Independent guide · Pompeii · Herculaneum · Naples
Walk the Streets Vesuvius Buried in AD 79
Archaeologist-led tours, day trips from Rome, Naples and Sorrento, Herculaneum and the city beneath Naples: every way into Pompeii, compared on what the ticket covers, how long you get inside and who walks you through.
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- Pompeii + Amalfi Coast ★ 4.6 · 46,772 reviews
- Guided tours at the site ★ 4.8 · 41,700 reviews
- Naples archaeology ★ 4.6 · 40,698 reviews
- From Naples and Sorrento ★ 4.5 · 27,742 reviews
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Pompeii and the Bay of Naples, site by site
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Pompeii
How Pompeii works in November 2026: the named ticket and daily cap, what is open, two routes of three and five to six hours, and the eight ways to book, from…
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Naples archaeology
Five Naples visits side by side: Napoli Sotterranea, the catacombs, the Galleria Borbonica and the MANN, with prices, closing days, what is shut and what 20…
21 experiences -
Herculaneum
Herculaneum rules read on the park's site: 16 EUR ticket, winter hours, what is closed, and the 20 tours, from group visits with the ticket at 35 EUR to…
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More of Campania
Paestum's Greek temples, Cuma and Baia in the Campi Flegrei, and the Reggia di Caserta: who each day suits, the order, the closing days and 20 tours priced…
29 experiences
8 ways to see Pompeii
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Pompeii + Amalfi Coast
Twenty Pompeii and Amalfi Coast day trips from 54 to 550 EUR. What the 7 to 13 hours are made of, what the stops are, what moves the price and when the…
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From Rome
Rome to Pompeii in a day by Frecciarossa, local train or coach: hour-by-hour timings, the Sunday direct train, the strikes listed for November, and 20 tours…
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Private tours
Twenty private tours of Pompeii, 89 to 550 EUR. See whether the price is per person or per booking, whether the entrance ticket is in it, and what a party of…
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Pompeii + Vesuvius
Twenty Pompeii and Vesuvius tours from 56 to 625 EUR. What the Vesuvius ticket is, where the trail ends today, what happens when the Park closes and how to…
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Guided tours at the site
Twenty guided visits inside the ruins of Pompeii, median 50 EUR for about two hours.
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From Naples and Sorrento
Pompeii from Naples or Sorrento by tour or local train: the right stop, what 20 listings include, and prices from 31.5 to 249 EUR, with the start town…
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Pompeii + Herculaneum
Pompeii and Herculaneum tours compared: 20 listings from 63 to 553 EUR, with the winter and summer opening hours of both sites and a map of the two towns on…
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Cruise shore excursions
Pompeii shore excursions compared: 20 listings from the ports of Naples and Salerno, 3 to 9 hours long, with a map of both ports and the three meanings of a…
20 experiences
What travellers say
The Pompeii tours travellers book most
Rated 4.5 or higher and ordered by number of reviews, never by commission: one for each way of seeing Pompeii and Naples.
Pompeii Western Sector Tour with Archaeologist Guide, Skip-the-Line, Max 20
Skip-the-line tickets, an archaeologist guide and groups capped at 20 people frame this two-hour visit to Pompeii's Basilica, Forum, baths and plaster casts.
Naples Underground Skip-the-Line Ticket and Guided Tour from Piazza San Gaetano
The ticket and the guided tour come in one booking for the passages beneath Piazza San Gaetano, with Greek and Roman remains. The booking is non-refundable.
Pompeii, Positano and Amalfi Coast Small-Group Coach Day Trip from Rome
Skip-the-line entry and a 2-hour guided visit at Pompeii, two free hours in Positano, and coffee stops at Cassino on a coach day that returns around 8:30 PM.
Pompeii Tour from Naples with Licensed Guide, Cameo Workshop Stop and Bus
An air-conditioned bus picks up in central Naples, a licensed guide leads two hours in Pompeii, entry included, and a cameo workshop stop is part of the day.
Pompeii and Herculaneum Archaeologist-Led Tour from Naples, Sorrento or Rome
Headsets, an archaeologist guide and a choice of starting points: Naples, Sorrento, Rome or the gates of Pompeii. Herculaneum entry tickets are covered.
Rome to Pompeii by High-Speed Train: Guided Tour, Vineyard Wine Tasting and Lunch
Naples in an hour by train, then a private coach to Pompeii, a skip-the-line guided walk and a winery lunch with four Vesuvius wines, in groups of up to 20.
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Plan your visit
How long, which ticket, which train: settle it before you go
Pompeii covers 44 excavated hectares of uneven Roman paving, tickets are issued in your name with a daily cap, and from mid-October the last entry comes at mid-afternoon. Twelve guides take the decisions in the order you face them, from how many hours to give the site to which station to get off at.
We are independent and not affiliated with the Archaeological Park of Pompeii. The Park's own rules, timetables and data are our sources, checked in November 2026.
Before you book
The six questions most visitors ask first.
How long to spend
Routes for two hours, half a day, a full day and two days.
Tickets explained
What each ticket covers, the free days and the daily cap.
Getting there
The right station, and the train from Naples, Sorrento or Rome.
Choose the right tour
When a guide earns its price, and what skip the line means here.
What to wear and bring
Shoes for ancient paving, water, sun and the bag rules.
Pompeii or Herculaneum?
Two very different sites, and how to fit both in.
When to go
Heat, crowds or short days: every month trades one for another
We read the Park's monthly visitor counts. From April to October Pompeii takes about four fifths of its yearly visitors, and an average April or May day sees around 16,000 people against a cap of 20,000. July and August bring the heat, with very little shade on the site; November to February brings room to move and an early last entry.
The seasons pages set those numbers next to 30 years of climate data for the bay, so you can pick the trade-off that suits you.
Seasons, weather and crowds
Our own charts, from official data.
Discover Pompeii
Know what you are looking at before you walk in
A street of ruins means more once you can read it: the three-part address scholars give every door, the counter of a snack bar, a wall painted in the Fourth Style. These pages cover the eruption phase by phase from Pliny's letters, how the town was found from 1748 on, its houses and daily life, and what a 2024 DNA study changed about the body casts.
Every claim carries its source, and where scholars disagree, as on the date of the eruption, we say so.
Understand what you are looking at
History and archaeology, with the source behind every claim.
The eruption of AD 79
Phase by phase, from Pliny's letters and the volcanology.
Houses and buildings
How to read a Pompeii address, and what 49 places show.
Daily life
Snack bars, bakeries, baths and election slogans on the walls.
Wall painting
The four Pompeian styles, and where to see them.
The body casts
How they were made, and what a 2024 DNA study changed.
Myths and facts
Thirty popular claims, each with a verdict and a source.
Beyond Pompeii
Pompeii is one town of many around the bay
Vesuvius buried more than Pompeii. The villas of Oplontis, Stabiae and Boscoreale sit a few kilometres away and see a fraction of the visitors. The best finds from all of them hang in the Naples Archaeological Museum. South of Salerno, Paestum keeps three Greek temples; west of Naples, the Phlegraean Fields hold Cumae, Baia and Pozzuoli.
Our comparison says what each site is, how long it takes and who it suits.
The other Roman sites around Vesuvius
Quieter places, and the museum that holds Pompeii's treasures.
Sixty questions, answered briefly
Opening hours, bags, toilets, children, trains, the casts: each answer links to the page that goes deeper.