Pompeii and Herculaneum Small-Group with an Expert Archaeologist

Duration6h - 11h

Free cancellationFull refund up to 24 hours before

Instant confirmationYour booking is confirmed right away

TicketMobile or paper ticket accepted

LanguagesEnglish

Group sizeUp to 21 travelers

Overview

Embark on an unforgettable journey back in time with our exclusive Pompeii and Herculaneum tour, departing from either Sorrento or Naples. Unlike other tours, we offer a personalized, small-group experience, ensuring you get the most out of your visit to these iconic archaeological sites. Our expert guides bring the history of Pompeii and Herculaneum to life, sharing fascinating insights about the daily lives of the Romans before the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. With comfortable, air-conditioned transportation, you’ll enjoy stunning views of the Bay of Naples and Mount Vesuvius as you travel. Skip the long lines and dive straight into exploration, with time to fully immerse yourself in the ruins. Visit both Pompeii and Herculaneum, two cities preserved in different ways by the eruption, and gain a unique perspective on ancient Roman life. Book today for an enriching, seamless, and exciting historical adventure!

Options

Tour from Sorrento

What's included: Round-trip transportation from Sorrento
Guided tour service in both Pompeii and Herculaneum
Entry tickets : Herculaneum entry tickets - 'Pompeii express' entry tickets
What's not included: Meals and drinks
Personal expenses
Duration: 8 hours
Maximum group size: 21 travelers
Starting point: Tourist Bus Parking Sorrento in Via Correale 25

Starting point:
Tourist Bus Parking, Via Correale, 80067 Sorrento NA, Italy

Tour from Pompeii

What's included: One way transportation from Pompeii to Herculaneum
Guided tour service in both Pompeii and Herculaneum

Entry tickets : Herculaneum entry tickets - 'Pompeii express' entry tickets
What's not included: Meals and drinks
Personal expenses
Duration: 5 hours
Maximum group size: 21 travelers
Starting point: In front of "Porta Marina Inferiore" entrance to the Pompeii archaeological site, at Suisse Restaurant on Piazza Esedra
Starting point:
Ristorante Suisse, Piazza Esedra, 10/13, 80045 Pompei NA, Italy

Tour from Rome

What's included: Assistance to buy train tikctes
Round-trip transportation from Naples
Guided tour service in both Pompeii and Herculaneum
Entry tickets : Herculaneum entry tickets - 'Pompeii express' entry tickets
What's not included: Meals and drinks
Personal expenses
Duration: 9 hours
Maximum group size: 21 travelers
Starting point:
Ramada by Wyndham Naples, Via Galileo Ferraris, 40, 80146 Napoli NA, Italy

Tour from Salerno

What's included: Round-trip transportation from Naples
Guided tour service in both Pompeii and Herculaneum
Entry tickets : Herculaneum entry tickets - 'Pompeii express' entry tickets
What's not included: Meals and drinks
Personal expenses
Duration: 6 hours
Starting point:
Stazione Marittima di Salerno, Via Molo Manfredi, 84121 Salerno SA, Italy

Tour from Naples Train Station

What's included: Round-trip transportation from Naples
Guided tour service in both Pompeii and Herculaneum
Entry tickets : Herculaneum entry tickets - 'Pompeii express' entry tickets
What's not included: Meals and drinks
Personal expenses
Duration: 6 hours
Maximum group size: 21 travelers
Starting point: Ramada by Wyndham Naples in Via Galileo Ferraris, 40
Starting point:
Ramada by Wyndham Naples, Via Galileo Ferraris, 40, 80146 Napoli NA, Italy

Tour from Naples Port

What's included: Round-trip transportation from Naples
Guided tour service in both Pompeii and Herculaneum
Entry tickets : Herculaneum entry tickets - 'Pompeii express' entry tickets
What's not included: Meals and drinks
Personal expenses
Duration: 6 hours
Starting point:
Stazione Marittima, 80133 Napoli NA, Italy

What's included

One way transportation from Pompeii to Herculaneum ( Option from Pompeii)
Round-trip transportation to/from Naples( Option from Naples)
Guided tour service in both Pompeii and Herculaneum
Herculaneum entry tickets - 'Pompeii express' entry tickets
Immediate assistance buying the best round-trip train tickets from Rome to Naples (Option from Rome)
Assitance to buy Train tickets from Rome to Naples + transportation from Naples( Option from Rome)
Round-trip transportation to/from Sorrento ( Option from Sorrento)
Round-trip transportation from Naples to Pompeii & Herculaneum and back to Naples (Option from Rome)

Meals and drinks
Personal expenses
Gratuities
Round-trip train tickets from Rome to Naples

What to expect

Archaeological Park of Pompeii
2h · Admission ticket included

Pompeii is an extraordinary archaeological site, an ancient Roman city preserved by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. During your visit to Pompeii with the guide in two and a half hours, you will discover its most famous areas frescoes.
Odeon - Teatro Piccolo
10m · Admission ticket included

Have a look of the so called Teatro Piccolo of Pompeii.
Teatro Grande
10m · Admission ticket included

Visit the most important Theater in Pompeii
15m · Admission ticket included

The house of Menander is one of the richest and most magnificent houses in ancient Pompeii in terms of architecture, decoration and contents.
Stabian Baths (Terme Stabiane)
10m · Admission ticket included

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.
10m · Admission ticket included

Visit the most famous brothel in the ruined Roman city of Pompeii.
Via dell’Abbondanza
Pass by

Via dell’Abbondanza
10m · Admission ticket included

The house of Faun was one of the largest and most impressive private residences in Pompeii.
Foro de Pompeya
10m · Admission ticket included

Have a look of the ancient main square of Pompeii.
Basilica
10m · Admission ticket included

Basilica was an open portico that gave shelter to merchants and other activities.
Archeological Park of Herculaneum
2h · Admission ticket included

A quick lunch break is available before the transfer (own expense). After the visit of Pompeii, continue to Herculaneum. Here you will enjoy a two-hour guided visit of this remarkably well-preserved ancient town, where wooden structures, mosaics, and everyday objects survived the eruption, offering an intimate and vivid glimpse into Roman life.
10m · Admission ticket included

The house receives its name from marble statues of stags/deer found in the peristyle.
La Terrazza di M. Nonio Balbo
10m · Admission ticket included

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 · Admission ticket included

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 · Admission ticket included

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 · Admission ticket included

It is very important house for the elegant wooden partition remained.
House of the Skeleton
10m · Admission ticket included

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 · Admission ticket included

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 Sannitica
10m · Admission ticket included

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 · Admission ticket included

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 · Admission ticket included

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

Your driver or guide will be waiting for you as you disembark your ship, holding a sign reading: "MondoGuide"
You will be returned to the port at the end of the excursion

Meeting point

Outside the main terminal exit of the Naples cruise terminal building.
There your driver or guide will be waiting for you, holding a sign reading: "MondoGuide".
You will be returned to the port at the end of the excursion.

Meeting point

For Pompeii and Herculaneum tour from Sorrento.
The meeting point is Tourist Bus Parking Sorrento in Via Correale 25
This option includes transportation from Sorrento.
There your driver or guide will be waiting for you holding a sign reading" Mondo Guide"

Meeting point

For Pompeii and Herculaneum tour from Naples.
The meeting point is front Hotel Ramada by Wyndham Naples in Via Galileo Ferraris, 40.
This option includes transportation from Naples.
There your driver or guide will be waiting for you holding a sign reading" Mondo Guide"

Meeting point

For Pompeii and Herculaneum tour from Pompeii .
The meeting point is outside Suisse Restaurant on Piazza Esedra 10/13
This option includes one way transportation from Pompeii to Herculaneum.
There your guide will be waiting for you holding a sign reading" Mondo Guide"

End point

( Option Tour from Salerno)

End point

( Option Tour from Naples port)

End point

( Option Tour from Naples train station and Rome)

End point

( Option Tour from Sorrento)

End point

( Option Tour from Pompeii )

Additional information

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Public transportation options are available nearby
Specialized infant seats are available
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Minimum numbers of 6 people per tour apply. There is a possibility of cancellation after confirmation if there are not enough passengers to meet requirements. In the event of this occurring, you will be offered an alternative or full refund
At Pompeii and Herculaneum Children under 18 y.o. enter for free, showing a valid form of ID.
Please note that the drop-off point depends on the tour option you selected.
Baby car seats provided for infants aged 0–3 years

Cancellation policy

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

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