Archeological Tour

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Archaeological Tour : Pompeii, Herculaneum and Naples Museum. This private tour aims to take you to discover the most important archaeological sites in the world: Pompeii and Herculaneum. The tour ends with a visit to the Archaeological Museum of Naples, custodian of exceptional archaeological artifacts discovered in the ancient cities you will visit. Our service...

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Places visited

Herculaneum , Museum , Pompeii Discover Destinations

Trip Start Date

Everyday

Price includes

Bottles of Water
English Speaker Driver
Free WiFi
Fuel
Parking
Tolls

Price does not include

Entrance tickets to archaeological parks and museums
Licensed tour guide (Optional, Contact Us!)
Lunch / Dinner
Typical products tasting
Wine tasting

Archaeological Tour : Pompeii, Herculaneum and Naples Museum.

This private tour aims to take you to discover the most important archaeological sites in the world: Pompeii and Herculaneum. The tour ends with a visit to the Archaeological Museum of Naples, custodian of exceptional archaeological artifacts discovered in the ancient cities you will visit. Our service offers pickup from Naples by private transfer to Pompeii, which will be the first stop on the tour. You will be driven to the entrance of the excavations, where you will continue on this approximately 2-hour archaeological walk. After that, at the end of the visit you will meet again with our driver and leave for the last stop of the tour, which will be the Archaeological Park of Herculaneum. Here too, our staff member will take you to the entrance of the Herculaneum excavations and wait for the end of the tour, which will last about 1 and 45 minutes. From here you will depart to the Archaeological Museum of Naples. The museum will complete your experience admiring mosaics, frescoes and statues from nearby Herculaneum and Pompeii, wonders that survived the destructive force of Vesuvius.

Short historical notes

On August 24, 79 AD, Vesuvius erupted after a very long time, taking the people of the area by surprise. The eruption was atomic: everything around the volcano was obliterated. Of the destroyed cities, nothing remained. After 1,700 years, the Vesuvian towns came back to light. In fact, humanity knew the two most important archaeological sites in the world: Herculaneum and Pompeii. Unlike Pompeii, buried by a layer of ash and lapilli, Herculaneum was submerged by lots of mud and lava. It was exactly because of the mud that the materials became sealed and well-preserved: the wood, fabrics and food underwent a slow transformation, remaining almost petrified.

The great discovery

In 1709 Prince d’Elboeuf, a distinguished figure of the time, during excavations at one of his many villas, accidentally discovered the structures of the Theater. Later, King Charles of Bourbon ordered the official start of excavations in 1738. The most important surprise was the grandiose Villa of the Papyri, in which the heritage of bronze and marble sculptures (now at the National Archaeological Museum of Naples) and the Papyri library (now at the National Library of Naples) were found. From then until today it is always a succession of new discoveries.

Notes about our tour

You can customize the tour itinerary as you wish, according to your needs. For clients traveling on a Cruise ship in the Port of Naples, it is strongly recommended to stick to the suggested itinerary. In fact, the first stop on the tour will be the one furthest from the port, until you end the tour with the closest stop. This way you will be in time for boarding.

Important notes about the tour guide

Please note that for a complete and comprehensive understanding of the history of the archaeological sites and museums, you can book a licensed tour guide with us and get a discounted price. You freely decide whether to have the tour guide for the whole tour, or for only one/two/ of the sites to be visited. Of course, you can visit these places without the support of a tour guide by renting classic self-guides at each site you will visit.

For any information about our tours, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Tour Plan

Tour Plan

STEP 1

Meet the driver

You will meet the driver at the place you requested. In case you arrive at the airport, at the train station or at Port, you will find our driver waiting for you. It will be easy to see him, as the chauffeur will keep a sign with your name. In case the pickup location is a hotel, a private residence or a B&B, your driver will be waiting for you near the Lobby or the nearest place. In any case, the driver will contact you 10 minutes before the pickup time via whatsapp or telephone call.

STEP 2

Going to Pompeii

Once you meet the driver, you will travel by a high quality vehicle of our fleet. The first stop of this tour is Pompeii. Normally the route to Pompeii is never busy. So, you will be at the entrance of the archeological park in a short time. Meanwhile in the car you can enjoy free Wi-Fi and magazines.

STEP 3

Visit to Pompeii ruins

Once you arrive in the city of Pompeii, the driver leaves you near one of the entrances of the archaeological park and you will meet him again in the same place. Pompeii, the first stop of the tour, introduces you to a city asleep since 79 AD. Your walk will be very interesting, in fact, you will stroll through the ancient Pompeian streets, the houses of the Roman era, the many finds that are still good preserved and the many recent discoveries will make this experience unforgettable.

STEP 4

Transfer to Herculaneum and visit of the archeological ruins

After your visit in Pompeii, our car will take you at the exit of the excavations, leading you in a short time to discovery of the second place of the archaeological tour, Herculaneum. This city was also destroyed by the fury of Vesuvius. Once you start this second walk inside the Archaeological Park of Herculaneum, your daily experience will be even more exciting. You can admire many other finds, ancient streets, churches, which will help you even more to understand the life of people at that time.

STEP 4

Visit to Napoli‘s Archeological Museum

At the end of tour of Herculaneum ruins our driver, lead you by car to the entrance of last stop, the Archaeological Museum of Naples. Here, you will see significant findings and artworks that complete your journey through the ancient history and devastating power of Vesuvius. In fact, the tour is called Archeological Tour why we wish to give at our clients a complete view of the towns, of the life and culture of the people, before the big eruption of the Vesuvius.

End of tour

At the end of tour, you will find our driver waiting for you at the arranged place. From there you will leave by our vehicle, to the same place where the driver picked you up or to a different place as you can request. You can pay the balance directly to the driver, by cash or credit card.

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More about Herculaneum

Herculaneum was an ancient Roman town, located in the modern-day comune of Ercolano, Campania, Italy. Herculaneum was buried under volcanic ash and pumice in the Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Like the nearby city of Pompeii, Herculaneum is famous as one of the few ancient cities to be preserved nearly intact, as the ash that blanketed the town protected it against looting and the elements. Although less known than Pompeii today, it was the first and, for a long time, the only discovered Vesuvian city (in 1709). Pompeii was revealed in 1748 and identified in 1763.[1] Unlike Pompeii, the mainly pyroclastic material that covered Herculaneum carbonized and preserved more wooden objects such as roofs, beds, and doors, as well as other organic-based materials such as food and papyrus.