Top Pompeii Private Sightseeing Tours

Paolo was very experienced in showing us around vast Pompeii. He guided us through various parts of the preserved city highlighting how the community once lived. 2 hours was definitely not enough time to take in this experience. The tour is slightly up hill and on rocky terrain so prepare appropriately.

Everyone who visits Italy in the vicinity of Pompeii should consider this tour mandatory. It is an incredible and moving experience. This sheer vastness of this excavation, and the unparalleled weight of history, are striking beyond belief. Making this even more memorable was our incredible tour guide, Silvia, who is an irrefutable expert in the field and an overall lovely person. Don't miss this!

We really enjoyed the knowledge and company of our guide, Amadeu, on our private walking tour of Pompeii. He shared interesting facts and kept everyone in our group interested and engaged. Highly recommend skipping the line and booking a tour with Amadeu to avoid the crowds and maximize your time here at this amazing historical site.

What a fun day- our driver Raffaele was knowledgeable about the area, friendly, and engaging. We also opted for a private tour of Pompeii with a tour guide Andrew. He brought the history to life and was a great storyteller. We had a great experience and would highly recommend this tour!

We had the chance to visit Pompeii with Anna Sorrento, an archeologist actively working at uncovering the wonders of Pompeii. We could see she was full of passion of this wonderful site and that our short time together wasn’t enough to show us all the secrets she had to share. We had to cut the visit short to take the bus to Vesuvius but we would have gladly spent the whole day with her! Grazie Anna! After that, we had about 10-15 min to buy a sandwich and hop on the bus for the next part, the visit of mount Vesuvius with Mario. Mario was fantastic, explaining things along the way and guiding us through the (challenging for some) hike up the summit of the Vesuvius. The summit was clouded so we couldn’t see the view of Naples, but Mario still explained what we should see and what the other peak that we saw poking through the clouds was. A special thank you to the bus driver too, for taking us through the winding roads leading up to the summit! Even though we started the tour at Pompeii, the tour bus brought us back to Naples, which save us a trip on the Circumvesuviana. We did not know that was an option and were pleasantly surprised by it. Overall, a wonderful day spent with amazing people!

The tour was amazing. Lello as a guide was perfect. He was very knowledgeable, friendly, patient, and interesting. He was like the mayor of Pompeii. Having the perspective from an archeologist made the people of Pompeii come to life. If you can ask for him, do it!

Italo was an excellent guide. Passionate, informative and very aware and conscientious of showing us the highlights without being caught up in crowds. Would recommend and if you have the time to stay after the main tour you should, there is so much to see and the site is huge!! Italo will also set you up well to continue your sightseeing, and equip you with some great lessons to help shape the way you see Pompeii.

Me and my friends have nothing but great things to say about our tour. We were running a bit late, but the agency, the staff and the guides were so helpful in accomodating us. Don't be running late like us otherwise you might miss out on a great experience. The tour itself was incredible and skip the line option made it so much better. Our guide (Alessio I think) was very knowledgeable about the history, the architecture and everyday life of ancient Pompeii. 2:30 hours passed in a blink of an eye. I really can't recomend this tour enough