Step into the past and discover Pompeii through its hidden corners and timeless stories. This immersive walking tour takes you beyond the crowded paths, revealing the soul of an ancient Roman city frozen in time.
Your Archaeological Guided Tour starts from Porta Marina with the imposing Mount Vesuvius watching over us, we’ll explore Pompeii’s political and social heart: the Basilica, the Forum and its bustling market, and the city’s most important temples. Strolling along the Decumanus Maximus, you’ll follow the footsteps of ancient citizens as daily life unfolds before your eyes.
We’ll enter elegant private houses, wander through shops and Roman taverns, and pause before the haunting plaster casts of the victims. The journey continues through the Theatre and the Gladiators’ Barracks, where echoes of spectacle and power still linger.
PLEASE NOTE: This tour is led for years by professional guides expert in archaeology and ancient architecture/art.
Via Plinio, 26, Pompeii, Italy
Porta Marina Superiore: the guide will be waiting for you outside the archaeological park with the sign “Pompeii Vip”. It forms the western entrance to the city and the name "Marina" comes from the fact that the outgoing road led to the sea.
Via Marina 6, Pompei, Pompeii, Italy
Temple of Venus: temple dedicated to Venus, patron goddess of Pompeii
Vicolo Delle Terme 2, Pompeii, Italy
Basilica: was the most lavish building in the Forum, and served as a space for the management of business and the administration of justice
Via Villa dei Misteri, 4, Pompeii, Italy
The Sanctuary of Apollo: it is among the oldest of Pompeii's places of worship, built at a strategic point along the street that led up from Porta Marina to the public heart of the city
Via Villa dei Misteri, 2, Pompeii, Italy
Forum - Main Square: it represents the center of the city's daily life
Via Del Tempio Di Giove, 18, Pompeii, Italy
The Temple of Jupiter: it dominates the northern side of the Forum, and behind it rises scenically Vesuvius
Via Villa Dei Misteri, Regio VII, Building 12, Pompeii, Italy
Macellum: it was a monumental building used for the sale of food and daily consumer products. Here is possible to see some Plaster Casts - BODIES (the archaeological method to find the ancient bodies as they were at the moment of the eruption)
Pompei Antica, Pompeii, Italy
Forum Baths: they are one of the best-preserved elements of the city. Female and male parts had separate entrances.
Via dell'Abbondanza, Pompeii Archeological Park, Pompeii, Italy
Thermopolium: it was an old diner, a place of refreshment for the inhabitants
Via Villa Dei Misteri 2, Pompeii, Italy
House of the Faun: This is one of the largest houses in Pompeii; the sidewalk bears the welcome inscription (HAVE) in Latin; House of the Vettii:The house, among the richest and most famous in Pompeii, is placed under the protection of Priapus god of prosperity, Both are subject to seasonal openings and closings
Via dell_Abbondanza, Pompeii, Italy
Via Dell'Abbondanza: it was the ancient main street (decumanus maximus) of ancient Pompeii
Via Paganora 19/A, Pompeii, Italy
Theater: Comedies and tragedies in the Greco-Roman tradition were performed in the theater
The guide will be waiting for guests at Porta Marina Superiore Pompeii Gates in front of "HORTUS BAR" with a sign "POMPEI VIP". The meeting point is 50mt from the train station "Pompei Scavi - Villa dei Misteri
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Browse Pompeii by category - skip-the-line tickets, walking tours, day trips, food experiences & more