Pompeii archaeological site half-day tour with a local guide
Pompeii archaeological site half-day tour with a local guide
Excursions & day trips
Sorrento, Italy
from 284 reviews
4.6/5
Free Cancellation
Language:
English
Mobile voucher accepted
Duration: 8 Hours
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This half-day visit to the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Pompeii gives you a peek into ancient Rome
There's a two-hour guided tour through the streets, forum, markets and thermal baths of Pompeii
Mt Vesuvius looms in the distance, a reminder of the fateful eruption in 79AD that claimed the city
You'll see details of the frescoes on the walls of wealthy Roman homes from 2,000 years ago
Your local guide knows this archaeological site like the back of their hand
What to expect
Of all the Roman ruins in Italy, none is as poignant or fascinating as Pompeii. More than a moment frozen in time, it's a window into the past. You'll discover its remarkably well-preserved houses and landmark sites on this morning excursion to this UNESCO Word Heritage Site.Buried under volcanic ash by the 79 AD eruption of Mt Vesuvius – which still looms large in the distance – Pompeii brings to life ancient Rome. You'll tread the cobbled streets brought to life by a two-hour guided commentary through headsets.All the major highlights here are covered – the forum, thermal baths, gymnasium and the market piazzas. You can still see frescoes on the walls of the homes of the Roman elite. Walking through its ruins is like leafing through the pages of a living history book.
What's included
Transport
Guide
Two-hour guided tour of Pompeii
Audio headset guide
Admission fees
What to remember
You can't take any bag larger than 30x30x15cm into Pompei – there's a free-of-charge cloakroom where you can leave belongings
Please note, the duration of this tour is around five hours, with a two-hour guided tour around the archaeological site
Not suitable for wheelchairs
Bring suitable footwear
Food and drinks not included
Provider
TUI ITALIA S.R.L.
Booking Fee
Good news! No extra fees are applied to this booking.
Cancellation Fee
Receive a 100% refund if you cancel up to 1 day before the experience begins
Pompei was, asexpected, very busy. It was an interesting look at the everyday lives of the people who lived and worked and, sadly, died there. Our guide Vincenzo was friendly, informative and very humorous.
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Kay
September 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
As a couple
- 45 years old
Excellent
Excellent trip, time there was just right, , our guide Fabiana was so knowledgeable she was brilliant.
J
JohnG
September 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
As a couple
- 50 years old
Excellent
A great introduction to Pompeii. Our guide Vincent have us an insight to the Sorrento area (history etc) while en route to Pompeii. He kept us entertained with his wonderful sense of humour. Prior to our arrival we were given ear pieces so we were able to hear him clearly during the tour. Vincent was a mine of information on the history of Pompeii and the Vesuvius eruption. The tour is very fast paced and could be tiring for some. There is so much more to see but this is a great taster!
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Alison
September 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
As a couple
- 39 years old
Great
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Peter Ferrie
September 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
With family
- 40 years old
Excellent
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Karen Surtees
September 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
With friends
- 47 years old
Excellent
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Ann
September 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
As a couple
- 52 years old
Excellent
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Sandra
August 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
As a couple
- 36 years old
Excellent
We thoroughly enjoyed the tour and the guide was brilliant. Very entertaining and informative.
M
Mark
August 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
With family
- 30 years old
Excellent
J
James
August 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
As a couple
- 50 years old
Excellent
K
Kev H
August 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
As a couple
- 41 years old
Excellent
Fantastic day out. Tour guide was fantastic.
T
Travels
August 2025
From United Kingdom
Traveled as
As a couple
- 42 years old
Excellent
Our guide was excellent. Just the right level of information. Kept everyone informed and where possible in the shade during the tour. Rep was very knowledgeable.
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Hilde
August 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
With family
- 38 years old
Great
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Monika
August 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
As a couple
- 10 years old
Great
3 hours instead of 2, toilet and drinks free. Free time inside pompei outsider tour. Later start in a day. Guide Fabiana was amazing - we wish tour was slightly longer.
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Sharon
August 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
As a couple
- 53 years old
Excellent
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Paul
August 2025
From United Kingdom
Traveled as
As a couple
- 47 years old
Great
Tour seemed rushed because of the numbers of tours active at the same time Nearly lost the guide twice trying to take photos when she had already moved on to next target
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Louise and Peter
August 2025
From United Kingdom
Traveled as
As a couple
- 32 years old
Excellent
Our tour guide Barna and I hope I got this right was a fantastic and knowledgeable guide who led throughout with her excellent description and insight off the past while manoeuvring around other crowds easily avoiding any queuing to ensure maxamising our time on the trip with the sights fantastic host would highly recommend this trip especially if you get this tour guide ??
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Wendy-Marie
August 2025
From United Kingdom
Traveled as
As a couple
- 34 years old
Excellent
This was such an amazing experience. The guide was so knowledgeable and gave detailed information about all the different areas of Pompeii, the streets, homes of the upper and lower class, shops. I would highly recommend. The tour lasted approximately two hours and this was plenty of time to get around in the high temperatures. Comfortable footwear needed and transport provided. All in all a good excursion.
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Sandra
August 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
With family
- 35 years old
Excellent
Super interesting tour, our guide was really knowledgeable and explained lots about the areas of the site we visited. We saw all the highlights and enjoyed finding out about the history. Would highly recommend.
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Georgia
August 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
As a couple
- 7 years old
Great
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Sharon Peach
August 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
With family
- 35 years old
Excellent
The trip was hassle free from pick up and drop off.A great experience and was the right amount of time there.
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G/D couple
August 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
As a couple
- 8 years old
Average
Enjoyed the tour but wasn’t what was listed in the TUI experiences, it was listed as a half day tour that lasted 4-8 hours the tour was only 2 hours and was very rushed, very little time to look at anything and felt like we skipped over a lot of places that could have been seen. However the tour guide was very knowledgeable about the history behind Pompeii and surrounding areas.
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Claire Kerley
August 2025
From United Kingdom
Traveled as
With family
- 30 years old
Excellent
Out guide Laura was vey knowledgeable and made the tour more interesting. She let us have enough time at each part and was very helpful.
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Stephen
August 2025
From United Kingdom
Traveled as
As a couple
- 46 years old
Poor
A half day is not 2 hrs the guide did her job spot on but me and my wife can't keep up as a few more people was the same week are thinking about cancelling the rest of the trips to get our money back
M
Mad about holidays
August 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
As a couple
- 52 years old
Great
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Cristina Morriss
August 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
With family
- 40 years old
Excellent
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Mark
August 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
As a couple
- 37 years old
Poor
It was advertised as Pompei half day which was a 2 hour guide and about 4 hours on a bus that hardly had air conditioning A falsely sold excursion I'd think twice before booking a trip again through Tui and as for the rep once she has your booking/money hardly speaks to you again
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Susie
August 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
With family
- 28 years old
Excellent
Our tour guide Lorenzo was extremely knowledgeable and entertaining, he really brought the Pompei experience to life and made it truly memorable for our whole family. Huge thanks to him!
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Sallyann
August 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
With family
- 35 years old
Excellent
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Phill
August 2025
From United States of America
Excellent
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Sally
August 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
With family
- 32 years old
Excellent
Coach travel was great especially having air colon the coach. Tour was really informative with a great pace that kept us moving along. Our guide Chinzzia was so knowledgeable. The price was a lot but we all enjoyed it and will Remember the trip well.
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G Joy
August 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
As a couple
- 14 years old
Excellent
Dana was incredibly knowledgeable, she was understanding of all members of the group and took her time to engage with everyone. She made our trip truly enjoyable and having travelled much of the world and visited many places she was definitely one of our most memorable tour guides to date!
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Claude
August 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
As a couple
- 43 years old
Great
Visite intéressante. Seul bémol le guide n’est pas disponible en français et certains lieux sont difficiles d’accès de part la quantité de touristes. Mais c’était la haute saison.
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Chris
July 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
With family
- 33 years old
Excellent
Our guide Pasquale was superb, very well organised, extremely informative and took care of our whole group. I would highly recommend this tour to gain a further insight into the history of pompeii.
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Daniel
July 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
As a couple
- 9 years old
Great
The guide was great (Pasquale) very funny and informative.
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Sarah
July 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
As a couple
- 42 years old
Excellent
The guide was funny, knowledgeable and informative. We enjoyed this trip and would recommend it to others. The half a day was just the right amount of time to see the sights and be back at our hotel for a late lunch.
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Lisa
July 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
As a couple
- 27 years old
Excellent
A
A very happy tourist!
July 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
With family
Excellent
Guides were excellent. Lots of information the area along with a detailed description of the site itself
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CS
July 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
As a couple
- 36 years old
Excellent
Tour was well organised. Great guide, good communication, saw highlights and half day was perfect as it would have been too much for a full day with the heat. Would recommend.
M
Martin W
July 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
As a couple
- 37 years old
Excellent
The schedule and duration was good. Our guide Dana was excellent. Our hotel (Art Hotel Gran Paradiso) was up a narrow road so we had to walk 10 minutes down the hill to our collection location. The trip would've been much better if we could have been picked up from our hotel.
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Stuart M
July 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
With family
- 38 years old
Excellent
Everything was great but the group was over 20 people
A
Angeline
July 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
As a couple
- 41 years old
Excellent
Everything was good
J
J Keech
July 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
With family
- 36 years old
Excellent
The tour was fab, the information that was given was great, we would have liked a map, however, we research a lot online. Lorenzo was a great tour guide and kept us cool (if that is possible) throughout the morning. Highly recommend.
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Pressy
July 2025
From United Kingdom
Traveled as
With family
- 40 years old
Great
B
Boogaerts
July 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
As a couple
- 51 years old
Great
Mon épouse et moi-même regrettons que la visite ne soit pas commentée en français mais uniquement en anglais... C'est un peu dommage, mais pour le reste la guide donnait très bien les explications en anglais que malheureusement, nous ne maîtrisons pas...
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E and R
July 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
As a couple
Excellent
A superb tour. Lorenzo was an excellent guide. He was extremely knowledgeable and he made our visit interesting and fun.
M
MG
July 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
As a couple
- 54 years old
Excellent
Guide Pasquale informative, passionate about Pompeii, and considerate towards his tour guests.
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Blue Moon
July 2025
From United Kingdom
Traveled as
As a couple
- 43 years old
Great
Not as much time either side of tour as we would have liked. Felt rushed when we would have liked a coffee etc.
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Perrys
July 2025
From United Kingdom
Traveled as
With family
- 39 years old
Great
A
Andy y
July 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
As a couple
- 42 years old
Excellent
Very good very informative
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David&Shirley
July 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
As a couple
- 57 years old
Excellent
Enjoyed the whole experience the tour guide was brilliant
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frosty
July 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
As a couple
- 43 years old
Excellent
really good experience,the guide was excellent cant recommend enough
J
Join
July 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
As a couple
Excellent
Very friendly guide knowledge and was helpful
A
Anna
July 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
As a couple
- 50 years old
Excellent
2hrs is not enough to see whole site it's so vast, but with heat I can understand. The city is amazing the grand scale. Wow. Always a dream to visit did not disappoint.
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Warren
July 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
As a couple
- 4 years old
Excellent
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Holiday with Daughter
July 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
With family
Great
Very knowledgable would redone d as a must Only one thing that was a little annoying was on the bus she often repeated the same facts
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Linda
July 2025
From United States of America
Excellent
All good excellent drivers and great guide
I
Ian C.
July 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
As a couple
- 50 years old
Great
A
Angie & Ed UK
June 2025
From United Kingdom
Traveled as
As a couple
- 48 years old
Excellent
Our tour guide..Vinchensa (not sure on the spelling)..was absolutely fantastic. Very informative before, during and after Pompeii. Great information given on the areas that we drove through. Great information given in Pompeii. Very friendly and personable. Kept a close check on everyone in the party. Fantastic experience. Thank you
A
Andrew Morton
June 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
As a couple
- 47 years old
Excellent
Guide was knowledgeable, but conveyed the information over in a really interesting and fun way. She (Fab) was also careful in holding the group together and taking care to keep everyone safe. Excellent!!
J
Jay jay
June 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
As a couple
- 50 years old
Excellent
The guide was excellent, had a very interesting amount of information and kept us informed about everything along the way, spoke excellent English too, driver was very good too. Although time was a little tight an extra ten minutes in the shop at the end would have been good but not a major problem. All in all an excellent experience and would recommend this trip to anyone
J
J
June 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
As a couple
- 42 years old
Great
The rep was very informative and knowledgeable we enjoyed the history, and seeing the sights. I found my ear piece kept falling off which was a destruction. Also not enough time to relax for a drink or go to the shop afterwards
D
Debbie
June 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
As a couple
- 38 years old
Excellent
Our guide was brilliant plenty of information during our coach trip and when in Pompei. Just about the right time to spend in pompei due to the heat. Organised well.
D
Dave K
June 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
As a couple
- 45 years old
Excellent
If we had booked doing it ourselves we wouldn’t have seen half or knew what actually happened
A
Andy
June 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
As a couple
- 38 years old
Excellent
What a brilliant tour that was well worth the money. Our guide Fabi was outstanding , she was knowledgeable, friendly and spoke incredible English. Her knowledge of pompei and the local area was excellent The way that Fabi narrated the tour with brilliant. It was full of interesting historical facts and some humour that all added to the experience. Without doubt one of the best tours we have been on absolutely brilliant.
K
Karla
June 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
As a couple
- 38 years old
Great
Fabiana was a very knowledgeable guide and made the tour very enjoyable
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Theresa
June 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
With family
- 43 years old
Great
M
Mr & mrs Davies
June 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
As a couple
Great
Pompeii ruins was amazing very educational and interesting the guild done a excellent tour under the time scale she had I would say the only down side it was very rushed and very busy
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Devonshire darling
June 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
As a couple
- 44 years old
Great
Great trip only downside was being picked up at 7.30 and arriving at Pompeii at around 10am
I
Ian
June 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
As a couple
- 45 years old
Excellent
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Lesley
June 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
As a couple
- 47 years old
Excellent
Length of tour was just about right. Our guide was knowledgeable and personable. The only thing which spoilt the trip was the bad weather and I don’t think TUI can do much about that. Overall a good experience and value for money. Oh and the guide didn’t ask for tips (as others have done on other trips - not TUI). We were happy in this instance to give her a tip as she did a good job!
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Lauren
June 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
As a couple
- 15 years old
Excellent
Good length tour, Annalisa was very knowledgeable and shared a lot of information, Luigi got us there and back in reasonable times given the amount of traffic early in the morning!
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Cathbo
June 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
With family
- 42 years old
Great
We enjoyed the tour of Pompeii but the reason I didn't mark it higher is simply because of the crowds and it was too hot. That isn't the fault of TUI though but next time we will go out of season when it's cooler and not so crowded.
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Pauld
June 2025
From United Kingdom
Traveled as
As a couple
- 46 years old
Excellent
Good amount of time at Pompeii with a very knowledgeable and enthusiastic guide. However pick up took too long
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Denise
June 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
As a couple
- 48 years old
Excellent
Brilliant half day tour led by Laura.
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Lizzie V
June 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
With friends
- 56 years old
Excellent
The guide was very knowledgeable and informative. He made the whole experience interesting and brought the terrible events of the eruption and consequences to life. A moving experience and a truly memorable visit.
S
Simon Taylor
June 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
As a couple
- 50 years old
Excellent
Very good in all respects apart from watching time at Pompei while guide purchased tickets. Can’t they be purchased online?
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Phil
June 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
As a couple
- 45 years old
Great
The start of the tour and entrance to Pompeii was very disorganised a lot of waiting around with poor communication which was disappointing The tour itself was very interesting and the guide was very informative
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Viv and hugh
June 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
As a couple
- 39 years old
Excellent
Loved this trip had a fantastic guide, collected on time, would encourage people to go early due to the heat
T
Tracey
June 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
As a couple
- 37 years old
Excellent
We had a guide Fabi who was fantastic. Great knowledge about the history of Pompeii.
D
Dean Robinson
June 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
As a couple
- 45 years old
Excellent
We thought the tour guide was excellent. Very informative and lovely, and an Italian with a wicked sense of humour, she was great, sorry I can't remember her name because she deserves a mention.
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sporty3108
June 2025
From United Kingdom
Traveled as
As a couple
- 55 years old
Great
Two hours on site was more than enough. The guide was ok but with the huge crowds tended to wander off at a pace which was too fast for some of the group. Fortunately nobody got lost. Information given was fine through the audio sets.
K
Krys.
June 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
As a couple
- 57 years old
Great
Good to have a guide to show you places you might have missed otherwise, and not have to queue long to get in .
A
Angie
June 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
As a couple
- 44 years old
Great
The guide had pretty good English but he kept not finishing his sentences and kept walking too far ahead so we lost connection. Either that or the headsets weren't the best. It would of been nice to walk through the museum at the end but he never mentioned it and just walked past.
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Richard
June 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
As a couple
- 46 years old
Excellent
The tour around the site was excellent however it would have been good to have a short while at the end of the tour to revisit areas of personal interest to explore further and take additional photographs.
M
Mrs Jackie Koshnick
June 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
As a couple
- 50 years old
Excellent
Our guide Martina was very knowledgeable, and easy to understand. She was very conscious of the group and constantly making sure everyone was together as it was a large group of 30
G
Geoff
May 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
As a couple
Excellent
Guide was excellent and kept checking group were all together Timing were perfect Maybe try to have a break midway in Pompeii itself though appreciate that facilities are very limited Overall excellent
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Nana
May 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
With family
- 44 years old
Excellent
Guide was extremely knowledgeable. The safety of the group was important.
G
Griffith
May 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
As a couple
Excellent
Very satisfied
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Tracey
May 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
As a couple
- 46 years old
Great
We decided to do the half day tour as we felt we would not manage the full day one. However, although we enjoyed it, the tour felt very rushed
M
Mark
May 2025
From United Kingdom
Traveled as
As a couple
- 36 years old
Excellent
Excellent
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Simon Dennis
May 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
As a couple
- 38 years old
Excellent
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SBLD
May 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
With family
- 53 years old
Excellent
The tour was made particularly meaningful & enjoyable by an excellent & very good english speaking guide called Salvatore Fiorelli (Sassi). He was extremely knowledgable & professional in his delivery of historical information & made the tour super interesting & fun.
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Tony D
May 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
As a couple
- 35 years old
Excellent
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NM
May 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
As a couple
- 41 years old
Great
Bit on the pricy side but altogether a great experience
K
Keith
May 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
As a couple
- 53 years old
Great
Guide took us to all the main points of intrest and gave us time and explained them really needed guide as she helped us to avoid the larger crowds.
J
James C
May 2025
From United Kingdom
Traveled as
As a couple
- 42 years old
Great
The half day tour was very good as a 'taster' for the site however, with only two hours for the guide to show you around, you are very limited as to what you can actually see. It is also very busy and the roads/steps can also slow up those who have mobility issues. When we return, and we will return one day, we shall either opt for a full day tour or perhaps explore the ruins ourselves.
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Pat.
May 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
With friends
- 55 years old
Excellent
The experience was wonderful and all I had hoped it would be. I am glad I did the half day tour as it was quite tiring. There was so much to see and our guide Carmalleta(?) was excellent. She was very knowledgeable and helpful, willing to answer everyone's questions. I have always wanted to visit Pompeii since I was a child and I was not disappointed. It was the highlight of my holiday.
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Vic
May 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
As a couple
- 51 years old
Excellent
Laura was very informative guide, definitely worth doing the tour.
L
Lynda
May 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as
As a couple
- 49 years old
Great
The queuing for tickets was ridiculous the guide had to go and queue in two different lines to get then came back to the group who could then join the queue for admission which unfortunately was almost back to the road Could these tickets not be bought in advance especially as you know how many people are on each tour Apart from that the whole experience was fantastic