Pompeii Tour: Archaeologist-Led Exploration

Embark on a captivating 2-hour tour of the ancient ruins of Pompeii with a professional archaeologist guide. Skip the line and explore this buried city, learning about Roman history and culture. Limited to 20 people.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Pompeii Archaeological Park - Meet your guide at the main entrance of the archaeological site, known as “Porta Marina Superiore.” The guide will be holding a sign with our company’s name, “Askos Tours,” displayed prominently.
  • Basilica - The Basilica was an open portico that provided shelter for merchants and various activities.
  • Forum -…
What's Included
  • Licensed guide with archaeological background
  • Small Group (maximum 20 people per guide)
  • Headsets (for groups of 16 or more)
  • ‘Pompeii Express’ entrance ticket
  • Guidance and assistance for the entire duration of the tour
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks
  • Transportation
Additional Information

Experience a 2-hour tour of the ancient ruins of Pompeii led by a professional archaeologist guide and skip the line tickets included in a small group of maximum 20 people. Walk through the ruins and explore this ancient city, buried by Vesuvius in 79 AD. Learn about the history of the town and how the Romans lived and see all the most important public…

Location
Via Villa dei Misteri, 2
Via Villa dei Misteri
The meeting point is the main entrance of Pompeii ruins called "Porta Marina Superiore" opposite to a restaurant called 'Hortus'. Please put this one, for easier navigation. Meet our staff at the entrance gates holding ‘ASKOS TOURS’ sign to be recognized.
Cancellation Policy

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

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S3584dsalexb
May 6, 2025
This is _the_ way to see Pompeii - This is absolutely the best way to experience Pompeii! Our guide Alessandra brought the care and expertise one can only get from someone in the field. She helped humanize the victims of the eruption and we were able to understand life in Pompeii at the moment of the disaster. This while patiently navigating the many other groups and tourists visiting that day! Hats off to Askos Tours for great organization and useful communications.
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Sallycz5275wl
May 6, 2025
Fantastic guided tour of Pompeii - Great tour with really knowledgeable guide who helped us better understand what we were looking at and happily answered questions. Showed us the highlights of the city and made recommendations of what to see at our leisure once tour finished. We stayed most of the day as the city is vast.
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Bailey_c
May 5, 2025
We loved having a small... - We loved having a small group tour for Pompeii. We learned so much about the various buildings and history of the city. It's truly a must to get the most experience out of the visit. Our guide was very knowledgable and answered many questions for us, plus she knew the best places to go for the tour and recommended which places we should explore on our own afterwards. Highly recommend!
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Letsgo614
Apr 9, 2025
Perfect day in Pompeii - Our tour guide, Celia, was fantastic. Her passion for the area was shared with us & she made the tour so enjoyable. We did the 2 hour tour & then stayed to explore on our own. This tour was worth booking with an archeologist.
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Saida_p
Jan 24, 2025
Amazing. - It was such a great experience, we learned a lot and our tour guide was so informative willing to answer questions at any time. I highly recommend this tour for sure!!
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Kokleong_l
Dec 24, 2024
Our guide Sergio is well... - Our guide Sergio is well qualified to do this tour. He is knowledgeable and speaks very good English. He is easy to understand and shared many interesting facts about Pompeii. We thoroughly enjoyed this tour.
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Lorrie_f
Dec 1, 2024
Fantastic - Our guide was fantastic and left us wanting more! The tour went too fast. Wish they had an all day with this guide Silvia…. Thank you!
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Mildred_z
May 6, 2025
The tour guide provided... - The tour guide provided very good information on the highlights and history of Pompeii. I highly recommend this tour.
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Dongbok_c
Dec 17, 2024
Okay - The guide was very knowledgeable but his explanation was way too deep and long for certain stuff. The earphone was not very comfortable.
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Gaetana_c
Mar 5, 2025
Had to pay close... - Had to pay close attention to where my feet landed as roads are uneven and lost my group. Had to look at all groups while searching for my group, it took a while. Finally found my group but missed stuff. Guide was very nice but the tour ran long since he spoke repetitively. Had to leave before end and missed sights I really wanted to see. Guide's simple and incomplete directions to get out of ruins caused me to get lost trying to leave making me late for reserved transportation.
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From $55
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).