Skip the lines to enter Pompeii on a 3-hour tour that take you through the ancient city that was decimated by the explosion of Mt Vesuvius thousands of years ago. Follow your knowledgeable guide through the UNESCO World Heritage site to see the amazing ruins of ancient shops, temples, homes and more. Wrap up with a walk along the city walls for sweeping views of Naples and Capri. Your small-group tour is limited to 15 people in order to ensure a more personalized experience.

3-hour small-group tour of Pompeii with skip-the-line tickets
Explore Pompeii with an informative guide who offers illuminating commentary on life in ancient Pompeii and the Mt Vesuvius eruption
See a Roman bakery, the preserved streets of Pompeii and more in this World Heritage-listed site
View Naples and Capri from the walls of Pompeii
Small group with a maximum of 15 people provides a more intimate experience

What's Included

Official Pompeii tour guide
Small groups of 15 people or fewer
Expert English-speaking guide
Headsets when needed
Pre-reserved entrance tickets to Pompeii

Gratuities
Hotel Pick-Up/Drop-Off

Meeting And Pickup

Meeting point

Via Villa dei Misteri, 2
Via Villa dei Misteri, 2, 80045 Pompei NA, Italy
Pompeii Archaeological Park - Porta Marina Superiore Entrance Gate - Via Villa dei Misteri, 2, 80045 Pompei NA. Meet your Walks guide on the right side of the Porta Marina Superiore entrance (please note there are multiple entrances). Your guide will be holding a green sign.

Start time

10:00 AM

End point

Pompeii Archaeological Park
80045 Pompei, Metropolitan City of Naples, Italy
The tour ends inside the Pompeii Archeological Site.

What To Expect

Pompeii Archaeological Park

3 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Our group tour utilizes multiple areas that are not wheelchair/stroller accessible. Those with wheelchairs/strollers should contact us so we can arrange your visit.
Walks and Devour comply with all local government regulations; please refer to the government website in the country of your tour for the most up-to-date information.
Not wheelchair accessible

Service animals allowed
Most travelers can participate
Taking the train from Rome to Pompeii is fairly easy. Departure station: "Roma Termini", Arrival station: "Napoli Centrale".
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 travelers

Cancellation Policy

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

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.

Traveler Photos

Traveler Tips

Unless you are short on time or just aren't that interested in Pompeii, then you need at least 3 hours.

It was an afternoon slot (Starting at 2.30 am) which helped to avoid the rather hot temperatures during the mid day period.

I highly recommend this trip and Ilaria as a guide.

Reviews

4.5

141 reviews

Total review count and overall rating based on Viator and Tripadvisor reviews

Reviews by Viator travelers.

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Pompeii walking tour

Peter_H, Sep 2023

Francisco our guide was excellent. Great sense of humour and very knowledgeable. Made the whole experience come alive.

I learnt a lot.

Phil_S, Sep 2023

I learnt a lot. I learnt about the Pompeiian way of life, the lifestyles of the wealthy, the slaves and the gladiators. I learnt about the volcanic eruption and why the devastating pyroclastic flow preserved Pompeii. I learnt about infrastructure, pipes, roads, columns and building materials. I learnt about the Roman empire, how they kept an open mind and adopted technologies, systems, culture, philosophy, commerce, art and religion.

Great 3 hour tour

Paul_G, Sep 2023

Franchessca was a great tour guid , and very knowledgeable. The meeting place was a bit confusing due to other tour guides with green flags. Her English was perfect and she was easy to understand. Grazie Mille

Excellent tour with Ilaria

Charlene_F, Sep 2023

Ilaria, an archaeologist, now tour guide, was a wealth of information! She presented this information with excitement and humor. She is very passionate and proud of the work done in this ancient city of Pompeii. We would recommend doing this 3 hour tour with Ilaria; do not even consider doing it on your own!

Breathtaking view of history

Steve_B, Jul 2023

This was a magnificent site to explore. Our guide was absolutely essential for this experience and she did a wonderful job providing context and information for this breathtaking experience. Note: it requires some tough walking. Wear comfortable shoes, don’t bring little children…it is simply too much to put them through. Bring water and dress for sun and heat if it is in the warmer months.

Pompei

Christophe_S, May 2023

Very good, guide is very knowledgeable and passionate about her work. You need good choose, longtime walking, big antic city.

Fabulous and educational

Julialynn, Apr 2023

Most importantly when you join this tour, make sure you are in the right place. There are a lot of meeting places and a lot of tourists were quite confused. Our tour guide was Enzo. How fabulous. He had so much knowledge and passion. I am very pleased I booked this tour, and I would not hesitate to recommend it.

Very Informative. The...

Anne_M, Sep 2022

Very Informative. The guide took us the most significant sites within Pompeii. Highly recommend this tour.

Lovely tour with Sonia.

Gabriella_R, Jul 2022

Wonderful tour of Pompeii. Our guide, Sonia, was excellent. We ended up being in a very small group which was fortunate given the crowds. The only negative (that is beyond anyone's control) was the brutal heat. I'd love to go back in a cooler season.

Great tour

Tracie_M, Jul 2022

The guide was very knowledgeable about the ruins and we enjoyed visiting the ruins of the large homes that were still standing.

A wonderful tour by an extremely friendly guide.

Megane_Q, Jul 2022

We enjoyed our guide’s expertise in the area, she was extremely knowledge and had plenty of witty remarks which was an amusing touch to her storytelling. She was friendly and made for a lovely guide. I would love to go back one day to spend more time being able to explore all the parts we didn’t have time for. My only wish would be that we could have covered more of Pompeii!

Fantastic tour

Wendy_D, Jun 2022

Paulo was a fantastic guide. Entertaining engaging passionate and incredibly knowledgeable about Pompeii. He made our tour very enjoyable and interesting and would thoroughly recommend this tour to everyone

Very interesting and informative tour!! Katrina did an excellent job!

DAVID_R, Jun 2022

The new villa recently uncovered that we were shown. The casts of people fleeing. The villas we toured and the many facts of life lived by the people in Pompeii.

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Michael_E, Jun 2022

Your app failed with obvious follow on consequences. Prior to adding anymore tours I want to await your process regarding complaint resolution.

Response from Host, Aug 2022

Dear Michael_, Thanks for your review. We are sorry if you had any issues throughout the booking process. Our customer care support team is always willing to assist our guests in any step of their booking and tour. Please contact us at feedback@walks.org. I can assure you we will sort out any issues you might have. Kind regards, Jhonas.

desaster, what a pity

Charles_E, May 2022

we came 15 min late and nobody could give us a help . The phone number we got was an american with comebox! A desaster. Is easy and safe to book with the local people🤬

Response from Host, Jul 2022

Dear Charles, Thanks for taking your time to provide us a review. We are very sorry you missed your tour. In order to provide all of our clients a little bit of wiggle room, we meet 15 minutes prior to the tour departure time, as we know how challenging venturing a new city can be. As these are not private experiences but group tours, our staff has a very strict timeline to follow and must be courteous of the other guests’ schedules. We can sometimes allow a maximum of 5 minutes delay should we know beforehand someone is running late, but then we really must leave. We always go above and beyond to accommodate our clients but this is more difficult with certain sites as too long of a delay might cause the loss of a reservation. Furthermore, once we have left it is sometimes impossible to join due to guides turning off their phones when the tour starts. Our customer service phone number is provided on your voucher and our team is always happy to help our guests to get to their tours or finding other alternative as rescheduling the experience in case it's necessary. Again, we are terribly sorry you were not able to join us on this experience and hope you still enjoyed your holiday despite this situation. Warm Regards, Jhonas.

Great tour

Jesse_W, May 2022

Your was great. Pompeii was great. Hillary really knew her stuff. Overall a really great tour with a lot of info.

Highly recommended

Sharon_B, May 2022

A fascinating tour from a lovely knowledgeable guide, who made sure we saw all the main attractions but also pointed out interesting details we might not have noticed. She even gave me advice on places to visit whilst we were chatting before the tour started when I told her where we were planning to go the following day.

Wonderful, knowledgeable,...

mcclainck, Apr 2022

Wonderful, knowledgeable, expert tour guide. Thank you for a great experience. Would highly recommend.

Great visit to Pompeii!

Beth_L, Apr 2022

The tour provided by Paolo was very educational and we explored more places in Pompeii than expected. His tour was lighthearted and he was flexible in guiding us through Pompeii often selecting aspects based on the questions from the group. It was a full 3 hour tour!

Brilliant tour!

Alexandra_V, Apr 2022

I’ve dreamed about coming to Pompei for years, so I did a lot of research to find a tour that I knew I would love. Our tour guide Ilaria was a font of knowledge. She worked on the ruins of the city as an archaeologist, so was full of expert information. She was able to answer any questions we had. We learned so much from her that we would have missed if we just got the audio guide from the entrance. Fantastic - thank you Ilaria!

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