Pompeii Day Trips from Rome
Written by Viator, August 2010
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Pompeii Day Trips from Rome Reviews
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Reply by Viator, April 2013
Doing what: Pompeii and Amalfi Coast Small Group Day Trip from Rome
Our guide was extremely good and our driver was also very good told us lots of interesting facts on the way as we travelled across Rome it was a long day for him but he was polite, helpful and extremely friendly an excellent driver and did little things like stopping for the bests views of Amalfi.
The guide who took us around Pompeii was also excellent passionate about the subject and really brought the city to life.
A trip of a life time and well worth doing if you visit Rome.
Reply by Viator, April 2013
Doing what: Pompeii and Amalfi Coast Small Group Day Trip from Rome
We loved this tour!!! My kids who are 14 and 16 are still talking about Pompeii. Our driver stopped along the coast for beautiful views and pictures. It was the perfect day trip from Rome.
Reply by Viator, February 2013
Doing what: Pompeii Day Trip from Rome
My daughter and I took the day tour to Pompeii from Rome at the end of January. We were very pleased with tour and would highly recommend it to anyone visiting Rome. The tour guide, Angelique, on the bus was just fantastic providing an excellent narrative about the surrounding country-side and information about what we were going to see at Pompeii. On the trip we stopped at a nice quick-break area with plenty of clean restrooms; lunch was just excellent, both the food and service were very good. I am not sure what some of the other reviewers were complaining about because our lunch was very good. Because we went in January, we visited the Museum in Naples rather than the trip to Mount Vesuvius, in my opinion the Museum was a much better venue and much more meaningful than a trip to the volcano. The Museum gave you the opportunity to see many of the relics retrieved from the city and gain a much better appreciation for what you were going to see at the actual site. We had a separate tour guide at Pompeii, who was also very good. Overall, we were very pleased with our day spent on this tour and would highly recommend it to others.
Reply by Viator, January 2013
Doing what: Pompeii Day Trip from Rome
This trip was excellent. Our tour director was fantastic and kept us entertained the whole way to Pompeii with her history of Rome and Italian traditions. The Museum in Naples was well worth seeing and the tour of Pompeii was exceptional. We all agreed this tour was the highlight of our holiday.
Reply by Viator, January 2013
Doing what: Pompeii Day Trip from Rome
This trip was very well organized, our tour guide Sarah (through Dark Rome tours) and local guide in Pompeii were excellent. This was a great day trip from Rome. We highly recommend it for anyone interested in history.
Reply by Viator, December 2012
Doing what: Pompeii Day Trip from Rome
This was one of the best tours I have ever been on! The guides were informative and fun and tried to get everyone involved which created a lovely group atmosphere. The trek up Versuvius was well worth it and I could have spent a whole day exploring Pompeii with our guide William. William was such a gem. He had a great sense of humour and was a real highlight of the trip. Overall I would strongly recommend this to anyone who has a day to spare in Rome. Make the effort - it was amazing!!!!
Reply by Viator, November 2012
Doing what: Pompeii and Amalfi Coast Small Group Day Trip from Rome
It was expensive and a long day, but worth it for us to be able to see the gorgeous Amalfi Coast and absolutely fascinating Pompeii as a side trip! Andrew was our very skilled driver. He was prompt, courteous and knowledgeable. Since he had to pick us up so early, it was much appreciated that the first part of our ride south out of Rome was a quiet one until we stopped for coffee and a bite to eat. My only recommendation would be that the drivers use a microphone since it wasn't easy to hear in the back of the van.
Reply by Viator, November 2012
Doing what: Pompeii and Amalfi Coast Small Group Day Trip from Rome
Fantastic day! Great to get out of Rome for the day and see the beautiful almalfi coast! Juan our guide was the best, very informative and gave us a great recommendation for lunch at Positano. My husband had time to squeeze in a swim after lunch while I looked in the shops and photographed the beautiful scenery. Pompeii was fantastic also, it was a two hour tour with Antonio who gave us Lots of information and laughs. Highly recommend this as a day trip as we had a ball. This tour was a highlight for us!
Reply by Viator, October 2012
Doing what: Pompeii Day Trip from Rome
We had a week in Rome and wanted to get outside of the city to experience a different side of Italy. This day trip met our expectations and then some. Our guides kept the long bus ride fun and were extremely knowlegable. When we arrived in Pompeii, we were joined by a local guide who was probably more entertaining than factual, though Im sure he could answer any real questions people had. After touring pompeii we stopped for lunch in a restaurant that seems to only cater to tour buses. We had an extremely long wait for our pizzas, causing our schedule to be off for the rest of the day. This was really the only down side and couldnt be helped. The lunch break was great though because that hike up vesuvious was a bit on the tough side. We were given 80 minutes, presumably 30 minutes up, 20 minutes on top and 30 down. Though Im only 29, I have a bad back and needed the full 40 minutes to get up and another 40 to get down. An extra 10 minutes would have been helpful, especially for my husband who would have liked to linger at the crater for a few more minutes. All in all, it was a good day and worth every penny.
Reply by Viator, October 2012
Doing what: Pompeii Day Trip from Rome
This is a must do tour when in Rome!! One of the best days on my entire Europe trip!
Tour guides were excellent, organisation was excellent.
Pompeii was so incredible, you really have to see to believe. The Mt Vesuvius climb was tough but worth it to say 'been there done that!'
Reply by Viator, October 2012
Doing what: Pompeii Day Trip from Rome
Being from NY, I was skeptical about all the 5 star ratings, but I assure you, all 5 stars are well deserved!!
We spent 4 days in Rome and then took a 7 night Mediterranean Cruise.....Altlhough the entire trip was amazing, I must say, Pompeii was the highlight.
Our guide Sara was knowledgeable, friendly and really concerned with making sure we all had a great time!
She and the other guide (there were two groups on one bus, then we split up when we got there) provided a lot of information as we made our way on the 3 hour ride. We made a pit stop halfway through and arrived at Pompeii just on time. When we got there, we met the man who would be our tour guide for the ruins. He was fantastic. Extremely knowledgeable, passionate and funny! It was a hot day - and very very crowded, but they did a great job of keeping us together and moving in to the shade whenever possible. Just being among the ruins was an incredible experience, but all the information our guide provided really made the city come to life! Afterwards, we went to Mount Vesuvius where we climbed to the top - it was not an easy hike - definitely more difficult than I anticipated - but it was exhilarating and amazing to make it to the top. The included lunch was great - and I slept the entire ride back, but my husband said the followup commentary on the way home was informational and fun.
Be prepared for a long but amazing day!
Reply by Viator, October 2012
Doing what: Pompeii Day Trip from Rome
An excellent 2 part day trip. Firstly, the tour round Pompeii was interesting and informative. Then lunch with authentic Naples Pizza (with salad and drink) was great. The afternoon was trip to Mount Vesuvius which was amazing. The guides were great, keeping us entertained and informed on each leg of the journey including helpful general tips on being a tourist in Rome/Italy. There was also a welcome break at a truck stop to/from Rome for toilet/snacks/drinks etc. I would highly recommend this trip to anyone visiting Rome.
Reply by Viator, September 2012
Doing what: Pompeii Day Trip from Rome
This day trip was superb. Although it was a long day, it was worth every minute. Our tour guides, Antonella and Violet, and bus driver Antonio were just great. Seeing the sights in Pompeii was extremely interesting and the bus ride/hike to the top of Vesuvius was just so beautiful and exciting. The spectacular views at the top of the volcano made the trek to the top well worthwhile. To be prepared for the heat and hike, wear comfortable, closed toed shoes, take the walking stick offered at the beginning of the hike up Vesuvius and bring or buy an ample supply of water. All the members of my family of 5, including three teenagers, had a great day. We were in Rome for a week and this was an excellent way to get out of the city, see some of the countryside, and have one in lifetime experiences that we will always remember.
Reply by Viator, September 2012
Doing what: 3-Day Italy Trip: Naples, Pompeii, Sorrento and Capri
This trip was just perfect! The right amount of time to spend in both Naples and Pompeii, and the hotel in Sorrento was lovely. Dinner both nights was amazing, and also a nice breakfast buffet. I had a view of the bay outside my hotel window. The day trip to Capri with Sascha was very pleasant, and we got to see the Blue Grotto. You should definitely go on the chairlift to the top of the island, also - the view is breathtaking. I took the bus to Positano on the 3rd day, and it was so beautiful, the color of the water was unbelievable. It was raining off and on during the whole trip, but that helped to cool down the temperature and humidity so it was pleasant, and when the bus left Sorrento we could look out over the bay and there was a full rainbow stretching from Naples to Capri. It was amazing!
(I would not advise trying to go to more than one town on the Amalfi Coast that 3rd day, though, because you might be waiting for the public buses for a while and might not get back to Sorrento in time for the tour bus back to Rome.)
I would definitely recommend taking this trip!
Reply by Viator, August 2012
Doing what: Pompeii Day Trip from Rome
This was the best day of our holiday! The tour guide Giovanna was amazing. Very enthusiastic, informative and funny. She made what could of been a long boring bus ride very entertaining and interesting. The climb of Vesuvius was steep but the view from the top was incredible. And then to cap off an already excellent day we went to pompeii of course, and there are not enough positive adjectives to describe what we saw. I was expecting well preserved ruins but what we saw was more than that. You really got the sense you were in another time. We were given a different guide here and he was very good as well. He really knew his stuff and he answered any questions we had. All in all it was a fantastic day!! I would recommend this trip to anyone going to Rome!
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