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From Sorrento: Guided Tour of Pompeii Ruins and Mount Vesuvius
Sorrento
Important Information
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Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
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Public transportation options are available nearby
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Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
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Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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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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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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A spectacle of history, nature and archaeology that merges into a unique cultural heritage of Roman times and the Neapolitan natural heritage. A victim of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D., Pompeii is the only case of a city in the world that remained crystallized by lava in Roman times. Visit the workshops, the theatres, the baths and all the public areas of this city intact in time; they will take you back in time and make you relive the atmosphere of the time perfectly. The customs, the ways of life; all expertly narrated by our guides who will be able to take you back in time in these evocative discoveries. Then later, thanks to a visit to Mount Vesuvius itself, you will be able ...
Highlights
8 hours
Offered in English & 3 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
8 hours
Offered in English & 3 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Reservations entrance fee agency service
Pick-up and drop-off from your hotel in Sorrento
1h30 free climb on Vesuvius Mountain
Certificated guide in english, french, spanish or italian language
Air-conditioned vehicle
2 hours guided tour Pompeii Ruins
Pizza-lunch with drink
Pompeii Archaeological Park (for over 18 yeras)
Mount Vesuvius entrance fee (for over 6 years)
From Sorrento: Guided Tour of Pompeii Ruins and Mount Vesuvius
Sorrento
About
A spectacle of history, nature and archaeology that merges into a unique cultural heritage of Roman times and the Neapolitan natural heritage. A victim of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D., Pompeii is the only case of a city in the world that remained crystallized by lava in Roman times. Visit the workshops, the theatres, the baths and all the public areas of this city intact in time; they will take you back in time and make you relive the atmosphere of the time perfectly. The customs, the ways of life; all expertly narrated by our guides who will be able to take you back in time in these evocative discoveries. Then later, thanks to a visit to Mount Vesuvius itself, you will be able ...
Highlights
8 hours
Offered in English & 3 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
8 hours
Offered in English & 3 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Reservations entrance fee agency service
Pick-up and drop-off from your hotel in Sorrento
1h30 free climb on Vesuvius Mountain
Certificated guide in english, french, spanish or italian language
Air-conditioned vehicle
2 hours guided tour Pompeii Ruins
Pizza-lunch with drink
Pompeii Archaeological Park (for over 18 yeras)
Mount Vesuvius entrance fee (for over 6 years)
Itinerary
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Sorrento
Tourists will be picked up at the pick-up point at the defined time and will be accompanied to Pompeii for the visit of the excavations. During the transfer, the tour-leader will provide morphological explanations of the landscape and once at the excavations, tourists will have a short break for a toilet and bar before starting the visit.
1 hour
2
Pompeii Archaeological Park
Tourists entering directly from Porta Marina will visit the Suburban Baths, known for the erotic frescoes of the Apodyterium (dressing room) It is a public bath complex from the Augustan period, with male and female changing rooms and erotic-themed frescoes promoting events that took place in the rooms on the upper floor. In the life of the Pompeians. Moving up towards the Forum, one can visit the House of the Faun, the largest and most spectacular of the patrician domus. On Via del Vesuvio you can then visit the Domus degli Amorini Dorati or admire the fresco of Leda and the swan in the house of the same name. Along this route, one can also admire the famous House of the Vettii, with its magnificent frescoes and mosaics, and the Small Theatre, where theatrical and musical performances were held. The route ends at the House of Menander, where there is the famous mosaic depicting the great Greek playwright.
2 hours
3
Kona
After that, you will be accompanied to a pizzeria for a pizza-lunch break with drinks lasting about an hour.
2 hours
4
Vesuvius National Park
At the end the bus will take you to an altitude of 1,000 meters to visit Mount Vesuvius. The Vesuvius Nature Park is a guarded, natural oasis stretching from the slope of the volcano to its crater, characterized by varied vegetation and various symbolic sculptures. Once you arrive at the entrance to Vesuvius, you will be given free time to make the ascent to the crater, and once at the top, you will be able to take advantage of the park's mountain guide's explanation and enjoy the beautiful view of the gulf from that height. The bus will be waiting for you at the entrance at the agreed time for your return to the pick-up point.
2 hours
5
Sorrento
Once the visit to the excavations is over, the customer will be picked up again and taken back to the starting point in Sorrento.
