This tour consists in a marvelous walk in company of a competent archaeologist and professional guide around of the ancient Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum buried from the ashes of the volcano Vesuvius in 79 a. D.
Relax in a comfortable trasportation in a private Minivan.
A walk in Pompeii is a very strong experience; you'll have the feeling of wandering in a town that is still alive. The guide will tell you about the history of the town and how the Romans lived, showing you all the most important public buildings and private houses.
While Pompeii had been covered in five meters of ash, an avalanche of mud 20 meters thick buried Herculaneum, which is smaller but better preserved then Pompeii; there It is still possible to see second stories, carbonized wooden objects, intact paintings and mosaics. With our guide's explanation the city will come to life.
The itinerary can be subjected to slight variations due to the closure of some locations or due to overcrowding.
Inclusions & Exclusions
✔ Transportation with a private Minivan and a professional driver
✔ Admission ticket for Pompeii and Herculaneum
✔ All taxes, gas and parking expenses.
✔ The guidance and assistance for the entire tour by a qualified archaeologist and guide;
✔ Hotel/port pick up and drop off
✖ Meals and personal expenses (not obliged to stop)
Pickup Locations
1. Hotel Leone
2. Tasso Suites & Spa
3. Hotel Sorrento City
4. Jacono
5. Hotel Savoia
6. Villa Oriana Relais
7. Hotel La Vue D'Or
8. Hotel Residence Le Terrazze
9. Sorrento Comfort Rooms
10. Hotel Regina Sorrento
11. Romantic Relais Sorrento
12. Hotel Cesirja
13. Il Nido Hotel Sorrento
14. Sorrento Holidays Q601
15. Grand Hotel De La Ville Sorrento
16. Hotel Ascot
17. Hotel Continental
18. Hotel Central Wellness
19. Hotel Gardenia Sorrento
20. Hotel il Faro
Additional Info: Pick at the cruise port , train station, airport, or at your accommodation in Naples, Salerno, Sorrento or Amalfi Coast.
Itinerary
1
Pompeii Archaeological Park
Pick up at your accommodation in Naples, Salerno, Sorrento or Amalfi Coast. Enter in Pompeii ruins at the main entrance of the archaeological site called "Porta Marina Superiore".
Duration: 30 minutes
2
Basilica
Basilica was an open portico that gave shelter to merchants and other activities
Duration: 15 minutes
3
Foro de Pompeya
Have a look of the ancient main square of Pompeii
Duration: 10 minutes
4
Via dell’Abbondanza
Walk through the main street of Pompeii
5
The house of Menander is one of the richest and most magnificent houses in ancient Pompeii in terms of architecture, decoration and contents
Duration: 15 minutes
6
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: 15 minutes
7
Stabian Baths (Terme Stabiane)
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: 15 minutes
8
Lupanar
Visit the most famous brothel in the ruined Roman city of Pompeii
Duration: 15 minutes
9
The house of Faun was one of the largest and most impressive private residences in Pompeii
Duration: 15 minutes
10
Odeon - Teatro Piccolo
Have a look of the so called Teatro Piccolo of Pompeii
11
Visit the most important Theater in Pompeii
Duration: 10 minutes
12
Stop for a lunch of about 1 hour, it is optional, if you wish we can suggest some of the best restaurants around the ruins. And pick up with private trasport to hercolaneum ruins.
Duration: 60 minutes
13
The house receives its name from marble statues of stags/deer found in the peristyle.
Duration: 10 minutes
14
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.
Duration: 10 minutes
15
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).
Duration: 10 minutes
16
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
17
Partem Domus lignea - Casa del Tramezzo di Legno
It is very important house for the elegant wooden partition remained.
Duration: 10 minutes
18
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.
Duration: 15 minutes
19
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.
Duration: 10 minutes
20
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: 15 minutes
21
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.
Duration: 15 minutes
22
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.
Duration: 10 minutes
23
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.
Drop off at your accommodation in Naples, Salerno, Sorrento or Amalfi Coast.
Duration: 40 minutes
Additional info
• Specialized infant seats are available
• Service animals allowed
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• Suggested comfortable shoes.
• In the summer NO flip flops.
• Best to bring sunglasses, sunscreen and water.
• Lunch stop in between Pompeii and Herculaneum (not obliged to stop)
