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Pompeii Ruins Day Trip With Optional Pick-up From Rome
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Description
Embark on a captivating day trip from Rome to Pompeii, where history comes alive amidst ancient ruins preserved by Mount Vesuvius. Your adventure will begin with a convenient hotel pick-up in the Rome centre (if the proper pick-up options are chosen when booking, otherwise you will be left the instructions to reach the group to the meet-up point), before a scenic drive through the Roman countryside, offering glimpses of the Mediterranean and Mount Vesuvius.
Until the end of October, you will enjoy panoramic views from Naples before heading to Pompeii and tasting an authentic pizza lunch. Afterward, skip the lines at the Pompeii site for a guided tour exploring streets and homes frozen in time. Return to Rome in the evening.
Starting in November, delve deeper into Pompeii's captivating archaeological site with extended exploration time before returning directly to Rome, as the panoramic bus route through Naples will be replaced with a longer visit to the archaeological site!
What's Included
- Skip-the-Line entrance ticket to Pompeii
- Hotel pickup from selected central Rome hotels (higher-price option to be selected when booking)
- Authentic Neapolitan pizza lunch with one soft drink
- Professional guide for Pompeii tour or multi-language audio guide
- Roundtrip air-conditioned coach transportation from Rome
- Audio guides in Italian, French, German, Portuguese, Polish, Chinese, Russian, and Japanese
Additional Info
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- Self-guided audio guides in Italian, French, German, Portuguese, Polish, Chinese, Russian, and Japanese are available
- Suitable for all ages; an adult must accompany children
- Tours in French and German require a minimum of 10 participants; otherwise, they will be conducted in English
- Free cloakroom available for large items like backpacks and luggage (30x30x15cm)
- Tour not suitable for wheelchair users, guests with mobility issues, or heart conditions
- From November, extended time in Pompeii
- Panoramic bus route through Naples until October
- Disclaimer: If you choose to return to Rome, or go elsewhere independently and not with the group from Pompeii, please be aware that only one piece of luggage per guest is permitted.
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Reviews for Pompeii Ruins Day Trip With Optional Pick-up From Rome
A very long day and not really worth it...
428sarahw
And here's why I titled this review that way. We joined the tour bus at 07:30am and drove down to Naples where we stopped to enjoy the view and take photos. All good so far. Then we stopped for lunch pizza or pasta, where a dude serenaded the group like an Italian mariachi boy, then shook his hat in my face for money. Not impressed. Then we got taken into a cameo jewellery factory and encouraged to buy something. Wasn't there to buy cameo, was there to see Pompeii. By the time we got to go through the gate, it was after 2pm.
However. Once inside the gate, our guide was fantastic! Such a knowledgeable man, he's a teaching professor at the local University and actively works on digs at Pompeii and Herculaneum with his students. I wished I could have popped him in my pocket and taken him with me. Unfortunately, the weather didn't play nice and a huge thunderstorm cut short our time after the tour ended so we didn't get to explore Pompeii any further on our own. But what we did see was mind-blowing. A reason to return (under our own steam).
The bus trip back was delayed by nearly 3 hours due to waiting for other passengers to come from another location to join our bus. Sitting in sodden clothes and shoes was miserable. We were not allowed to have hot drinks on the bus, understandable if the bus is moving but it wasn't... It was 9pm by the time we reached the meeting point again in Rome, and we were more than done with it by then. Tired, cold and hungry :(
On the whole, I wouldn't recommend this tour, the whole excursion smacked of an organised tourist ripoff.
overpriced although guide was very good
2ruse
the guide was excellent and took us to newer excavations not requiring long waits in queues - but otherwise the tour was disappointing, especially the lunch at a restaurant with a parking lot packed with tourbusses - we had paid almost 150 euros each with an expectation of a more personalized experience (and were majorly ticked off to discover that most of the people on the tour had paid a lot less for the same tour)
Pompeii Breathtaking
Patricia_S
Awesome. The tour guide, Sasha, was knowledgeable and also made it fun. Did not know what to expect but with that said it was beyond any expectations.
Day trip to Pompeii
Brenda m
We had a great day out in Pompeii with gray line. Everything went smoothly and we were very well looked after from bus driver to tour guides.
Excellent Pompeii Tour!
Ronald_H
Tour of Archeological Ruins of Pompeii was informative and interesting, local guide Sasha was very knowledgeable and helpful!
Page last updated on October 30, 2024
