Herculaneum Small Group Tour and Ticket With an Archaeologist

Why choose this Naples tour ?

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.

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What makes Herculaneum Small Group Tour and Ticket With an Archaeologist a unique experience ?

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)

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

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.

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).

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.

It is very important house for the elegant wooden partition remained.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Beautiful domus in the Centre of the archaeological area, with various environments, collonnati, frescos e-com everywhere at Herculaneum-charred remains of wooden parts.

Tour Description & Additional Info:

  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
  • Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
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Herculaneum Small Group Tour and Ticket With an Archaeologist Inclusions:

Included with Your Ticket

  • Headsets
  • Licensed guide with archaeological background
  • Small Group (maximum 20 people per guide)
  • Guidance and assistance
  • Herculaneum skip the line admission fee

Not Included

  • Meals/drinks

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Special Instructions:

    Meeting: Ticket office of Herculaneum ruins. The guide will hold a sign with ASKOS TOURS on top.

    DELAYS: be there at least 10 min before the tour. If you won’t show, please let us know. Maximum wait is 5 minutes.

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  • This Tour is Provided by Askos Tours.
  • Tour Timezone & Starts at Europe/Rome.
  • Mobile or paper ticket accepted.
  • For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
  • This Tour is Rated 5 Stars based on 676 valid reviews on VIATOR.
  • Minimum 1 Travelers is required to book.
  • Maximum 15 Travelers is accepted for booking.