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Pompeii and Herculaneum small group tour - skip the line

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Duration

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Overview

    Pompeii and Herculaneum are among the world’s most important Roman archaeological sites, but the ruins can be hard to interpret to the untrained eye. With this tour, we will take a deep dive into ancient history by visiting both sites with an archaeologist guide. Learn about the history and architecture of these two cities buried by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in AD 79, taking in the highlights in just a few hours.

What's Included

  • Entry/Admission - Pompeii Archaeological Park
  • Entry/Admission - Terme del Foro
  • Entry/Admission - Casa del Bel Cortile
  • Entry/Admission - College of the Augustales
  • Entry/Admission - Basilica
  • Entry/Admission - Partem Domus lignea - Casa del Tramezzo di Legno
  • Entry/Admission - Casa del Salone Nero
  • Entry/Admission - Central Thermae
  • Entry/Admission - Granai del Foro
  • Entry/Admission - House of Menander (Casa del Menandro)
  • guidance in Pompeii and Herculaneum ruins for the entire duration of the tour
  • Circumvesuviana train tickets one-way from Pompeii to Herculaneum
  • Entry/Admission - Casa Sannitica
  • Entry/Admission - House of the Skeleton
  • skip the line tickets in Herculaneum
  • Entry/Admission - Teatro Grande
  • Entry/Admission - Casa dei Cervi
  • skip the line tickets in Pompeii
  • Entry/Admission - La Terrazza di M. Nonio Balbo
  • Entry/Admission - Casa del Rilievo di Telefo
  • Entry/Admission - Casa del Fauno
  • Entry/Admission - House of the Grand Portal
  • Entry/Admission - Forum

What to Expect

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    Stop At: Pompeii Archaeological Park, Porta Marina (via Villa dei Misteri), 80045 Pompeii Italy

    Meet the guide at the main entrance of the archaeological site called "Porta Marina Superiore". The guide will be holding a sign with our company's name "Askos Tours" on the top.

    Duration: 10 minutes

    Stop At: Basilica, Vicolo Delle Terme 2, 80045 Pompeii Italy

    Basilica was an open portico that gave shelter to merchants and other activities.

    Duration: 10 minutes

    Stop At: Forum, Via Villa dei Misteri, 80045 Pompeii Italy

    Have a look of the ancient main square of Pompeii.

    Duration: 10 minutes

    Pass By: Via dell’Abbondanza, Via dell_Abbondanza, 80045 Pompeii Italy

    Walk through the main street of Pompeii.

    Stop At: House of Menander (Casa del Menandro), Pompeii Italy

    The house of Menander is one of the richest and most magnificent houses in ancient Pompeii in terms of architecture, decoration and contents.

    Duration: 10 minutes

    Stop At: Granai del Foro, Porta Marina Superiore Via Villa dei Misteri 3 Building 7, 80045 Pompeii 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.

    Duration: 10 minutes

    Stop At: Terme del Foro, Pompei Antica, 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.

    Duration: 10 minutes

    Pass By: Via Villa Dei Misteri 2 Approximately Two Blocks East of The Forum at The Intersection of Vico del Lupanare and Vico del Balcone Pensile, 80045 Pompeii Italy

    The most famous brothel in the Pompeii Roman city of Pompeii

    Stop At: Casa del Fauno, Via Villa Dei Misteri 2, 80045 Pompeii Italy

    The house of Faun was one of the largest and most impressive private residences in Pompeii.

    Duration: 10 minutes

    Pass By: Odeon - Teatro Piccolo, Pompei Scavi, Pompeii Italy

    Have a look of the so called Teatro Piccolo of Pompeii.

    Stop At: Teatro Grande, Via Paganora 19/A, Pompeii Italy

    Visit the most important Theater in Pompeii


    Duration: 15 minutes

    Stop At: Parco Acheologico di Ercolano, Corso Resina, 187, 80056 Ercolano Italy

    Parco Acheologico di Ercolano, Corso Resina, 80056 Ercolano 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)

    Duration: 1 hour

    Stop At: Casa dei Cervi, Cardo V Sito Archeologico di Ercolano, Ercolano Italy

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

    Duration: 10 minutes

    Stop At: La Terrazza di M. Nonio Balbo, Ercolano Italy

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

    Duration: 10 minutes

    Stop At: College of the Augustales, Herculaneum Archeological Park, Ercolano Italy

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

    Duration: 10 minutes

    Stop At: Casa del Rilievo di Telefo, Ercolano 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.

    Duration: 10 minutes

    Stop At: Partem Domus lignea - Casa del Tramezzo di Legno, Herculaneum Archeological Park, Ercolano Italy

    It is very important house for the elegant wooden partition remained

    Duration: 10 minutes

    Stop At: House of the Skeleton, Herculaneum Archeological Park, 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.

    Duration: 10 minutes

    Stop At: Central Thermae, Herculaneum Archeological Park, 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.

    Duration: 10 minutes

    Stop At: Casa del Salone Nero, Herculaneum Archeological Park the junction of Cardo IV with the Decumanus Maximus, Ercolano 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.

    Duration: 10 minutes

    Stop At: Casa Sannitica, Herculaneum Archeological Park, 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.

    Duration: 10 minutes

    Stop At: 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.

    Duration: 10 minutes

    Stop At: House of the Grand Portal, Herculaneum Archeological Park, 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.

    Duration: 10 minutes

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