Rome to Pompeii & Naples: High-Speed Train Day Trip with Lunch
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Rome, Italy
- 11 hours 30 minutes (approx.)
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Discover the ancient city of Pompeii preserved in time when you book this group tour. Depart Rome by high-speed train and take private transport from Naples train station to the UNESCO World Heritage Site. With your guide, stroll around the "lost" city once buried under volcanic ash from nearby Mount Vesuvius. Then, stop for a pizza lunch and explore parts of Naples before boarding your return train to Rome.
- Avoid Italian traffic by riding a high-speed train to Naples and back
- Don't stress about planning meals: A pizza lunch is included
- Travel with a guide: Get special insight into Pompeiian history
- Travel between the train station and Pompeii in a private vehicle
Why Travelers Choose This Tour
Save hours of travel time with a high-speed train from Rome.
Sample Menu
Starter
Typical Starters
Main
Naples Pizza
Including 1 drink
Dessert
Dessert
What's Included
- Round trip high-speed rail from Rome to Naples
- Air conditioned coach for local transportation
- Hassle-free experience — we take care of all the details!
- Fully guided skip-the-line tour of the lost city of Pompeii in the shadow of Mt. Vesuvius
- Lunch at a charming Neapolitan pizzeria
- Guided tour and free time in Naples
- Personal extras
- Gratuities
- Entry inside Naples monuments
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
- Caffè Vergnano (Mychef rist. comm. S.p.A.)Via Marsala, 00185 Roma RM, Italy
Caffe Vergnano is inside Termini Station on the departures level. Enter the main terminal from any of the multiple entrances and make your way to the shopping area facing track #1. A representative holding an ItaliaTours sign will be waiting for you.
End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.Start time.8:00 am
Itinerary
Stazione Roma Termini (Pass By)
1
Stazione Napoli Centrale
1 hour • Admission Ticket Included
2
Stazione Napoli Centrale
30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
Archaeological Park of Pompeii (Pass By)
3
Archaeological Park of Pompeii
2 hours • Admission Ticket Included
4
Pompeii
1 hour • Admission Ticket Free
5
Naples
2 hours • Admission Ticket Free
6
Naples
1 hour • Admission Ticket Free
7
Stazione Napoli Centrale
1 hour • Admission Ticket Included
Stazione Roma Termini (Pass By)
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Near public transportation
- Infant seats available
- Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
- Due to the route covered and/or transportation used, it is not possible to participate in this tour using a wheelchair, scooter, or other aid. Please contact us to inquire about customized tour options for guests with mobility challenges
- Please note: This description is provided as a general example. Actual experiences may vary slightly depending on the season, local conditions, and other factors beyond our control
- Please note that essential travel documents and final itinerary details might be delivered electronically closer to the activity date.
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 18 travelers
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You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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Everything was well planned out, from the train to meeting our guide in Naples, and taking the bus to Pompeii. Our guide was very knowledgeable. Pizza lunch was delicious. The bus tour of Naples was comfortable. The views were amazing. I would recommend this tour to everyone
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Travelers consistently praise the food and beverage offerings, highlighting delicious, abundant pizza and local dishes served with attentive service, with lunch often noted as a standout. Tour guides receive frequent commendation for their deep knowledge, engaging storytelling, and professionalism, which contribute to an informative and welcoming experience. Overall, the combination of quality cuisine and skilled guides enhances the enjoyment and educational value of the tours.
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Loved this trip, my favorite part of my Rome / Italy trip with my boyfriend. We went on a trip with a travel group to Rome and we saw Rome obviously, Florence. And we decided to book this on one of our free days and tbh this was my favorite. The food in Naples is amazing and not to mention you get to explore Pompeii!!
This trip is very well organized and full of history along with wonderful sites to see. We very much enjoyed this tour.
We thoroughly enjoyed our tour of Pompeii. The guide was very knowledgeable, and learning all that history was amazing. We also did a brief tour of Naples which, while it was fascinating, was honestly a bit anemic when compared to Pompeii. Naples was very busy, even more so than Rome itself. Not bad at all! Just not our cup of tea. Our lunch was also amazing. Train rides included. 10/10 would recommend.
The tour was great!! Once we got to the train station, the guide was very friendly and patient. She got us on the correct train. Once we got to Naples, the tour guide was there and lead us to the bus and on to Pompeii. She was very great. Even as we got rained on, she was very concerned for us. The only problem we had, was when we were going back to Rome, the guide there told us to wait in a area and she would be back. She never came back!! Luckly, we foud the correct train.
Our guide was amazing, very friendly was easy to understand. We were traveling with 4 teenage girls, so he asked us about more sensitive topics before talking about them or showing them to us, which we appreciated. The tour was a good amount of time when traveling with teenagers 15-16y. The lunch was wonderful and big, they kept bringing us food and we could not finish it. The buses AC worked amazingly well. The driver was very nice. the guide answered all of our questions and was very patient with the girls. 10/10
This tour was fun and just the right amount of time at each sight. Our driver was amazing in the traffic of Naples and our guide was very informative. It was a long day, but the time on the train was relaxing and it was great to see a little of the countryside.
The best way to see both Pompeii and Naples from Rome for the day. They made it all so easy from the minute we got to the train station. Antonio was just best. The lunch spot was just a perfect spot and really good food. If you get Antonio as your guide, you’re going to have an awesome time.
Guide is very knowledgeable and friendly. Lunch was really good! Lots of walking but worth it. Well ran tour
It was great. Company meet us in Rome and helped us get on the train station to Naples. Then our guide meet us there at train station in Naples. Her name was Karli (I think). She was amazing, friendly, and spoke very good English.
Long day but absolutely worth it! The tour guide was amazing and knew so much information! Good information and great food!
Great trip. Train was easy to navigate. Tour guide was very nice and knowledgeable. Lunch was very good and great service. Pompeii itself was very impressive and worth seeing. Amazing architecture and engineering.
Allot of walking but that was expected. Good tour guide. Got to see all the highlights of Pompeii. Lunch was fantastic. Train was great with help of guides. Van from Naples to Pompeii was really nice. Wish we had a little more time in Naples but I understand you can only do so much in one day. Pompeii was the star of the show. We made the best of the time we had and appreciate the few things we were able to see there.
This was the tour my husband and I were most looking forward to, and it definitely lived up to the hype.
We were a little nervous about the length of the day, but it ended up being very well paced. The Italian rail system is fairly straightforward to navigate, but it was still so helpful having guides available on the ground to keep everything running smoothly and stress-free.
Our tour guide was kind, professional, and really enhanced the experience. We left with a much deeper understanding of Pompeii than we would have gotten on our own.
By the time we reached Naples, we were a bit tired, but the built-in free time at the end was perfect as it gave everyone the flexibility to explore, grab food, or just relax.
Overall, a fantastic and well-organized experience that I would absolutely recommend!
Well organized, every went as planned. Highly recommended. Our guide Carla did an amazing job keeping the group informed and entertained.
This was a pretty good small group tour, the team was great! Excellent communication with the hosts and guide. Only thing I would recommend is that we have someone stay during our lunch it was kind of time consuming waiting at the restaurant for our food, felt like it took a really long time since our guide returned and we had not been served dessert yet and we needed to get to Naples next. The lunch included 3 different types of pizza, croquettes, limoncello, and complimentary water. The guide was very informative and pleasant, I took the Pompeii and Naples tour.
Lovely experience in Pompeii and Naples; learned a lot of the history and saw incredible views. Just warning, even though the tour stated that it starts at 8am, you ACTUALLY have to be there at 7:30am ( it is not a suggestion). Since you are going to get on a train , the train actually leaves at 8am. So do not make the mistake I made at arriving at 7:56am because it was very stressful.
This is a very informative and interesting tour had a great time our tour guide Iliana was very good
Fantastic tour!! Highly recommend this tour. From the time we walked into the train station in Rome everything was taken care of. Our tour guide, Chiara, was so knowledgeable and really brought the history alive. The pizza lunch was delicious (and was so happy they were able to accommodate my husband with a gluten free meal). I highly recommend this tour.
Great tour of Pompeii. Chiara was so knowledgeable and a joy to have as our your guide. Highly recommend.
I am glad that my husband and I joined this tour. We were able to visit Pompeii archeology site and the Napoli city highlights. Also，we had delicious pizza and food for lunch. I highly recommend this tour.
We had a wonderful tour of Pompeii with our smart and knowledgeable guide, a native of Naples. Marina would be our go-to any time. Our meal after was top-knotch, with tastes of local cuisine and pizza unlike any we've had. Even with rainy weather, we still enjoyed a pleasant tour of Naples. We highly recommend this tour!
This is a full-day tour that includes several hours in Pompeii, lunch at a nearby restaurant, a bus tour through downtown Naples and then free time to explore the city before the tour ended. Our tour guide, Chiara, was delightful . She was enthusiastic about Naples as her home and excited to share lots of interesting facts and history of Naples with us. Her tour of Pompeii was amazing- we walked for several hours, and saw so many parts of this historic city. Chiara was thorough, answered all of our questions, and kept the group together and moving forward. It was amazing to see how much they have excavated and restored - and how much remains to be done. Though the circumstances of the volcanic eruption were tragic, there was also so much to learn about how life was lived in Pompeii before this happened. Remarkably, so much of the way we engineer and design in present day was already being done "way back then". Our lunch was excellent - pizza, pasta, red wine, and dessert! Our time in Naples came at the end , when we did a bus tour along the coast (stopped for pictures) and then were set free to explore the city for a while. There were a LOT of people milling about, since it was Christmas week, but the city did not feel overly crowded. Very friendly people everywhere. The train from Rome to Naples and back was comfortable and on time. I would recommend this tour to anyone who is looking for a great day trip from Rome!
Overall, the tour had many strengths, particularly the knowledgeable guides and seamless transfers. The train transfers were easy, and the guide at the station was helpful. Our guide who led the Pompeii tour, was excellent; she was very knowledgeable and skilled at communicating information effectively to a diverse group with differing levels of interest.
There were, however, some areas for improvement. The dining experience in Naples felt rushed, and the food quality was average. We also felt the tour could be enhanced by reconsidering the itinerary in Naples. As a stop, we found there wasn't much to see, and the general atmosphere was very dirty, depressing and made us feel quite unsafe. Focusing the tour's time and resources on the Pompeii experience, or exploring a different stop, might improve the overall value for future travelers.
Response from Host, Dec 2025
Dear Pamela,
Thank you for your feedback. We would like to note that this is a day trip, and therefore the time allocated for lunch is necessarily limited in order to fit all included activities and ensure a timely return.
Naples is included as part of the itinerary to provide an overview of the city alongside the Pompeii visit. However, we understand that not every destination appeals equally to all travelers. For this reason, we do offer alternative tour options, including experiences without a Naples stop and others with extended time in Pompeii.
We are sorry to hear that this tour did not fully match your expectations. We always encourage guests to contact us before booking if they are unsure which itinerary best suits their preferences, as our team is happy to help select the most appropriate option.
We appreciate your comments, as they help us continue to improve and clearly communicate what each tour includes.
The server at the pizzeria put out tip bowls, and several in the party did not have cash (Euros).
Go to the restroom prior to leaving Pompeii for Naples.
Unique experience and it exceeds our expectations especially Marina, our guide in Pompeii and Naples was fantastic and she is breathing the ancient sites, culture and her explanation was really taking us to back in Pompeii time. Lunch was fantastic and felt treated very well with appetizers, 3 different type of pizzas, wine, and desert was fantastic. I certainly recommend my friends and family to this.
This is truly a 12 hour day. Wear comfortable shoes and be prepared to be amazed. We enjoyed every minute of this tour even with the rain. We had plenty of time with the ruins. They are amazing. Lunch was sit down and they were ready for us with an entire pizza tasting menu complete with dessert and drinks. Wine and beer were included. We had free time in Naples to shop and explore after our bus tour. It was well worth the day and we felt like we saw a lot more of the area than just what was on the itinerary. Definitely recommend.
This was an excellent tour! Stress free and seamless meeting points and comms. We loved riding the high speed train. The restaurant for lunch was perfect and our tour guide Carla was awesome!! She knew so much about our tour stops and we really enjoyed listening to her explanations and stories. If you have time for an easy day trip from Rome I highly recommend!!! Pompeii will not disappoint. :)
We went on this day trip with our kids age 7 and 9. The guides were very organized and made our day smooth. Once we caught the train to Naples we spent a few hours as a group exploring the sights of Pompeii and then had a delicious pizza lunch. After that we saw some of the main sights of Naples by bus and had free time to walk around as well before returning to Rome. It was a perfect way to get a taste of the area without worrying about the logistics.
Our guide Paola was wonderful. She was very informative and did a great job herding us around Pompeii. Lunch was delicious and the tour of Naples was very interesting.
LOVED the tour guide!! The initial transfer ended up being a bit chaotic due to train issues, but once we had our actual tour guide, went 100% smoothly. Definitely recommend this for a day trip.
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