Pompeii Tour: Explore Ancient Ruins

Uncover the ancient secrets of Pompeii and the Villa of the Mysteries with a knowledgeable local guide. Explore the ruins and discover the fascinating history of this once-thriving empire.

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Pompeii Archaeological Park - A certified local guide from Pompeii will escort you on an enthralling journey through the remnants of a once bustling city of nearly 20,000 citizens, which was entirely engulfed by 30 feet of ash from a volcanic eruption.
    You will explore the public baths, residential buildings, theaters, and gladiatorial arenas for…
What's Included
  • Licensed tour guide
What's Not Included
  • Pompeii Plus entrance fee (22,00 Euros per person)
Additional Information

Meet the guide near the Pompeii train station or at the entrance of the archaeological site to embark on an extraordinary journey into history! A private, local, licensed Pompeii guide will lead a captivating tour through this once-bustling empire of nearly 20,000 residents, which was entirely buried under 30 feet of volcanic ash. The tour includes…

Location
Coffee Shop Vittoria
Via Mare
Coffe shop Vittoria, nearby Pompeii site entrance: Porta Marina INFERIORE
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Alex_d
Apr 20, 2025
Hugo was a brilliant... - Hugo was a brilliant guide. He knows Pompeii intimately and helped us understand the city and all its amazing mysteries. We walked at our own pace and Hugo was really engaging with our 2 children, keeping everyone interested in the wonders around us. I would highly recommend using Hugo as a guide - make sure you book a ticket that includes the Villa if the Mysteries
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Geomaranello_italia
Apr 7, 2025
Great experience!!! - Great experience! Ornella, our guide, really prepared and empathetic. Having come to Pompeii for the third time we could be less enthusiastic and instead Ornella was able to transmit new emotions and also show us things never seen before. Congratulations! Soon I would like to visit Herculaneum for the first time and I already know that it will be our guide... Bravo!... Marco...
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Kara_c
Apr 4, 2025
Carmela was so amazing... - Carmela was so amazing and knowledgeable! We had an incredible day visiting Pompeii with fabulous weather and learning about the lives of the doomed people of Pompeii, who were clearly more advanced than any of us had thought! It was a bucket list item today and we thank Carmela for making it possible!
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Melissa_k
Mar 14, 2025
Amazing Tour, very moving experience - We had an amazing tour of Pompeii! Hugo was our private tour guide and he was incredibly knowledgeable about the history and culture of Pompeii. He was able to give us a complete personalized tour with full details of everything he showed us. The city is incredible and so surreal to stand where the people of Pompeii were living and socializing daily over 2000 years ago! It was moving to see how the city was frozen in time when mount Vesuvius erupted with little to no warning or at least the Pompeiian people were not privy to. You could see and feel the pain of their last moments. It was incredibly moving. The villa of the mysteries was really something! The life they lived was very interesting. Overall the civilization of Pompeii was not very different from modern day civilizations. They were incredibly well established and were very innovative despite not having “modern technology”. We were able to see the newly excavated area that is being uncovered by archaeologists since the pandemic shutdown. It is amazing how well things were preserved under the ash of the volcano.
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Nathalie
Jan 29, 2025
Incroyable - An exceptional visit, enriching exciting, thank you very much to Roberta for making us discover Pompei
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Excursion299251
Aug 8, 2024
Great tour of Pompeii. - My daughter and I had a fantastic tour with Ornella. She was knowledgeable, clearly set the tune on the tone for the two of us. Ornella was clearly interested and enthusiastic both about the historical subject matter, as well as providing a quality service as a guide. She also nicely tolerated our tardiness because of transportation issues and facilitated buying tickets with no fuss. Truly appreciated the tour.
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G7822msannec
May 7, 2024
A very worthwhile extra to add to your visit to Pompeii - The Villa of Mysteries - additional Eur8 charge. Well worth it. This site is just outside of Pompeii proper which you can reach via the necropolis - street of tombs. The art-work here is exceptional because of the life sized figures. It reminds me so much of early Renaissance Art by Masaccio / Masolino in Florence - Cappella Brancacci. The board describes the scene vignettes to help explain what is being depicited.
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Marcosj5708un
Sep 10, 2023
Straordinario / Extraordinary - Straordinaria la location, Pompei e'incredibile. Ma non sarebbe stata cosi incredibile senza la guida e il racconto di Ornella la nostra guida. Chiara, precisa e appassionata, e'stata capace di appassionare noi e i nostri bambini. No words to describe this experience, Pompei is gorgeous. But this experience has been so extraordinaty also thanks to Ornella, our guide. Passionate with an incredible know how on history and details, she has been able to involven even our kids.
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From $294 (Per Group)
up to 12 guests
1 - Traveler
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).