The admission ticket is not in the price and is bought at the gate, and there is no transport, you meet at the site. 4.97 from 170 reviews.
Best for: English tour at €42 per person: licensed guide, 2h at the site; two to book, admission extra. 4.97 from 170 reviews. Herculaneum Tours comparison
Trade-off: English option needs two; Italian needs four; ticket extra.
In our comparison: #18 of 63 in Day Trips from Naples, by rating weighted by review volume (see the comparison).
3 options from the operator, described in its own words. Prices are the operator's from-prices per adult for a party of two. Click an option to book it on Viator.
| Option | What the operator says | From, per adult |
|---|---|---|
| Italian Language TourThe page priceItalian | €42 for 4+ people | |
| English Language TourEnglish | €42 for 2+ people | |
| German Language TourGerman | €50 for 4+ people |
Children from €23 (ages 0 to 5). Option texts and prices come from the operator's listing; prices checked on Viator on 22 September 2026.
99% of ratings with a star breakdown are 4★ or 5★: 169 of 170
Star breakdown of all 170 ratings
Reviewers praise the guides' knowledge and personal attention; low bookings sometimes prompted a paid private upgrade.
Written by Guidekin from the 100 most recent English reviews on Viator & Tripadvisor (17 June 2024 to 12 September 2026). Refreshed as new reviews arrive; last checked 4 October 2026.
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We will visit the most prominent private houses, such as the House of the Deer, the House of the Wooden Partition, the House of Neptune and Amphitrite and the House of the Bicentenary. We will also see some of the typical Roman shops and obviously, the public baths and the main street along with the most significant public buildings of the city. And of course we won’t miss the ancient beach with the skeletons of the people taking shelter in some of the buildings on the seafront and the wooden boat - still perfectly preserved - found on the beach itself.
2h · Admission not includedPompeii was not the only city buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius back in 79 A.D.. A few miles away, right on the coastline, there was another city: Herculaneum. That one town, just like Pompeii, was at the same time both destroyed and preserved by the disaster. Pyroclastic flows covered Herculaneum with a literal mountain of scalding ashes, burying the remains of the ancient city under 80 feet of volcanic materials.
Today, almost 2000 years later, the charm Herculaneum had is still intact. The town was a residential area for the upper class: smaller but richer than Pompeii was. Traces of the affluence of the ancient Herculaneum are still visibile in the original style and in the elegant decorations of the private houses.
Herculaneum differentiates itself from Pompeii also when it comes to the state of the preservation: the two cities were destroyed by the same eruption but the effects on them were not alike.
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| Tour | Price | Duration | Rating | Group |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| This tour · #18 of 63 | €42 | 2h | 4.97 (170) | shared |
| Private Amalfi Coast Tour - Enjoy it with our local english speaking driver | €320 | 7h | 4.99 (502) | private |
| Best of Amalfi Coast & Pompeii: Exclusive Private Day Experience | €234 | 7h | 4.99 (446) | private |
| Full Day Private Amalfi Coast Tour from Sorrento/Naples/Salerno | €285 | 7h | 4.96 (889) | private |
Ranked #18 of 63 in Day Trips from Naples by Guidekin score (rating weighted by review volume). Prices here run from €35 to €557, median €109; typical length 8h. 15 of 63 are private. Figures are live from the tour cards; the rubric is our handpicked set, not the whole market. Compare all 63 Day Trips from Naples