On our two hours guided tour of Herculaneum we will try to bring the entire city back to life, describing the culture of the time, the role of the family,the religious life with its various temples, cultures, beliefs and superstitions, funeral rites; the typology of the Roman houses. Dating back to the 4th century BC, the city was thought to have been founded by the legendary Hercules. This elite Roman resort was devastated by the same volcanic eruption that buried Pompeii in 79 AD. This is an excursion that cannot be missed, unlike the ash and lava that devastated Pompeii, Herculaneum was covered by a torrent of mud, which protected the ruins from atmospheric agents and illegal excavators. The guided walking tour of Herculaneum will take about two hours, The natural preservation of wooden elements, foodstuffs, fabrics, and architecture provides a fascinating and intimate look into the Roman's private life in ancient times.
From the operator’s live schedule on Viator, checked Oct 12.
Dating back to the 4th century BC, the city was thought to have been founded by the legendary Hercules. This elite Roman resort was devastated by the same volcanic eruption that buried Pompeii in 79 AD.
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Herculaneum Private Walking Guided Tour 2 hours lasts about 2 hours. The itinerary has 1 stop.
Prices start at $194 per person for this Naples experience, booked through Viator with the price shown before checkout. There is 1 booking option, so the final price depends on the option you choose.
According to the operator’s current schedule, it runs on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, starting at 9:00 AM.
Children aged 4–13 pay nothing, adults from $194. Infants go free.
Yes. Cancel at least 1 day before the start for a full refund. Later cancellations are non-refundable.
The meeting point is At the entrance by the ticket office. Hotel pickup is not part of this experience.
The experience is available in DE, EN, IT, FR, ES.
It is a private experience: only your party takes part. Up to 15 travellers can book together.
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Wheelchair accessible
Yes, bookings are confirmed instantly.
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IONICA, our guide today for our tour of Herculaneum, was excellent: knowledgeable, passionate about the subject matter, flexible (agreed to change our scheduled two hour tour to a three hour tour) and super friendly. My wife and I had already read a great deal about Herculaneum, but still came away feeling as though we had just had a wonderful 3 hour learning experience from an expert. We highly recommend Ionica for your next trip to this area!
Our guide, Ionica, was very knowledgeable. She imparted her knowledge of the history of Herculaneum plus all the work surrounding the recent discoveries there to us in a very interesting way. I highly recommend her as a guide.
We visited the excavations of Herculaneum on Sunday 18 August 2024. Excellent Organization and Availability for Reservation. Ionica guided us with professionalism and passion in the excavations of Herculaneum, involved us with great enthusiasm. We recommend
Highly recommend Tour Guide Naples, Roberta our giude was excellent, very friendly, extremely well informed, you can see she loves her subject and she made it come alive for our group of teenage kids, not an easy task!! Thank you, we had a great day out. Booking and payment was easy, we paid the deposit online and the remainder at the end of the tour. Fantastic service!
This was a great tour! Our guide, Gennaro, was very knowledgeable and fun to be with. Herculaneum is a lot quieter than Pompeii and easier to see the whole site in one visit. We arrived by local train from Sorrento and it’s an easy 20 minute walk from the station. Highly recommended! The booking system was easy and Gennaro messaged us to make sure we knew where to find him.
We recently visited the Herculaneum excavations. Our guide Alfredo De Luca, a professional archaeologist, proved very helpful and competent. The visit was very interesting. Highly recommended!
It is essential to be accompanied in the discovery of the site by a competent and engaging guide. We were lucky enough to meet Ornella, good and nice, the two hours tour flew by 😃 Thank you and we will definitely see you again for another discovery Super recommended 👍🏻
Yesterday morning we had a nice visit to the Herculaneum Excavations in the company of the guide Ornella. We were a group of 15 people, including 7 children and 8 adults. We managed in just over 2 hours to delve into the ruins of the excavations, and Ornella managed to capture the attention of both us adults but especially that of our children. An experience that I highly recommend.
After visiting Pompeii we were accompanied by Ugo Somma to visit with a couple of friends also the archaeological site of Herculaneum. Wonderful! Many are limited to Pompeii, but Herculaneum almost allows you to enter a neighborhood of a city that still seems to be inhabited by the ancient Romans. And Ugo has known with competence, but above all with balance and with a passion all Neapolitan for the activity he carries out, make us grasp this particular dimension of the city of Herculaneum, which is a real jewel, which we were able to appreciate thanks to Ugo. Thanks again Ugo!
Detailed tour of the excavations of Herculaneum, clear, precise and exhaustive explanations, we relived the history of ancient Herculaneum until the eruption of Vesuvius 2000 years ago. Highly recommended!!!
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