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Private tourOnly your group will participate
Overview
This tour for kids and is designed to guide them through the discover of Herculeneum, one of the most fascinating archaeological site of the world.
Everything is well-preserved and the kids can walk around the town, enter houses, temples and theater and truly feel what it was like to live in Roman times.
The guide will focus on their needs and will capture their attention with marvelous stories of the ancient daily life of the Romans. During the visit the guide will use educational materials, such as papers and multimedia (tablet) for reconstruction.
The itinerary can be subjected to slight variations due to the closure of some locations or due to overcrowding.
What's included
Herculaneum entry tickets
Local certified guide specialized in tours with children
Transportation
Meals
What to expect
Archeological Park of Herculaneum
10m · Admission ticket not included
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)
Casa dei Cervi
10m
The house receives its name from marble statues of stags/deer found in the peristyle.
La Terrazza di M. Nonio Balbo
10m
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
10m
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
10m
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
10m
It is very important house for the elegant wooden partition remained.
House of the Skeleton
15m
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
10m
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
15m
The House of the Black Hall is one of Herculaneum's more luxurious mansions.
Casa Sannitica
15m
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
10m
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
10m
Beautiful domus in the Centre of the archaeological area, with various environments, collonnati, frescos e-com everywhere at Herculaneum-charred remains of wooden parts.
Meeting and pickup
Meeting point
We meet at the entrance of Ercolano Ruins, at the ticket office.
End point
We meet at the entrance of Ercolano Ruins, at the ticket office.
Additional information
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Specialized infant seats are available
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Children must be accompanied by an adult
We can design a specific itinerary for wheelchair users
The archaeological site of Herculaneum is closed on the 1st January and 25th December.
It is forbidden to introduce inside the excavations of Herculaneum handbags, backpacks, luggage, cases, larger than 30x30x15 cm.
Regarding school trips, it is strictly necessary to book the tour before the visit.
