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Juan

Dec 2024Verified booking

5/5

Great Serena the guide, fantastic explanation and the excavations and the wonderful environment. Really worth it, I would repeat. Thank you very much Serena.

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Ana

Nov 2024Verified booking

4/5

Although we had many problems to arrive at the agreed time due to strikes and train breakdowns. They were attentive to wait for us and to attend us with kindness and patience. Roberta was a very good professional, enthusiastic and cordial at all times.

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Abigail

Nov 2024Verified booking

5/5

It was great, the guide was amusing and full of information that you would never be able to get from an audioguide or book. We saw all the highlights and he explained everything about how the town was buried, how it was excavated and what happened to everyone. I would highly recommend doing this guided tour and the guide was amazing.

Holger

Nov 2024Verified booking

5/5

Lively, personal, background knowledge. Perhaps not all the highlights were shown. We looked at a few things afterwards. But everything was very good for the time available for the tour.

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Erin

Nov 2024Verified booking

5/5

Luciano Leone was a brilliant tour guide, incredibly knowledgeable. My family and I were super impressed and really really enjoyed our visit to herculaneum because of this tour. I would definitely recommend the tour as you learn so much about the place, things that you would completely miss without the guided tour- lots of hidden gems! Luciano talked a brilliant amount and his personality and humour shone through, which made the experience.

Julie

Nov 2024Verified booking

5/5

Our tour guide Luciano Leon was a perfect guide. A very detailed tour and you can tell how much passion he had teaching us about the history. Enjoyed it very much.

Emilie

Nov 2024Verified booking

5/5

it was very good, our guide francesco was very sympathetic and fascinating by meeting anecdotes. The children really enjoyed the tour, which was much more interesting and lively than on our own. We were also able to stay a long time afterwards to enjoy other sights that we hadn't been able to see on the tour. We recommend this tour.

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Kim

Nov 2024Verified booking

5/5

I would recommend 10/10! Our archeologist tour guide, Luciano Leone, was amazing! It's obvious he is passionate about his work, provides valuable insight and has a witty personality. Getting to actually walk in the actual places that people walked 2000 years ago was simply astounding.

Philippe

Nov 2024Verified booking

5/5

Very nice visit in French with an archaeologist who explained the site well and showed us the most interesting places. Thanks to Francesco for a very informative and enjoyable 2-hour visit.

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Heather

Nov 2024Verified booking

4/5

Easy to book at short notice online for the same day. We really enjoyed the archaeological site of Herculean and there was so much still intact and preserved. The only issue we had was our guide spoke too fast especially at the start of the tour that it was hard to understand him really has to concertrate. He kept apologising for his English it was better when he talked slower.

Marili

Nov 2024Verified booking

3/5

I booked a tour with a sample group and turned out yo be 20+ where we had to carry headsets to even hear the guide. Herculaneum is beautiful but we had hoped for a much more intimate personal experience

Caroline

Oct 2024Verified booking

5/5

The guide was very friendly and clear. The headset microphone system was very pleasant and made the visit easier.

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Steve

Oct 2024Verified booking

4/5

The booking was easy to follow and we were able to book last minute. Ilaria was knowledgeable and engaging. We wish the tour was an extra hour to finish the highlights of Herculaneum.

Celine

Oct 2024Verified booking

5/5

Askos tours could reschedule the tour as I change our plans. Everything was easy, the guide Michael gave a very thorough and interesting tour, making us feel his love for archeology. The Askos staff, like Simona, was very friendly and helpful. I recommend.

isaac

Oct 2024Verified booking

4/5

Herculaneum is smaller than Pompeii, but being more well preserved, it offers walls and other surprises that can only be seen here.

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Katy

Oct 2024Verified booking

5/5

I was very impressed by this visit. I really enjoyed the anecdotes told by the guide. An experience I highly recommend.

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LOPEZ

Oct 2024Verified booking

5/5

Very knowledgeable and involved guide Explanations are necessary because Pompeii has very few complete buildings - all the roofs have collapsed. The site is huge and crowded - 3.5 million visitors a year!

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Stefanie

Oct 2024Verified booking

5/5

Easy to book, easy to find the meeting spot, excellent communications. Best of all, our guide Giovanni was first class, knowledgable and articulate.

Jeffrey

Oct 2024Verified booking

4/5

The tour of Herculaneum was brilliant and the guide, Danilo, was very knowledgeable. My only gripe may have been my own fault. I followed the directions in the email, thinking that was to the meeting point, wrong, it was to the backdoor of the Archeology Unit. On re-reading the email I found a second set of directions to the meeting point. My wife was not impressed with my navigating.

Elizabeth

Oct 2024Verified booking

5/5

Everything was wonderful! The guide was very informative and entertaining. The only thing I would suggest is changing the picture of where to meet in case our others were literal like us. :)

Joachim

Oct 2024Verified booking

5/5

A really good, knowledgeable guided tour. Lots of information from an archaeologist who is passionate about his profession. It just bubbled out of him (Luciano Leone). Just great 👍

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Anne-Maria

Oct 2024Verified booking

3/5

You should mention more clearly that partial cancellation is not possible. Due to that in the future I will buy my tickets from GetYourGuide which has that option.

Kornelia

Oct 2024Verified booking

5/5

Knowledgeable tour guide who was very familiar with the site having worked at Herculaneum for many years. Pace of presentation, guide answering all of questions with patience

Lesley

Oct 2024Verified booking

4/5

The guide was passionate about the remains. He obviously knew a lot about it. It wasn't a jump the queue though as the tickets to get in that day were free!! We arrived early and had a walk around before our tour. Some of his pronouns made me wonder if he was an archaeologist though.

Gerard

Oct 2024Verified booking

5/5

We had a wonderful guided tour of Herculaneum with our archeologist guide Nicoletta. The level of detail and information provided was excellent while also being entertaining and funny. Nicoletta chose perfect spots to stop and speak while allowing a good amount of time to take in the area and take photos. We would highly recommend this tour and are very grateful to our guide. Grazie mille

Leonie

Oct 2024Verified booking

3/5

This tour is basically a travel service between Pompei, Mt Vesuvius and Herculaneum. We were taken to Mt Vesuvius and left there - told to meet the bus at particular time. Considerable confusion about which bus to get on - driver very confused. Next we were dropped at Herculaneum with an audio guide that was totally separate to the Herculaneum numbers so when you played it, it didn't match where you were. Got back to bus at time we were told. Company miscounted number of participants so we had to sit and wait an extra 15 minutes. Driver was not happy and drove us back to Pompei in a very unsafe manner (130km/hr) on highway in a rickety minibus. Then we were left at Pompei with audio guide which had to be returned by 5.30 so you could get your ID back. An extremely disorganised company and too expensive to basically pay for transport and entry tickets. Enjoyed climbing Mt Vesuvius and wandering around Pompei and Herculaneum without audio guides.

Diane

Oct 2024Verified booking

4/5

Good transport and organisation. Unfortunately the audio guides did not correspond to the places in Erculaneum. In pompeii, it was intermittent. Overall they were amazing places to visit. This company get you to the places, take the hassle out of buying the tickets, and drive you safely back at the end of the day.

jennifer

Sep 2024Verified booking

5/5

Very well organized day. We were able to visit all 3 sites, without having to rush for Herculanum and Mount Vesuvius. For pompei, they show us the places to visit and the time allotted. Don't forget good shoes, as you'll be walking a lot. The team was top-notch. They even spoke a little French, even though we weren't supposed to. Audioguide for herculanum and pompei in French. Very nice!

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Jafar

Sep 2024Verified booking

4/5

I didn't really go, I didn't make it to the bus, but I managed to contact the organizater and got my pompeii entrance ticket and used them to go on my own. 10/10 communication experience

Lucie

Sep 2024Verified booking

5/5

Very well organized trip, meeting points clear and easy to find. Enough time in each place to see everything. We highly recommend this activity, which allows you to see 3 emblematic places close to Naples in one day!

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LYNNE

Jun 2024Verified booking

5/5

There is no way we could have seen all this without your wonderful tour! Well organised and a very fair price. Staff were friendly and helpful. And indeed we booked a tour for the very next day!

Caroline

Jun 2024Verified booking

4/5

The organisation and logistics to get through so much in one day was great. Could not have managed it independently. It is fast paced but we saw loads and it was stunning. A bit more warning to bring own food and about the terrain would have been helpful

Alan

May 2024Verified booking

3/5

A guided tour to the two archaeological sites would have been far better. The coach at Herculaneum failed to reserve seats for us, so my wife and I had to lose a full forty minutes off our allocated time in Pompeii, shiest we waited for another coach! This meant we only had less than two hours there..... Shame.

Gabriele

May 2024Verified booking

5/5

Everything went very well, pick-up was on time, transportation was pleasant, meeting points were well described. The trip was very interesting, with enough time at all stops (Vesuvius, Herculaneum, Pompeii). I would do it again!

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Liang

Apr 2024Verified booking

5/5

Visiting all three sites in one day may seem like a lot, but it's not - I highly recommend this well-organized tour.

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CLAUDIA

Mar 2024Verified booking

3/5

The logistics were good on Mount Vesuvius, in Herculaneum we were left in the middle of a street with no instructions on how to enter the site and only a driver who spoke only Italian.

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ALAIN

Aug 2024Verified booking

4/5

Places visited during this marathon day. Vesuvius, Heraclium and the incredible Pompeii. So vast.

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Virginie

Aug 2024Verified booking

5/5

Well accompanied and very complete

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GOURMELON

Aug 2024Verified booking

5/5

Very well organized. The tour was completely free, which was great! You just have to stick to the schedule.

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Suzanne

Jul 2024Verified booking

4/5

Very organised, with staff knowledgeable about the process

Jeffrey

Oct 2024Verified booking

4/5

The tour of Herculaneum was brilliant and the guide, Danilo, was very knowledgeable. My only gripe may have been my own fault. I followed the directions in the email, thinking that was to the meeting point, wrong, it was to the backdoor of the Archeology Unit. On re-reading the email I found a second set of directions to the meeting point. My wife was not impressed with my navigating.

Elizabeth

Oct 2024Verified booking

5/5

Everything was wonderful! The guide was very informative and entertaining. The only thing I would suggest is changing the picture of where to meet in case our others were literal like us. :)

hilde

Sep 2024Verified booking

5/5

The guide, Mr Leone, made it very interesting through comparisons between Herculaneum and Pompeii and through his own personal research and documentation which he shared with the group.

Bonnie

Sep 2024Verified booking

5/5

Excellent guide! Very patient with all on the tour, extremely so with a young man who had developmental delays. Knowledgeable, yet not unnecessarily wordy or detailed in his explanations. Danilo was well paced in his delivery as well as his movement from location to location. Easy to listen to, easy to follow.

Mary

Sep 2024Verified booking

5/5

Everything was wonderful from start to finish. Our check in person was fun and friendly. Sarah, our guide was wonderful! Very personable, and SO knowledgeable. She made the tour interesting and fun. She was patient, answered everyone's questions, and provided a great perspective on the life and lifestyle of this ancient city. We would give this 10 stars if we could! Thank you for an absolutely fabulous 2 hour tour.

Jack

Sep 2024Verified booking

5/5

The guide was very informative and provided excellent information. Overall a great experience, the only issue we had was the meeting point as there was some confusion over whether to meet outside the entrance or at the ticket office. It was at the ticket office in the end! But other than that I'd highly recommend.

Fiona

Sep 2024Verified booking

3/5

We were told on the day that the tour guide was not going to join us as the 'website was wrong' and no-one was available. And then something about the weather... (It had been slightly stormy that morning but was clearing (trust me it was hot! and I imagine tour numbers were down). However, we had a schedule of other things we needed to stuck with it. We had to get there using train tickets - which wasn't ideal as we probably spent about 1.5hrs less on the site due to worrying about having to catch one of two limited train services back to Sorrento. We arrived at about 11.30am (but by the time we'd walked the 10mins and then found the different place to get our tickets - it had changed because no tour guide was coming to meet us anymore) it was closer to midday and we had to be finished by 2.00pm to walk back to catch the train - or wait another three hours. The 'alright' part was the ruins. They were awesome. What wasn't was the organisation of the audio tours. It was hard to find some of the numbers (there were many sets of stree numbers, the audio signs were few and far between and some early in the series we never found). So we very quickly became lost. I think we wee hoping it was going to keep us on track so we'd find and work our way through the place quite quickly. Also the audio tour guide would tell you to look to your right to see a feature of a room - but it was actually on your left. Clearly it had been recorded by someone looking at the site from a map/computer with a different orientation to North. I would have much preferred a tour guide and there are other services with bus shuttles from Sorrento. I think I would have joined one of those in the future. The town we walked through did feel particularly safe. The experience on the regional train systems changes vastly in comparison to the fast train metro lines. Just graffitti covered walls and trains everywhere... Not the Italy you've been experiencing to date.

Jonathan

Aug 2024Verified booking

4/5

The guide was very informative and gave us lots of personal information. He was perhaps a bit quick in some places and didn't allow enough time for taking photographs. However we saw a lot of the site during the tour and gained a fascinating perspective on the town at the time of the eruption of Vesuvius.

Eric

Oct 2024Verified booking

5/5

Great guide and fascinating site

Marilyn

Sep 2024Verified booking

4/5

The archeologist Luciano Leone. He was excellent.

Linda

Sep 2024Verified booking

4/5

Ticketing went well. Our guide made experience. (Imma)

Dane

Aug 2024Verified booking

5/5

Luciano was an amazing guide! Very passionate about the information and shared it well!

coutant

Aug 2024Verified booking

5/5

very friendly, attentive guide Alfredo

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John

Jun 2024Verified booking

5/5

Great guide, beautiful and fascinating site. Fabio, our guide, really brought it to life for us.

Janina

May 2024Verified booking

5/5

Our guide did an excellent job of explaining everything. It was a real journey through time and really impressed us!

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