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The most popular, first.
The 15 most popular pompeii tours, with what each one includes, who runs it, and what you can expect on the day.
Pompeii in 2 hours with a real archaeologist guide, skip-the-line entry, and expert stops at the Basilica, Forum, houses, baths, and Teatro Grande.
“A relaxed walking tour through the Pompeii archaeological park. Our guide, Alessandra, was very knowledgeable and was always open to questions. We visited some famous sites and some hidden ones—highly recommend!”
Pompeii day trip from Rome with an English archaeologist guide, UNESCO ruins, included lunch, and a long Campania coach ride.
“The place was great although the trip there was a little long at 3 hrs each way. The local guide in Pompeii started off on a good note but when it started to rain quite heavily at one stage, he insisted on continuing the walk in the rain. When most of the participants took shelter…”
Small-group archaeologist tour linking Pompeii and Herculaneum with skip-the-line entry, guided highlights, and included transit by minibus or train.
“Excellent historical account making daily life in Ancient Rome come alive. Choosing a tour with an archeologist as the guide added relatable insight and interactive QA. Diego’s passion made all of more curious.”
Skip-the-line, archaeologist-led tour of Pompeii with a small group. See the Forum, Baths, Lupanar frescoes, and key streets in 2 hours.
“Clelia did an excellent job filling a short time (2hours) with a lot of information!! She was passionate and friendly and so so knowledgeable!! Highly recommend this quick tour and Clelia in particular!!”
Pompeii Express ticket plus an optional 2-hour English guided walk, with a choice of timing and optional local wine tasting.
“Gennaro, our guide made our visit to Pompeii very worthwhile as we learnt so much about the history of Pompeii and its residents. His style was easy but his extensive knowledge and passion shone through. Although it was a wet day we thoroughly enjoyed our time and stayed on after the guided tour ended.”
Pompeii private tour with an official English guide. 1–3 hours, mobile ticket, small group up to 14, clear explanations of ruins.
“Daniela showed us the ruins and did a terrific job of tailoring the experience and made the city come to life.”
Private Pompeii tour with an archaeologist, skip-the-line help, and a smart 3-hour route through theaters, baths, markets, and homes.
“Great guide, Louisa, Maybe with a bit morel research could of got it cheap but Viator is well organised”
Pompeii skip-the-line tour with an archaeologist guide. Walk forum, theater, baths, brothel, and learn the AD 79 Vesuvius story in 2 hours.
“It was a small personal group which was very nice. Got a great education on Pompeii we didn't now about. Tour guide was friendly and knowledgeable, answer all out crazy questions.”
Skip-the-line Pompeii tour with an archaeologist, small groups of up to 20, headset help, and 12+ major sights in about 2 hours.
“It was quite costly to have a guide. But this guide in particular was mostly interested in listening to himself. He spoke very slow with a bad Italian accent which made it sometimes hard not te fall asleep. Low interaction. No room for questions and couldn’t answer the questions. This could have been an audio…”
Sharing tour of Pompeii with pickup, mobile tickets, and a guided walk to the temple ruins, Casa dei Vettii, and the lupanari.
“try to get directly to the tour operators' than you will have less a chance to get "confirmed but not guaranteed"?!”
Private Pompeii tour with Ada: skip the map, see Pompeii highlights with a small-group pace, English guide, paper ticket. 2 hours.
“We loved our Pompeii tour with Ada! We have four children ages 11-18 and Ada made sure to involve all of them during the tour. Ada brought Pompeii to life through her descriptions and genuine excitement for the treasure that Pompeii is! Highly recommended- thank you, Ada!”
Skip-the-line Pompeii with an expert archaeologist, then lunch and wine on Vesuvius slopes, plus a guided horseback ride in the park.
“Fantastic experience! Manuela was a great Pompeii guide. We toured Pompeii first, followed by enjoying lunch and wine tasting at the vineyard on Mount Vesuvius (Anthony was incredibly knowledgeable, funny, and their wine was some of the best I’ve had). We ended with the horseback riding tour through a separate vineyard and it was beautiful.…”
Private Pompeii tour with an archaeologist, skip-the-line entry setup, and a fast, smart route through theaters, forums, and casts.
“Antonio was the most amazing guide! We booked at the last minute and booked a 5pm tour which was late in the day. It was the PERFECT time to go! No lines, no crowds, less of the extreme heat (it was end of July). Antonio was very knowledgeable and showed us some of the coolest…”
A 2-hour small-group Pompeii tour in English with an expert archaeologist, covering theaters, baths, homes, Forum and Basilica.
“Manuela was so great! She made the tour entertaining and educational. It’s very clear she is passionate about what she does and our family loved the tour of Pompeii!”
Pompeii in a small group with an archaeologist guide, then lunch and wine tasting in Trecase on Vesuvius with local wines.
“We were picked up in a comfortable minivan. Our driver delivered us to the Pompeii Archeological Park. There we were met by Fabri who was the best tour guide we could have asked for. We were a small group and he made sure we kept up with the group. My husband and I are not…”
