Skip-the-Line Pompeii & Volcano Vesuvius Day Tour w Hotel or Port Pickup
Description
Follow your guide in this private journey at the discovery of two of the most interesting sites of the Campania. Your driver will pick you up at your address and drive you to Pompeii, where you will be welcomed by your guide. You will be showed the highlight of the archaeological site, from the theatres to the Lupanariae, to end into the Forum. After the ruins tour with our professional guide, you will be driven to the Vesuvius slopes, where you will join a group tour to reach the top of the volcano and walk around the crater, led by a geology expert guide. Reserve this full day tour with us and get ready to live one of the most incredible experiences ever! • Important: In case of heavy rain the Vesuvius will be closed. The driver will suggest you an alternative itinerary.
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Our professional guides will lead you into this journey in the Ancient Roman life, bringing Pompeii back to the glorious days. According to Plinius the Young in fact, the city had been buried under layers of lava, stones and ashes after the Mt. Vesuvius eruption dated 79 A.D. More than 2000 years later, houses, theatres, shops, ancient restaurants, bakeries and temples come back to light, giving us the chance to appreciate the ancient splendour of this town. With your guide you will enter the theatres, the bakeries, the Baths, the house of Menander and even more. The magnificence of the frescoes and mosaics, still perfect after all this time, will leave you breathless, as well as the perfection of the pipes and steam systems. You will then be introduced into the Lupanariae – the red-light district – to then end the tour into the Forum, the bigger square of the city where the political, religious and social activities where developed.
At the end of the Pompeii tour enjoy a quick break to have some rest and lunch and prepare yourself to the incredible walk up on the volcano Vesuvius slopes. The driver will bring you half way to the top of the crater, where you will join your geology expert guide to reach the top of the Vesuvius. The spectacular view over Naples and the Gulf will leave you amazed. The Pompeii tour lasts 2 hours and the Vesuvius tour lasts 1.5 hours. Important: in case of heavy rain the National park of the Vesuvius might be closed. In that case our drivers and guides will be happy to suggest you alternative sites to visit. Wear your comfortable shoes and get ready!
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Important Information
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- At time of booking, Cruise ship passengers must provide the following information at time of booking: ship name, docking time, disembarkation time and re-boarding time
- Dress code is smart casual
- Subject to favorable weather conditions. In case of poor weather, you will be given an option of an alternative site to visit
Reviews(30)
We really enjoyed our tour of Pompeii with Italo. He did a great job of explaining the different aspects of the site, making it very interesting and easy to envision. Our driver, Luigi, was prompt, friendly, and also explained some sites on our way to and from Pompeii. Our family thoroughly enjoyed the experience.
Our tour guide was wonderful for all ages and knowledge levels. Lello (not sure on the spelling) was able to keep us all interested and guide us to the highlights of Pompeii from age 10 up to me (with a degree in archaeology). He didn’t pander and didn’t give us the old stories, but gave us up to date information about what is happening at an exciting and ongoing archaeological excavation. Marco, our driver was also lovely. He told us about the towns we passed through on the way from Sorrento and arranges a wine-tasting lunch for us as well after our visit to the summit of Mt. Vesuvius.
Our guide was highly knowledgeable and detailed. He had a sense of humor and was very personable. We had a great time, both informative and fun!
If you're going to do a tour of Pompeii and Vesuvio, do it this way. Our driver Luigi was prompt, very friendly and went out of his way to book us a wonderful lunch reservation at a beautiful winery in between sights. The food was delicious! It was a great break in between excursions. Our guide Italo at Pompei was fantastic. We skipped a very long line and had the perfect tour of Pompei. Italo was very knowledgeable and we saw everything we wanted to during out time. Highly recommend doing a private tour it was so nice to be able to get such a personal experience at such a fascinating location of history. Climbing the top of Vesuvio was also a great cap to the day. Incredible views from the top and brought the whole story of Pompei together. Highly recommend this total experience!!
This was a wonderful tour of Pompeii and Vesuvius! Italo did an incredible job explaining the rich history of Pompeii and made us feel very comfortable asking questions and immersing ourselves in the ruins. The tour was the perfect length where we felt like we got a good idea of what Pompeii has to offer but also left all wanting to come back. Great tour! Would highly recommend Italo as your guide.
The excursion includes Skip the Line with Local Archeologist at Pompeii and Herculaneum and hike to Vesuvius Volcano come. The archeologist is very knowledgeable and entertaining. We learned a great deal about Pompeii and Herculaneum within a short period.
My family had a wonderful tour of Pompeii with our Tour led by Lello the Archaeologist. He presented lots of information abd on a kid friendly level. The whole tour was amazing and we even got whole family photos. I highly recommend it to everyone. The ease of the hotel pick up and skip the lines was worth ever euro. After Pompeii, we enjoyed a lovely lunch with wonderful views before heading up Vesuvius. I will definitely do this type of tour again.
Our tour guide was prompt and informative. She was a bit concerned about us using recording equipment during the tour which I’d brought especially to record the experience for posterity and found disappointing. It is a huge site so of course we could only cover a small area but she did a good job of getting us to most of the spots she covered before the crowds got there. Overall it was an enjoyable taste of Pompeii. Hopefully we can return and see more in the future.
This was an excellent tour. A driver was waiting outside our apartment and took us to the Pompeii park where we met our certified guide Itelo who had excellent English. We skipped the ticket line. Pompeii is too large to see everything but were happy with the parts selected by Itelo and he gave us great explanations of what we were seeing and how it related to ancient Roman life. Next we met our driver who took us to Vesuvius with a stop for a perfect lunch [our cost] and then to the park where you can walk up to the rim. It's a fairly steep climb of 45 minutes for us. After the driver got us back in town. Recommend it highly.
What an amazing day with Lello! We loved every minute, no stress, no rush, perfect trip, money well spent! Excellent, Lello is the best guide you can have!
