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Family-Friendly Herculaneum Tour

From€162.5
2 hours
Naples, Italy

About this activity

A family-friendly tour of Herculaneum, featuring expert guides and interactive activities for children, with skip-the-line access to ancient Roman homes.

Highlights

  • Explore ancient Roman homes
  • Discover Herculaneum's history
  • Engage in family-friendly activities
  • Enjoy skip-the-line access
  • Learn from expert guides

Full description

Step back in time with a family-friendly tour of Herculaneum, the ancient Roman city preserved by volcanic eruption. Led by expert guides, this tour offers skip-the-line access to well-preserved homes, allowing you to explore ancient Roman architecture and daily life. Interactive activities designed for children make history come alive, ensuring an engaging experience for all ages. Don't miss this opportunity to delve into the past with your family in a fun and educational setting.

Included / Excluded

  • Expert local guide
  • Skip-the-line entry tickets
  • Interactive activities for children
  • Meals and beverages

Itinerary

1

Meeting place is the Ticket Office of the Herculaneum ruins. You can get there as follows: - By car in via Pignalver (There is a not guarded parking very close the meeting place) - By train in Corso Resina 1 (Circumvesuviana train station is 10 minutes walk away)

Duration: 10 minAdmission: NO
2

The house receives its name from marble statues of stags/deer found in the peristyle.

Duration: 10 minAdmission: NOT_APPLICABLE
3

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.

Duration: 10 minAdmission: NOT_APPLICABLE
4

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).

Duration: 10 minAdmission: NOT_APPLICABLE
5

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.

Duration: 10 minAdmission: NOT_APPLICABLE
6

It is very important house for the elegant wooden partition remained.

Duration: 10 minAdmission: NOT_APPLICABLE
7

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.

Duration: 15 minAdmission: NOT_APPLICABLE
8

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.

Duration: 10 minAdmission: NOT_APPLICABLE
9

The House of the Black Hall is one of Herculaneum's more luxurious mansions.

Duration: 15 minAdmission: NOT_APPLICABLE
10

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.

Duration: 15 minAdmission: NOT_APPLICABLE
11

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.

Duration: 10 minAdmission: NOT_APPLICABLE
12

Beautiful domus in the Centre of the archaeological area, with various environments, collonnati, frescos e-com everywhere at Herculaneum-charred remains of wooden parts.

Duration: 10 minAdmission: NOT_APPLICABLE

Meeting point

Start Location

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Important information

Know before you book

  • Tour operates in all weather conditions
  • Minimum of 3 people per booking required
  • Not wheelchair accessible

Know before you go

  • Wear comfortable walking shoes
  • Bring a bottle of water
  • Check the weather forecast and dress accordingly

Cancellation policy

Free cancellation up to 1 days before the activity starts

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

Accessibility

  • Stroller Accessible
  • Service Animals Allowed
  • Easy Public Transport
  • Infant Seats Available

Good to know

  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
  • We can design a specific itinerary for wheelchair users
  • The archaeological site of Herculaneum is closed on the 1st January and 25th December.
  • It is forbidden to introduce inside the excavations of Herculaneum handbags, backpacks, luggage, cases, larger than 30x30x15 cm.
  • Regarding school trips, it is strictly necessary to book the tour before the visit.
  • Herculaneum ruins' entry tickets: 16 euros (adult) 2 euros (EU citizens 18-25 y.o.)

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Great tour for the whole family

Awesome tour. The whole family learned a lot. It was great to visit both Herculaneum and Pompeii on the same day to see the difference. The kids stayed engaged the whole time.

bessettedmApr 20, 2022TRIPADVISOR

Additional information

Children must be accompanied by an adult We can design a specific itinerary for wheelchair users The archaeological site of Herculaneum is closed on the 1st January and 25th December. It is forbidden to introduce inside the excavations of Herculaneum handbags, backpacks, luggage, cases, larger than 30x30x15 cm. Regarding school trips, it is strictly necessary to book the tour before the visit.
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