Private Paestum Guided Tour | Ancient Greek Temples & Archaeological Museum

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Private
On Tours of Pompeii we mainly offer private experiences. This means that the tour is not shared with other guests and can always be tailored to your needs upon request.
Skip the Line
This tour includes skip-the-line access, allowing you to bypass long queues and enter attractions directly. Save time and make the most of your experience.
Accessible
The tour is designed to be fully accessible for wheelchair users and people with mobility issues. We will do our best to make sure you have a comfortable and enjoyable experience.

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At a glance

Discover Paestum on a private guided tour of its UNESCO Greek temples and museum. Optional hotel, cruise port or train station pick-up and kid-friendly tour.

Key Information

Crafted forAll Travelers
ExperiencePrivate
Duration2 - 4 hours
Time of DayMorning, Afternoon
PickupAvailable
AccessibilityAccessible
Guided byLicensed national tour guide

Available customizations

  • Customized itinerary tailored to your interests

    Customized tour designed to match your interests and preferred pace

  • Accessible version available upon request

    Comfortable accessible experience tailored to guests with mobility needs

  • Kid-friendly version available upon request

    Fun kid-friendly experience featuring games, storytelling, and interactive learning activities

  • Optional Traditional Meal in an Authentic Local Restaurant

    Enjoy the flavors of Salerno with a special lunch or dinner in one of the most appreciated restaurants of the city

Highlights

  • Explore the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Paestum with a private licensed guide and discover its magnificent ancient Greek temples.
  • Visit the Paestum Archaeological Museum, home to the famous Tomb of the Diver and an exceptional collection of Greek and Roman artifacts.
  • Enjoy a personalized private experience tailored to your interests, pace, and schedule, perfect for couples, families, and small groups.
  • Choose an optional kid-friendly guided tour with interactive games, storytelling, quizzes, and treasure hunts that make history fun for children.
  • Add optional private transportation with convenient pick-up and drop-off from your hotel, cruise port, or Paestum train station for a seamless and stress-free visit.

Optional Itineraries

Choose to focus on one or more of the following itineraries. Itineraries are always customizable.

  • Meet your guide

    Meeting point is at the agreed entrance near the Pompeii Archaeological Park. Your guide will be holding a Tours of Pompeii sign and will already have your fast-access tickets in hand.

  • Explore the Archaeological Park and Museum of Paestum

    Explore the Archaeological Park and Museum of Paestum

    Visit the UNESCO World Heritage archaeological site, famous for its three exceptionally preserved Greek temples, ancient forum, and historic ruins. Choose to explore independently or enhance your experience with a licensed guide. Families can also select an optional kid-friendly guided tour with interactive games, storytelling, and fun activities designed for children.

    Continue your visit at the museum, home to remarkable Greek and Roman artifacts, including the famous Tomb of the Diver, beautifully preserved frescoes, sculptures, pottery, and other treasures that reveal the history of ancient Paestum.

  • Wrap-up & recommendations

    The tour ends with suggestions for the rest of your day — lunch spots in Pompeii or Naples, the best route to your hotel, and optional add-ons like Herculaneum or the Amalfi Coast.

Full description

Discover one of Italy's most extraordinary archaeological treasures on a Private Paestum Guided Tour led by a knowledgeable licensed guide. Located in the heart of Campania, the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Paestum is renowned for its three exceptionally well-preserved ancient Greek temples, making it one of the most important archaeological parks in the Mediterranean.

During your private guided tour, explore the magnificent Temple of Neptune, Temple of Hera, and Temple of Athena, while uncovering the fascinating history of the ancient Greek colony of Poseidonia and its later transformation under Roman rule. Your expert guide will bring the ruins to life through captivating stories about mythology, religion, architecture, politics, and everyday life more than 2,500 years ago.

The experience also includes a visit to the Paestum Archaeological Museum, home to an outstanding collection of Greek and Roman artifacts. Admire beautifully preserved sculptures, painted pottery, ancient tools, and the world-famous Tomb of the Diver, one of the finest examples of Greek funerary art ever discovered.

Traveling with children? Choose the optional kid-friendly guided tour, featuring interactive games, storytelling, treasure hunts, and engaging activities designed to make history exciting for young explorers.

For maximum convenience, optional private round-trip transportation can be arranged with pick-up and drop-off from your hotel, the Port of Salerno (or other nearby cruise ports), or the Paestum train station, allowing you to enjoy a seamless and stress-free experience.

Ideal for history enthusiasts, families, couples, and small groups, this private tour offers a personalized way to discover the timeless beauty and rich heritage of ancient Paestum at your own pace.

What's included

Included

  • Entrance Fees and Tickets Fast-access entrance fees and tickets are included in the experience price
  • Experienced Specialized Guide The hunt will be led by an expert local guide that will make the experience informative, fun and memorable

Not included

  • Food and beverages (available upon request at the time of booking)
  • Transportation to and from the meeting point (can be included upon request)

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Meeting point

Meeting point may vary according to the season and customer requirements. It will always be communicated multiple times in advance prior to booking.

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Tara McDonough
Tara McDonough
2 months ago

Our group of three (with 12yo) had the best day with Lello. Even before the tour started so impressed with the communication from Maria with our specific tour request to visit Pompeii, Herculanum & Vesuvius in a day. Lello is so knowledgeable, entertaining, and enthusiastic about the history and archeological findings in these sites. He was not just a guide but a teacher helping us learn more about these impressive sites and the people of that time. We fit a lot into our day but I know the details he pointed out to us right under our feet we would have missed without him as our guide. He said to see all of Pompeii in detail would take full two days…I would 100% fly half way around the world to just spend three days in Naples to do the full two day tour of Pompeii with Lello. He is that good. He walked with an umbrella providing shade for us and I feel like at all times one of three of us had our mouths open wide with astonishment in what we were experiencing. Our driver Marco met us at the train station and kept our luggage in the vehicle through all the stops until our final destination on the Amalfi Coast.

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Guillermo Legorburo
Guillermo Legorburo
a month ago

The tour has been amazing! Never seen something as spectacular as Pompeii. We came with our 10 and 13 years old daughters and our guide Clelia made it amusing for all of us. Thanks to Clelia's explanations We have learned how Romans used to live and entertained themselves, seen first street food places, how water system worked even though the challenges due to volcanic rocks , houses of the gladiators and much more.

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Wendy Bateman
Wendy Bateman
a month ago

Amazing tour from Start to finish. We were picked up from our Villa in Castellabate at 8 am, the drivers were excellent, on time and extremely friendly and informative. We did two 2 hour tours, Pompeii and then Herculaneum. Lello was an excellent tour guide , an archaeologist who had previously worked in Herculaneum excavating and preserving the ruins. He had so much passion it was contagious, and he brought both sites to life. The transport was immaculate and air conditioned, which was such a relief as it was in the high 30's. And we were picked up at exactly the right time and taken back to our villa. I would highly recommend this tour company ! Thank you to Yuri and Lucia for making our day so special.

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James Rogers
James Rogers
3 weeks ago

Great tour with Italo. Pompeii has so much to see and he did a great job of showing us a little bit of everything. Would definitely recommend to anyone coming to see Pompeii

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Siyeon Kim
Siyeon Kim
a month ago

Sonya was great, she explained everything, guiding us to regions of shade and places without crowds! I enjoyed the tour greatly, even in the middle of the heat. Highly recommended :)

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John Welliver
John Welliver
3 weeks ago

Italo was a wonderful tour guide. Very knowledgeable and gave a great tour of Pompeii! Highly recommend

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Rose Guardino
Rose Guardino
11 months ago

Lello is a passionate archaeologist. His presentation was lively, interactive, informative, and accessible for people with no prior knowledge. He covered the history of Pompeii and linked it to present day life. He kept all of us engaged the whole two hours and we highly recommend his tour. We would have missed so much of the wonder of Pompeii without him, including the Roman graffiti shown below!

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Lionel Ferrari
Lionel Ferrari
a month ago

clelia was amazing, made us understand so much in 2 hours tour. The level of knowledge and ability to make it simple to understand made us feel like we were back 2000years living a normal day in Pompei. Thank you !!!

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Krystle Peace
Krystle Peace
2 years ago

Put simply, you must book Lello if touring Pompeii. From the moment we arrived, Lello was warm, inviting and funny. He had memorised all of our names and tailored the tour specifically to what we wanted to see the most. He engaged our two teenage daughters and they both keenly awaited his next point - no mean feat. His archeological experience was clearly evident and dramatically enriched the tour. We all came away with a dramatically different perspective of Pompeii and Pompeian life. Thank you sincerely Lello!

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Anne B
Anne B
3 years ago

Stop Looking Now and book with this tour company. I did a lot of research to determine the best Pompeii tour for our family during our Spring Break trip. Lello was absolutely top notch! He is an archeologist and extremely knowledgeable. He made the entire tour so interesting and made you feel like you stepped back in time with his story telling. The amount of time we spent on this tour was perfect! All members of my family loved this tour and our guide.

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Daniel Williams
Daniel Williams
a month ago

Wow! What an experience, Pompei was breathtaking and Roberta was incredible as a guide, making it fun and engaging for the kids and the parents. Highly recommend, thank you!

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Matthew Harrison
Matthew Harrison
9 years ago

Our tour was absolutely fantastic! Rosanna, our guide was amazing and took the time to get to know us and help us decide the content of the tour. With so much to see we wanted our boys, first time at Pompeii, to see as much as possible in the time allotted. Rosanna kept the tour personal, always interacting with us as if we were family or friends. My whole family had an amazing time and our visit to Pompeii was by far the best part of our vacation thanks to Rosanna. I cannot recommend this tour more highly. An absolutely amazing afternoon in one of the most stunning places in Italy.

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Daphne Goh
Daphne Goh
9 years ago

Managed to source for Tours of Pompeii through Tripadvisor. Made contact with Louise and is glad that their correspondence are all prompt. On the day of our tour, Steven, our driver for the trip, came to our hotel to pick us up. Soon we were on our way to Pompeii! We were greeted by an extremely enthusiastic guide, Lello upon the opening of the car door! Lello is an archaeologist and is very knowledgeable about the history of Pompeii. He was very engaging making the whole tour lively and fun. He also let us experiment the effects of standing right at the amphitheater to test the impact of the voice projection. It was amazing! Lello, thank you so much for the wonderful tour at Pompeii. We agreed it was the most worthwhile and best experience out of our entire trip in Europe! Lots of love from Singapore, Alvin, Daphne & Jamie

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Christina Ponzio
Christina Ponzio
9 years ago

We toured Pompeii on 15 June with Lello and it was worth every dollar spent. From the moment he met us he was professional, courteous, KNOWLEDGEABLE and friendly. He took time to answer any questions and made sure you understood a topic before moving forward. His English was amazingly perfect. We are still astounded and humbled by the tour of Pompeii, he truly painted a picture of what life in 79AD was like in one of history's most advanced civilizations. Could not more highly recommend Lello.

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Taïna
Taïna
3 years ago

Very nice, a very nice experience on my side. I didn't take a guide, lucky because it was very very hot. Tips: Bring a bottle of water, running shoe, hat and sunscreen

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Elizabeth Cottrell
Elizabeth Cottrell
a month ago

Clelia was fantastic - very knowledgeable and wonderful with the children

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