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Herculaneum kids friendly tour

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  • 2 hours
  • Free cancellation up to 24h before
  • 2 languages
  • Instant confirmation

Highlights

This tour for kids and is designed to guide them through the discover of Herculeneum, one of the most fascinating archaeological site of the world. Everything is well-preserved and the kids can walk around the town, enter houses, temples and theater and truly feel what it was like to live in Roman times. The guide will focus on their needs and will capture their attention with marvelous stories of the ancient daily life of the Romans. During the visit the guide will use educational materials, such as papers and multimedia (tablet) for reconstruction. The itinerary can be subjected to slight variations due to the closure of some locations or due to overcrowding.

Inclusions

What's included

  • Herculaneum entry tickets
  • Local certified guide specialized in tours with children

What's not

  • Transportation
  • Meals

Itinerary

  1. Meeting place is the Ticket Office of the Herculaneum ruins. You can get there as follows: - By car in via Pignalver (There is a not guarded parking very close the meeting place) - By train in Corso Resina 1 (Circumvesuviana train station is 10 minutes walk away)

    10 min

  2. The house receives its name from marble statues of stags/deer found in the peristyle.

    10 min

  3. M. Nonius Balbus was the city's major benefactor restoring and building many public buildings. On his death he was made patron and feted with many honours, detailed in the long inscription on his funeral altar.

    10 min

  4. It is thought that the building was a centre of the cult of the Emperor Augustus and the headquarters of the Collegium Augustalium (or possibly even the local curia).

    10 min

  5. The house possibly belonged to one of the town's leading benefactors, Marcus Nonius Balbus and is somewhat unusual in that it has its own private access to the adjoining Suburban Thermae to the south.

    10 min

  6. It is very important house for the elegant wooden partition remained.

    10 min

  7. The House of the Skeleton probably the aggregation of three smaller buildings, derives its name from the discovery of human remains in a second floor room in 1831.

    15 min

  8. The Central Thermae were built around the beginning of the 1st century AD and were divided, as was then the common practice, into men's and women's baths, each with their own separate entrances.

    10 min

  9. The House of the Black Hall is one of Herculaneum's more luxurious mansions.

    15 min

  10. The house has an arrangement that was typical of the Samnites (an ancient people of the Sabine race who occupied this mountainous part of central Italy). The splendid atrium is skirted by a gallery with Ionic columns. The rooms are decorated with frescoes.

    15 min

  11. This is one of the most original houses in Herculaneum. It has a courtyard with a stairway and a stone balcony instead of an atrium.

    10 min

  12. Beautiful domus in the Centre of the archaeological area, with various environments, collonnati, frescos e-com everywhere at Herculaneum-charred remains of wooden parts.

    10 min

Cancellation

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.

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Know before you go

Meeting point
We meet at the entrance of Ercolano Ruins, at the ticket office.
Pickup
Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
Ticket type
Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Operated by
Askos Tours
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Specialized infant seats are available
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
  • We can design a specific itinerary for wheelchair users
  • The archaeological site of Herculaneum is closed on the 1st January and 25th December.

How it compares in Naples

  • Its from-price is 21% below the median of the 3135 experiences we list in Naples.
  • It is shorter than most of them.
  • By number of reviews it ranks 1720 of 3135.
  • The operator lists free cancellation on it.

About Naples

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