Pompeii Tour: Archaeologist-Led Exploration

Embark on a captivating 2-hour tour of the ancient ruins of Pompeii with a professional archaeologist guide. Skip the line and explore this buried city, learning about Roman history and culture. Limited to 20 people.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Pompeii Archaeological Park - Meet your guide at the main entrance of the archaeological site, known as “Porta Marina Superiore.” The guide will be holding a sign with our company’s name, “Askos Tours,” displayed prominently.
  • Basilica - The Basilica was an open portico that provided shelter for merchants and various activities.
  • Forum -…
What's Included
  • Licensed guide with archaeological background
  • Small Group (maximum 20 people per guide)
  • Headsets (for groups of 16 or more)
  • ‘Pompeii Express’ entrance ticket
  • Guidance and assistance for the entire duration of the tour
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks
  • Transportation
Additional Information

Experience a 2-hour tour of the ancient ruins of Pompeii led by a professional archaeologist guide and skip the line tickets included in a small group of maximum 20 people. Walk through the ruins and explore this ancient city, buried by Vesuvius in 79 AD. Learn about the history of the town and how the Romans lived and see all the most important public…

Location
Via Villa dei Misteri, 2
Via Villa dei Misteri
The meeting point is the main entrance of Pompeii ruins called "Porta Marina Superiore" opposite to a restaurant called 'Hortus'. Please put this one, for easier navigation. Meet our staff at the entrance gates holding ‘ASKOS TOURS’ sign to be recognized.
Cancellation Policy

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

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G0302
Feb 22, 2025
Great company and great guide Alessandra - We had a great experience with our tour guide Alessandra. She was very knowledgeable and passionate about Pompeii which really made the visit for us and our 3 children. Askos is a well organised company. There were a few groups for the same time slot as us but as described our tour left with less than 20 people. Although the tour goes through the main highlights of Pompeii it is well worth staying longer (you can after your tour) to go through other areas. The place is huge. Alessandra marked on our map what else we could see where. Be careful of using public transports, our train broke down on the way there and had we not factored in some delay we would have missed our time slot.
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Reshma_r
Feb 21, 2025
excellent visit to... - excellent visit to pompeii with family, well organised, helpful staff, clear communication throughout
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Ailsadavido
Feb 21, 2025
Guided tour of Pompeii - Excellent tour by PHD archeologist. We saw and learned so much in the 2 hours. Then we had another 2/3 hours to explore ourselves. Would recommend!
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Jyeo27
Feb 21, 2025
Excellent tour of pompeii - Rafaella our guide was extremely knowledgeable and brought pompeii to life. It was so informative and helped to understand so much more than if we had not had a guide. Duration of the tour was just right for us . Thank you!
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Jayne_j
Feb 19, 2025
Don’t miss this tour - Excellent guide. Very friendly and knowledgeable. Brought Herculaneum to life Highly recommended. **
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Eric_b
Feb 19, 2025
History lover's dream! - The tour was very informative and inciteful. I only wish I had had more time to explore. The place is so massive and incredible.
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Christine
Feb 17, 2025
Guide to the Top - Hello. A cultural knowledge guide Very good work and a beautiful memory I will come back Thank you. Alsace Thiebo
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Trevor_n
Feb 16, 2025
An Excellent Tour Given By An Expert - Our archeologist guide was clearly an expert on the site and its period in history. He encouraged questions and answered all of them in detail. You also got the impression that he could have talked about each topic in much greater depth except for the time. He gave us more than the allotted two hours on the tour and then stayed afterwards to answer individual questions. Would definitely recommend this tour.
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Debbie_b
Feb 21, 2025
We really loved this tour... - We really loved this tour and our guide Teresa was fantastic! We learned so much and it will be a wonderful memory from our time in the area. The only reason I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 was because we were a group of seniors with walking poles and we had a very tough time keeping up and we would have appreciated being lead out of the park at the end of the tour. Overall an excellent experience and great value!
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Heather_f
Feb 20, 2025
Good guide, short tour - Our tour guide Julia was very knowledgeable, but we barely scratched the surface of Pompeii on the tour.
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