Herculaneum Half Day Tour from Sorrento with Tickets Included

Highlights

• Official Guided Tour of Herculaneum
• Comfortable Transport from Sorrento
• Key Sites Covered

What's included

Itinerary

1. 1

   Archeological Park of Herculaneum

   2h

   2 hours guided walking tour inside the Herculaneum site.

2. 2

   Stop 2

   Pass by

   The College of the Augustales is a Roman-era religious building, buried during the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD, and rediscovered during archaeological excavations in ancient Herculaneum. The priestly college of the Sodales Augustales likely met inside. It is possible that the structure was used as a meeting place for the Augustales, as evidenced by some fragments on a wall, on which the names of the members of the category were engraved.

3. 3

   Stop 3

   Pass by

   A small, but richly decorated house in Herculaneum, features a mosaic depicting the sea-god Neptune and his wife.

4. 4

   Casa del Rilievo di Telefo

   Pass by

   he House of the Relief of Telephus is a house from the Roman era, buried during the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 and brought to light following the archaeological excavations of ancient Herculaneum: it is so called because inside it was found a high relief depicting the myth of Telephus.

5. 5

   Casa del Bicentenario

   Pass by

   The Bicentenary House is a Roman house buried during the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 and rediscovered following the archaeological excavations of ancient Herculaneum: the name derives from its discovery which occurred exactly two hundred years after the beginning of the first discoveries of Herculaneum.

Before you go

Location