More details about this tour:
An unforgettable day for a great tour of Pompeii and the Archaeological Museum in Naples, where a lot of frescos, statues, artifacts of any kind from Pompeii are kept. You will meet your guide at Pompeii by the Sgambati Bar: your guide will hold a sign with your name written on it. He will help you buy the entrance tickets to Pompeii and the tour in those ruins will last approximately three hours. After a short break for lunch you and your guide will take the Circumvesuviana local train and then the subway for reaching the National Archaeological Museum of Naples, where the findings from Pompeii are displayed. After a two-hour tour with your private guide in the National Archaeological Museum, your guide will help you take the subway and the local train for reaching your accommodation.
Few main details about the Archaeological Museum of Naples:
This private guided tour will allow you to visit the National Archaeological Museum of Naples together with an experienced archaeologist, away from the crowd guaranteed only by a private visit. Discover the precious collections and learn more about the history of ancient art. The National Archaeological Museum of Naples is one of the most important museums in Italy, as well as one of the most famous in the world concerning the ancient art. The museum is housed in a historical building, originally built for the Royal Riding School of Naples. The National Archaeological Museum of Naples is made up of two large collections: the Farnese Collection, composed largely of sculptures from Rome; the Pompeian Collection, housing the main archaeological findings discovered in Pompeii and in the nearby areas. Explore the rooms filled with the art masterpieces of the Farnese collection: among them the most famous gigantic statues of the ancient age stand out, such as the so called “Farnese Hercules” or the so called “Farnese Bull”, known for its extraordinary size.
On the second floor of the Museum, visit the Pompeian collection: a vast number of unique findings like nowhere else in the world, recovered from inside the buildings of Pompeii buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. The collection includes mosaics, frescoes and sculptures from the Roman era. For the entire duration of the visit an experienced and at your service archaeologist, will show you the artifacts encountered along the way so you can gain a profound understanding of Museum and its hidden treasures on this special tour .
THIS TOUR IS NOT AVAILABLE ON TUESDAYS, CLOSING DAY OF THE NATIONAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM IN NAPLES!
N.B.: The entrance fees of Pompeii and the Archaeological Museum of Naples, train tickets and lunch are not included
