Herculaneum: The 6 Best Tours & Tickets

1.Ercolano: Herculaneum Entry Ticket with Optional Audio Guide

★★★★★★★★★★4.1 · 581 reviews · 1 day · from $21Our pick

Walk Herculaneum’s cobbled streets at your own pace, stepping into preserved buildings, shops and baths and seeing frescoes and traces of daily life. The ticket includes entry, with an optional digital or physical audio guide. There is no live guided tour, so plan how you want to explore before you arrive.

“Magic to wonder around the town and reflect on how it was. Good to go out of season as well so less crowds”

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2.Herculaneum: 3D Walking Tour with Skip-the-Line Ticket

★★★★★★★★★★4.3 · 313 reviews · from $45

Walk Herculaneum for two hours wearing transparent AR glasses that overlay reconstructed temples, houses, and squares on the ruins. A tour assistant helps you use the glasses and accompanies you, while recorded audio is available in six languages. Afterward, keep exploring the park on your own. The tour costs $45.55 per person.

“Thanks to our guide Lucía for her assistance and kindness. Although the conditions were hard (too hot that day) she was willing to guide us to the best places for her and explaining all she could about the city of Herculano. Thanks so much Lucía! We hooe you can come to Seville one day and we will show you all about our city too!”

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3.Ercolano: Herculaneum Skip-the-Line Ticket & Audio Guide

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 275 reviews · from $35

Visit Herculaneum in Campania with a one-day ticket and a downloadable audio guide for your phone. Walk the ancient streets at your own pace, learning how the town was buried by Vesuvius in 79 AD and rediscovered after a farmer found marble fragments in 1710. Transport, a live guide, and headphones are not included.

“The ruins were wonderful the instructions to get there were difficult”

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4.Herculaneum: Skip The Line Entrance ticket + Audioguide

★★★★★★★★★★4.3 · 266 reviews · 3 hours · from $35

Visit Herculaneum Archaeological Park independently with entry, a site map, and an audio guide in five languages. Walk the ancient streets, see remarkably preserved houses, villas, and mosaics, and follow explanations at your own pace. The planned visit is three hours. Collect the audio device at the Audio Guide Desk and bring an ID for hire.

“Very easy to get audio guide and tickets, although there was no queue anyhow. Great experience!”

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5.Herculaneum 2-Hour Private Guided Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 139 reviews Top rated

Meet a private guide at Herculaneum for a two-hour walk through homes and ruins preserved by Vesuvius. Guides have included Daniela, Alessia, Teresa, and Anna, but assignments vary. Expect stories about Roman life, striking murals, and time for questions. The tour is offered in five languages, with site entry included only if you select that option.

“Our guide met us at the ticket booth and with tickets in hand we skipped in front of everyone waiting for tickets and the entrance. She definitely knew her stuff and took her time explaining our questions and telling us the history.”

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6.Naples: Pompeii and Herculaneum Tour with Tickets and Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 136 reviews · from $126

From Naples, visit Pompeii and Herculaneum with site guides, skip-the-line tickets, round-trip minivan transport, and lunch. You’ll have about two hours in Pompeii and 90 minutes in Herculaneum. Guides have included Roberto and Alessandro, though staff can change. The Vesuvius portion is panoramic, not a climb to the crater.

“This tour made seeing Pompeii and Herculaneum easy. Carmela ensured the day went smoothly and offered interesting information. Our guide at Pompeii and Herculaneum ensured we got the most out of our time there. Pompeii is such a large site and having a guide who knew it so well ensured we got to see the key areas in the allotted time, something we definitely could not have achieved by ourselves. Our guide’s knowledge of the sites also meant we learnt a lot that we did not know before and could really appreciate the significance of the sites. Was great to have lunch in between the sites, to refuel and recuperate.Read…”

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