4 Private History Tours in Naples Worth the Day

1.Pompeii: Private Tour with an Archaeologist

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 168 reviews Our pick

Walk Pompeii with a private archaeologist-guide for three hours, visiting the Forum, House of Menander, Lupanare, theaters, villas, and amphitheater. Guides such as Nicoletta, Laura, Diego, and Paola are praised for clear storytelling and flexible pacing. Skip-the-line entry is included.

“The detail which Silvia shared the history culture as well as the escalations made the experience very colorful to us. She made our tour seem very personal. We had a lot of laughs. Please tell her "thank you " from the Robs.”

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2.Herculaneum Private Tour with an Archaeologist

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 132 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $178Best value

Meet your private guide at Herculaneum’s red ticket-office building for a two-hour walk through homes, baths, terraces, and public buildings. Guides have included Mena, Sara, Luciano, Daniela, Roberta, and Antonella. The entrance ticket costs extra, but your group gets focused attention throughout.

“Everything was perfect and planned as expected. We really enjoyed it. I highly recommend this activity.”

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3.Pompeii and Herculaneum led by an Archaeologist with private transport

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 78 reviews · 7 hours (approx.) · from $666

Meet an archaeologist at Herculaneum, then explore Pompeii’s forum, homes, baths, theaters, and brothel with private Mercedes transport. Guides such as Daniela, Ivan, and Alfredo explain how Vesuvius affected each city differently. Pickup is available from Naples, Salerno, Sorrento, and the Amalfi Coast.

“We enjoyed our tours of Herculaneum and Pompeii with our guide Lucio, He was wonderful guide, entertaining, informative and shared his passion for history with us. Our driver Luigi was professional and friendly with a wonderful recommendation for lunch at a local winery. Highly recommend this tour!”

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4.Pompeii and Herculaneum Private Walking Tour with an Archaeologist

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 77 reviews · 5 hours 30 minutes (approx.)

Spend about five and a half hours with a private archaeologist at Herculaneum and Pompeii. Guides such as Mena, Vincenzo, Ivan, Sylvia, and Giancarlo bring Roman homes, baths, temples, theaters, and eruption remains into focus. You travel between the sites independently and pay admission separately.

“Sylvia was a fabulous guide and our family group of seven had a truly memorable experience touring both sites. We all got so more out of our visit with Sylvia as our guide. She was very knowledgeable, personable and engaging with all ages of our group. Her expertise as an archeologist working both sites led a depth to the tour that we are grateful to have experienced. Aksos Tours and Sylvia were also very helpful and gracious in assisting us when we messed up our train directions. 😜 Highly recommend.”

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