Pompeii and Herculaneum Small-Group with an Expert Archaeologist

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.

Itinerary

1. 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. (2h 0min) Admission included
2. Have a look of the so called Teatro Piccolo of Pompeii. (15 min) Admission included
3. Visit the most important Theater in Pompeii (15 min) Admission included
4. The house of Menander is one of the richest and most magnificent houses in ancient Pompeii in terms of architecture, decoration and contents. (15 min) Admission included
5. 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. (15 min) Admission included
6. Visit the most famous brothel in the ruined Roman city of Pompeii. (15 min) Admission included
7. Via dell’Abbondanza
8. The house of Faun was one of the largest and most impressive private residences in Pompeii. (15 min) Admission included
9. Have a look of the ancient main square of Pompeii. (10 min) Admission included
10. Basilica was an open portico that gave shelter to merchants and other activities. (10 min) Admission included
11. 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. (2h 0min) Admission included
12. The house receives its name from marble statues of stags/deer found in the peristyle. (10 min) Admission included
13. 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. (10 min) Admission included
14. 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). (10 min) Admission included
15. 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 min) Admission included
16. It is very important house for the elegant wooden partition remained. (10 min) Admission included
17. 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 min) Admission included
18. 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 min) Admission included
19. 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 min) Admission included
20. 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 min) Admission included
21. 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 min) Admission included

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