Private Skip-the-line Pompeii Guided Walking Tour

The UNESCO-listed ruins of Pompeii is among the most important ancient sites in the world, but the long lines to enter and vast size can be daunting. Zip past the crowds and take in the highlights in just a few hours with this fast-track guided tour. Discover how the Romans once lived and marvel at the intact remains of streets, homes, shops, temples, and baths from 2,000 years ago

2.5 hours
Mobile & printed vouchers accepted
Free Cancellation
Fully refundable when canceled up to 24 hours prior to departure.

Highlights

Basilica, Vicolo Delle Terme 2, 80045 Pompeii Italy, 10 minutes Foro de Pompeya, Via Villa dei Misteri, 2, 80045 Pompeii Italy, 10 minutes Tempio di Giove Capitolino, Via Del Tempio Di Giove, 18, 00186 Pompeii Italy, 10 minutes Macellum, Via Villa Dei Misteri Regio VII, Building 12, 80045 Pompeii Italy, 10 minutes Via dell’Abbondanza, Via dell’Abbondanza, 80045 Pompeii Italy, pass by without stopping Stabian Baths (Terme Stabiane), Via Del Foro, 26, Pompeii Italy, 10 minutes

Includes

• 2.30 -hours Guided tour of Pompeii • Skip-the-line admission fees to Pompeii ruins • Headphones in Pompeii to hear the guide clearly for groups bigger than 10... • Official, licensed guide

Excludes

• Lunch • Transportation

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Not wheelchair accessible Not recommended for travelers with back problems Not recommended for pregnant travelersNo heart problems or other serious medical conditions Most travelers can participate

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Don't miss the chance to visit the archaeological site of Pompeii.
Alongside an expert history guide you will join you in a 2 hour 30 min walking tour to bring back to life the Romans’ lifestyle.

Hidden for hundreds of years, after the discovery of Pompeii it became one of the main attractions in the Campania Region.
The city has been preserved over the years by the lava which petrified the area. Pompeii was considered one of the most important commercial centres of the area before the disaster.
Now, Pompeii is one of the most important UNESCO World Heritage sites.

1. The Basilica, with its extension of 1,500 square metres, was the most sumptuous building of the Forum, and its space was used to carry out business and for the administration of justice. It is accessed from the Forum through five entrances separated by tuff pillars; inside it is divided into three naves with two rows of brick columns with Ionic capitals.10 minutes

2. The Civil Forum is the core of daily life of the city and is the focal point of all the main public buildings for city administration and justice, business management, and trade activities such as markets, as well as the main places of citizen worship.10 minutes

3. The Temple of Jupiter dominates the north side of the Forum, with Mount Vesuvius scenically rising behind. When the colony was founded (80 BC), the temple underwent a radical renovation and became a real Capitolium with the three cult statues of Jupiter, Juno and Minerva, which looked like those of the Capitolium in Rome, placed on a high base so as to make them visible to whoever passed in the Forum square.10 minutes

4. The Macellum consists of a tuff quadriporticus with a hall for worship in an elevated position on the eastern side, in line with the entrance. The copies of two marble statues, a female and a male armed, are found on the niches of the side wall, together with the fragment of a larger statue, probably pertaining to an emperor, Titus or Vespasian, indicating how this area was intended for the imperial cult. To its left is a room for meetings of a sacred board and to the right a large room with a masonry counter perhaps for fish to be sold.10 minutes

5. Via dell’Abbondanza was the ancient main street (decumanus maximus) of ancient Pompeii, which ran across the city in the direction east/west from the Forum to the Porta Sarno. In ancient times the street was crowded and noisy with many shops, workshops ("officinae”), cafes, snack-bars and restaurants for food and drink.5Stabian Baths (Terme Stabiane) The Forum Baths are located behind the Temple of Jupiter and date back to the years immediately after the founding of the colony of veterans by General Silla (80 BC). Women's and men's quarters had separate entrances. The men's section presents an apodyterium (dressing room), used also as a tepidarium (for medium temperature baths), frigidarium (for cold baths) and calidarium (for hot baths). Like many buildings in Pompeii, the baths were heavily damaged during the earthquake of 62 AD.10 minutes

6. The Lupanar of Pompeii is the most famous brothel in the ruined Roman city of Pompeii. It is of particular interest for the erotic paintings on its walls. Lupanar is Latin for "brothel". The Pompeii lupanar is also known as Lupanare Grande. The prostitutes in the brothel were mostly Greek and Oriental slaves who were paid between two and eight Asses (a glass of wine cost one As) for their services.10 minutes

7. The house of the Menander is a great example of a Roman Villa owned by an high-ranking family. It is reachly decorated with wonderful frescoes representing scenes of the Trojan war and here were also founded many objects in silver, tableware now strored in the Archaeological Museum in Naples. The house owes its name to a picture of Menander, an Athenian poet, placed in the portico.
The house belonged to Quintus Poppaeus Sabinus of the Poppei family, relatives of the Empress Poppea Sabina, Nero's second wife.10 minutes

8. Pompeii Archaeological Park The Large Theater of Pompeii was built from the Romans on the slope of a hill located in the area; they took advantage of the natural depression of the mountain to create a majesty auditorium divided into 5 sectors.
On the stage were played tragedies of the Greco-Roman traditions.

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Pickup Info

We meet all travelers at a meeting point
Travelers cannot enter their own pickup location
Meeting points: Camping Zeus, Via Villa dei Misteri, 3, 80045 Pompei NA, Italy
End points: Same as starting point