Guided tour of Hercunaleum with light lunch and entrance ticket

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Summary
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What You’ll Experience
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Duration
7 hours
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Number of Guests
1 - 8 guests
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Language
English
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Explore Herculaneum's ruins with an expert guide, enjoying its rich history, preserved frescoes, and mosaics. Includes entrance, semi-private transport, and lunch with local wines.

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For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals

Experience Details

The ancient Roman city of Herculaneum is a UNESCO World Heritage Site on the slopes of Vesuvius. Smaller but no less important, buried by the eruption of Vesuvius 79 d.c. Numerous objects found during the excavations allow us to reconstruct what was the relationship of the inhabitants with the gods venerated in antiquity. Naturally a prominent place was reserved for the mythical Hercules, the hero who according to tradition had founded the city of Herculaneum. You have the opportunity to immerse yourself in the daily life of the population of Herculaneum through the scattered ruins that have been perfectly preserved. Together with your guide you will have the opportunity to visit many of the most important sites such as the public baths with their frescoes and mosaics, shops and the gym.

• Explore the ruins of Herculaneum for 1.5 hrs with a local expert archaeological guide

• Semi-private coach with air conditioning

• Entrance reserved for Ercolano

• Wine tasting and lunch with local products

What You Get

Entrance ticket of Herculaneum
Earphones (for group bigger than 10 pax)
Authorized guide in English

Good To Know

  • This experience will only take place in favorable climatic conditions. In case of cancellation due to bad weather, you can choose between another date or a full refund.
  • The duration and times of the itinerary may vary due to local traffic conditions or other circumstances
  • Wear comfortable shoes, sunglasses and sunscreen in the summer.
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • The tour can be operated by a multilingual guide
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap

What You’ll Experience

1

Bar Kontatto

Sorrento will be your starting point! It is located on a tufaceous rock overlooking the sea that dominates the horizon. On the top of the rock, the intense green vegetation blends harmoniously with the colors of the city of Sorrento. For the ancients, Sorrento and the Sorrento Coast were the land of the mythical sirens, the sirens who tempted sailors with their song!
Admission Ticket Free
2

Tenuta Sorrentino Vesuvio

Sorrentino Vini was founded in 1990 by the passion of Paolo Sorrentino. The company is currently the largest one of Vesuvius as it has 35 hectares of property, all located within the Vesuvius National Park. The most famous wine produced on Vesuvius is Lacryma Christi. It is the only DOC product (controlled designation of origin) produced on Vesuvius.
1 hourAdmission Ticket Included
3

Parco Acheologico di Ercolano

Transfer by minibus to the ruins of Ercolano, an archaeological site in the southern Campania region, near the coast of the Gulf of Naples. Visit of Herculaneum with our authorized archaeological guide for a tour of one and a half hours. Once a small and sophisticated Roman city, Herculaneum was buried under meters of ash and pumice after the catastrophic eruption of Vesuvius in 79 A.D. The site is still perfectly preserved today, has remains of streets, houses and excavated villas that visitors can admire.
2 hoursAdmission Ticket Included
4

House of the Hotel

The house of the Hotel is a house of roman times, buried during the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 and found following the archaeological excavations of Herculaneum. The house of the Hotel is located on the edge of the hill, in a panoramic position, with its two thousand hundred and fifty square meters is the largest house of Herculaneum so far discovered and is also the only one of the city to own a spa district was for these reasons considered at first to be a hotel.
Admission Ticket Included
5

Sacello degli Augustali

The Sacellum of the Augustales was built near the forum when Emperor Augustus was still alive and in power. It is a building with a quadrangular plan that preserves the splendid frescoes that represent Hercules entering Olympus in the company of Jupiter, Juno, Minerva and Hercules against Achelous. The janitor’s skeleton was found in his room lying on the bed.
Admission Ticket Included
6

Casa dei Cervi

The luxurious house with sea view terrace belonged to Q. Granius Verus, a slave freed shortly before the destruction of Herculaneum. In the garden there are two statues of deer assaulted by a pack of dogs, from these the house takes its name
Admission Ticket Included
7

Casa del Salone Nero

The house of the black salon owes its name to its party hall entirely painted in black with geometric patterns. In this house were found waxed tablets of L. Venidius Ennychus who was supposed to have owned the house. The tablets speak of her eligibility for Augustale, the purchase of a slave, and the birth of a daughter.
Admission Ticket Included
8

Casa dello Scheletro

The skeleton house is probably the result of the aggregation of three smaller buildings, and its name derives from the discovery of human remains in a second-floor room in 1831.
Admission Ticket Included
9

Casa di Nettuno e Anfitrite

Really lovely are the mosaics in vitreous, (very expensive for the time), with floral and hunting scenes and in central position the mosaic with Neptune and Amphitrite , (the marine deity and her companion).
Admission Ticket Included

Meeting & Pickup

Meeting Point

Bar Kontatto, Corso Italia, Sorrento Città Metropolitana di Napoli Campania, Italy, IT, 80067

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Departure from Sorrento in Lauro Square by our meeting point - "Bar Kontatto" at Corso Italia, 257
End Point

This experience ends at the meeting point.

Cancellation Policy

Cancel your booking at least 24 hours before the experience start time to receive a full refund minus a 3.2% transaction fee.

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Well-told history!
October 09, 2024
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Wonderful archaeological sites, with guides that make good explanation, good transport structure and support to the vacationer!

from  $73.37 
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