Description
This Pompeii day trip from Rome starts with an air-conditioned coach ride south, with an English-speaking tour leader on board. At the end of it waits a Roman town frozen in time, and you walk in without joining the ticket queue.
Inside the archaeological site, a licensed archaeologist guide leads you along the preserved streets and explains daily life behind the walls: the homes, the baths, the food shops and the theatres. Houses such as the House of the Faun and the House of the Vettii, the Forum and the Amphitheatre are among the places visited in the area.
Two extras can be picked when booking. The first is a lunch of pizza, a starter and dessert in a traditional Neapolitan restaurant with a panorama of the bay, the Amalfi Coast and the islands. The second is Mount Vesuvius: either a guided uphill hike of about 20 minutes to the crater, on mostly soft ground, or an easier walk with a professional geologist who explains the volcanic landscape.
- Return coach from Rome with Wi-Fi
- Skip-the-line ticket for Pompeii
- Licensed guide in Pompeii and a tour leader
- Lunch and Vesuvius park entry, if chosen
Hotel pickup and tips are not included, and the tour is not suitable for wheelchair users. If bad weather or a strike closes the crater, the group visits Sorrento instead and has free time there. Depending on the options, the day runs from 9 to 12 hours.