Top Pompeii Day Trips

Our 2 hr Pompeii tour was superb. Our tour guide was so very knowledgeable and she enthusiastically shared her vast knowledge with our group. The pace was perfect, too. Once the tour ended, we were able to continue to one the site, including seeing an active excavation where 2 bodies were recently discovered. We had pizza and wine at a nearby cafe (called Suisse Café) which I thought would be a tourist trap but it's actually an older family outdoor restaurant with delicious pizza and inexpensive house wine. A perfect way to end a perfect tour day!

Excellent! Excellent! Excellent! Tour. It was my first time ever in rome, Italy and let me just say this tour topped most all the tours I had done in rome. This tour is definitely worth it. Our tour guide Luca was very friendly, suggestive, & knowledgeable. You definitely hit the jackpot with Luca. Overall experience is A++ highly recommend it to anyone whom wants to do pompeii & sorrento at once.

Our guide connected the past with the present ready to explain how the names of rooms, spaces, and sights are still alive from the ashes of Pompei. He asked questions and listened to answers as all of us were in awe of the preservation of history. He took the time and was very conscious of his audience to direct interest and his enthusiasm of the site to his audience, my wife felt it was her best tour and we have traveled a lot I loved how he weaved in and out of places away from the bulk of the other 5000 persons .

Our family of 6 (including 4 teens) took this private guided tour of Pompei which was fantastic. Our amazing guide, Alona, knew all the ins and outs of this ancient city and led us directly to so many interesting spots. It was important for us, especially since we were traveling with our kids, to have a guide who could provide historical context and insight to everything we were seeing. We could not ask for a better guide in Alona! The best part is that she kept our entire family engaged and interested (which is no easy feat when it comes to teens!). We highly recommend this 2-hour tour which was also the perfect length.

We opted to do the food and wine portion for this tour. The tour itself was great. Our guide is also an architect, so he was very knowledgeable about everything. It gets very hot so make sure you bring a fan, hat, and/or umbrella to help with that. The tour was about 2 hours and although there is soooo much to see, I feel like we saw a pretty good amount of Pompeii. After the tour, we were taken to the rooftop of a restaurant where we were served wine, cheese, meat, olives, and bread. We also got a really cool view of the city of Pompeii from the rooftop, which we wouldn’t have been able to see otherwise.

Our private tour of Pompeii with Italo was absolutely fantastic and easily one of the highlights of our trip to Italy. We spent two hours exploring some of Pompeii’s most fascinating and important sites, and Italo made the entire place come alive. His knowledge was incredible, but what really set him apart was how he shared it, he was engaging, funny, and full of great stories rather than simply reciting facts. He gave us a real sense of what everyday life was like in Pompeii nearly 2,000 years ago. We were traveling with our kids, and Italo was wonderful with them. He kept them interested and involved, answered all of their questions, and knew exactly when to add some humor. He was incredibly kind, personable, and patient with our entire family. Having a private guide also made a huge difference. In just two hours, we saw an amazing amount without ever feeling rushed, and Italo knew exactly where to take us and what details we would have completely missed on our own. If you’re visiting Pompeii, ask for Italo. He turned an extraordinary historical site into an experience our whole family will remember. Five stars without hesitation!

The entire experience was first rate with Eliana as our tour guide. While my wife and I were a bit worried that much of the information would go over our sons’s heads, it was fantastic. She is not only a tour guide, but THE master archaeologist currently AT Pompeii. She has 25+ years experience digging the site! She tailored the experience to us and our children (who are mini adults) and answered every single question with such authenticity and detail (I.e., colors of the frescos) that it made me realize everything we missed the first time we came 11 years ago on our honeymoon. She has access to everything, and the seas parted when it was obvious everyone knew her. This was secondary to all of nuanced information she gave about the differences in a “business city” like Pompeii versus Rome, a “political city.” What’s more, we were given just the right amount of time to recharge halfway through the tour, making the second half more exciting than the first. We cannot thank Eliana enough for the experience we were provided today. A tour guide is one thing, but a master giving one is quite another.

We went to Pompei two weeks ago and had a wonderful time. Our tour guide was very knowledgable he helped us find the best spots for taking pictures and made sure that we saw all the best of Pompeii. He made recommendations of other things to see when the tour was over and encouraged us to explore on our own. Our guide was the best and I would highly recommend this tour to anyone else coming to Pompeii.