Pompeii Visit at its Most Peaceful Moment

Recommended by 100% of travelers

Pompeii, Italy

2 hours (approx.)
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

Discover the city of Pompeii without the crowds and commotion on a 2-hour closing time tour. Your visit to the UNESCO World Heritage Site begins after most visitors have departed, including the blistering sun. Entrance is included with your in-depth guided visit of the mostly vacated and significantly cooler archaeological site. Visit the thermal bath, forum, theater, and more as the sun sets over the ancient city.

Experience Pompeii without the crowds
Take an in depth 2-hour guided tour
Enjoy included entrance to the city
Visit a UNESCO World Heritage Site

What's Included

Blue Badge guide
Skip the line

Entrance fees

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

Hotel Vittoria
Piazza Esedra, 80045 Pompei NA, Italy
On the right hand side of the entrance "Porta Marina Inferiore" at Piazza Esedra. 10 minutes delay accepted.

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Itinerary

Pompeii Archaeological Park

2 hours • Admission Ticket Not Included

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Service animals allowed
Near public transportation

No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
Comfortable shoes
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 travelers

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Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

Traveler Photos

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Reviews

4.9

based on 13 reviews

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Excellent tour!

Lindsay_V, Oct 2019

A terrific tour, our guide really knew Pompeii and you could tell he had a passion for the space. He showed us some really interesting things and there were NO crowds or lines. I will say we finished up a little early because we lost the light. I wish we had had a bit more time and that the tour maybe started a half or an hour or so earlier.

Stunning tour!

hfey88, Sep 2019

Our evening tour with Giovanni was absolutely spectacular! Pompeii was simply a treasure and Giovanni had so much passion as he explained such interesting pieces of history! We learned so much, and we felt like we had the place to ourselves! We wouldn't hesitate to take family and friends on this tour next time we are in the Naples/Pompeii area!

Pompeii closing time Tour

pollyohoy, Sep 2019

This is definitely one of the best tours we have taken. The guide was enthusiastic, friendly, knowledgeable and entertaining. We avoided the hot burning sun and the massive crowd during the daytime. We had Pompeii to ourselves! Would recommend to everyone!

Amazing place

Sweepycantwell, Sep 2019

Absolutely amazing guide.. so much information. Not long enough inside. The tour should have been longer and we should have been told we had to pay entrance fees which were above the cost of the trip.

Excellent guided walk with Giovanna

Ian_B, Jul 2019

This tour is a wonderful experience - because it is late in the day, there are far fewer people and you really get to enjoy Pompeii without everything being way overcrowded. Giovanna was an excellent guide who took us to the important places and shared interesting stories and facts about the things we saw. Pompeii is such a large site that having someone knowledgeable to pick out the best parts to see was worth every cent. Giovanna was able to read some of the original writing still visible on the walls and share with us really interesting little snippets of information that you otherwise would miss just walking around with a guide book. Another great thing is that it's a small group - in our case it was just the two of us - so you really get a more personal experience. I'd really recommend this tour to anyone wanting to visit Pompeii to get the most out of the visit.

Pompeii Closing Time Tour

Peter_M, Jul 2019

We chose this tour tin the hope that we would avoid massive crowds and also the hottest part of the day. On both counts we were entirely satisfied, it was almost like having the place to ourselves, there were so few people about and you could find plenty of shade. The tour guide, Lucia, was charming and knowledgeable and all in all it was a wonderful experience.

Beautiful & almost ALL to ourselves

Rene_G, Jun 2019

This was an AWESOME private early evening tour after hours. The guide was full of information and funny. I would recommend this tour to anyone visiting Pompeii that wants to see the ruins without the crowds. If we went during regular hours I would never have been able to get the pictures I got without people in them. The place was all to ourselves. The tour is only 2 hours but I feel the guide hit all the major areas that we could of missed with a map and a full day because it is so vast. This is a 2 Thumbs up in my book and I would do it again!

Sunset tour is best time

Andrew_E, Jun 2019

It was wonderful to do the tour at sunset as the temperature was nice and there was not crowds. The guide did an absolutely amazing job with the kids and kept it interesting for them. The only way to experience Pompeii is with a guide.

Best time to visit Pompeii

Ellen_R, Jun 2019

No crowds, small group and knowledgeable guide made this tour completely enjoyable. The time of day worked well for us as we arrived midday in Sorrento and liked the idea of a tour when it would be cooler and less people.

Amazing Tour

Michael_K, May 2019

This tour could not have been better and I highly recommend. My girlfriend and I met Paulo right outside of the entrance to Pompeii steps from the train stop where he had a sign with my name on it. After asking how many were in my group, he pointed at my girlfriend and said...two. We had a PRIVATE tour of Pompeii with 0 lines and maybe 50 people in the whole city. Paulo was very knowledgeable and led our tour based on questions we had regarding the city "what did the inside of the homes look like" or "what was the day to day life like" etc. He also pointed out carvings on walls, we learned where the term counterfeit (counter FIT) came from; hint it was from the Romans. Again, cannot recommend this tour enough, we finished right at 7:30 when the city closes and he led us directly to the train stop and we were on our way. He even gave us recommendations for our stay in Capri. Very lucky find and hoping others get to experience this as well as the morning tours are so crowded you cannot see many of the sites.

Pompeii with no crowds

Lynn L, Oct 2018

Lovely tour of Pompeii without the crowds. Our guide was knowledgeable and friendly, got us into the houses on the property, and gave us personal knowledge of some of the concerts that have taken place in the stadiums. We were four on our tour, we might have seen thirty other visitors at this time. Sunset is beautiful over Pompeii. Only downside, in early October, the sun sets too early to get all of the tour. Maybe should start at 4:30...more visitors, but more light.