Day Trips

From Rome: Pompeii and Mount Vesuvius Day Trip

Name: From Rome: Pompeii and Mount Vesuvius Day Trip
Start: 2024-12-28T07:30:00
End: 2024-12-28T18:30:00
Location: Rome

Pompeii Skip-the-Line Guided Tour group exploring ancient ruins with a guide, highlighting unique architectural features in Naples, Italy

Mount Vesuvius with a view of the crater, part of a day trip from Rome to Pompeii and Naples.

Customer enjoying air-conditioned bus on Herculaneum half-day tour from Naples.

Spend a day in the fascinating archaeological site of Pompeii, paired with a visit to either Mt. Vesuvius or Positano!

Highlights

Visit one of Rome's most famous archaeological sites, the striking city of Pompeii with round-trip transfers on an air-conditioned bus.
Be escorted to Pompeii, post which you can absorb its beauty at your own pace. Follow the path indicated and be transported to the past.
Visit the world's most dangerous volcano, Mt. Vesuvius which wiped Pompeii off the map altogether.
In case of inclement weather conditions or as per your choice, visit Positano instead of Mt. Vesuvius.
Fun fact: Pizza, as we know it today, was invented in Naples in the 19th century!

Inclusions

Full-day trip around Pompeii and Vesuvius
Pick-up from Rome
Round-trip private AC coach transfers
English or Spanish-guided walking tour of Vesuvius area
Entry to Pompeii and Vesuvius (as per option selected)

Itinerary

Cancellation policy

You can cancel these tickets up to 48 hours before the experience begins and get a full refund.

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Christian

5/5

Oct, 2024

First of all, thank you for this day. Even though it's over 600km from Rome, it was worth every effort. Seeing Pompeii is a highlight. Superbly preserved, you get a wonderful insight into Roman life. Via Appia Antica is an orphan compared to the roads here. The paintings are also very well preserved. The funniest thing we found was the 90 fast food stations for local residents. At first we were worried that we would only see a small corner in the two hours. But our local guide had a great route and we were able to see a lot. Vesuvius was much more stressful afterwards. You are chased up the mountain on a full stomach and have to be back down at a certain time. I can say one thing. We're not the least fit, but it was close. We were two minutes late. One criticism in passing. The restaurant for the toilet break is outrageously overpriced. From time to time the trip feels like a coffee run. But let's put that to one side, you can decide against it and not buy anything. The day was great and we would book it again and again.

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Mrs

3/5

Sep, 2024

I thought Pompeii was good and I would have liked to have had longer. It felt like we'd just touched on the story and didn't get to see any tombs apart from one. Also I thought we were going to walk up Vesuvius from the bottom to top not be driven up there to walk the last 20 minutes. Also we had to wait for our guide to translate into Spanish at each section because we had a couple who were Spanish whilst the rest of us were English. I'm sure we would have seen a lot more had this not been the case.

Prabhjot

5/5

Aug, 2024

This Pompii & Mount Vesuvius tour started dot on time. All along our guide Laura was awsome. She was exprienced guide very friendly and professional. She took care of each passenger on board. The driver Dan was also lovely. The tour was organised well with frequent toilet breaks and covered all what was in the itinerary.

Olga

5/5

Aug, 2024

We booked Rome to Pompei and Vesuvio experience for the family of five. Everything went as scheduled. Our coordinator during the trip mentioned several interesting facts about Rome. In Pompei we had our own guide, same while climbing Vesuvio. BTW, our bus stopped by the shortest path to the top which was very convinient. I sincerely recommend this experience!

Denise

4/5

Aug, 2024

Our guide was great. He was young and excited and his English was very good. Manuelo (?) was ideal to represent your company to a foreigner. It was a very full itinerary and the included lunch was delicious and FILLING!

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Your experience

Pompeii

Join us for a day tour aboard a comfortable air-conditioned bus from Rome to one of the most famous archaeological sites, the incredible ancient city of Pompeii.

A host will escort you to the entrance of the site and give you approximately 3 hours of free time to visit the site individually and at your own pace. As you walk independently, following the path indicated inside the archaeological site of Pompeii, you will feel as if you were walking in the past, as you see a variety of buildings from villas with frescoes and mosaics to bathhouses, fast food stores to outdoor theatres – it won’t be difficult to imagine the hustle and bustle of this once-busy port town!

Mt. Vesuvius

Your Pompeii day trip doesn’t end here, however. Drive a short way to perhaps the most dangerous volcano in the world – a title held for the 3 million people living around its base today. Just over a half-mile hike up Mt. Vesuvius from the parking lot below the crater offers the most stunning view of the Bay of Naples below and a taste of the utter devastation it must have caused when it exploded in 79 AD, literally wiping Pompeii off the map for 1,500 years.

Positano

From early November to March, Vesuvius is not accessible and will be replaced with a visit to Positano. Additionally, during the summer months, in rare cases of inclement weather or strikes, the Vesuvius crater may be closed to visitors. If this occurs, the visit will be substituted with a trip to Positano, where you will have free time to explore the city!

Along the whole trip, you’ll have an expert, English-speaking tour coordinator to entertain you on the way to and from Rome, so, you can relax and enjoy your Pompeii day trip without worrying about the ins and outs of cross-country travel.

Know before you go

What to bring

This tour involves a fair amount of walking, comfortable shoes are recommended.
Temperatures on the Volcano may be a bit lower than temperatures on the ground, a sweater or light jacket is recommended, especially outside of the summer months.

What's not allowed

Appropriate dress is required for entry into some sites on this tour. Knees, shoulders and backs must be covered.

Additional note

The volcano is open from April until early November. From early November to March, it's replaced by a panoramic bus tour and a visit to Positano.
Please note that the itinerary is subject to change depending on external conditions.