Herculaneum small group tour with an archaeologist - skip the line
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Join a small group tour of Herculaneum with an archaeologist, skip the line, and explore the UNESCO World Heritage site. Learn about the city's destruction by Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.
Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Casa dei Cervi - The house receives its name from marble statues of stags/deer found in the peristyle.
  • La Terrazza di M. Nonio Balbo - 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 - 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 - 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 - It is very important house for the elegant wooden partition remained.
  • House of the Skeleton - 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 - 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 del Salone Nero - 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.

  • Casa Sannitica - 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 - 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 - Beautiful domus in the Centre of the archaeological area, with various environments, collonnati, frescos e-com everywhere at Herculaneum-charred remains of wooden parts.
What's Included
  • 2 hours live guidance by a licensed archaeologist
  • Skip-the-line admission fees included
What's Not Included
  • transportation
  • personal expenses
Additional Information

Don’t pass up on an opportunity to explore Herculaneum when touring Naples and Pompeii. The historic Roman city of Herculaneum, a World Heritage site designated by UNESCO, is located just north of Pompeii. Take a journey through the remnants of the city in the company of an archaeologist guide and enjoy the advantages of a smaller group limited to 20 individuals, providing ample opportunities for inquiries and deep understanding of how the city met its unfortunate end due to the powerful eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Embark on a guided walk through Herculaneum without the hassle of long queues thanks to skip-the-line tickets, while gaining valuable historical knowledge from your archaeologist guide.

Location
Archaeological Park of Herculaneum
Corso Resina
Outside Herculaneum ticket Office building in Herculaneum ruins archaeological park.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Javier_b
Aug 2, 2023
GREAT - Great knowledge of the guide. Very interesting the story about carbonized things and people. Don't forget the cap or hay. The sun is as the devil.
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Amy_w
Jun 27, 2023
Interesting tour of Herculaneum - Wonderful tour with very knowledgeable archaeology expert. Learned a lot and Herculaneum was so fascinating. Museum was small and not to much more info. Was difficult to find our tour as info on our tour ticket was incorrect.
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