Herculaneum Highlights: Exclusive Tour with Private Guide, Discover Ancient Life and Frescoes

Explore the ancient city of Herculaneum on an exclusive tour with a private guide. Discover the preserved frescoes and learn about the customs and traditions of our ancestors. Skip the line and join us for a 2.5-hour walk through this famous archaeological site.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Herculaneum Tours - Our expert guide will make the city come to life, offering you the opportunity to imagine the private lives of Ancient Romans. On this tour you will visit the most interesting sites of this ancient city. You will dive in a world a part, you will get in the roman houses where you could almost hear the voices of the owners…
What's Included
  • Local guide
  • Private tour
  • Professional guide
  • Professional art historian guide
  • Guaranteed to skip the long lines
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
Additional Information

Renowned in its time, as documented by historians, the small city of Herculaneum, located on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius, was buried during the volcanic eruption of 79 A.D.
Despite the passage of centuries and the development of new urban areas, 2000 years after that tragic event, visitors have the opportunity to explore the city and walk on its…

Location
Ercolano Scavi
You will meet our guide at the Herculaneum ruins tickets office
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Prahabasler
May 23, 2025
Definitely worth it, better than Pompeii - Worth it, much better than Pompeii. Very many original items available, condition very good. Far fewer tourists than Pompeii, exciting story. I can only recommend it.
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David_l
Oct 30, 2022
One of the best tours we had in our Italy adventures - Background stories on why and how it was built. And why is was buried. Very personal service and history lessons
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Bee46
Oct 24, 2022
Stunning - Stunning. So much more meaningful than Pompeii, where many of its artifacts are in the museum in Naples. Two storey houses, colourful mosaics and a real sense of history. The beach and skeletons found there were jaw dropping.
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Spvs73
Jun 30, 2022
Great Herculaneum Tour - Our guide explained the difference of how the volcanic eruption impacted Pompeii and Herculaneum, also the differences of the towns. He showed us the ruins and explained the shops and homes, etc. Lots of finds in the museum. Very interesting.
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Vweidenm
Oct 14, 2021
Private tour by official guide Luciano Leone - We were approached by Dr Luciano Leone in front of the ticket office in Ercolano and received an always entertaining two-hour tour in English. Through him, we have gotten an enormous amount of knowledge in an entertaining way. Through additional materials he carried around, he resurrected life 2,000 years ago before our eyes. He also took a lot of nice family photos of us as an extra bonus. We can highly recommend him. You can contact him directly at [email protected] or https://www.guidaturisticacampania.net/chi-sono/?lang=en or call 338.8109890. There are many guides there - Luciano is worth every euro of his tour.
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Jessica_m
Oct 10, 2021
Herculaneum tour - The site itself is amazing. Our tour guide brought it to life. She had a ton of details and interesting facts that heightened the experience. I would absolutely recommend this destination, but especially this tour!
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Ljovet
Nov 12, 2019
Great Family Tour! - I visited Herculaneum with y two boys (aged 5 and 8) and booked Luciano Leone as private guide, having read other great reviews. I contacted him directly before we left the UK (00 338 8109890 or [email protected]) and arranged the tour date and meeting spot. I was concious that I wanted to make the best of the visit and keep the young minds interested - and all I can say - is that I wasn't disappointed. Luciano was fantastic - so enthusiastic and kept my children engaged for the 2 hour visit. They were enthralled by his knowledge and interesting facts a bout Herculaneum - which is a nicer experience than Pompeii - quieter, better preserved and smaller so a bit more manageable! I highly recommend Luciano and the tour - it really made our visit!
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Sef32
Oct 26, 2022
Guide - well worth it. - Booked online with Askos tours. Friendly, extremely passionate guide. Clearly proud to show people round. Great knowledge and keen to make the children in the tour group feel included. Two hours was perfect amount of time and thanks to the guide we really felt like we’d come away understanding life In Herculaneum. Would recommend!
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Stephiex2022
Aug 9, 2022
Herculaneum - Very nice and much smaller than pompeji you should have seen.Unfortunately, as in pompeji there are no signs with explanations for the photos at home and fountain with water as in pompeji would be nice to cool off.
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Sabitrie
Aug 31, 2023
NOT CLOSE TO SKELETONS! - I give this tour at this moment 2 stars. I came for the skeletons, you can't even walk down to them to admire them from very up close. I asked a worker why it was closed and he answered: Only on Saturday. I asked another lady and she said NEVER. these lies! pffff. There are also other places and you can't get close because it was closed, not nice! I paid a lot for this trip and you can't even make good pictures and admire things. It's pretty but not worth that much of money tho.
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From $80
up to 14 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).