Pompeii and Herculaneum Archaeological Tour Experience

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.

Meeting Point

Piazza Esedra, 4

Piazza Esedra, 4, 80045 Pompei NA, Italy

Meet your guide at the left side of Pompeii entrance named Porta Marina INFERIORE close to the ''Arte bus'' stop.

What's included:

• 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

Not included:

• meals and personal expenses
• transportation to Pompeii and to your accommodation at the end of the tour

What to expect:

Duration: 5 hours, 30 minutes

Pompeii Archaeological Park

Porta Marina (via Villa dei Misteri), Pompeii, 80045

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 • Admission Ticket Included

Basilica

Vicolo Delle Terme 2, Pompeii, 80045

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

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Foro de Pompeya

Via Villa dei Misteri, 2, , Pompeii, 80045

Have a look of the ancient main square of Pompeii.

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Via dell’Abbondanza

Via dell_Abbondanza, Pompeii, 80045

Walk through the main street of Pompeii.

Pass by without stopping

Casa del Menandro

, , Pompeii

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 • Admission Ticket Included

Granai del Foro

Porta Marina Superiore Via Villa dei Misteri 3, Building 7, Pompeii, 80045

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 • Admission Ticket Included

Terme del Foro

Pompei Antica, Pompeii

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 • Admission Ticket Included

Lupanar

Via Villa Dei Misteri 2, Approximately Two Blocks East of The Forum at The Intersection of Vico del Lupanare and Vico del Balcone Pensile, Pompeii, 80045

The most famous brothel in the Pompeii Roman city of Pompeii

Pass by without stopping

Casa del Fauno

Via Villa Dei Misteri 2, , Pompeii, 80045

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

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Odeon - Teatro Piccolo

Pompei Scavi, , Pompeii

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

Pass by without stopping

Teatro Grande

Via Paganora 19/A, , Pompeii

Visit the most important Theater in Pompeii

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Parco Acheologico di Ercolano

Corso Resina, 187, Ercolano, 80056

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 • Admission Ticket Not Included

Casa dei Cervi

Cardo V, Sito Archeologico di Ercolano, Ercolano

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

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

La Terrazza di M. Nonio Balbo

Ercolano

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

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

College of the Augustales

Herculaneum Archeological Park, Ercolano

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

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Casa del Rilievo di Telefo

Ercolano

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 • Admission Ticket Included

Partem Domus lignea - Casa del Tramezzo di Legno

Herculaneum Archeological Park, Ercolano

It is very important house for the elegant wooden partition remained

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

House of the Skeleton

Herculaneum Archeological Park, Ercolano

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 • Admission Ticket Included

Central Thermae

Herculaneum Archeological Park, Ercolano

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 • Admission Ticket Included

Casa del Salone Nero

Herculaneum Archeological Park, the junction of Cardo IV with the Decumanus Maximus, Ercolano

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 • Admission Ticket Included

Casa Sannitica

Herculaneum Archeological Park, Ercolano

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 • Admission Ticket Included

Casa del Bel Cortile

Ercolano

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 • Admission Ticket Included

House of the Grand Portal

Herculaneum Archeological Park, Ercolano

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 • Admission Ticket Included