Pompeii Small Group Tour with an Archaeologist
Description
Experience a 2-hour tour of the ancient ruins of Pompeii led by a professional archaeologist guide and skip the line tickets included in a small group of maximum 20 people. Walk through the ruins and explore this ancient city, buried by Vesuvius in 79 AD. Learn about the history of the town and how the Romans lived and see all the most important public buildings and private houses. Visit the Western part of the town. You will see the Marina Gate, the Basilica, the Forum, the baths, the Lupanar (brothel), the bakery, the house of Faun, the Termopolium, the main street, the Plaster Casts of the dead's, and the Theaters. The tour is available in English, Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese and German and starts at the main entrance of Pompeii Ruins, called Porta Marina Superiore.
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Itinerary
Meet the guide at the main entrance of the archaeological site called "Porta Marina Superiore". The guide will be holding a sign with our company's name "Askos Tours" on the top.
Basilica was an open portico that gave shelter to merchants and other activities
Have a look of the ancient main square of Pompeii
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.
Walk through the main street of Pompeii
The house of Menander is one of the richest and most magnificent houses in ancient Pompeii in terms of architecture, decoration and contents
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
Visit the most famous brothel in the ruined Roman city of Pompeii
The house of Faun was one of the largest and most impressive private residences in Pompeii
Have a look of the so called Teatro Piccolo of Pompeii
Visit the most important Theater in Pompeii
Highlights
What's included
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Tour will be available all year around with rain or shine
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Wear comfortable shoes, sunglasses and sunscreen in the summer.
- Bring a small bottle of water
- For under 18 y.o. travelers, please bring your ID card/passport with you
- Mobility scooters are not allowed
- Only dogs that do not exceed 10 kg in weight and a maximum height of 40 cm are permitted to enter; admitted animals must be on a leash and held in the arms inside the buildings and it is mandatory to collect their excrement;
- Not recommended for travelers with mobility issue or impairments, because of steps and ramps, little steep climb, please contact us and ask for a suitable private tour for your needs
Reviews(7,180)
Really great guided tour, learned loads! Thank you
The tour was perfectly timed to keep a 5 and 7 year old engaged. We learned so much from our guide who was extremely knowledgeable. Highly recommend this tour for any families.
Antoinette, our guide, was such a great guide. She was a perfect mixture of incredible historical information and explaining the interesting facts included. She was very fun, and such an experienced guide, I would definitely want to take a tour with her again!
We didn’t expect much but Pompeii was so much bigger than we thought! Francesco did a wonderful job of showing us the highlights and bringing us around all of the history, explaining things in great detail as we went. For only 2 hours, we saw so much. We are so glad we signed up for this tour! Thank you Francesco!
We had a great tour of Pompei. Our tour guide Sara was great! Lots of detail provided, enjoyable, and interacted well with the group!
A must not miss experience! The ruins have very little shade, so make sure to plan accordingly (hat, sunscreen, umbrella, water). There are free water fountains throughout the ruins where you can fill your water bottle.
Just fascinating to learn about the city and history. Alexandra was a fantastic guide! Would have loved to have spent two days there.
Johanna was very friendly and knowledgeable, bringing Pompei to life with her descriptions of life from the early days through to the eruption. Highly recommended tour, thoroughly enjoyable.
Try to find Roxanne the tour guide, she is wonderful and very nice. Also, she knows all the history there and is overall great!
Great tour. It is worth it to see the best sites in two hours. It was real informative and super interesting!
