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Herculaneum Tour with an Archaeologist: Ancient Beach, House of the Deer, Boat Hall
An archaeologist leads this walk through Herculaneum, and the group stays small, with a maximum of six travelers per booking. The guide meets everyone at the park's ticket office and takes them along paved streets of a town that kept far more than Pompeii did: under the volcanic material of the 79 AD eruption, roofs, beds, doors, food and even skeletons survived.
The route includes the houses of Neptune and Amphitrite, the Deer and the Wooden Partition, the Samnite House, the College of the Augustales, the gymnasium and the public baths, as well as the ancient beach and the charred boat kept in its own pavilion. Frescoes in several houses still show their colors.
Park admission is not part of the booking. Wheelchair users should report it 24 hours before the visit.
What's included
- Certified Guide
- Archaeologist
Itinerary
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Ercolano
The guide waits at the ticket office of the Herculaneum Archaeological Park.
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Archeological Park of Herculaneum
Herculaneum is a UNESCO site and one of the best-preserved ancient cities in the world. Buried in the 79 AD eruption, it is smaller than Pompeii but keeps most of its urban and civic structure, with houses, doors, bedrooms and workshops still visible. The guide leads along the paved streets and into houses whose frescoes keep their warm colors, then to the gymnasium and the baths. Wheelchair use must be reported 24 hours before the visit.
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Archeological Park of Herculaneum
The ancient beach, the only waterfront of an almost entirely preserved Roman city.
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La Terrazza di M. Nonio Balbo
Terrace of Marcus Nonius Balbo, built by the city to honor its most prestigious citizen and patron, with a view over what was then the sea.
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Casa dei Cervi
House of the Deer, the richest and finest residence found so far in the excavation area, named for two marble groups of deer attacked by dogs.
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Partem Domus lignea - Casa del Tramezzo di Legno
House of the Wooden Partition, named for a folding wooden structure that separated the atrium from the tablinum, the owner's study.
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Casa di Nettuno e Anfitrite
House of Neptune and Amphitrite, home of a wealthy merchant, with the mosaic of Neptune and his companion Amphitrite.
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Casa Sannitica
Samnite House, considered one of the oldest dwellings on the site and one of its most visited remains.
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Ercolano
The decumanus maximus, the main street of a Roman city and here too the address of the most prestigious houses.
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College of the Augustales
The Sacellum of the Augustales, a Roman building used for the worship of emperors, tended by Augustan priests.
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Casa d'Argo
House of Argus, named for a vanished peristyle fresco of Argus Panoptes, the giant with a hundred eyes.
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Salone della Barca di Ercolano
Boat pavilion, where a charred boat found on the beach of Herculaneum during the 1981 excavations is preserved.
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Archeological Park of Herculaneum
End of the tour.
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Ercolano
Not included
- Archaeological Park of Herculaneum
Good to know
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Up to 10 travelers per booking.
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- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Guiding available in: en, it, fr, es.
Meeting point
- The guide will wait for the guests at the Ticket Office of Herculaneum Archaeological Park
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