Guided Tours

Herculaneum Guided Tour with Skip-the-Line Tickets

Name: Herculaneum Guided Tour with Skip-the-Line Tickets
Start: 2024-12-24T11:30:00
End: 2024-12-24T13:30:00
Location: Naples

Tour guide leading a group of tourists through the ancient ruins of Herculaneum in Naples, Italy, with skip-the-line tickets

Ercolano Herculaneum ancient ruins, Naples

Neptune and Aimone fresco wall painting, Ercolano

Walk into the life of ancient Romans with these skip-the-line tickets to Herculaneum and unveil their life stories, with your guide.

Highlights

Discover the Herculaneum Archaeological Park and its best-preserved ruins of the time with stories of ancient Romans.
Get faster access and find out about the famous UNESCO World Heritage and the lives of the 4000+ inhabitants site with your English-speaking guide.
With your upgraded archeological guide, you can explore the important sections of the ruins, from men’s baths to Samnite House, and the House of Wooden Partition.
Learn all about the effects of the earthquake and the tragic Mount Vesuvius eruption in Herculaneum.
Fun fact: A unique finding that survived the eruption at Herculaneum was nothing but paper!

Inclusions

Skip-the-line access to the Herculaneum
Expert English-speaking archeological guide (optional)
Headsets (for groups of 10 or more)

Exclusions

Visiting the crater of Mount Vesuvius

Cancellation policy

You can cancel these tickets up to 24 hours before the experience begins and get a full refund.

Reviews

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Jeffrey

4/5

Oct, 2024

The tour of Herculaneum was brilliant and the guide, Danilo, was very knowledgeable. My only gripe may have been my own fault. I followed the directions in the email, thinking that was to the meeting point, wrong, it was to the backdoor of the Archeology Unit. On re-reading the email I found a second set of directions to the meeting point. My wife was not impressed with my navigating.

Elizabeth

5/5

Oct, 2024

Everything was wonderful! The guide was very informative and entertaining. The only thing I would suggest is changing the picture of where to meet in case our others were literal like us. :)

Hilde

5/5

Sep, 2024

The guide, Mr Leone, made it very interesting through comparisons between Herculaneum and Pompeii and through his own personal research and documentation which he shared with the group.

Bonnie

5/5

Sep, 2024

Excellent guide! Very patient with all on the tour, extremely so with a young man who had developmental delays. Knowledgeable, yet not unnecessarily wordy or detailed in his explanations. Danilo was well paced in his delivery as well as his movement from location to location. Easy to listen to, easy to follow.

Mary

5/5

Sep, 2024

Everything was wonderful from start to finish. Our check in person was fun and friendly. Sarah, our guide was wonderful! Very personable, and SO knowledgeable. She made the tour interesting and fun. She was patient, answered everyone's questions, and provided a great perspective on the life and lifestyle of this ancient city. We would give this 10 stars if we could! Thank you for an absolutely fabulous 2 hour tour.

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Your Experience

Discovering the ruins and the Romans

The Herculaneum Archaeological Park is one of the best-preserved sites in the world. Finding out interesting stories of this site and how the 4000-5000 inhabitants lived here, is going to be a treat for you on this 2-hour guided tour. Visit this UNESCO World Heritage site with your skip-the-line access which has survived a disruptive earthquake and a deadly eruption. Get to know more about how Herculaneum was affected while being at its peak owing to its coastal location. It brought Rome’s patrician families to its resorts for exploring a relaxing. You will get a fair understanding of how the city was slowly gaining life by being renovated, till the terrible eruption of Mount Vesuvius happened, wiping out its inhabitants. All that you will see in 2 hours was once buried under ash and volcanic rocks 16-meter deep.

Digging deep

Explore the site a bit more in detail with your archeological guide with an upgrade. Delve into the different sections of the city like the men’s baths, Hall of the Augustals, Samnite House, and House of the Wooden Partition that withstood the eruption. Even the Fornici, where 300 skeletons, along with personal objects like purses, coins, swords, chisel, and so on is a noteworthy site.

Know before you go

What to bring

It is recommended that you wear comfortable walking shoes to hustle through the rocky paths of the site.
Pack light snacks as there are no cafes inside, except at the entrance.
Carry along a water bottle, sunglasses, hat, and sunscreen.

What’s not allowed

Large backpacks are not allowed.
Eating/drinking within the premises isn’t allowed. Please visit the designated picnic area for the same.
Tripods and selfie sticks are not permitted within the excavation site.

Accessibility

This tour is wheelchair accessible.
An infant backpack/carrier is recommended for infants.
Service animals are allowed to enter the excavation site.

Additional information

Avoid touching or climbing the ruins.
Pack your bag based on the weather conditions.
The paths can be rocky for wheelchairs so follow your guide to take the best route.

My tickets

Your voucher will be emailed to you instantly.
Please arrive at the meeting point 15 mins before the scheduled time of your tour to avoid any delays.
Display the voucher on your mobile phone with a valid photo ID at the meeting point.