--- title: Pompeii and Herculaneum Small Group Tour with an Archaeologist lang: en type: tour city: Rome country: Italy price: 64 currency: EUR price_unit: per_person availability: bookable rating: 4.79 reviews: 1727 duration_minutes: 360 duration_max_minutes: 660 languages: [en] free_cancellation: true rank_in_category: 44 of 77 (Day Trips from Rome) schedule_checked: 2026-09-12 data_updated: 2026-09-12 canonical: https://guidekin.com/italy/rome/tours/pompeii-and-herculaneum-small-group-tour-with-an-archaeologist/ --- # Pompeii and Herculaneum Small Group Tour with an Archaeologist **Guidekin's take:** Two buried cities in one day with an archaeologist: Pompeii's forum, houses and plaster casts, then Herculaneum, the better preserved and quieter of the two, with train tickets from Rome and local transport arranged. Guide, headsets and entries are included at €64 per person, meals are not. Not suitable for wheelchairs. ## Overview This experience combines the two archaeological sites of Pompeii and Herculaneum, famous for the eruption of Mount Vesuvius happened in 79 AD. Join the guide at the entrance of Pompeii ruins called Porta Marina Inferiore, where the tour starts. Discover the site and its best highlights with the assistance of an expert Archaeologist. You will see the Forum – the main square – the most important houses and buildings and the famous plaster casts. After the tour take a quick break, then reach the site of Herculaneum by the local metro line called Circumvesuviana at a few steps from Pompeii entrance. End your tour with the site of Herculaneum, smaller than Pompeii but better preserved: visit the beach where more than 300 skeletons were found. ## Key facts - Price: from €64 per person - Duration: 6h–11h - Rating: 4.79/5 from 1727 reviews (collected from Guidekin & Viator & Tripadvisor) - Free cancellation (see policy below) - Operator: Askos Tours ## Tour options Prices are the operator's current list price for two travellers (whole euros); options sold only to bigger parties say so; pick the option on the booking page. | Option | Price | Guide languages | Details | |---|---|---|---| | Tour from Pompeii | €64 / person | English | Duration: 6 hours ENGLISH TOUR : TRANSPORTATION IS INCLUDED BETWEEN POMPEII & HERCULANEUM ONLY Meeting place: This option is a walking tour, the meeting point is the entrance of Pompeii ruins Porta Marina INFERIORE,... | | Tour from Naples | €99 / person | English | Duration: 7 hours TRANSPORTATION FROM NAPLES : TRANSPORTATION FROM NAPLES is included for the whole day no animals allowed Modern Minibus: Enjoy shared minibus transportation from Naples Look for the Askos Tours sign... | | Tour from Sorrento | €116 / person | English | Duration: 8 hours TRANSPORTATION FROM SORRENTO: TRANSPORTATION FROM SORRENTO is included for the whole day. No animals allowed Modern minibus or minivan Look for the Askos Tours sign: Pick up is next to the fountain... | | Tour from Rome | €169 / person | English | Duration: 11 hours TRANSPORTATION FROM ROME: Train tickets from Rome to Naples are included. Transportation is included to/from Naples. Minibus or minivan Look for the Askos Tours sign: Departure is from Roma Termini... | ## What's included - Headsets for all participants - Round-trip transportation to/from Naples, outside Starhotels Terminus (Tour from Naples) - Train tickets to/from Rome to Naples + Full Day transportation service (Tour from Rome) - Guided tour service in both Pompeii and Herculaneum - Round-trip transportation to/from Sorrento, P.za Angelina Lauro (Tour from Sorrento) - Circumvesuviana one-way train ticket from Pompeii to Herculaneum (Tour from Pompeii) - Herculaneum entry tickets - 'Pompeii express' entry tickets ## Not included - Meals and drinks - Personal expenses ## Itinerary 1. **Basilica** (15m) - was an open portico that gave shelter to merchants and other activities. 2. **Foro de Pompeya** (10m) - Have a look of the ancient main square of Pompeii. 3. **Via dell’Abbondanza** (pass by, no stop) - Walk through the main street of Pompeii. 4. **The house of Menander is one of the richest and most magnificent houses in an...** (15m) - The house of Menander is one of the richest and most magnificent houses in ancient Pompeii in terms of architecture, decoration and contents. 5. **In the granary you will see marble tables and baths for fountains that adorne...** (15m) - In the granary you will see marble tables and baths for fountains that adorned the entrances of houses and some casts of victims of the eruption as well as that of a dog and a tree. 6. **Stabian Baths (Terme Stabiane)** (15m) - These occupy a vast area between the Brothel lane, the Holconius crossroads and the Via Stabiana. They represent the oldest thermal complex in the city. 7. **Lupanar** (15m) - Visit the most famous brothel in the ruined Roman city of Pompeii. 8. **The house of Faun was one of the largest and most impressive private residenc...** (15m) - The house of Faun was one of the largest and most impressive private residences in Pompeii. 9. **Odeon - Teatro Piccolo** (15m) - Have a look of the so called Teatro Piccolo of Pompeii. 10. **Visit the most important Theater in Pompeii** (15m) 11. **After the visit of Pompeii, continue to Herculaneum together with your archae...** (1h; admission included) - After the visit of Pompeii, continue to Herculaneum together with your archaeologist guide, following the transportation method included in your selected option: From Naples, Sorrento, or Rome: travel with the guide by modern minibus directly to the Herculaneum archaeological... 12. **The house receives its name from marble statues of stags/deer found in the pe...** (10m) - The house receives its name from marble statues of stags/deer found in the peristyle. 13. **La Terrazza di M. Nonio Balbo** (10m) - 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. 14. **College of the Augustales** (10m) - 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). 15. **The house possibly belonged to one of the town's leading benefactors, Marcus ...** (10m) - 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. 16. **Partem Domus lignea - Casa del Tramezzo di Legno** (10m) - It is very important house for the elegant wooden partition remained. 17. **House of the Skeleton** (15m) - 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. 18. **Central Thermae** (10m) - 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. 19. **The House of the Black Hall is one of Herculaneum's more luxurious mansions** (15m) - The house has a monumental entrance which still retains the carbonised remains of the doorposts and lintel. 20. **Casa Sannitica** (15m) - 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. 21. **Casa del Bel Cortile** (10m) - 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. 22. **House of the Grand Portal** (10m) - Beautiful domus in the Centre of the archaeological area, with various environments, collonnati, frescos e-com everywhere at Herculaneum-charred remains of wooden parts. ## Schedule - Runs: daily - Departures: 13 start times between 06:00 and 10:30 - Schedule last checked: 2026-09-12 - These are published departures, not a live seat count; availability is confirmed at checkout. ## Cancellation For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time. ## Meeting point For POMPEII AND HERCULANEUM ENGLISH TOUR FROM ROME participants This option includes round trip train tickets from Rome to Naples. Once in Naples, the meeting point is across the street from the Naples central station, at Starhotels Terminus. Your tour guide will hold an Askos Tours sign. ## Good to know - Public transportation options are available nearby - Suitable for all physical fitness levels - Herculaneum ruins' entry tickets: 16 euros (adult) 2 euros (EU citizens 18-25 y.o.); Pompeii ruins' entry tickets: 20 euros (adult) - Not recommended for visitors in wheelchairs - Not recommended for visually impaired guests unless accompanied by a dedicated personal assistant ## How it compares in Day Trips from Rome Ranked **#44 of 77** by Guidekin's weighted score (rating weighted by review volume). Alternatives worth comparing: 1. [premium-minivan-trip-from-rome-pompeii-tour-lunch-in-sorrento](https://guidekin.com/italy/rome/tours/premium-minivan-trip-from-rome-pompeii-tour-lunch-in-sorrento/?format=md) — 4.97 (372) 2. 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