Explore with certified guides, archaeologists or historians, fluent in multiple languages and skilled at bringing Pompeii’s ruins and stories to life.
Your experience begins at the designated meeting point—usually Porta Marina or Piazza Esedra, where your licensed local guide will greet you and lead the way into the ancient city. From there, the journey into Pompeii’s past begins.
This was the city’s main square where religion, politics, and daily life converged.With your guide, you’ll identify temples, markets, and civic buildings that once shaped the rhythm of Roman life.
Wander through ancient steam rooms, plunge pools, and changing areas still remarkably intact. Through your guide’s narration, these spaces shift from ruins to a vivid slice of Roman daily life.
See the surprisingly well-preserved brothel, complete with stone beds and provocative wall art.Learn from your local expert how sexuality and class intersected here.
Built in 80 BCE, this arena once echoed with the roar of 20,000 spectators—cheering on gladiators and public spectacles. Your guide brings the structure to life, revealing how crowd control, stage effects, and seating were all ingeniously designed.
Wander through preserved atriums, gardens, and dining rooms in homes once owned by Pompeii’s elite. Your guide reveals how Roman families lived, showcasing daily routines through architecture and artwork.
If your tour includes this ancient food stall, you will come across counters still lined with clay jars where hot food was once sold to passersby. Learn how these quick-service spots fed the city and what they tell us about the Roman diet and economy.
Step into Pompeii’s oldest public building, a grand space once used for law, trade, and civic affairs. With your guide’s insight, you’ll understand its role in Roman society and why its architecture mattered.
Discover how voids left in hardened ash were filled with plaster, revealing the final poses, even expressions of Pompeii’s victims. Your guide explains the technique pioneered in the 1860s and what these forms reveal about the eruption’s speed and impact.
Tucked beyond the city walls, this lavish countryside estate holds vivid frescoes of secret Dionysian rituals. If your tour includes it, your guide will unpack the villa’s symbolism and why its artwork still mystifies scholars today.
A beautifully preserved sanctuary dedicated to the Egyptian goddess, highlighting Pompeii’s cultural diversity.
Pompeii is vast (over 60 hectares) and most buildings are unmarked or partially preserved. A guide helps you follow a clear route, explains what you’re seeing, and brings hidden details to life. You'll get stories, context, and structure—making the ruins meaningful without causing an overwhelm.
An archaeologist-led tour is typically more in-depth and research-driven, led by someone with direct excavation or academic experience. While standard guides focus on storytelling and general highlights, archaeologists offer deeper insights into architecture, excavation layers, and current historical debates. It's ideal for those wanting more than just a surface-level visit.
Group sizes vary but typically range from 10 to 25 people. Larger groups are usually given headsets for audio clarity.
Yes. Your ticket remains valid for the day, so you're free to explore on your own once the tour concludes.
Yes, and many tours are family-friendly. However, some areas like the Lupanar (brothel) may include adult content—ask the guide if you’d prefer to skip it.
There’s no official dress code, but practical clothing is essential. Wear breathable fabrics, sun protection, and sturdy shoes—Pompeii’s ancient streets are uneven and offer little shade.
Most of Pompeii has uneven terrain and steep steps, but an accessible route is available via Piazza Anfiteatro. While certain tours offer limited mobility support, it is advisable to check for accessibility before booking.
Yes, in part. Pompeii is often included in dark tourism because it preserves the site of a mass disaster, frozen in time by the eruption of Vesuvius. Visitors are drawn not just by history and architecture, but by the human tragedy evident in the plaster casts and ruins.
Explore a city frozen in time with exclusive insights from a certified historian.
Inclusions
Guided tour of Pompeii with skip-the-line entry
Expert English, Italian, French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Chinese, or Japanese-speaking guide (as per option selected)
Archeologist guide (as per option selected)
Headsets
Inclusions
3-hour guided tour of Pompeii with entry
English-speaking archaeological guide
Small group tour of Pompeii
Entry to Villa dei Misteri
Exclusions
Uncover Pompeii’s past with an archaeologist who shares excavation insights and hidden details most tours miss.
Inclusions
2-hour guided tour of Pompeii with skip-the-line access
Expert English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, French, or German-speaking archeological guide
Explore two UNESCO World Heritage sites in Naples with one simple low-cost booking.
Inclusions
Entry to Pompeii
Skip-the-line entry to Herculaneum
Exclusions
Pompeii
Herculaneum
Maximize your day with a guided Pompeii tour plus your choice of Vesuvius’ crater hike.
Inclusions
Guided tour of Pompeii with entry
Round-trip transfers from Naples
English or Spanish (as per option selected)
Headsets for groups above 10
Entry to Herculaneum (as per option selected)
Entry to Vesuvius (as per option selected)
Take it easy on comfortable transfers from Rome and discover the UNESCO-listed ancient wonder of Pompeii.
Inclusions
Skip-the-line entrance tickets to Pompeii
English speaking tour leader on board
Scenic drive along the Amalfi coast
Round-trip transfers from Rome to Pompeii
Limoncello tasting and free time in Sorrento
You can cancel these tickets up to 24 hours before the experience begins and get a full refund.
Book now without paying anything. Cancel for free if your plans change.
You can cancel these tickets up to 24 hours before the experience begins and get a full refund.
Book now without paying anything. Cancel for free if your plans change.
You can cancel these tickets up to 24 hours before the experience begins and get a full refund.
Book now without paying anything. Cancel for free if your plans change.
You can cancel these tickets up to 24 hours before the experience begins and get a full refund.
Book now without paying anything. Cancel for free if your plans change.