Herculaneum Private Walking Guided Tour 2 hours: Exploring the Ancient Roman City

Immerse yourself in the ancient Roman city of Herculaneum on a private walking guided tour. Explore the culture, family life, religious beliefs, and Roman houses in this well-preserved city buried by a volcanic eruption.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Parco Acheologico di Ercolano - 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.
What's Included
  • Licensed tour guide
What's Not Included
  • Entrance fees
Additional Information

During our two-hour tour of Herculaneum, we aim to breathe life back into this ancient city, discussing its historical culture, family roles, religious practices with the accompanying temples, folklore, beliefs, funerary customs, and typical Roman residential design. Known to have been established in the 4th century BC, Herculaneum is believed to be a…

Location
Ercolano Scavi
At the entrance by the ticket office
Cancellation Policy

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

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D2343hkgianlucac
Aug 19, 2024
Visit excavations Herculaneum - 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
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Alessandrapn7078oi
Dec 28, 2023
Fantastic day out! - 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!
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Homeedmum
May 17, 2023
Amazing Herculaneum tour with Gennaro! - 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.
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Michele
Apr 17, 2023
Guided tour excavations ercolano - 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!
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Goodtrip67
Apr 16, 2022
Discover Herculaneum - 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 👍🏻
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Yle1981
Apr 11, 2022
Tour with other families to the Excavations of Herculaneum - 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.
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B7693inangelob
Jun 24, 2021
PASSION COMPETENCE and LIKING - 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!
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Elena
Aug 26, 2020
Excavations tour of Herculaneum - 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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Klauskillmoulis
Aug 26, 2020
Herculaneum, a journey back in time to 24 August in 79 n. Chr - Hugo at his best again. Already previously organized admission tickets and no problem with a parking space, fortunately in the cool underground parking. Again an entertaining educational and interesting tour through the well-preserved ruins of the small port city. You could easily imagine what must have been going on when Vesuvius erupted. And again with our guide, who has become a friend of the family. Hugo forever ... yesyesyes
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Eeasypd201
May 13, 2020
Herculaneum Guided Tour - Our guide Andrew and our driver Pasquale picked us up at the ship. During the drive to Herculaneum they were highlighting details of the area, answering any questions we had. Both were very knowledgeable. During our tour of Herculaneum Andrew was very informative and was clever in the order in which he guided us so that we (a group of 5) were not caught up or slowed down by larger groups, we were thankful for that. Prior to entering Herculaneum we toured the attached museum to see the jewelry and other artifacts recovered from the ruins. It gave us a better perspective/understanding of the opulence of Herculaneum. Andrew was an extremely knowledgeable guide and we would highly recommend Tour Guide Naples. Thank you Tour Guide Naples for making our day in Herculaneum memorable.
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From $197
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).