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Herculaneum Small Group Tour and Ticket With an Archaeologist
Product code 23258P122
From
From EUR 35
Dates
Sep 2, 2020 to Jan 4, 2027
Start times
3:00 PM, 10:30 AM, 11:00 AM, 2:30 PM, 3:30 PM, 11:30 AM, 1:30 PM, 2:00 PM
Travelers
Infant ages 0-3, Child ages 4-11, Youth ages 12-17, Adult ages 18-99
Options
German Tour, English Tour, with transportation from Rome, Spanish Tour, transportation from Naples, Italian Tour, French Tour
Availability, payment, cancellation, and vouchers are completed on the booking partner's site after you leave this page.
Duration
2 hours
Ticket type
Mobile Only
Languages
English, German, Italian, French, Spanish
Confirmation
Instant
Pickup
Pickup details available
Meeting point
Meeting point provided
Time zone
Europe/Rome
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From
From EUR 35
Herculaneum Small Group Tour and Ticket With an Archaeologist





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Duration
2 hours
Ticket type
Mobile Only
Languages
English, German, Italian, French, Spanish
Confirmation
Instant
Pickup
Pickup details available
Meeting point
Meeting point provided
Time zone
Europe/Rome
Why Travelers Love This
Get the chance to visit the site of Herculaneum being guided by an Archaeologist. Get to know more about this ancient Roman city, inhabited by merchants and nobility, whose life ended dramatically fast in 79 AD. The guide will show you the waterfront where more than 300 remains of people trying to escape by sea were found, but also the Samnite house, the thermal baths, the Temple of the Augustales, the forum, the house of Neptune and Amphitrite, the Gymnasium, the house of the wooden partition and much more. You will get an intense experience: you can see not only stone, marble and ceramics left, but also carbonized wood and even more exquisite paintings and mosaics than in Pompei. Herculaneum was destroyed by a much more powerful force which instantly burnt all wood and buried the city under a thick layer which didn’t let the air go through and cause decay.
Overview
Get the chance to visit the site of Herculaneum being guided by an Archaeologist. Get to know more about this ancient Roman city, inhabited by merchants and nobility, whose life ended dramatically fast in 79 AD. The guide will show you the waterfront where more than 300 remains of people trying to escape by sea were found, but also the Samnite house, the thermal baths, the Temple of the Augustales, the forum, the house of Neptune and Amphitrite, the Gymnasium, the house of the wooden partition and much more. You will get an intense experience: you can see not only stone, marble and ceramics left, but also carbonized wood and even more exquisite paintings and mosaics than in Pompei. Herculaneum was destroyed by a much more powerful force which instantly burnt all wood and buried the city under a thick layer which didn’t let the air go through and cause decay.
What's Included
Included
Licensed guide with archaeological background
Herculaneum entry tickets
Small Group (maximum 20 people per guide)
Headsets
Guidance and assistance
Not included
Meals/drinks
Private transportation
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
Meeting place 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)
End point
The tour ends inside Herculaneum Ruins
Pickup details
Itinerary
Pass by stop 1
Pass by stop 1
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)
Stop 2
10 minutes
Stop 2
The house receives its name from marble statues of stags/deer found in the peristyle.
Stop 3
10 minutes
Stop 3
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.
Stop 4
10 minutes
Stop 4
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).
Stop 5
10 minutes
Stop 5
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.
Stop 6
10 minutes
Stop 6
It is very important house for the elegant wooden partition remained.
Stop 7
10 minutes
Stop 7
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.
Stop 8
10 minutes
Stop 8
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.
Stop 9
10 minutes
Stop 9
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.
Stop 10
10 minutes
Stop 10
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.
Stop 11
10 minutes
Stop 11
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.
Stop 12
10 minutes
Stop 12
Beautiful domus in the Centre of the archaeological area, with various environments, collonnati, frescos e-com everywhere at Herculaneum-charred remains of wooden parts.
Additional Info
Pets Welcome
Service animals allowed
Public Transportation Nearby
Public transportation options are available nearby
Physical Easy
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Other
Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Other
Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
Other
Dogs are allowed at the Herculaneum Archaeological Park without breed or size restrictions, however they must be kept on a leash or muzzle and it is mandatory to have bags to collect any droppings. For reasons of logistics and conservation, within the Antiquarium premises, the Boat Pavilion, and the domus featuring mosaic floors, access is permitted only to dogs that are carried in arms or transported in an appropriate carrier.
Other
Herculaneum ruins' entry tickets: 16 euros (adult) 2 euros (EU citizens 18-25 y.o.)
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Policy type
Standard
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Experience may be cancelled if minimum traveler count is not met.
Refund eligibility
100% refundable 1+ days before
Refund eligibility
0% refundable 0-1 days before
Review Summary
4.8
1,277 reviews
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