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Pompeii Private Tour: Exclusive Experience with an Archaeologist and Skip-The-Line Access
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Pompei
Embark on an exclusive Pompeii private tour with an archaeologist, uncovering the secrets and mysteries of this ancient city. Skip the line and enjoy a personalized experience with expert guidance.
Embark on an exclusive Pompeii private tour with an archaeologist, uncovering the secrets and mysteries of this ancient city. Skip the line and enjoy a personalized experience with expert guidance.
Duration:
2 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
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Pompeii Archaeological Park - The entrance ticket to the archaeological site of Pompeii is not included in the tour. After buying the ticket (online or on the spot) we will visit the following points:
The Theaters,
The Temples,
a Rich house,
Stabian baths (spa),
Shops,
Fast food,
Lupanar Area (brothel),
Forum (main square),
Area of the…
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Pompeii Archaeological Park - The entrance ticket to the archaeological site of Pompeii is not included in the tour. After buying the ticket (online or on the spot) we will visit the following points:
The Theaters,
The Temples,
a Rich house,
Stabian baths (spa),
Shops,
Fast food,
Lupanar Area (brothel),
Forum (main square),
Area of the Gladiators,
Casts (bodies of people who died during the eruption). - Odeon - Teatro Piccolo - Visit the Small Theater (Odeion) to hear how the Romans recreated perfect acoustics.
- Teatro Grande - Visit the Great Theater of Pompeii, the most important theater of the archaeological site.
- Via dell’Abbondanza - Cross via dell’Abbondanza, the main street of Pompeii.
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Granai del Foro - Visit the Granaries of the Forum to see the casts, people who died during the eruption of 79 AD.
You can admire the archaeological deposit full of amphorae and work tools. - Stabian Baths (Terme Stabiane) - Visit the Stabian Baths, the best SPA of the Roman Empire in Pompeii.
- Foro di Pompei - Visit the ancient Forum of Pompeii, the main square with its markets and temples..
- Pompei La Basilica - Visit the Basilica of Pompeii, the ancient court, where justice was administered.
- Tempio di Giove Capitolino - Visit the Temple of Jupiter, present in the main square of the archaeological site of Pompeii.
- Quadriporticus of the theatres - Visit the Gladiator Barracks to see their apartments and where they trained.
- Vicolo del Lupanare - Visit the ancient red district light of Pompeii (brothel).
- Tempio di Venere - Visit the Temple of Venus, where the divinity of the city was venerated.
- Casa del Fauno - Visit the Casa del Fauno (house of the faun), one of the richest and most luxurious residences in Pompeii.
What's Included
- Private tour with an authorized guide
- Expert archaeological tour guide
- Skip-the-line ticket access (subject to changes due to Covid-19)
- Explore Pompeii’s main attractions
- Private tour with an authorized guide
- Expert archaeological tour guide
- Skip-the-line ticket access (subject to changes due to Covid-19)
- Explore Pompeii’s main attractions
What's Not Included
- Entrance tickets (18 euros per person + 2 euros commission).
- Food and Drinks
- Tip
- Entrance tickets (18 euros per person + 2 euros commission).
- Food and Drinks
- Tip
Additional Information
The tour will be exclusively for you and no one else.
We, including my associates, have spent several years working as archaeologists in Pompeii and would be delighted to unveil its secrets and allure that aren’t typically accessible through internet or books.
The tour package includes ‘Skip The Line.’
Post this enriching experience, you’re welcome to…
The tour will be exclusively for you and no one else.
We, including my associates, have spent several years working as archaeologists in Pompeii and would be delighted to unveil its secrets and allure that aren’t typically accessible through internet or books.
The tour package includes ‘Skip The Line.’
Post this enriching experience, you’re welcome to remain on the site till it closes and continue your exploration based on the suggestions I will provide.
- Participation allowed to most travelers.
- In case of the storm you can choose between another date or a full refund
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Admission is not included in the tour.
The price of the entrance ticket to Pompeii is 16 euros per person + 2 euros commission or online presale.
If you don’t buy your ticket online, you will have the skip the line to buy your ticket in the spot.
The guide, on request, can buy your Tickets entrance in advance. - Tour in one language, only on request the tour can be done in multiple languages (English and Italian)
Location
Piazza Esedra, 10
Piazza Esedra
Meeting point: Piazza Esedra, near to the Suisse Bar / Restaurant.
The guide will have a sign with the name "Eliana Sandretti" written to be recognized.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(327 Ratings)
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V5766celisas
Oct 22, 2024
Subject Matter Expert Pompeii Tour Guide! - We had a super great day with Eliana at Pompeii. She was professional, extremely well informed and highly educated. She is truly a subject matter expert and could deliver a lecture on any question we came up with! Eliana gave us a great overview of life in pompeii, putting everything in the context of the culture of Pompeii and Rome at the time. Such an amazing place and a great tour made all the difference in our day and understanding of what we were seeing.
She paced the 4 hours very well and was super attentive to my husband who has some gait issues. I was so impressed by how kind and empathic she was, carefully guiding him and shooing anyone in his path away to make sure he was safe and secure. She really went above and beyond.
I highly recommend Eliana's tours and she was easy to connect and communicate with prior to our designated day.
Thank you Eliana!!
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Lisa_s
Oct 19, 2024
Fantastic tour with Luciana - Luciana was our amazing guide and we absolutely adored her!!! She was patiently waiting for us at the meeting point and it was raining really hard. While we waited for the rain to let up, she explained the history of Pompeii to us via the gift shop through images on postcards, learned about Cameos and how they are made, and general cultural information pertaining to Pompeii. We grabbed a coffee and pastries too while we waited. When the rain let up, she got us right into the site and we headed via a back way in. She showed us amazing things that I didn’t see on a previous visit. She was careful where she took us due to my elderly parents but we never felt like we missed anything. On the contrary, she got us into areas that would have been hard to see without her expertise and status. A lovely and very knowledgeable person!
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Paulsr1752ze
Oct 18, 2024
Nice, Eze, Monaco, Monte Carlo - Parfait was an excellent driver and very knowledgeable. We would have liked a bit more room for the 8 passengers. We enjoyed the tours.
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Luanac965
Oct 17, 2024
Unique experience - I have been with Eliana in Pompei and also in the archaeological museum in Naples. All time she takes care about us. She also helps us to arrange a car service.
I went with Eliana to Pompeii and the archaeological museum. His way of caring is unique. She also helped us in booking a car for travel
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S7660bsanthonyh
Oct 17, 2024
Private group tour guide meant we got the best out of our trip - It was well worth paying for a private guided tour of a corner of Pompei. Luciana was very knowledgeable as a working archaeologist at the site. She was able to give us real insights into how the residents lived and the research, such as the use of plaster casts to preserve the shapes of long-gone wooden items and people under the solidified ash, and how our understanding of how many people lived in the town and when the eruption happened have changed over time.
We only spent two hours but it was hot and there's lots of walking so that was plenty for us. We could have stayed longer and explored more if we'd wanted to do so. There's only time to visit a small area of the site, and Luciana knew the best houses to show us with well-preserved wall paintings while dodging the cruise ship crowds. We would have got a lot less out of our Pompei trip without our guide.
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Miamy1719
Oct 15, 2024
The precious gem in Pompeii Scavi - Pompeii Scavi is a phenomenal place! Really awesome and each ‘house’, street turn indescribable! Was it the Pompeii or the Tour Guide? - definitely BOTH! Eliana Sandretti’s professorial level of educating us on the history, the different places/aspects of Pompeii, incorporating the culture then, is not an easy feat, but Eliana was exceptional! She had our ears, eyes, all our senses awake in awe of her knowledge and funny jokes (didn’t know smart people make good jokes too😆). She’s truly a gem in Pompeii Scavi. We are so glad we didn’t have to share her with a big group, so I would advise a private tour with her. Only regret we had was booking only 3 hours for Pompeii cuz we wanted to see Amalfi too; with Eliana, you’ll have fun learning, and time zooms fast when having fun.
Thank you very much Eliana! It was great to meet you. We’ll definitely have you again next time we visit longer. Take care.
Virey-Limcangco Family, Oct. 1, 2024
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Ionerica
Oct 12, 2024
5 stars - Would highly recommend this tour to anyone. Our guide was very knowledgeable and personable. Excellent experience. Thank you very much Eliana
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Jamescj9424pb
Oct 8, 2024
Unforgettable Experience - The best experience ever.
We had a super nice experience in Pompeii with Eliana sharing with us so many informations.
She was able to give us the chance to go back time….
She is sublime. A strong knowledge and amazing storyteller. Wishing to get another tour soon.
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Resort670208
Oct 13, 2024
Lovely, but not well executed. - In general, we had a nice tour. There were some concerns about the pace and that our tour guide, although lovely, could not engage our group fully. She spoke a bit too quietly for us to easily hear her knowledge about the site. She did not provide enough guidance about where we were heading and our next route stop. Without this, our group separated at times, and she became frustrated. Had she provided us with information about where we needed to move to next so she could share more information, we would have been able to stay together much better. Finally, she did not keep track of our time. So, two hours passed, and we did not see everything we were supposed to see. She extended the tour to do more for us, but knowing we were keeping her made it uncomfortable and added to the feeling of being disorganized.
Overall, being in Pompeii was amazing, but the tour could have been better conducted.
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F8086fjandream
Oct 4, 2024
Make sure your guide speaks your language - We’ve visited as a family before and this is a fascinating piece of history.
A couple of comments:
1. The old days of picking up a tour guide of your choosing at the front entrances are gone. No more tour guides so book online.
2. You need 3 hours.
3. We were staying in Rome City Center and it’s a simple 1 hour 15 minute train to Napoli Termini then a transit train for 20-30 minutes. Easy trip.
4. If it’s your first time, watch a recent doc on it beforehand or do a bit of reading first—-there is much to see and you cannot do it in 3 hours so have a bit of a feeling of what you’d like to see.
5. Ok, it’s all about the tour guide. This guide Antonio had us enter and then in very difficult to understand and a bit of broken English parked us under a portico where we stood for 15 minutes listening to him show us everything that’s not real—-like wood beams that burned during the volcano and are now reconstructed.
It was very boring. I asked him politely to move on and he asked me if I was an archeologist and wanted to give the tour. No, I’m not, but I wanted to hear all about the history and see how the people lived and what occurred during the 3 days of lava and ash.
He was too scientific and just boring. We did book this through Trip Advisor and unless you want to get into the weeds on beams, get a regular tour guide.
What was fascinating? The new excavation they are doing. Wow. You just can’t imagine what it’s like to unbury a single Villa and watch them work at it.
A must see—-but do the private tour with a non-archeologist. Though last time we visited we did have a female archeologist and she was fascinating—-so perhaps the guide just wasn’t our cup if tea.
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