Best of Pompeii & Herculaneum: Private Tour with an Archaeologist

Our guide, Francesco, was so knowledgeable and a lovely guy. We enjoyed both tours (Pompeii and Herculaneum).

Roberto was a wonderful guide - so knowledgeable. We got so much more out of the visit than we would have on our own. A fabulous experience. Highly recommend him!

We had a fabulous tour of Herculaneum and Pompeii. Roberto was an excellent guide - his English near perfect and his knowledge exceptional. He explained so much detail to us , setting the scene, the geography and what happened on the day of the volcanic eruption. It was fascinating. All our questions were answered and without doubt - when we return to the area to explore more of Pompeii we will without doubt make contact with Roberto to guide us again. Thank you Roberto.

We spent a wonderful day with Roberto on this stimulating tour of Herculaneum and Pompeii. Roberto is an expert archeologist and this was obvious throughout the tour. The baths in particular were overwhelming and the original medallion covered ceiling was awe inspiring. The tour was adjusted to our needs and Roberto even arranged for a car and wonderful driver (Diego) to pick us up at our hotel and drive us to Herculaneum and Pompeii. This was an exceptional experience and well worth the price.

After consulting with Roberto to make sure we used our time in the Pompeii area wisely, we toured the Archaeological ruins of Pompeii and the Archaeological Park of Herculaneum. We broke these tours into different days and thoroughly enjoyed each. Walked away with more information and insight than ever imagined. After the Herculaneum tour, Roberto encouraged us to take a drive to the Almafi coast. He provided town points that created a loop to the Almafi coast and back to Pompei. What an incredible drive. We would not have been able to do this without the expert assistance from a local person. The consultation was key to pur incredible visit.

I contacted Roberto about private guided tours in Pompeii, Herculaneum and Oplonti about 10 days before arriving in Napoli. Roberto was able to organize one day in Pompeii and 1/2 day each in Herculaneum and Oplonti. Due to short notice, Roberto was not able to serve as my guide the whole time but arranged for Francesco and Fabio (also both archeologist) to guide me for parts of the trip. All three guides were very knowledgeable and did a great job. Roberto did a superb job of making things happen on short notice. I would not hesitate to use his services again. Top notch!

We toured Herculaneum with Roberto in July. It was extremely hot so having a guide was perfect, as we were able to see the highlights and navigate the site in a couple of hours. Roberto was so friendly and knowledgable, there wasn't a single question that we asked that he couldn't answer. We did the tour with our 3 teenage children and Roberto pitched the tour just right. It was so interesting but fun at the same time. We all learnt so much and I can't recommend Roberto highly enough. We did the Pompeii tour with his colleague Francesco and they organised our tours so that we concentrated on the private houses/shops in Herculaneum and then visited more of the public areas in Pompeii, like the Forum and baths etc. Francesco was brilliant too and my children loved him. Again, it was really hot in Pompeii, being July, so having Francesco lead us around the site was invaluable. Pompeii is enormous so it was brilliant to have someone else navigate it for us. Both tours were amazing, informative and best of all fun. Don't hesitate to spend time with Roberto or Francesco, really lovely, knowledgable guys.

Tour - Pompeii and Herculaneum In Oct., I spent ten days on the Salerno Peninsula aka Amalfi Coast. Researching the trip, there were numerous areas that I wanted to visit and learn more about. I also researched many guides on line and kept coming back to Roberto as presenting the most consistent outlines of the specific areas that I wanted to visit. I wasn’t disappointed with my choice. Pompeii and Herculaneum are large areas to cover. I found that Roberto started out with overall explanations of the sites and then focused on individual aspects. He often returned the presentation to points which he had covered explaining in detail coordinating the relationships between sites and individual aspects . I felt that Roberto had a consistent tour plan to both sites and that I was shown an indepth walking tour which covered the highlights of the sites.

Amazing!! This was not our first time going to Pompeii but it was definitely the most informative, Interesting and exciting. Roberto’s ability to give you a basic comprehensive approach to these sites, provide understandable information to novices and be attentive to everyone is superior to any guide! If you are considering going on your own, don’t ! You will miss out. He and the tour were amazing!!

Roberto’s knowledge of the Greek and Roman civilizations was outstanding and he made the tours of these 2 historical sites come to life. Without his knowledge and explanations we would have missed 90% of the true magic of these sites. Roberto is also very conscious of the tour group’s physical abilities to ensure everyone is safe and comfortable.