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Pompeii Herculaneum small group tour skip the line ex AmalfiCoast

Positano, Italy

Pompeii and Vesuvius from Amalfi Positano Praiano Ravello Maiori or Minori

From $115.27

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up to 24 hours before the experience starts (local time)

8 to 10 hours
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Offered in: English

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Overview

Explore the two famous ancient cities buried by the volcanic blast of Mt Vesuvius in 79 BC with this 8-hour tour to both Pompeii and Herculaneum. See the archaeological sites of an ancient Roman bustling commercial center and a wealthy residential town.

8-hour tour to Pompeii and Herculaneum from Amalfi
Travel from Amalfi to the ancient ruins of Pompeii
Spend roughly 2 hours exploring the cobblestone streets and ancient Roman buildings
Take a midday break for lunch (own expense)
Continue to Herculaneum for a visit of about 2 hours
Marvel at the incredibly well-preserved buildings and frescoes

What's Included

Live commentary on board
Local guide
Headsets to hear the guide clearly
Air-conditioned vehicle
Skip-the-line entry tickets
ONE WAY Pick up from Praiano/Positano if this option is selected.

Lunch
Gratuities
Shuttle to Positano or Praiano on return (tour ends Amalfi center)

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What To Expect

Amalfi Coast (Pass By)

Pompeii Archaeological Park

3 hours • Admission Ticket Not Included

Parco Acheologico di Ercolano

1 hour 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Infants must sit on laps
Near public transportation

Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
For Pompeii ruins max bag size 30x30x15. All bigger bags can be stored on the bus during the visit.
It is mandatory to take passport/ID Card (or copy) on the day of the tour.
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 25 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.
This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.

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Reviews

4.5

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Amazing day!

Olivia_V, Aug 2023

Alessandra was a fantastic guide. We saw so much yet still have more we’d like to see at Pompeii (it’s huge!) such great value and the stories and histories you hear from the guide make it extra special. Would highly recommend, and it’s so easy leaving from Amalfi, one do the few that do- so definitely boom if you’re staying here or in Maiori!

Okay Transportation, underwhelming guide

meganmahon89, Aug 2019

It was difficult to find a tour with transportation from Praiano, so I am impressed by that. We rode on a standard bus and had to split up into vans/cars on the way there/back. Our guide was not very knowledgeable, outside of the more crude details of Pompeii and Herculaneum. He pointed out several of the fallic symbols, which is all good and fun, but did not tell us much else on our tour.

Worth the time and effort

Compass13586645127, Jun 2019

I brought some clients to this tour having completed it several times myself previously and being impressed by it. They all enjoyed it - came home exhausted but happy. Very tiring, particularly when hot but worth the time and effort. Lunch was quickly provided in a short break between the two sites. The only hiccup was the delay in getting people home on the shuttle services at the end.

Excellent tour

Camper39781386641, Jun 2019

The tour is worthy of he cost, the guide is very professional. The sites are impressive. The day we went was a bit too hot to walk a long time, so if you are not good at walking, this might be a bit difficult.

This could have been a great...

Scott L, Oct 2017

This could have been a great tour...but failed on many fronts. Good stuff - great places to visit, and being off season both crowds and temperature were manageable. The guide did know his stuff, and transportation was comfortable. Transportation Issues 1. They don't communicate in advance when you'll be picked up. What we learned shortly before tour was that our pick up time was 7:15 am, as we were the first to be picked up on a small bus in Positano, that then went to other towns for other pickups that then fed us to a larger bus, that then make additional pick-up stops. Their Amalfi, Positano, Praiano....or Minori tour title should say and not or as they aggregate pick-ups from all of these towns. Yikes! 2. Tickets ARE NOT INCLUDED. While this may be in the fine print, most of the folks on our tour including us did not know this. Why in the world can't the tour operator include this in the price? Upon arriving at the crowed sites i.e., Pompeii, we're not only told we need to cough up the money, but if we only have credit cards, are sent off to the long general public ticket lines to buy our personal tickets. Yikes again! don't go away...it gets worse...see below The Guide - Of all our travel - and we travel extensively - worst we ever had. Why? 1. No People Skills - upon getting back to the group after buying tickets per above, and been told we'd have time to eat quickly again, see pick-up time above. Instead, the moment I got back and about the take a bite of the food my wife picked up while I was on the long line, he announced ok, is everyone ready? When I share that I needed a minute - for obvious reasons - he announced to the group I cannot inconvenience the group for one person! felt like a scolded child. To make matters worse, after throwing out the food we had just purchased, he walked us to a new point literally 90 seconds away and said now wait here while I buy the tickets for those who gave me cash Yikes yet again!! 2. He didn't have people skills - when some folks on the tour didn't understand how the molds of the bodies were captured - he was using phrases like empty space that he assumed they'd understand - he gave a sigh and literally said I will make believe you are very young school children and try it again that way. The looks on the faces of his supposed customers said it all... 3. For the lunch break, when we were about to put us back on the bus to drive to Herculaneum, he could have driven us many places for lunch. Instead he marched us to a local restaurant, with high cost low quality food, where he obvious got a kick-back given how they welcomed him...and learned after eating that they DIDNT TAKE CREDIT CARDS. Didn't he know that many of his guest needed to pay that way given the ticket purchasing mayhem earlier that day? We've had many exceptional tours via Viator i.e.., Colosseum Tour was one of the best we've had anyplace in the world, but this was the opposite extreme. You're MUCH better off getting local/private transportation to the sites and hiring a private guide right there. Large waste of our valuable vacation time/money that could have been better spent with a different vendor

This was an excellent trip and a...

Antony D, Aug 2016

This was an excellent trip and a great way to see these sites. Pompeii is a very large site and would be difficult to negotiate under your own steam. With the guide we were confident we had seen the important parts of the site and his information and explanations were very informative. The guide was extremely knowledgeable and clearly very enthusiastic about archeology and history, as well as being very pleasant and helpful. The tour was also well organised with pick up, transportation between sites and drop off going like clockwork. I would highly recommend this tour.

Parfait!

Ginette_H, May 2023

Le Professionnalisme de l’entreprise nous a marqués. Le Talent et l’engagement de notre guide, Lucia a fait de cette journée un souvenir qui restera