PompeiI Exclusive Tour with your Archaeologist in a Small Group
Description
Step into the past and discover Pompeii through its hidden corners and timeless stories. This immersive walking tour takes you beyond the crowded paths, revealing the soul of an ancient Roman city frozen in time. Your Archaeological Guided Tour starts from Porta Marina with the imposing Mount Vesuvius watching over us, we’ll explore Pompeii’s political and social heart: the Basilica, the Forum and its bustling market, and the city’s most important temples. Strolling along the Decumanus Maximus, you’ll follow the footsteps of ancient citizens as daily life unfolds before your eyes. We’ll enter elegant private houses, wander through shops and Roman taverns, and pause before the haunting plaster casts of the victims. The journey continues through the Theatre and the Gladiators’ Barracks, where echoes of spectacle and power still linger. PLEASE NOTE: This tour is led for years by professional guides expert in archaeology and ancient architecture/art.
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Itinerary
Porta Marina Superiore: the guide will be waiting for you outside the archaeological park with the sign “Pompeii Vip”. It forms the western entrance to the city and the name "Marina" comes from the fact that the outgoing road led to the sea.
Temple of Venus: temple dedicated to Venus, patron goddess of Pompeii
Basilica: was the most lavish building in the Forum, and served as a space for the management of business and the administration of justice
The Sanctuary of Apollo: it is among the oldest of Pompeii's places of worship, built at a strategic point along the street that led up from Porta Marina to the public heart of the city
Forum - Main Square: it represents the center of the city's daily life
The Temple of Jupiter: it dominates the northern side of the Forum, and behind it rises scenically Vesuvius
Macellum: it was a monumental building used for the sale of food and daily consumer products. Here is possible to see some Plaster Casts - BODIES (the archaeological method to find the ancient bodies as they were at the moment of the eruption)
Forum Baths: they are one of the best-preserved elements of the city. Female and male parts had separate entrances.
Thermopolium: it was an old diner, a place of refreshment for the inhabitants
House of the Faun: This is one of the largest houses in Pompeii; the sidewalk bears the welcome inscription (HAVE) in Latin; House of the Vettii:The house, among the richest and most famous in Pompeii, is placed under the protection of Priapus god of prosperity, Both are subject to seasonal openings and closings
Via Dell'Abbondanza: it was the ancient main street (decumanus maximus) of ancient Pompeii
Theater: Comedies and tragedies in the Greco-Roman tradition were performed in the theater
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Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Tickets for Pompei Archaeological Park are not included in this price. Once on the spot you can buy them with our help.
- The Viator ticket it's not the entry ticket for Pompeii archaeological site but the ticket to join the tour. Entry ticket needs to be bought on the site.
- We provide a link where you can purchase a skip the line ticket safety and fast
Reviews(415)
We had a pleasure to be on a Pompeii archaeological tour with Valeria our tour guide. It was a great experience,very informative. We loved it ( despite the August heat..) Highly recommended!
The guide told with such passion that you felt the life of the past Great interesting location pompei
Great guide very knowledgeable i could here the others and ours was great. Its 180 acers so you only cover the main section give yourself time to do the rest on your own
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Our tour guide Elisabetta did an amazing job leading us around the Pompeii ruins. She gave us lots of information in the amount of time we had to tour the ruins and gave her insight as an archaeologist. She was very kind and answered any questions we had about Pompeii and the city of Naples. I would recommend booking this if you are interested in the history of Naples as well as the Pompeii ruins.
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Ricardo was an excellent guide! He was the best guide we had so far here in Italy. The sight itself is amazing but with Ricardo’s explanations it made it become even more interesting. His knowledge about Pompeii and about history in general was impressive.
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Such a great time! Our tour guide Livio was incredible! We learned so much. It was hot and Livio knew all the shade spots.
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Our guide was very knowledgable and answered all of our questions. One thing to note, this tour starts with a very steep climb up a large rock hill. People who have a hard time walking should not do this. There are other entrances available.
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Great guide, very knowledgeable and communicative. He met us right outside of the entrance and explained the whole process of the tour
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Rafaelle was an amzing guide. The tour itself covered some of the most beautiful parts of pompeii. The tour was structured and build to ease you in to the history of the city while ending with day to day details op the citizens of the city. If you are looking foor a tour around pompeii i would definitely recommend this one!
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Valeria was very knowledgeable and fun! We learned a lot and enjoyed our tour. It was a small group of six people.
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