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Naples/Salerno: Pompeii and Herculaneum with an Archaeologist

By Mondo Guide Srl
Free cancellation available
The previous price was RM 810 and current price is RM 683 per adult
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  • 8h
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Overview

Discover two of the world’s most extraordinary Roman archaeological sites—Pompeii and Herculaneum—on a guided experience led by a professional archaeologist. These ancient cities, buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79, come to life as your expert guide explains their history, architecture, and daily life in remarkable detail. Skip the stress of navigating maps or planning logistics: this tour includes assistance during the transfer between Pompeii and Herculaneum and provides priority access to both sites. Walk through villas, temples, baths, and beautifully preserved homes as your archaeologist unveils stories hidden in the ruins. Designed to offer depth, clarity, and an unforgettable cultural experience, this tour lets you explore the highlights of both archaeological sites comfortably and efficiently.

Activity location
  • Pompeii Archaeological Park
    • Porta Marina (via Villa dei Misteri)
    • 80045, Pompeii, Italy
Meeting/Redemption Point
  • Stazione Marittima di Salerno
    • Via Molo Manfredi
    • 84121, Salerno, Campania, Italy

Multiple meeting/redemption points available, see location information for full list

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Tour from Naples port
  • Activity duration is 8 hours8h
    8h
  • English

Starting point:
Stazione Marittima, 80133 Napoli NA, Italy

Language options: English
Starting time: 8:00
Price details
RM 633.08
RM 506.46 x 1 AdultRM 506.46
Paid at activityRM 176.36
Total
The previous price was RM 809.44 and current price is RM 682.82
20% off
Tour from Naples Train Station
  • Activity duration is 8 hours8h
    8h
  • English

Meeting Point: Outside Hotel Ramada by Wyndham Naples in Via Galileo Ferraris, 40
Starting point:
Ramada by Wyndham Naples, Via Galileo Ferraris, 40, 80146 Napoli NA, Italy

Language options: English
Price details
RM 633.08
RM 506.46 x 1 AdultRM 506.46
Paid at activityRM 176.36
Total
The previous price was RM 809.44 and current price is RM 682.82
20% off
Tour from Salerno
  • Activity duration is 8 hours8h
    8h
  • English

Starting point:
Stazione Marittima di Salerno, Via Molo Manfredi, 84121 Salerno SA, Italy

Language options: English
Starting time: 8:00
Price details
RM 678.30
RM 542.64 x 1 AdultRM 542.64
Paid at activityRM 176.36
Total
The previous price was RM 854.66 and current price is RM 719.00
20% off

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    2 hour tour of Herculaneum with an Archaeologist
  • What's includedWhat's included
    2 hour tour of Pompeii with an Archaeologist
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Full Day Transportation with driver and an English Speaking assistant
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Complimentary bottled water
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Food and drinks
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Skip the line Pompeii express entrance tickets to be paid in cash on the day of the tour
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Skip the line Herculaneum entrance tickets to be paid in cash on the day of the tour

Know before you book

  • Specialized infant seats are available
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • At Pompeii and Herculaneum Children under 18 y.o. enter for free, showing a valid form of ID.
  • Minimum numbers of 6 people per Shared tour apply. There is a possibility of cancellation after confirmation if there are not enough passengers to meet requirements. In the event of this occurring, you will be offered an alternative or full refund.

Activity itinerary

Pompeii Archaeological Park
  • 2h
  • Admission ticket not included
Pompeii is an extraordinary archaeological site, an ancient Roman city preserved by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. During your visit to Pompeii with the guide in two and a half hours, you will discover its most famous areas frescoes.
Odeon - Teatro Piccolo
  • 15m
Have a look of the so called Teatro Piccolo of Pompeii.
Teatro Grande
  • 15m
Visit the most important Theater in Pompeii
House of Menander
  • 15m
The house of Menander is one of the richest and most magnificent houses in ancient Pompeii in terms of architecture, decoration and contents.
Stabian Baths (Terme Stabiane)
  • 15m
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.
Lupanar
  • 15m
Visit the most famous brothel in the ruined Roman city of Pompeii.
Via dell’Abbondanza
Via dell’Abbondanza
House of the Faun
  • 15m
The house of Faun was one of the largest and most impressive private residences in Pompeii.
Forum
  • 10m
Have a look of the ancient main square of Pompeii.
Basilica
  • 10m
Basilica was an open portico that gave shelter to merchants and other activities.
Archeological Park of Herculaneum
  • 2h
  • Admission ticket not included
A quick lunch break is available before the transfer (own expense). After the visit of Pompeii, continue to Herculaneum. Here you will enjoy a two-hour guided visit of this remarkably well-preserved ancient town, where wooden structures, mosaics, and everyday objects survived the eruption, offering an intimate and vivid glimpse into Roman life.
House of the Deer
  • 10m
The house receives its name from marble statues of stags/deer found in the peristyle.
La Terrazza di M. Nonio Balbo
  • 10m
M. Nonius Balbus was the city's major benefactor restoring and building many public buildings. On his death he was made patron and feted with many honours, detailed in the long inscription on his funeral altar.
College of the Augustales
  • 10m
It is thought that the building was a centre of the cult of the Emperor Augustus and the headquarters of the Collegium Augustalium (or possibly even the local curia).
Casa del Rilievo di Telefo
  • 10m
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.
Partem Domus lignea - Casa del Tramezzo di Legno
  • 10m
It is very important house for the elegant wooden partition remained.
House of the Skeleton
  • 10m
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.
Central Thermae
  • 10m
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.
Casa Sannitica
  • 10m
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.
Casa del Bel Cortile
  • 10m
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.
House of the Grand Portal
  • 10m
Beautiful domus in the Centre of the archaeological area, with various environments, collonnati, frescos e-com everywhere at Herculaneum-charred remains of wooden parts.

Location

Activity location
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    Pompeii Archaeological Park
    • Porta Marina (via Villa dei Misteri)
    • 80045, Pompeii, Italy
Meeting/Redemption Point
  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    Stazione Marittima di Salerno
    • Via Molo Manfredi
    • 84121, Salerno, Campania, Italy
  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    Ramada by Wyndham Naples
    • 40 Via Galileo Ferraris
    • 80146, Napoli, Campania, Italy
  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    Stazione Marittima
    • 80133, Napoli, Campania, Italy

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