Herculaneum Private Tour with an Archaeologist
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Naples, Italy
- 2 hours (approx.)
- Group discounts
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Get an immersive look at the ruins of the Roman city of Herculaneum on this private walking tour. Let your archaeologist guide take the lead as you take in preserved frescoes, mosaics, private residences, public buildings and more. Perfect for history lovers, get a deep understanding of what life was like in this ancient city.
- Enjoy a personalized experience on this private tour
- Choose from multiple tour times offered throughout the day
- Go beyond the guidebooks with your private guide
- Easy to fit into a busy vacation schedule
What's Included
- Guidance and assistance by an Archaeologist guide
- Private Tour
- Herculaneum Entrance Ticket
- Transportation
- Food and drinks
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
- Via dei Papiri Ercolanesi, 80056 Ercolano NA, Italy
End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.Itinerary
Archeological Park of Herculaneum (Pass By)
1
College of the Augustales
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
2
House of the Skeleton
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
3
Casa del Rilievo di Telefo
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
4
Partem Domus lignea - Casa del Tramezzo di Legno
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
5
La Terrazza di M. Nonio Balbo
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
6
House of the Black Salon
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
7
Casa Sannitica
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
8
Central Thermae
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
9
Casa del Bel Cortile
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
10
House of the Grand Portal
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
11
House of the Deer
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Near public transportation
- Most travelers can participate
- There is a luggage store for free at the meeting point.
- Herculaneum ruins' entry tickets: 16 euros (adult) 2 euros (EU citizens 18-25 y.o.)
- This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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Take lots of water, wear comfortable shoes! The history and sights in Herculaneum were amazing. To think about what those people went through is heartbreaking. They were leading such rich lives.
Rosa was an excellent guide and the private tour was brilliant. She was extremely knowledgeable and made it so interesting.
Our guide was Roberta. She was wonderful and made our experience great. I would highly recommend a professional quide such as her. Her knowledge and attention to detail made the experience totally enjoyable.
Very informative, great guide, all we could wish for. 2 hours and a lot of new historical details and knowledge.
Extremely interesting, The tour was laid out with particular areas to visit and you feel and see so much over the 2 hours with Francesco.
The tour was very enlightening to the events as they unfolded from earthquakes to the volcano, and how Herculean event was different to Pompeii. Further, the tour gave us insight to how the city functioned two thousand years ago.
What a gem! Herculaneum is not to be missed if you want to see a well preserved city over 2000 years old. Luciano was a very knowledgeable and interesting tour guide/archaeologist and we highly recommend this tour.
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A wonderful tour of the most preserved ruins of a seaside Roman resort town of the first century that was destroyed in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. The archeologists have provided the excavated ruins and our guide, Mena, provided an interesting, knowledgeable, and entertaining tour that put a human face on the impressively preserved houses, stores, and public baths.
Mena was incredible. She explained various sites with an obvious deep understanding . When you book a tour try to get Mena
Roberta was lovely and knowledgeable. We enjoyed our tour very much but she is not actually an archeologist. I would not have paid so much for a private tour with an excellent tour guide (who I she is). So I recommend Roberta as a guide but I do not recommend booking the “tour with an archeologist.”
Daniela was a very knowledgable historian and guide who really elevated the experience. Highly recommended, a highlight of our trip to Italy.
It was extremely interesting and informative and our guide was incredible. She made it extra special
Excellent tour. Lucio was informative, friendly, and humorous. I enjoyed the experience very much. Highly recommend.
It’s almost magical to walk the streets of this 2000 year old city. With Michele, an archeologist, as our guide, we learned in great detail, the everyday life of these ancient citizens. I highly recommend a guide, as he unlocks secrets that you’d never imagine. Michele Lamberti made the excavated city come alive!
Everything was perfect and planned as expected. We really enjoyed it. I highly recommend this activity.
Very informative and enjoyable experience . Highly recommend
Mena was an excellent guide . Thank you
Fantastic, Giuseppe was a really knowledge guide, showed us all the best parts of the archaeological site. Very considerate of someone with limited mobility.
Luca was the best tour guide we have ever had! His love and knowledge of the area and history shown through the entire time. Highly recommended!
Brilliant guide and learned a huge amount about the site. Excellent would recommend. Guide was friendly and punctual
Jasmine was great. Very enthusiastic and charming. Very knowledgeable on the history of Herculaneum. She brought us through showing her favorite highlights.
It was a great experience and we learned a lot.
Excellent guide. Well structured tour. All aspects are explained in a broader context. Lots of background information. Eye for detail. Comparisons are made with Pompei.
My tour with Sara was excellent. I highly recommend this offer. My professor/guide, Sara had a deep knowledge of the site. I have some knowledge of late Roman history but less of the early period. She was able to explain the site to me at the high level and basic level. Excellent experience. If you visit in summer take the early tour as I did. By noon it is very hot. Great experience. Five stars.
Our Herculaneum tour was one of the best parts of our trip, thanks to our amazing and knowledgeable tour guide, Dr. Luciano Leone. We love historical tours and he's the best guide we've ever had. Luciano made the tour educational, exciting, and fun - we felt like we went back into history.
We'd highly recommend Luciano for anyone visiting Herculaneum or Pompeii -- he was the highlight of our tour and we left with a deeper appreciation of the place and history. Thank you for a wonderful time!
Giulio was extremely knowledgeable, patient and friendly in displaying and explaining the history and details of events, artifacts and cultures. I recommend this tour. Read a bit beforehand and it will be even better.
We had a wonderful private tour of Herculaneum with tour guide Sara. She is an archaeologist with a deep knowledge of both Herculaneum and Pompeii and a clear love and passion for these awesome ruins.
She was full of interesting facts and pointed out lots of things that we would easily have missed. We would highly recommend her!
This was the trip of a lifetime for me and a special experience for my adult grandson. We both have read quite a bit about Herculaneum, Pompeii, and the Roman Empire, and it was thrilling to see Herculaneum for ourselves. Our guide was both gracious and informative. At the end of our tour we were allowed to wander a bit by ourselves and to visit the two nearby museums.
When we were met By Roberta at Herculaneum, she was very knowledgeable, friendly and fed us a load of information that was incredibly helpful to understand what community was all about. I really enjoyed the tour and would highly recommend using this guide! An A+ tour and experience!
Definitely a great tour and the only way to learn about ancient site. Our tour guide Daniela was fantastic and so knowledgeable!!!! I have done these tours before and without the guide we were just looking at ruins. But with guide we did so much more. The private tour allowed us to learn so much about ancient life as well as the structures, purposes and what they looked like. Worth the extra cost. Herculaneum is smaller but better preserved than Pompeii.
Very knowledgeable tour guide with lots of insight. Great tour, Great guide. Would recommend Ivan as a guide to ask for.
Wonderful experience, Luciano was very passionate and informative with our tour. We left with a very good insight of Herculaneum. Would highly recommend.
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