Skip-the-Line Pompeii Guided Tour from Naples

Highlights

• Skip-the-Line Access
• Expert Official Guide
• Round-Trip Transport from Naples

What's included

Itinerary

1. 1

   Stop 1

   Pass by

   Meet your guide outside Starhotel Terminus in Piazza Garibaldi to begin your tour!

2. 2

   Archaeological Park of Pompeii

   2h

   Pompeii is a vast archaeological site in southern Italy’s Campania region, near the coast of the Bay of Naples. Once a thriving and sophisticated Roman city, Pompeii was buried under meters of ash and pumice after the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. The preserved site features excavated ruins of streets and houses that visitors can freely explore.

3. 3

   Stop 3

   5min

   Begin your journey at Porta Marina, the dramatic entrance that once welcomed sailors and merchants. Walking through its steep, vaulted tunnel, you’ll feel the transition from the modern world into the perfectly preserved streets of the ancient Roman city.

4. 4

   Foro de Pompeya

   10min

   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.

5. 5

   Tempio di Giove Capitolino

   Pass by

   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.

6. 6

   Casa del Fauno

   Pass by

   The House of the Faun (Casa del Fauno) is one of the largest and most luxurious private residences in Pompeii, occupying an entire city block. Named after the iconic bronze statue of a dancing faun found in its main atrium, the house is a masterpiece of Roman architecture and Hellenistic influence. It is most famous for housing the magnificent Alexander Mosaic, which depicts the battle between Alexander the Great and Darius III of Persia. With its two peristyle gardens and intricate floor mosaics, it remains a powerful symbol of the immense wealth and sophisticated taste of the city's elite.

7. 7

   Via dell’Abbondanza

   10min

   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.

8. 8

   Stabian Baths (Terme Stabiane)

   10min

   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.

Before you go

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