Private Tour: Pompeii Half-Day Trip from Naples
Description
Take a private tour of the famous ruins of Pompeii on this half-day trip from Naples. Italy's most famous archaeological site, Pompeii is an excavated city full of fascinating and haunting remnants of daily Roman life before the sudden eruption of Mt Vesuvius in the 1st century. Your private guide will illustrate Pompeii’s tragic fate through captivating stories, facts and anecdotes while taking you to the House of Vetti, the Lupanare brothel, the thermal baths and more. You can choose to have a private guide to show you around Pompeii or you can opt for the transport-only option, allowing you to explore Pompeii on your own while still enjoying round-trip private transport from Naples.
Tour Options
Itinerary
Driver and Guide option: Your driver will pick you up from your Naples hotel, the Naples railway station or the Naples cruise terminal at your selected departure time and take you to Pompeii, located about 30 minutes away. Here, you’ll be greeted by your private guide and given an introduction to Pompeii. On your 2-hour visit of this famous archaeological site, you’ll learn about what happened here one fateful summer’s day in 79 AD, when Mt Vesuvius erupted and volcanic ash spewed over the entire city. 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. Nearly 2,000 years later, you can explore the site of this infamous disaster and see first-hand the houses, streets and public buildings miraculously preserved by the volcanic ash. Your private guide, an expert archaeologist, will take you on a private tour of the excavated city, which offers a snapshot of 1st-century Roman life frozen at the moment Pompeii was buried. Explore fascinating sites such as the forum, the thermal baths, several houses and villas, the Lupanare brothel and the House of Vetti with its beautiful frescoes. After your visit to Pompeii, you’ll have some free time to explore more on your own before hopping in the car and heading back to Naples. Driver Only Option: If you prefer to explore the Pompeii ruins independently, the transport-only option offers private round-trip transportation from Naples and lets you spend time in Pompeii on your own. Your driver will wait for you while you wander around Pompeii for a couple of hours, and then take you back to Naples. There is also an audio guide available (additional cost).
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
Tour departs from your chosen pickup location: your Naples accommodation (hotel, b&b, airbnb - we can offer a meeting point nearby if we cannot reach you at your exact address), Naples Central Station or the Naples cruise terminal; please advise at time of booking under the "Special Requirements" section which one you prefer. 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 any case a driver/guide will show a sign with the name.
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Price is shown per person, based on 11 adults per vehicle
- Lead Traveler's document ID picture required (tour purpose only)
Reviews(34)
Great experience. Our guide, Roberta was amazing and we loved the private tour. We chose the 2 hour private morning tour which seemed to be a good choice as it got busier later in the day. We would have liked more time to explore after the private tour as there is so much to see.
Despite my trip being in Dec, the weather was great. There were also no crowds! Tour guide was wonderful and I learned a lot about Pompeii.
Our guide was knowledgeable but also kind and very patient with my mobility issues. We enjoyed the tour even though it rained.
Our driver was very good and communicated with our tour guide so that she met him right at our car. The tour guide was very friendly and knowledgable, even snapping pictures of us for us and taking extra time for us as they had a special market there that day. Then she walked us right to our drivers car. We had a wonderful time and learned so much!
Tremendous historical experience . We learned so much about the Mount Vesuvius eruption and the archaeological exploration.
Erica our tour guide was great and very knowledgeable. Luis our driver was very friendly and punctual. Over all we enjoyed our tour and the staff. Thank you
The guide was very knowledgeable and gave us a terrific overview with lots of side details…very personable and was able to answer questions. Worth the price for a private tour!!!
The ride to Pompeii was the normal European drive... swerving and braking but the van was in a very bad need of new shocks, I think I lost a kidney. The tour was fast and informative as we usually like, but this one was a little too fast...it felt very rushed to the point of we finished an hour early. We would have liked to stop for water and souvenirs but we're rushed to return to the ship/port. Overall it was ok.
Our guide was fantastic! 5 stars to her!! We were given a meeting point but our driver was given a different meeting point. I couldn’t get the tour operator on the phone but Viator was able to contact them & have the driver sent to our location. This cost us about an hour in Pompeii which was disappointing.
Non-plussed...not worth the money. While Pompeii itself was interesting, our guide was completely disinterested and not engaging. We paid $450 for two adults and a 12 year old to be picked up in Naples and given a private tour. The tour company was non-communicative after some initial emails. They told us to contact them the evening prior to the tour, but did not respond through Viator or through WhatsApp. Thankfully we had a local sim card and were able to call them to arrange a meet up in Naples. The driver picked us up at the meeting point on the sidewalk,we asked for his name during the call the night prior,had we not known his name, we probably would have taken quite a while to find him. He spoke no English and we speak no Italian. When we arrived in Pompeii, the guide met us at the vehicle. She did not introduce herself until I introduced us, she was actually walking away and I wasn't sure if she was the guide or some kind of coordinator. She was very knowledgeable but seemed to not want to be there. She delivered her facts in a non stop, monotone delivery; neither exciting, nor interactive. My son was not feeling well so we used that as an excuse to cut the tour short and cut our losses. I definitely would not recommend this tour, in hindsight we probably could have hired a car for $100 and gotten a guide on site. I don't like to be negative, but this was a loser. We have toured in Kenya, Vietnam, Indonesia, UK, Bangkok, Siem Reap, Jordan, Turkey, Bahrain, Rome and many other spots. We usually book a private tour so we can really engage with the guide, by the end of other tours, we feel like we have made a friend...sometimes even family! This was not one of those times.
