Pompeii Small Group Tour & Food/Wine tasting at Mt. Vesuvius
Description
Discover the highlights of Pompeii with a skip-the-line guided tour led by an archaeologist in a small group, followed by a wine tasting and lunch at a vineyard on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius. Meet your guide at Porta Marina Superiore and enter the archaeological site directly with priority tickets included. Explore Pompeii’s most important landmarks, including the Basilica, Forum and market, the Temples of Apollo and Jupiter and the Plaster Casts. Walk through well-preserved Roman houses decorated with frescoes, mosaics, and gardens. After the visit, relax during a comfortable van transfer to a family-run vineyard at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, where winemaking traditions span over three generations. Enjoy a traditional local lunch prepared by a signature chef, paired with a premium tasting of award-winning Lacryma Christi wines grown on volcanic soil. Transfer back to Pompeii at the end of the experience. *Menus available for all diets (gluten-free, vegetarian, vegan, etc.)
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Discover Pompeii with a skip-the-line guided tour led by a licensed archaeologist, designed to offer an in-depth and engaging insight into one of the world’s most fascinating ancient cities. Meet your guide at Porta Marina Superiore and enter the archaeological site directly with priority tickets included. With Mount Vesuvius as a dramatic backdrop, explore Pompeii’s most significant landmarks, including the Basilica, Forum and market, and the Temples of Apollo and Jupiter. Walk through remarkably preserved Roman houses adorned with gardens, frescoes, and mosaics, and follow the original streets lined with shops and workshops that reveal daily life in Roman times. The tour also includes the powerful Plaster Casts, the Gladiators’ Training Ground, and the impressive Great Theatre. Thanks to the small-group format, enjoy a more personal experience with time for questions and deeper explanations from your expert guide.
Enjoy a refined wine tasting experience at a family-run vineyard on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius. The experience begins with a round-trip transfer by comfortable van, introducing the history of the land and its ancient winemaking roots. Upon arrival, you’ll be welcomed with a sparkling wine as a toast to the experience ahead. Discover the flavors of the territory through a curated tasting of award-winning wines, including an exclusive amphora-aged wine, inspired by ancient Roman winemaking techniques. The tasting is paired with a luxury chef–crafted menu: a refined antipasto paired with white wine, followed by a first course paired with red wine, carefully selected to enhance each dish. To conclude, indulge in a unique wine-infused gelato, offering a creative and memorable finale. Set among vineyards grown on volcanic soil, this immersive experience blends taste, history, and elegance in a truly unforgettable setting. Menus for all available diets (gluten-free, vegetarian, vegan)
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Important Information
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(24)
Knowledgeable and engaging guide..Ricardo. Showed and explained the highlights of Pompei. Wished the tour had been longer. There's so much to see.
Thank you!
Absolutely amazing time! The tour was great, just would have appreciated a few more places to peridically rest. Pompei is so large you will most likely need more than one day. The wine tasting experience was just wonderful and highly recommended. Would have been nice to have a little more time for pictures to capture the moment.
Thanks for your feedback, see you next time!
Luigi was an amazing guide. Told stories about the site and informed us about how to look at things at other sights as an archeologist would.
Thank you so much!
I am so glad we booked this! We booked the night before. I was looking into this a couple weeks prior but I saw all the 'so so' reviews on the food at the vineyard and the staff there. It was going to rain so we made the last minute decision to do this activity since it wouldn't be too nice; I love wine and my husband loves history... fair trade off. This was probably our favorite day in Italy! Ricardo was FANTASTIC on our tour! The amount of knowledge he held; i just kept looking at my husband wide eyed to all the historical information we learned. Ricardo took his time explaining everything and went at a wonderful pace. I really could have spent hours with this man just absorbing the all knowledge he had; the way he explained it all was just perfect. It DOWNPOURED during our tour; my husband and I were fine, we were having a blast learning about Pompei, and Ricardo kept offering his umbrella to me. He was very sweet and made sure everyone was with the group and safe during the rain. My husband and I also had a train issue before the tour and were 10 minutes late; Ricardo responded right away to my messages and explained where to go and what to do if we did not make it on time. I have no idea why the wine and food tasting has such subpar reviews on here; it was DELICIOUS! Maybe they changed the winery they went to because of the past reviews but I cannot say enough great things about this place. First off; the wine was delicious (I bought some to take home and my family owns a winery so I may know a thing or two about wine). The food was more than I thought we were getting and it was FRESH and the flavors popped! App, meatballs, eggplant , pasta and gelato with wine in it for dessert! The tour was short but cute. They let you eat the grapes too and hang out as long as you would like. I also thought our server was very sweet and answered any questions if you had them. I don't know if people in the past wanted more information about the wine but I felt she explained them all thoroughly and appreciated that she didn't go on and let us enjoy our wine and food. The views were breathtaking! And you have the adorable Gia, the vineyard dog, who greets everyone when they arrive (she stays outside). I am so glad we chose this, they knocked it out of the park and for the price... you can't beat it!
Thank you so much for these beautiful words and for taking the time to write such a detailed review. We really appreciate it. We're happy you enjoyed the tour with our guide, as they are all passionate and very knowledgeable. We're also glad you enjoyed the tasting; the winery is truly high-quality. See you next time!
The meeting place was easy to find infront of the archeological site (short walk from train). Rafaelle was an exceptional guide for our visit to Pompeii. He shared a wealth of knowledge with our group that really elevated the experience. The city ruins are a site to behold, a truly amazing place.
Thanks a lot for your feedback, it will surely help other travellers!
Our guide was amazing --- very passionate and very knowledgeable. We were able to understand life in Pompeii and the impact of the volcano, which went far beyond the mere destruction of the city. We would recommend this to anyone wanting a first class tour of this ancient city.
Thank you so much! See you next time!
The Pompeii visit was great, our guide was Enrica, and she was very knowledgeable and eager to share the history with us. She went above and beyond the night before and communicated with me on how to buy entry tickets online so I didn't need to stand in line the next day. The feeling on standing on that historic site and seeing that lost city was amazing. The Casasetaro Winery was somewhat of a disappointment. The night before we were sent a menu for our pairings and wine tasting. They never provided the bread and oil as on the menu, and one tasting had no pairing at all. The winery guide outside told us we would get to pair with some vegetables they grow alongside the grapes and we did not. The staff had a hard time getting wine to the table and even forgot to provide wine to one in our party so we had to go ask.
Dear Dale, thank you for your feedback. Unfortunately in high season and at the end of it, can happen that a waiter forgets to bring bread, the simple thing sometime, since we are all humans, is to ask for it. We'll try to tell the boys and girls to stay more attentive. Thank you
Our tour guide, Ricardo, was amazing! His advanced degree in archeology made the 2 hour tour so interesting. His extensive knowledge of not only the culture, but also languages, brought the city to life. HIGHLY recommend! The wine tasting/lunch was just so/so but it was a nice detour before we took the train back to Napoli.
Thank you so much! There re a lot of competitors running the same tour, but we can assure only the best TRUE archeologists authorized guides for our visits!
Ornella was a fabulous tour guide and her knowledge in all things “Pompeii” was amazing. The tour was well timed and the wine tour and lunch was a nice way to finish the tour. Food and wines were excellent. Highly recommend this tour.
Ciao Meg, Thank you for your words we will share with Ornella and colleagues at the winery.
Really great highly recommend. I think two hours is probably all you want of Pompei and it’s a great way to change it up. The tour was very interesting and then the wine very yummy
Ciao Catherine, we are glad to hear that you had a good day thanks to our tour. Please come back and visit us again soon!
