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This experience combines the two archaeological sites of Pompeii and Herculaneum, famous for the eruption of Mount Vesuvius happened in 79 AD.
Join the guide at the entrance of Pompeii ruins called Porta Marina Inferiore, where the tour starts.
Discover the site and its best highlights with the assistance of an expert Archaeologist.
You will see the Forum – the main square – the most important houses and buildings and the famous plaster casts.
After the tour take a quick break, then reach the site of Herculaneum by the local metro line called Circumvesuviana at a few steps from Pompeii entrance.
End your tour with the site of Herculaneum, smaller than Pompeii but better preserved: visit the beach where more than 300 skeletons were found.
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Guidance at Pompeii and Herculaneum by Archaeologist guide
Circumvesuviana one-way train ticket from Pompeii to Herculaneum
Herculaneum skip the line ticket
Pompeii admission fee
Pick up and drop off service
Meals and drinks
Departure Point
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.
#If you booked the option "tour + transport" the meeting point is outside the STARHOTELS TERMINUS, just in front of the Naples Central station , in Piazza Garibaldi, 91.
Return Details
Ercolano Scavi, 80056 Ercolano NA, Italy
Drop off after the visit to Herculaneum Ruins
Basilica, Pompeii, Italy Basilica was an open portico that gave shelter to merchants and other activities. 15 minutes
Forum, Pompeii, Italy Have a look of the ancient main square of Pompeii. 10 minutes
Via dell’Abbondanza, Pompeii, Italy Walk through the main street of Pompeii.
Via Villa dei Misteri, 80045 Pompei NA, Italy The house of Menander is one of the richest and most magnificent houses in ancient Pompeii in terms of architecture, decoration and contents. 15 minutes
Via degli Augustali, 12, 80045 Pompei NA, Italy 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. 15 minutes
Stabian Baths (Terme Stabiane), Pompeii, Italy 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 minutes
Lupanar, Pompeii, Italy Visit the most famous brothel in the ruined Roman city of Pompeii. 15 minutes
Via Villa dei Misteri, 2, 80045 Pompei NA, Italy The house of Faun was one of the largest and most impressive private residences in Pompeii. 15 minutes
Odeon - Teatro Piccolo, Pompeii, Italy Have a look of the so called Teatro Piccolo of Pompeii. 15 minutes
80045 Pompei, Neapel, Italien Visit the most important Theater in Pompeii 15 minutes
Corso Resina, 187, 80056 Ercolano NA, 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) 60 minutes
Via dei Papiri Ercolanesi, 80056 Ercolano NA, Italy The house receives its name from marble statues of stags/deer found in the peristyle. 10 minutes
La Terrazza di M. Nonio Balbo, Ercolano, Italy 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 minutes
College of the Augustales, Ercolano, Italy 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 minutes
Via Mare, 38-42, 80056 Ercolano NA, Italy 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, Ercolano, Italy It is very important house for the elegant wooden partition remained. 10 minutes
House of the Skeleton, Ercolano, Italy 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. 15 minutes
Central Thermae, Ercolano, Italy 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
Scavi di Ercolano, Via Dei Papiri Ercolanensi, 80056 Ercolano NA, Italy 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. 15 minutes
Casa Sannitica, Ercolano, Italy 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. 15 minutes
Casa del Bel Cortile, Ercolano, Italy 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, Ercolano, Italy 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
Public transportation options are available nearby
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
christinesH7331MO
20 Apr 2025
Excellent tour, highly recommended. Our guide Sergio was very knowledgeable and provided fascinating insight.We visited with our teenagers who loved it as well.
Geetha_G
20 Apr 2025
Overall excellent tour. Pompeii felt a bit rushed through, but probably because of the larger crowds than in Herculaneum, which ended up being our favourite part of the tour!
Adventurer317229
19 Apr 2025
A tour which painted a picture of life back in Roman times. Antonio was a weaver of words and wonderful story teller. Don’t hesitate to book this tour. A great experience.
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