Herculaneum small group tour with an archaeologist - skip the line
- 2 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- 5 languages
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
You cannot miss the chance to visit Herculaneum when you're in Naples and Pompeii area. The ancient Roman city of Herculaneum is a UNESCO World Heritage site and lies just north of Pompeii. Explore the ruins with an archaeologist guide and benefit from a smaller group size of max 20 people, meaning more chance to ask your guide questions and learn how the city was destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Guided walking tour of Herculaneum Gain historical insight from an archaeologist guide Skip-the-line tickets means no waiting in long queues
Inclusions
What's included
- 2 hrs live guidance by an archaeologist licensed guide
- skip the line admission fees
What's not
- transportation
- personal expenses
Itinerary
The house receives its name from marble statues of stags/deer found in the peristyle.
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.
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).
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.
It is very important house for the elegant wooden partition remained.
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.
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.
The House of the Black Hall is one of Herculaneum's more luxurious mansions. The house has a monumental entrance which still retains the carbonised remains of the doorposts and lintel.
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.
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.
Beautiful domus in the Centre of the archaeological area, with various environments, collonnati, frescos e-com everywhere at Herculaneum-charred remains of wooden parts.
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Reviews
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Know before you go
- Meeting point
- Outside Herculaneum ticket Office building in Herculaneum ruins archaeological park.
- Pickup
- Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Group size
- Up to 20 travellers
- Operated by
- PompeiIn
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
How it compares in Naples
- Its from-price is 76% below the median of the 3135 experiences we list in Naples.
- It is shorter than most of them.
- By number of reviews it ranks 1003 of 3135.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Naples
Passionate and chaotic beneath Vesuvius, Naples is the birthplace of pizza and the gateway to Pompeii, Capri and the Amalfi Coast.
The historic centre, a dense grid of streets laid out by the ancient Greeks, is a world of churches, street shrines and laundry strung between balconies. Spaccanapoli cuts straight through it, Via San Gregorio Armeno is lined with nativity-scene workshops, and the Sansevero Chapel holds the astonishing Veiled Christ. Underground, tunnels and cisterns reveal the Greek and Roman city below.
Top-ranked sights in Naples: Mt. Vesuvius (Monte Vesuvio), Via dei Tribunali, Naples Historic Center (Napoli Centro Storico).
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