Paestum Ruins Tour: Explore Ancient Temples and Museum

Embark on a 2-hour small group tour of the ancient ruins of Paestum with a professional archaeologist. Discover the magnificent Doric temples, amphitheater, and more. Skip-the-line tickets included!

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Archaeological Park of Paestum - Discover the archaeological site of Paestum, renowned as the best-preserved Graeco-Roman city, through a two-hour walking tour led by a licensed archaeological guide.
  • Tempio di Hera II - The Temple of Hera II in Paestum, previously known as Poseidonia, is often mistakenly called the ‘Temple of Poseidon’ or…
What's Included
  • Skip the line Paestum ticket
  • Guided tour with an archaeologist
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks
  • Transportation
Additional Information

Join a 2-hour guided exploration of the ancient ruins of Paestum, a distinguished UNESCO World Heritage site, led by a professional archaeologist. Enjoy skip-the-line access for an intimate group of up to 20 participants.
Discover the enchanting ruins of Paestum, featuring its three stunning Doric temples, the amphitheater, the forum, and the markets….

Location
Basilica Paleocristiana dell'Annunziata
Piazza Della Basilica
Meet the guide outside the Basilica Paleocristiana dell’Annunziata in Piazza Basilica. The guide will have an ASKOS TOURS sign to be recognized.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Terraderco
Sep 28, 2025
Fascinating tour of beautiful Paestum - Ivan's work at the site informed this excellent tour of Paestum. Educational as well as fascinating, the tour covered factual history as well as theoretical interpretations from an insider perspective. And it was fun! Highly recommend
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Kira_s
Sep 24, 2025
Excellent tour with Mario! - This was an excellent tour! Our guide, Mario, was so knowledgeable and had really interesting info to share. He tailored the tour to what would be different from the other sites we were seeing, so it was a very unique experience. I would happily take any tour led by Mario!
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Cipiacemangiare
Sep 21, 2025
Discovering Paestum with a competent and passionate guide - During our holidays in Cilento, we decided to dedicate a day to the excursion to the archaeological excavations of Paestum, booking online through Askos Tour. We were lucky because reading the various reviews, we understood that the Mario guide would be the top. Well, it went luxury and our guide was Mario, who is a small celebrity, competent and passionate archaeologist, accompanied us inside the excavations and the museum with competence and passion. Here’s if I can give a tip, unless you are prepared, it’s always better to rely on an experienced guide for a visit that is really exciting and engaging.
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David_m
Sep 19, 2025
Excellent Guide and Fantastic Site - There is real history and so much archeology to see at Paestum. Maria (I hope I remembered her name correctly!) was an excellent guide. Her talks were interesting and knowledgeable and she showed us everything important both in the park and the museum. Absolutely fantastic - well done.
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Deborah_l
Sep 17, 2025
Mario professional tour guide - Very professional tour - Mario was excellent - was worth every cent. I only can highly recommend this tour and this tour guide
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Visitor8855
Sep 4, 2025
Amazing site - a must see! - This was a fantastic tour. Our guide Angelo was a wealth of information with a clear and evocative presentation. We loved the stunning art in the museum, and the amount and quality of the buildings on the site was amazing. Very highly recommended!!
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Suppli85
Aug 31, 2025
Paestum - Camillo was a fantastic guide. Prepared but above all passionate, he made us go around for almost 3 hours in Paestum telling us a lot of anecdotes and never getting bored. Bravo bravo bravo.
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Robinw2638
Oct 2, 2025
Very interesting! - Guide very knowledgeable but a little hard to understand. Learnt heaps, excellent day. Highly recommend. Easy train ride to Paestum from Salerno.
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Werldtravlr
Sep 22, 2025
Excellent Tour, But Needs Amplification - The tour was as promoted, two hours with an archaeologist. She shared so much with us, but due to the group size (12) she often had her back to us and surrounding crowds made it difficult to hear everything. The most significant challenges were in the museum, due to echoing and even closer proximity to other groups. I would suggest supplying personal audio devices in order for everyone to equally hear what the guide is saying. I didn’t want to miss any of her shared knowledge and information.
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Escape785523
Sep 20, 2025
Large group and rushed - The guide was knowledgeable and easy to understand. The design of the tour was too rushed (only got to barely see 2 of the 3 temples and not even walk all the way around those two). Then we rushed through part of the museum. At the end we could either spend more time in the museum OR go back to the temples/town site but tickets would not allow for both. Next time I would pick a tour that was the ruins only, so I could spend more time there after the tour and then do the museum on my own. Also this was definitely not a small group tour, it probably had 20 people. It was too many
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From $46
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).