Naples Shore Excursion: Pompeii Half Day Trip from Naples
Description
Don't miss the chance to visit the ruins of Pompeii, Italy's most famous archaeological site, on a four-hour sightseeing trip from Naples. If your time in Southern Italy is limited, this quick and comprehensive guided tour from Naples shows cruise passengers arriving in the port of Naples all the haunting highlights of Pompeii, a shore excursion not to be missed by any visitor to this region of Italy.
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On a fateful summer's day in 79 A.D., Mt. Vesuvius erupted, spewing volcanic ash over the prosperous city of Pompeii. Unaware of the imminent danger, most people continued on with their daily lives and as a result the entire town and around 20,000 of its inhabitants were buried under tons of ash and pumice. Almost 2,000 years later, you have the opportunity to explore the site of this famous disaster and see first-hand the houses, streets and public buildings miraculously preserved by the volcanic ash. Accompanied by your guide, you'll see such fascinating places such as the Forum, Thermal Baths and Lupanare brothel.
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Pickup Locations & Times
If your ship docks at Stazione Marittima, pick-up will be outside the cruise terminal building, at the exit of the box of the security under the blue sign "Stazione Marittima", here: https://maps.app.goo.gl/vUP8tRxYiz5D9C3o6 If your ship docks at Pier 21 in Molo Carlo Pisacane, pick-up will be just outside the exit gate where the ship will dock, just next to the ship, here: https://maps.app.goo.gl/t8zhGszKcbwBR1Mb8 In both cases a driver/guide will show a sign with the name.
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Important Information
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- We require a minimum of 2 participants in total every day to operate this tour. There is a possibility of cancellation after confirmation if there are not at least 2 participants for this tour. In the event of this occurring, you will be offered an alternative or full refund
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
- Lead Traveler's document ID picture required (tour purpose only)
Reviews(327)
The meeting point was confusing. The guide at Pompeii was very informational and entertaining. The bus to Pompeii was poorly air conditioned but it was fine back.
Communication from the organizers were not provided, the meeting point was not clear and there was delay in pick up time. Had to reach out to organizers myself, trying to figure out from the emails who to call, glad i had Italian cell service available. The guide who picked us up, did minimal explanation, the bus was poorly air conditioned. At first we had about 15 people on the bus. Once arrived to the Pompeii site, we were handed off to the Pompeii guide who was actually very nice and knowledgeable. Bu our group got much bigger with 31 people in it. Tour itself was good. But the organization of it all was poorly conducted
This was a last minute booking for us. Initially we were not sure we had found the correct meeting point from the instructions - the blue sign described is a parking sign. The better description is to meet between the two security boxes next to the parking lot. I called the number of the tour company to verify we were in the right location, since we didn't see anyone with a sign with our names on it. (But there were two other tour operator people with signs with names). I think the organizer was not punctual - eventually she appeared with a sign with our name on it. She pointed us to the tour bus which we then walked towards, on the street like a block away. The tour bus had about 30 people inside, was clean and comfortable. At Pompeii, the guide was decent. It was a little hard to understand her due to her accent, but with time, became easier to understand. The over-ear microphones helped a lot. The tour guide was knowledgeable and described a lot of facts, but not really a storyteller. She was ok for adults but it was hard for kids to maintain attention in the heat and sun (despite umbrellas and hats). At the end of the tour, we were divided by location drop off, and ours was return to port, so we had to wait 40 minutes for the bus. In that time, we had pizza at the Hotel Vittoria restaurant right across the street from the pick up point. The pizzas were delicious. Overall the tour experience was a decent experience, but I think they need to rewrite the instructions for the meet up point.
We picked up the tour from the cruise terminal and it is all a little chaotic but we found/were found by our tour organiser. Nice small bus, short trip to Pompeii and a very good guide around the site who made it very interesting. Then bussed back to Naples. Well organised. The only thing I would suggest is for the tour organiser to do a little welcome speech when all in the bus with information on how long it is to Pompeii and how the morning will play out etc. Once in the bus nothing was said.
Our tour guide Maria was very informative. The transportation arrived as promised. I would book with them again
Our guide maria was excellent very informative and easy to understand us her safety for us was noticed with the uneven footpath and the got Sun. Maria was easy to understand we throughly e joyed the tour thank you I would highly recommend this tour
Picked up from Stazione Marittima, once all tourists were together we were marched across the concourse where there were several other tourist groups. Twice our group merged with other groups and tourists could easily have become separated from their group because we couldn’t see the guide who was only 5ft tall! Then she left half the group on a corner while she boarded a coach with some of the group and we didn’t know where she had gone. We found her only by luck! The Coach driver nearly tipped everyone out of their seats exiting the port as he scraped a parked car and slammed the brakes on! He didn’t stop afterwards! Once at the site she told us our guide would be 10minutes and we stood waiting for 20minutes until someone went to ask what was going on. The tour guide at Pompeii was very knowledgeable, her English was good but for some people her Italian accent made her difficult to understand through the headset. We underestimated the length of walking tour so we struggled a bit but it was a very good tour. The return trip was with a different tour guide and coach driver so we weren’t sure what was happening. After returning to the meeting point from the tour we were told to meet back in 5minutes which seemed pointless. We were again kept waiting another 10minutes until all our names were called for the return trip. The return coach trip was uneventful.
great Tour, very interesting. Guide took her time & answering all questions. Wear your walking shoes! Was tired, but enjoyed every minute of the 1/2 day tour.
It was absolutely awful. The pick up instructions were not clear. It took us almost 2 hours to get to the ruins (only 30 minutes away). The bus had to make an additional stop which we were unaware of to pick up more people. The air-conditioning the bus broke and was incredibly hot inside. We go to the ruins, we went off on her own and then took a private taxi back. This was a complete waste of money and I would not recommend this to anybody.
Dear Sir you don't say WHEN you did the tour so we cannot verify what you say also because in the last few days nothing worked wrong on our activities. We picked people up in the port in time and also at the second stop near the station and in Pompeii all the visits lasted more then 2 hours. Further no drivers informed about a broken air conditioned in some vehicle. We are afraid you paid a taxi to return to the port from Pompeii but it was your own free will choice because all the other participants were transported regularly. Best regards
Visiting Pompeii is an amazing experience. Our tour guide was experienced. Unfortunately, our group was very large & hard to manage.
