Main Image

Guided Tours of Pompeii Excavations Historical and Cultural Itineraries

How to Get Around
Digital
250 minutes
Italian

The guided tour lasts four hours. The splendid Villa dei Misteri, with the famous Dionysian fresco, is included in the itinerary. The itinerary is presented through a historiographical and cultural interpretation. You can admire the Domus Pompeiana, the large state house, notable for the richness of its frescoes and splendid mosaics. The Dionysian and Isiac Mystery cults. The daily life of the ancient Hellenistic city, the "Most Living Among the Dead Cities". Pompeii certainly represents a cultural complex that affects the consistency of the entire Mediterranean, when the "Mare Nostro" was a sea that united and did not divide. Pompeii is not a Greek city, nor even a Roman one, but a Hellenistic one. That is to say a large commercial and industrial center that had relations with Asia Minor, with India and with Persia, the whole world preserves Pompeii, it is because the eruption was experienced as a divine punishment with the latest writings " SODOM AND GOMORRA"

Options

Guided Tours of Pompeii Excavations Historical and Cultural Itineraries

FromNZD $99.61Per Person

What's included in Guided Tours of Pompeii Excavations Historical and Cultural Itineraries

(Subject to Option Inclusions)

Itinerary

Pompeii Archaeological Park

Suburban spas: the splendid frigidarium, with a nymphaeum in glass paste, of polychrome and glazed tiles, and the swimming pool frescoed with Nilotic subjects.

Admission Ticket Not Included

Tempio di Venere

The place of the Imperial cult and Goddess of sailors. The temple of Venus occupies a terrace that dominates the entire surrounding landscape. An impressive bronze statue depicting Daedalus by the great Polish artist Igor Mitoraj.

Admission Ticket Not Included

Pompei La Basilica

The great Tribunal of Pompeii. The Basilica of Pompeii has three naves and anticipates the typology of the Christian basilica. It is the largest public building in Pompeii. A monument of extraordinary architectural grandeur.

Admission Ticket Not Included

Inclusions

  • Guide and assistance for the entire duration of the tour
  • Small group (maximum 15 people per guide)
  • Guide specialized in archaeology, history and philosophy
  • Snacks
  • Entrance Ticket to the Pompeii Ruins
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Meet

Pickup and Dropoff

You will make your own way to the meeting points

Meeting Points

  • Entrance to the Porta Marina Superiore excavations

Redeem

Ticket Redemption

Direct access

Operator

Bruno Pisano