Pompeii
- Address:Pompeii
- Hours:Apr - Oct: 8:30am - 7:30pm, Nov - Mar: 8:30am - 5pm
- Admission:Free
Pompeii Reviews
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Amazing guide and tremendous scenery and views. Enough time to enjoy lunch and visit some shops but didn't feel rushed. Really enjoyed it!
This was lovely. Our guide Rosa and the driver Federico, were wonderful. The guide for Pompeii was good, but too long. If we had a one hour tour, then we could have wandered around on our own, for the last hour before they closed, or possible continued with the guide. That would have been great. Regardless, we enjoyed the day very much.
The tour of Pompeii itself was great. A little long, but that's because it's so huge. The lunch provided was pretty terrible though. The guides raved about Neopolitan pizza, but the lunch stop we were taken to was obviously just for large tour groups and it was pretty bad. My margharita pizza had little cheese and not even one whole leave of basil on it. No good. Also, the weather was bad enough that we were unable to go to Mt. Vesuvius so we were stuck going into Naples to visit the museum. I'd rather the trip be cut short since the museum was pretty sparse, not impressive and I hate to say it, but lame. (We went to other great museums in Rome so it's not that we don't like museums.) We also were not given a whole of of time (maybe 15 minutes) to souvenir shop at the rest stop, Pompeii, or even the museum (which was no great loss). Eh.
It was a nice idea in concept but it took way to long to get there in a day. We got stuck in traffic so the trip ended up being 4 hours there and 3.5 back. It was rainy and cold so we could not go up Mt. Vesuvius. Even beyond that, the local tour guide in Pompeii was not that great and even asked us to tip her at the end, which considering how much I paid for the tour I did not do. The local tour guide was really not that interesting and seemed to just not care about our experience. The only upside was the helpfulness of Massimo (our tour operator guide).
We had such a fantastic day and could not have done this on our own. Our guide in Pompeii was very passionate about his work and the excavations accomplished in Pompeii. Lunch was wonderful and the restaurant was really lovely. We were both so glad we could experience Pompeii and Vesuvius so hassle free and the lunch was a real bonus. Really recommend this tour.
This tour was a mixed bag. First stop Naples. I think they included it in the tour, just to accommodate the shuffling of guests between tour buses. The tour was a walk from the ugly parking lot past a castle and through a very pretty shopping mall and back to the car park. Onto another bus and off to Pompeii for lunch (pretty good) and tour of Pompeii (too short). Back on another bus and on to Sorrento to check in at a lovely hotel. There was no Sorrento tour, which was okay. We walked around and relaxed at the hotel. Morning tour to Capri, which started with a stop at a large gift shop in Sorrento (totally unnecessary). We were lucky our guide rushed us right off the ferry and onto the boat to the Blue Grotto, because it closed shortly after we came back (kudos to him). Then we had lunch at a pizzeria in the upper city and walked around for some charming coffee and shopping. Back on the bus, ferry, bus and to the hotel again. Free evening. Two dinners at the hotel were included, but I wish we had skipped one and eaten out in Sorrento. It was good, but limited menu. Twice in a row was too much. We were instructed to be ready to go at 330, but the bus didn't arrive until 415. They took us back to Pompeii, shuffled us onto another bus, which stopped in Capri to pickup more people and dropped us off blocks from our hotel at 1030pm in the rain, with all our luggage. Luckily my iPhone was working for directions. They didn't plan any time for dinner. They gave us 10 minutes to grab something at a gift shop/deli/rest stop.
Got rained out so couldn't do Vesuvius and Pompeii was hard work. Restaurant for lunch was terrible. So can't blame them for the weather, but can't say I had a great time.
A long, but wonderful day, spent with great guides. More time in Pompeii would have been great, but it's really far from Rome, so that's expected. Learned a lot, but was entertained too. Sarah and Ashley did a great job of wrangling the crew and keeping us relatively on time
We took a train from Florence to Naples for the day to join the Mt. Vesuvius and Pompeii day trip. The part of Naples that the train station is in was not that impressive, very dirty and extremely busy. We were so surprised how great the rest of the day was!! Pompeii is nothing less than amazing, the pictures were great, lunch was great and the tour guide was from the area so he was very knowledgable. Mt. Vesuvius was a little more of a hike to the top than I expected but the views are definitely worth it!
Amazing tour guide. Loved the tour!
This day trip was the highlight of a recent trip to Rome. Comfortable vehicle, gracious and knowledgeable guide (Andrew), and they secured a wonderful guide for us at Pompeii (Gaetani). The leisurely lunch in Positano was a special treat. I booked this tour operator because everyone gave them five stars on all their tours, and they certainly didn't disappoint. Yes, it's a long (14-hr.) day, but well worth it. I will book this operator for future tourist in Italy.
Everything was great! The trip was well-organized and very informative, especially the tour in the ruins of Pompei. I love the fact that we did a little tour around Naples and went to the Gulf of Naples. Gulf of Naples was simply breath-taking! The tour around the ruins of Pompei was really informative and I learnt a lot. Overall, it's a relaxed yet educational trip!
I really enjoyed this trip. The only thing i would improve on this would be having the itinerary for every day of the tour prior to leaving. This way you can plan and pack according to where you are going and staying. More information prior to the leaving for the trip was the only thing missing.
Interesting and a great sightseeinng. But very bad spoken english from your guide and too much crab stories devaluated the outcome!
Very enjoyable and interesting . Very personable and knowledgeable tour guides .
