Pompeii Private Tour with an Archaeologist: A Comprehensive Exploration of the Historic City
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Pompei
Embark on a comprehensive private tour of Pompeii with an archaeologist, exploring the historic city and its highlights in just two hours. Discover the maze of streets, the Forum, main houses, and witness the haunting plaster casts of the Pompeiians. Don't miss this opportunity in the Naples area!
Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Lupanar - - See the Lupanar
What's Included
  • Private Tour
  • Guidance and assistance by an Archaeologist
What's Not Included
  • Pompeii entrance ticket
  • Any kind of transportation
Additional Information

The ultimate touring experience that presents the essence of the site within a two-hour span. If you find yourself with spare time in the Naples area, Pompeii stands out as the perfect destination.

On this excursion, a guide will navigate you through the labyrinthine streets and structures that were obliterated in an instant by the massive eruption of 79 AD, and lay hidden under thick deposits of ash and pumice until recently.

You’ll be shown unique points of interest such as the Forum – the city’s central plaza – and significant homes and edifices. Additionally, you will visit the plaster casts – the remnants of Pompeii dwellers uncovered during excavations.

  • We organize a specific itinerary for wheelchair users.
  • It is best to use closed shoes and not flip flops, since it can be difficult to walk through the ruins of Pompeii with opened shoes.
Location
Via Villa dei Misteri, 1
Via Villa dei Misteri
Leaving the guide at the ruins of Pompeii. The guide will be happy to help you with useful information on how to get back to the accommodation or the closes train station.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Karenpauls
May 18, 2024
Personalized private tour - Ivan was knowledgeable and interesting. We learned so much doing this private tour. My sister has a broken foot so we took it slow, avoided big crowds, found d places to sit and rest while he explained things. We were grateful for his knowledge and expertise.
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Barbara_s
May 1, 2024
Perfect Tour - Jolanta was wonderful she brought Pinpei alive and was able to show us a lot in the rime period we were with her. We highly recommend Jolanta. Barb and Quentin Kuhrau
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Monica_g
May 1, 2024
Knowledgeable Guide - Walking through a home of an upper class person. The guide was so knowledgeable. Also she pointed out their version of fast food.
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Nicholas_s
Mar 17, 2024
World treasure - Guide Raffi was wonderful, entire experience was somewhat overwhelming. So much to take in. Very much appreciated all the work done by dedicated archaeologists. A world treasure
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Angel_c
Feb 17, 2024
Able to see Pompeii’s details due to Antonella - Antonella was our guide and she is great. So knowledgeable of Pompeii and the surrounding areas. Seeing Pompeii with an individual tour is a great way to go. Was able to ask questions and I love how she makes you think like an archeologist.
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Patricia_s
Feb 8, 2024
Exceptional guide who really made life at Pompeii come alive - Even though some things about life in Pompei is conjecture, Paolo made the experience and life in their time very understandable. My only regret was we only had 2 hr tour and then another 1 hr on our own which was not enough time as the site is so enormous. Probably would suggest a minimum of 4hrs.
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Haleyj697
Dec 9, 2023
Really Brought the City to Life! - My husband and I LOVED our tour with Mena! She’s spent her life studying Pompeii and had so many fascinating facts to pack into our two hour tour. She brought the city to life, I wish we could have had her with us the whole day! But she did a fabulous job taking us around to some of the most important points of interest and then giving us advice on what to check out with the rest of our time. And not to mention directions, since, again, Pompeii is a city! She even took us to one of the newly uncovered villas which was amazing to see with its colors still so vibrant. Also we had an issue with the trains delaying our arrival, but Mena was very understanding and still gave us a full two hours even though we arrived late. Pompeii is such a massive site, I would recommend hiring a guide to anyone to get the most out of your time there.
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Miriam_s
Nov 10, 2023
A great activity for a rainy day in Pompeii - We were worried that the rain would interfere with our tour but it did not impact it in the least. In fact, the weather actually added to our sense of the place. Our guide was upbeat, extremely knowledgable, professional and personable. While a private tour was pricey for 2 people it was totally worth it focused on the history, events and areas that were most interesting to us. We learned an amazing amount and had fun!
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Karolina_w
Oct 28, 2023
Would recommend for anyone with a limited time to spend in Pompei - Sara is a very knowledgeable guide. Only being in Pompei for half of the day, it was a great way to see the highlights and learn as much in this limited time.
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Mary_l
Oct 27, 2023
Pompeii Guided Tour - Learning the historical significance of what we were seeing & hearing about every day life 2000 years ago was interesting & worthwhile. We enjoyed our guide & visit to Pompeii.
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