Pompeii and Herculaneum small group tour - skip the line | 5 hours 30 minutes

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Inclusions / Exclusions

  • Mobile ticket
  • Offered in: English, Italian
  • Skip the line tickets in Herculaneum
  • Skip the line tickets in Pompeii
  • Guidance in Pompeii and Herculaneum ruins for the entire duration of the tour
  • Circumvesuviana train tickets one-way from Pompeii to Herculaneum
  • meals and personal expenses
  • transportation to Pompeii and to your accommodation at the end of the tour

Overview

Pompeii and Herculaneum are among the world’s most important Roman archaeological sites, but the ruins can be hard to interpret to the untrained eye. With this tour, we will take a deep dive into ancient history by visiting both sites with an archaeologist guide. Learn about the history and architecture of these two cities buried by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in AD 79, taking in the highlights in just a few hours.

Itinerary

  • Pompeii Archaeological Park

    Meet the guide at the main entrance of the archaeological site called "Porta Marina Superiore". The guide will be holding a sign with our company's name "Askos Tours" on the top.

    10 minutes

  • Basilica

    Basilica was an open portico that gave shelter to merchants and other activities.

    10 minutes

  • Foro de Pompeya

    Have a look of the ancient main square of Pompeii.

    10 minutes

  • Via dell’Abbondanza (Pass By)

    Walk through the main street of Pompeii.

  • Casa del Menandro

    The house of Menander is one of the richest and most magnificent houses in ancient Pompeii in terms of architecture, decoration and contents.

    10 minutes

  • Granai del Foro

    In the granary you will see marble tables and baths for fountains that adorned the entrances of houses and some casts of victims of the eruption as well as that of a dog and a tree.

    10 minutes

  • Terme del Foro

    These occupy a vast area between the Brothel lane, the Holconius crossroads and the Via Stabiana. They represent the oldest thermal complex in the city.

    10 minutes

  • Lupanar (Pass By)

    The most famous brothel in the Pompeii Roman city of Pompeii

  • Casa del Fauno

    The house of Faun was one of the largest and most impressive private residences in Pompeii.

    10 minutes

  • Odeon - Teatro Piccolo (Pass By)

    Have a look of the so called Teatro Piccolo of Pompeii.

  • Teatro Grande

    Visit the most important Theater in Pompeii

    15 minutes

  • Parco Acheologico di Ercolano

    Parco Acheologico di Ercolano, Corso Resina, 80056 Ercolano Italy Transfer by train to Herculaneum (30 minutes trip + 10 minutes walk) and quick lunch break if required. Meeting place is the 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)

    1 hour

  • Casa dei Cervi

    The house receives its name from marble statues of stags/deer found in the peristyle.

    10 minutes

  • La Terrazza di M. Nonio Balbo

    The house receives its name from marble statues of stags/deer found in the peristyle.

    10 minutes

  • College of the Augustales

    The house receives its name from marble statues of stags/deer found in the peristyle.

    10 minutes

  • 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.

    10 minutes

  • Partem Domus lignea - Casa del Tramezzo di Legno

    It is very important house for the elegant wooden partition remained

    10 minutes

  • 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.

    10 minutes

  • 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.

    10 minutes

  • 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.

    10 minutes

  • 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.

    10 minutes

  • 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.

    10 minutes

  • 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.

    10 minutes

Sample Menu

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

Free Cancellation

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Amazing tour

Published on Jan, 2025

It was an amazing tour!! Loved our guided and our entire day was amazing!!!! Pompeii was a life long dream and Herculeam was an amazing surprise!!!

Wonderful day in the sun. Now I understand the usage of umbrellas with no rain.

Published on Aug, 2024

Michele was excellent. It was hot as blazes out but he was very informative and in many cases humorous. I feel like you get to see just enough of both Pompeii and Herculaneum. If the sun had not been so brutal, I think I could have done a full day at each but 2 - 2.5 hrs at each is more than enough when travelling in late July. I would totally do it again.

Great tour!

Published on Jun, 2024

Vince the guide was so interesting and had immense knowledge and great humour! Learnt so much! What an amazing place!

Amazing tour guide

Published on Oct, 2023

Very energetic and wonderful tour guide! So much information and very well organized! Highly recommend!

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