Pompeii and Herculaneum Small Group tour with an Archaeologist

Be warned, this tour is a lot of walking. Our guide was great. Very knowledgeable, great sense of humor. We spent almost 3 hours in Pompeii, before heading to Herculaneum. Pompeii is huge and awesome and I felt like I wouldn’t have enjoyed it simply by walking around with a map.

This was the perfect tour for our first time in Pompeii. Shout out to our great expert guide Antonio!

Our guide Diego was able to make this tour very enjoyable He had the perfect mix of being extremely knowledgeable, enthusiastic and fun.

Our guide, Diego, was fabulous! He was passionate about Pompei and Ercolano, and very knowedgeable and personable. We saw many things that we wouldn't have noticed without him, and learned details that we wouldn't have known otherwise. The tour was a fascinating look back at ancient civilizations.

The tour was complete. I can’t suggest enough that if you have time visit the both sites. Two different cities which are sharing the same tragic past events.

Michele was knowledgeable guide. We could have listened for hours. The experience was different between the two cities. We would have been disappointed if we had not seen both. Did not know why the difference in preservation until Michele explain to us that Pompei was covered in ash and Herculaneum was mud of the molten lava.

Excellent guide highly recommend booking this tour you will enhance your visit to these sites greatly.

The tour was supposed to have a maximum of 12 - for the Herculaneum , we had 17-18. We were supposed to have headsets for over 10 participants - we only had headsets for Herculaneum. The tour was advertised as 5 hours - we left after 5 hours 40 minutes to be sure we could catch a train without a long wait. Our guide was a bit long winded but very informative.

This tour was the best for a first time visit to Pompeii. The tour organiser was easy to find and even sent a photo of the meeting place beforehand. The tour of Pompeii was excellent and we were shown all the key parts with great information from the guide. We were then escorted to Herculaneum via train which was really reassuring! I’m so glad we did Herculaneum as well as it’s preserved better than Pompeii and had some very interesting (and different elements) from the first tour. It is a long day of walking, but we loved every minute and was a great way to sightsee in the area!

Our guide was extraordinary! This was my 5th visit to Pompeii in my lifetime but my first to Herculaneum. Don’t miss Herculaneum! It is us such a different kind of town and the site is fascinating, beautiful and unique. A great guide makes this a 5 star experience!