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Herculaneum Small Group Tour with an Archaeologist Guide and Entry Tickets
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NaplesAn archaeologist leads this small group visit, and the Herculaneum entry tickets are already included. The town was home to merchants and nobility until 79 AD, when its life ended with striking speed.
The walk starts at the waterfront, where more than 300 remains of people trying to escape by sea were found. From there it moves through the Samnite house, the thermal baths, the Temple of the Augustales, the forum, the House of Neptune and Amphitrite, the Gymnasium and the House of the Wooden Partition.
The site holds more than stone, marble and ceramics. Carbonised wood survives, along with paintings and mosaics that the guide sets above those of Pompeii. The cause was the force of the eruption: it burned all the wood at once and sealed the city under a thick layer that let in no air, so nothing decayed.
What's included
- Licensed guide with archaeological background
- Herculaneum entry tickets
- Small Group (maximum 20 people per guide)
- Headsets
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- Guidance and assistance
Itinerary
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Via dei Papiri Ercolanesi, 37, Ercolano
Meet at the ticket office of the Herculaneum ruins. By car, use via Pignalver, where an unguarded car park is very close. By train, the Circumvesuviana station at Corso Resina 1 is a 10-minute walk away.
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Archeological Park of Herculaneum
Meeting point is the ticket office of the Herculaneum ruins. By car, use via Pignalver, where an unguarded car park is very close. By train, the Circumvesuviana station at Corso Resina 1 is a 10-minute walk away.
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House of the Deer
Named for the marble statues of stags found in the peristyle.
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La Terrazza di M. Nonio Balbo
Marcus Nonius Balbus was the city's major benefactor, restoring and building many public buildings. After his death he was made patron and honoured at length, as the long inscription on his funeral altar records.
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College of the Augustales
Thought to have been a centre of the cult of Emperor Augustus and the seat of the Collegium Augustalium, or possibly the local curia.
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House Linked to the Suburban Baths
Possibly the home of Marcus Nonius Balbus, one of the town's leading benefactors. Unusually, it has its own private access to the Suburban Thermae to the south.
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Partem Domus lignea - Casa del Tramezzo di Legno
Important for the elegant wooden partition that still stands.
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House of the Skeleton
Probably three smaller buildings joined together. It takes its name from human remains found in a second-floor room in 1831.
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Central Thermae
Built around the start of the 1st century AD and split into men's and women's baths, each with its own entrance.
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House of the Black Hall
One of Herculaneum's more luxurious mansions. Its monumental entrance still keeps the carbonised remains of the doorposts and lintel.
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Casa Sannitica
Laid out in the typical Samnite way, with a splendid atrium edged by a gallery of Ionic columns. The rooms are decorated with frescoes.
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Casa del Bel Cortile
One of the most original houses in Herculaneum, with a courtyard, a stairway and a stone balcony in place of an atrium.
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House of the Grand Portal
A fine domus in the centre of the archaeological area, with several rooms, colonnades, frescoes and charred remains of wooden parts.
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Ercolano
The tour ends inside the Herculaneum ruins.
Not included
- Meals/drinks
- Private transportation
Good to know
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
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- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
- Dogs are allowed at the Herculaneum Archaeological Park without breed or size restrictions, however they must be kept on a leash or muzzle and it is mandatory to have bags to collect any droppings. For reasons of logistics and conservation, within the Antiquarium premises, the Boat Pavilion, and the domus featuring mosaic floors, access is permitted only to dogs that are carried in arms or transported in an appropriate carrier.
- Herculaneum ruins' entry tickets: 16 euros (adult) 2 euros (EU citizens 18-25 y.o.)
- Up to 15 travelers per booking.
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Guiding available in: de, en, it, fr, es.
Meeting point
- Meeting place 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)
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