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Pompeii and Herculaneum Archaeologist-Led Tour from Naples, Sorrento or Rome
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PompeiiThis tour pairs the two towns buried by Vesuvius in AD 79 and lets the booking option decide where the day begins: Naples, Sorrento, Rome (train to Naples included) or straight at the gates of Pompeii. Every participant gets a headset, so the archaeologist's commentary carries across the ruins.
Pompeii comes first. The guide meets the group at the Porta Marina Inferiore entrance and walks them through the Forum, the main houses and public buildings, and the plaster casts of the victims. After a short break the group moves to Herculaneum, by minibus on the Naples, Sorrento and Rome options and by the Circumvesuviana train on the walking option.
Herculaneum is the smaller of the two and the better preserved, and the visit includes the beach where more than 300 skeletons were found. The walking option ends inside the ruins, while the options with transport return to the starting point.
What's included
- Headsets for all participants
- Round-trip transportation to/from Naples, outside Starhotels Terminus (Tour from Naples)
- Train tickets to/from Rome to Naples + Full Day transportation service (Tour from Rome)
- Guided tour service in both Pompeii and Herculaneum
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- Round-trip transportation to/from Sorrento, P.za Angelina Lauro (Tour from Sorrento)
- Circumvesuviana one-way train ticket from Pompeii to Herculaneum (Tour from Pompeii)
- Herculaneum entry tickets - 'Pompeii express' entry tickets
Itinerary
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Via Giovanni Giolitti, 40, Roma
Via Giovanni Giolitti, 40, 00185 Roma RM, Italy
For the Pompeii and Herculaneum tour from Rome. This option includes round-trip train tickets from Rome to Naples. In Naples the meeting point is across the street from the central station, at Starhotels Terminus. The guide holds an Askos Tours sign.
Piazza Angelina Lauro, Sorrento
Piazza Angelina Lauro, 80067 Sorrento NA, Italy
For the tour from Sorrento, which includes transportation. The meeting point is near the fountain in Piazza Angelina Lauro. A representative holds an Askos Tours sign.
P.za Giuseppe Garibaldi, 91, Napoli
P.za Giuseppe Garibaldi, 91, 80142 Napoli NA, Italy
For the tour from Naples, which includes transportation. The meeting point is outside Starhotels Terminus, opposite Naples Central Station. The guide holds an Askos Tours sign.
Piazza Esedra, 1, Pompei
Piazza Esedra, 1, 80045 Pompei NA, Italy
For the walking tour, which does not include transportation. The meeting point is the Pompeii ruins entrance, Porta Marina Inferiore, in Piazza Esedra. Staff hold an Askos Tours sign.
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Basilica
The Basilica was an open portico that sheltered merchants and other activities.
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Foro de Pompeya
The ancient main square of Pompeii.
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Via dell’Abbondanza
A walk along the main street of Pompeii.
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House of Menander
The House of Menander is one of the richest houses in Pompeii for architecture, decoration and contents.
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Forum granary
In the granary, marble tables and fountain basins that decorated house entrances, plus casts of eruption victims, a dog and a tree.
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Stabian Baths (Terme Stabiane)
The Stabian Baths fill a large area between the Brothel lane, the Holconius crossroads and Via Stabiana. They are the oldest thermal complex in the city.
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Lupanar
The most famous brothel of the ruined Roman city.
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House of the Faun
The House of the Faun was one of the largest and most impressive private residences in Pompeii.
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Odeon - Teatro Piccolo
The so-called Teatro Piccolo of Pompeii.
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Great Theatre
The most important theatre in Pompeii.
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Transfer to Herculaneum
After Pompeii the guide continues to Herculaneum by the method included in the chosen option. From Naples, Sorrento or Rome, a minibus goes directly to the site. From Pompeii, the included Circumvesuviana ticket covers about 30 minutes by train plus a 10-minute walk from Ercolano Scavi station. A quick lunch break is possible before the transfer, at own expense. On arrival the guide leads the group to the ticket office of the Herculaneum ruins; the minibus drops off near the entrance.
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House of the Deer
The house takes its name from 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 and restored or built many public buildings. After his death he was made patron and honored as described in the long inscription on his funeral altar.
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College of the Augustales
The building is thought to have been a centre of the cult of the Emperor Augustus and the seat of the Collegium Augustalium, or possibly the local curia.
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House of the Relief of Telephus
The house possibly belonged to Marcus Nonius Balbus, one of the town's leading benefactors, and has its own private access to the Suburban Thermae to the south.
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Partem Domus lignea - Casa del Tramezzo di Legno
A house known for the elegant wooden partition that still stands.
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House of the Skeleton
Probably formed from three smaller buildings, the house is named after human remains found in a second-floor room in 1831.
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Central Thermae
Built around the beginning of the 1st century AD, the Central Thermae were divided into men's and women's baths, each with a separate entrance.
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House of the Black Hall
One of the more luxurious mansions of Herculaneum. Its monumental entrance still holds the carbonised remains of the doorposts and lintel.
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Casa Sannitica
A layout typical of the Samnites, the mountain people of central Italy. A gallery with Ionic columns runs around the atrium, and 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 instead of an atrium.
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House of the Grand Portal
A domus in the centre of the archaeological area, with columned spaces, frescoes and charred remains of wooden parts.
Via Giovanni Giolitti, 40, Roma
Via Giovanni Giolitti, 40, 00185 Roma RM, Italy
On the option from Rome, the tour ends at Rome Termini station. The walking tour ends inside the Herculaneum ruins.
P.za Giuseppe Garibaldi, 91, Napoli
P.za Giuseppe Garibaldi, 91, 80142 Napoli NA, Italy
On the options from Naples or Sorrento, the tour ends back at the meeting point. The walking tour ends inside the Herculaneum ruins.
P.za Giuseppe Garibaldi, 91, Napoli
P.za Giuseppe Garibaldi, 91, 80142 Napoli NA, Italy
On the options from Naples or Sorrento, the tour ends back at the meeting point. The walking tour ends inside the Herculaneum ruins.
Corso Resina, 187, Ercolano
Corso Resina, 187, 80056 Ercolano NA, Italy
The walking option ends inside the Herculaneum ruins. The Naples and Sorrento options, which include transportation, end back at the meeting point.
Not included
- Meals and drinks
- Personal expenses
Good to know
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Herculaneum ruins' entry tickets: 16 euros (adult) 2 euros (EU citizens 18-25 y.o.); Pompeii ruins' entry tickets: 20 euros (adult)
- Not recommended for visitors in wheelchairs
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- Not recommended for visually impaired guests unless accompanied by a dedicated personal assistant
- Up to 15 travelers per booking.
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Guiding available in: en.
Meeting point
- Walking tour: transportation is not included. The meeting point is the Pompeii ruins entrance, Porta Marina Inferiore, in Piazza Esedra. Staff hold an Askos Tours sign.
- From Naples: transportation is included. The meeting point is outside Starhotels Terminus, opposite Naples Central Station. The guide holds an Askos Tours sign.
- From Sorrento: transportation is included. The meeting point is near the fountain in Piazza Angelina Lauro. A representative holds an Askos Tours sign.
- From Rome: round-trip train tickets to Naples are included. In Naples the meeting point is across the street from the central station, at Starhotels Terminus. The guide holds an Askos Tours sign.
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