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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244aleynar
Oct 12, 2025
Amazing experience! - Gennaro was an incredible tour guide! Having him provide context for everything we saw made our visit to Pompeii so much richer. I also loved getting to see the Villa of Mysteries—definitely one of the highlights of my trip to Italy!
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Louisemz4571cs
Sep 1, 2025
Pompeii & the Villa of the Mysteries with Ornella: Excellent - We had a wonderful time exploring Pompeii and the Villa of the Mysteries with Ornella today. She was incredibly knowledgeable and brought the ancient city to life with her engaging stories and detailed insights into daily life back then. The tour was both informative and enjoyable. I’d definitely recommend both the experience and Ornella as a guide. :)
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M7252uuanneb
Jul 11, 2025
Pompeii and Villa of the Mysteries - Magnificent experience - Ornella was a fantastic tour guide today showing us highlights of Pompeii and the Villa of Mysteries - the sights and explanations of what life was like in Pompeii was exceptional - We loved it. I would recommend this tour and Ornella !!
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Wanderer13142006201
Jun 27, 2025
Pompeii in its essence - Interesting experience. Ornella our guide was helpful, nice and prepared and stayed well over schedule. Pompeii is a wonderful city.
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Billingtonlinda1
Jun 4, 2025
Wow! What a wonderful tour. If you're going to Pompeii I would definitely recommend the tour and Roberta our guide - Roberta, the archaeologist who met us there, was absolutely fantastic. Her knowledge and enthusiasm really brought history to life. Roberta pointed out details on our tour that a normal tourist would have overlooked and not realised the significance. The tour was conducted at a relaxed pace, and she answered all questions that we asked and explained things thoroughly. It was a superb day, one which will stay with me forever, and I really can't recommend Roberta and the tour highly enough.
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Avitali91
May 28, 2025
Pompeii and Villa of the Sublime Mysteries Guided Tour - Guided tour of Pompeii and Villa of Mysteries. Possibility to stay in the archaeological site even after the tour so as to fully enjoy these historical wonders! Guide prepared, kind, helpful, welcoming, ready to meet needs and curiosities! Absolutely recommended.
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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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From $289 (Per Group)
up to 12 guests
1 - Traveler
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).