approx. 15 minutes in advance, entrance is strictly limited.
Duration: 5 mins
2. Archaeological Park of Pompeii
Visiting Pompeii (Skip-The-Line Tickets included) is not like a museum , is as live again in an ancient roman commercial town of 3 Km. Buildings, temples, shops catched in the time of the eruption. Pompeii was an ancient Roman town near modern Naples, it was mostly destroyed and buried under 4 to 6 m (13 to 20 ft) of volcanic ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.
Duration: 5 mins
3. Casa della Venere in Conchiglia
The Sanctuary of Venus is placed on spectacular artificial terrace that offers great views of the Gulf of Naples, overlooking the bay where the harbour was to be situated. Venus was the patron goddess of Pompeii, to whom the colony was named upon conclusion (80 BC).
Duration: 15 mins
4. Basilica
The Basilica, with its extension of 1,500 square metres, was the most sumptuous building in Pompeii, it is dated back to 130-120 BC and is one of the oldest examples of this type of building in the entire Roman world.
Duration: 15 mins
5. Foro de Pompeya
The Pompeii Civil Forum is the core of daily life of the city and is the focal point of all the main public buildings for city administration and justice, business management, and trade activities such as markets, as well as the main places of citizen worship.
Duration: 10 mins
6. Temple of Apollo
The Sanctuary of Apollo is one of the oldest places of worship in Pompeii, built in a strategic point, along the path that goes up to Marina Gate, which led to the public heart of the city.
Duration: 10 mins
7. Macellum
The Macellum consists of a tuff quadriporticus with a hall for worship in an elevated position on the eastern side, in line with the entrance. The copies of two marble statues, a female and a male armed, are found on the niches of the side wall, together with the fragment of a larger statue, probably pertaining to an emperor, Titus or Vespasian, indicating how this area was intended for the imperial cult.
Duration: 10 mins
8. Casa del Fauno
It is one of the larger houses of Pompeii, covering an entire block of about 3000 sqm and, according to its original layout, it dates back to the 2nd century BC. The wealth and social level of the owner are immediately evident from the street: the pavement bears the Latin welcome inscription (HAVE)
Duration: 15 mins
9. Tempio di Giove Capitolino
The Temple of Jupiter dominates the north side of the Forum, with Mount Vesuvius scenically rising behind. When the colony was founded (80 BC).
Duration: 10 mins
10. Lupanar
The lupanar was the official brothel of Pompeii. As a trading town, it was visited every day by large numbers of people, especially traders from other towns.The prostitutes in the brothel were mostly Greek and Oriental slaves who were paid between two and eight Asses (a glass of wine cost one Ass) for their services. Small paintings with erotic depictions on the walls of the central corridor informed customers of the activities that took place within the Lupanare. The brothel is named from lupa, a Latin word meaning 'prostitute'.
Duration: 15 mins
11. Casa del Menandro
The atrium has frescoes with scenes from the Iliad and the Odyssey. The peristyle is rhodium-shaped, with the north side higher. The house owes its name to a picture of Menander, an Athenian playwriter, placed in the portico.
Duration: 15 mins
12. Stabian Baths (Terme Stabiane)
The main entrance on via dell'Abbondanza leads to a large courtyard. The pool is found to the left, whereas a colonnade is found to the right, which leads to the men's quarters, which are split into the apodyterium (dressing room), with the frigidarium (for cold baths), which leads to the tepidarium (for medium temperature baths) and then to the calidarium (for hot baths).
Duration: 15 mins
13. Teatro Grande
It was built around the middle of the 2nd century BC and significantly restored according to the Roman stlye. An inscription, visible at the entrance of the corridor that provides access to the east and that is one of the very few representations known with reference to the name of the architectus, recalls the works carried out in the Augustan age by Marcus Artorius Primus.
Duration: 15 mins
14. Odeon - Teatro Piccolo
The Odeon or theatrum tectum as it was called by the Romans, was built during the early years of the colony (79 BC). This building was dedicated to the representation of the most popular theatrical genre at the time, miming, and could also be used for musical and singing performances.
Duration: 15 mins
15. Villa dei Misteri
You tour guide will leave to you, at the end of the tour, at the same location where it started.
Duration: 5 mins

Inclusion

SkipTheLine Fast Entrance Ticket guaranteed to Pompeii Archaeological Park

POMPEII GUIDED TOUR Option Includes: 3 Hours Professional Licensed Expert Tour Guide walking Tour

Semi-Private Small Group of MAX 8 PEOPLE GUARANTEED! For an intimate experience

Exclusion

Hotel pickup and dropoff, Food and drinks

Tipping is not included in our service fees, It is never mandatory although it is always appreciated

Cancellation Policy

All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.

  • 0% refund if cancelled 0+ days before the start date

Additional Info

Public transportation options are available nearby

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Semi-Private Small Group of MAX 8 PEOPLE GUARANTEED! For an intimate 3 hours Full-Immersion Experience

Guests must be at the meeting point a few minutes in advance. Entrance is strictly limited. If you will arrive late cannot be accommodated, so no refunds or discounts will be issued

Avoid bringing large purses, big bags, or big backpacks on your tour

We regret that we are unable to accommodate guests with wheelchairs or any impairments requiring special assistance. We are also unable to accommodate strollers or baby carriages on our group tours

Supplied by ItalyBestExcursions

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