Pompeii Ruins & Wine Tasting Lunch: Immersive Vesuvius Experience
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Pompeii
Immerse yourself in the captivating ruins of Pompeii and indulge in a wine tasting of Lacryma Christi Wines at the foot of Mount Vesuvius. Enjoy a typical local lunch and choose to visit either Mount Vesuvius or Herculaneum Ruins in the afternoon.
Duration: 9 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Pompeii Archaeological Park - Pompeii was an ancient Roman city locatedon the slopes of Mount Vesuvius. Pompeii was buried under 4 to 6 m (13 to 20 ft) of volcanic ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79.
    Visit the fantastic Aracheoligcal Site of Pompeii on your own walking tour.
  • Cantina del Vesuvio Winery Russo Family - This is an unforgettable Wine and Olive Oil tasting experience. Cantina del Vesuvio Winery combines the land and its traditions since three generations.
    A member of the Russo Family will escort you a guided walk tour of the vineyards located on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius overlooking the Gulf of Naples with Peninsula of Sorrento, and Capri Island.

Afterwards, you’ll tour the winery where Lacryma Christi DOC is produced, and will end sitting down on the terrace for a wine tasting, paired with typical local specialties from this little corner of paradise on Mount Vesuvius.

  • Parco Acheologico di Ercolano - Herculaneum Ruins will be visited if the option is booked.
    Located in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius, Herculaneum was an ancient Roman town destroyed by volcanic pyroclastic flows in 79 AD.
  • Vesuvius National Park - Vesuvius National Park will be visited if the option is booked.
    It’s an Italian National Park centered on the active volcano Vesuvius, southeast from Naples. The park covers an area of around 135 square kilometers and hosts 612 vegetable species and 227 wildlife ones.
    You can visit the crater volcanic crater and take advance of the amazing view on the Gulf of Naples from its altitued of 1.281 m.
What's Included
  • English-speaking driver
  • Exclusive terrace session with Gulf of Naples and Capri view
  • Five-course wine tasting at Vesuvius featuring Lacryma Christi DOC
  • Local product tastings: Wine vinegar and olive oil from Vesuvius
  • Delicious 3-course lunch with Vesuvian specialties
  • Guided tour of Cantina del Vesuvio Winery
  • Convenient hotel pick-up and drop-off included
What's Not Included
  • Ticket of entrance to Pompeii Ruins (about 16€..)
Additional Information

Embark on a journey to Pompeii and taste the esteemed Lacryma Christi Wines of Vesuvius while feasting on a traditional lunch at a local Winery.

You will be shuttled to and from your hotel by an English-speaking driver in a private, plush minivan.

Discover the historic eruption of Mt. Vesuvius that buried this old city under ash around 2,000 years ago while you independently investigate the Archaeological site.

Following that, you will tour the age-old Winery on Mount Vesuvius, where you will partake in an exclusive tasting of DOP Organic Lacryma Christi Wines, accompanied by a typical lunch from the Mount Vesuvius region.

Cantina del Vesuvius, a winery held by three generations of Russo Family vintners, sells its limited production solely at the winery. Special menus for celiacs, vegetarians, and vegans are available.

In the afternoon, you have the option to enhance your tour by visiting either Mount Vesuvius or the Herculaneum Ruins (you can decide on this during the booking process).

Location
Pompeii Archaeological Park
Porta Marina (via Villa dei Misteri)
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Sandra_a
May 10, 2022
Great time! - Entire tour was great! Mario our driver sang opera songs the entire ride. Great experience! Wine and food was excellent!
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Jeff
Nov 12, 2019
Exceptional - Alfonso was our tour guide and was terrific. We ended up with a completely private tour for our party of three. Alfonso gave us full choice of what order we did the tour in - due to weather it made the most sense to try Vesuvius in case of closure and we had the volcano to ourselves for the first hour! On our way down, other tour groups started to come through - it was terrific having the place to ourselves (views are worth the ~20 min hike to the top). We then went to Pompeii and were amazed at the size of the ruins. Lunch and wine were terrific. The real highlight was the tour company - definitely pleased with our choice and felt fortunate to have received such a helpful and funny driver. Grazie Alfonso!
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Jessamyn_k
Sep 24, 2019
An afternoon at the foot of Vesuvius - First rate! We had an amazing afternoon at Cantina de Vesuvius!! The vineyard tour was fun and informative, the wine was good and lunch was delicious. The Pompeii tour was fun- I would love to have had more time to explore. An overall great afternoon :) Thank you for a memorable afternoon
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Fraz_b
Oct 6, 2022
Complete waste of money - This is a complete waste of money. We paid almost €400 for the experience (there were 2 of us) but they only things included were the lunch with wine and the driver. The lunch with wine can be purchased separately for €35 each (€70) which means we paid over €300 for the driver. He was amazing but it’s completely overpriced. We were only travelling from Sorrento. The tickets to Pompeii weren’t even included. The ‘3 course lunch’ advertised was dreadful. The starter was a plate of meat and cheese thrown together. The pasta course was awful - completely tasteless spaghetti with a few cherry tomatoes. The pasta wasn’t even cooked - it was rock hard. The meatballs were freezing. And then the dessert was a bland cake. The ‘wine tasting’ was 5 minuscule wines. I know tasting glasses are small but this was ridiculous - it wouldn’t even have amounted to a small glass combined. The ‘local olive oil and wine vinegar tasting’ was literally someone pouring oil onto a plate and then adding a little bit of wine vinegar. That’s it! Laughable. Really regrettable experience and expenditure. Choose another tour with better value for money!
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