DURATION OF THE VISIT: |
3 hours | |
PRICE: |
EUROS 400 | |
AVAILABILITY: |
All-year-round |
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ENTRANCE FEES ARE NOT INCLUDED
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This is a walking Tour (duration 3 hours) to explore Pompeii ruins, one of the most important Roman archaeological sites in the world, together with a real expert, a professional English-speaking Archaeologist.
According to the tradition, on August 24, 79 d.C. the volcano Vesuvius suddenly erupted a huge amount of pumice stones and poisonous gas that destroyed this ancient town forever and at the same time it determined its almost intact preservation, including its inhabitants, up to the present day.
Today one can visit this wonder of the past with all its secrets and this tour, led by a professional English-speaking Archaeologist: it is undoubtedly the best choice to optimize your precious time inside the excavations whose surface is very large to explore. Your guide/archaeologist will help you buy the "skip the line" ticket: so you will not waste time for buying entrance tickets. (Admission fee is NOT included).
You’ll meet our professional English-speaking Archaeologist by a pre-arranged meeting point by main entrance of Pompeii site ( Porta Marina Superiore). Of course this tour can be customized to your needs and requests. You’ll spend 3 hours together with our English-speaking Archaeologist and you will visit some of the most important dwellings and buildings of Pompeii. Moreover thanks to the knowledge of the scholar we have chosen to lead this tour, You'll become acquainted about the religious and commercial aspects, politics and public life of Pompeii in ancient time.
Please be assured that we have organized this walking tour to be informative, fun and at the same time physically within everyone's reach. So put on comfortable shoes and get ready to discover this ancient Roman town in an amazing new way.
WHY A REAL ARCHAEOLOGIST AS YOUR PRIVATE GUIDE TO POMPEII ?
Since its discovery, Pompeii became one of the must-see destinations of the so-called “Grand Tour”, the journey undertaken in Italy by noble young European men, above all English and French. This ancient Roman ruins with their fame also attracted kings, aristocrats, intellectuals, writers and artists whose works determined the definitive consecration of Pompeii.
But all this fame and fortune of which Pompeii has enjoyed so far, has also been nourished by false myths and legends told and often invented to amaze, move or horrify the casual tourists. Some of these stories are now part of the "mythology" of Pompeii.
For this reason we have decided to offer this 3-hour tour of Pompeii conducted by a real professional Archaeologist to give the archeology enthusiasts the opportunity to distinguish between real and invented stories and return home with a real cultural baggage after visiting one of the archaeological wonders of the world.
This private guided tour in Pompeii with an archaeologist at your complete disposal lasts 2 hours. Generally, your archaeologist will follow a "classic" itinerary with you in order to maximize the number of monuments you can visit in two hours. But the itinerary can also be decided together with our expert: flexibility is maximum but it is advisable that you let us know your preferences in advance. In case of physical problems in walking (for example) it will be advisable to inform us in advance of any difficulties so as to plan in advance the best possible route to visit Pompeii with your private English-speaking archaeologist.
THIS IS A PRIVATE DAY VISIT WITH A PRICE NOT BASED ON THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE TRAVELLING IN YOUR PARTY!
THIS THREE-HOUR TOUR IN POMPEII RUINS WITH A REAL ARCHAEOLOGIST COSTS EUROS 290. THE ENTRANCE FEE IS NOT INCLUDED.