Cruise passengers arriving in the port of Naples can explore legendary Pompeii and Mt Vesuvius, the only active volcano in continental Europe, on this full-day guided tour from Naples. It is a shore excursion not to be missed by any visitor to this region of Italy and includes both a guided tour of Pompeii's haunting ruins and a climb to the smoking summit of volcanic Mt Vesuvius.
Posted By : Colleen_H
Seeing Pompeii. The guide was knowledgeable and went at a good pace.
Unfortunately we couldn’t go all the way up to the volcano due to circumstances beyond anyone’s control. On the ride back to the ship it would have been nice if the new tour guide had shared her knowledge a bit more.
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Posted On : 2023-11-24 12:24:58 
Posted By : Purplesue8888
Must do when visiting Naples. What a feeling of accomplishment when climbing to the top of Mt. Vesuvius. Note: No restrooms are there.
Pompeii was not what I expected. In a good way.
Pizza was the best in all Italy ports
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Posted On : 2023-10-03 14:25:12
Posted By : David_M
The excursion was excellent. We took a bus up to Mt Vesuvius and hiked to the top for the amazing views. Then on to an excellent tour of Pompei. Lunch was excellent. Them main improvement would be for the tour to provide some cool water. It was a very hot day and a nice cool water after the hike and again after walking around Pompei would have been excellent.
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Posted On : 2023-09-07 16:56:34
Posted By : Clare_H
Very well organised, Verauvius in the heat was hard, but Limoncello shop stop before made it easier, great tasting and surprising ingredients! Pizza lunch break also ideal, fantastic, huge pizza! Pompeii guide Miguel was great, lots of fun and made sure we stopped in the shade wherever we could, very eye opening. A fantastic memory moment. Rosa made it very easy to fit it all in plus get back before the ship sailed.
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Posted On : 2023-08-22 02:42:56
Posted By : Catherine_O
What an amazing excursion. Rosa was great and kept everything organized. They say you get a slice of pizza, but the pizza was like a medium size in the United States. It was delicious. The tour at the Volcano was good and Pompeii was also amazing. Our tour guide Mikael was funny and very informative. I would rate this a 10 :)
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Posted On : 2023-06-18 01:30:24
Posted By : ShirleyM_G
Guides were professional. They managed time we’ll and responded to questions easily. Especially nice was the attention Michael paid to the children. He kept them close to him and made sure they were able to ask questions.
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Posted On : 2023-06-17 16:06:11
Posted By : cazd
Terrible trip. Unorganised and chaotic. Too many random pick ups and stops. Being told there’s no toilets so they take you to their friends shop (whose toilets are filthy), when there are toilets. Being stopped and searched by the police as they don’t have the right documents. Chaos getting people back to the ship - we were all late. Guides leaving halfway throughout the trip or not being provided. Like others have said, the total amount you get at Pompeii is shocking…we got 50 minutes!! And Mt.Vesuvius not much better, it also takes longer than 25 minutes to the top and round the crater unless you’re young and fit! Wouldn’t recommend using this company as a shore excursion, too stressful. Also put me off Viator who recommended this trip.
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Posted On : 2023-06-13 09:55:32
Posted By : Megan_P
This was our first group tour, and probably our last. We were not impressed. Our excursion was a full seven hours+, and in that time, we only spent one hour and fifteen minutes at Mt. Vesuvius, and one hour and forty five minutes touring Pompeii. There was so much time wasted being shuttled to different pick up points, shuffling people from one bus to another, and the service providers arguing about things. It was really frustrating especially when they have you standing waiting for twenty minutes and then say “Hurry up, we don’t have much time.” One group barely made it back in time to their boat, and that was after we were all out on a smaller bus and sped crazily back to the port. Also, no one communicated that we would not have access to a toilet for almost five hours, nor did they seem to care when we complained about that.
We had six people in our personal group, so this was an expensive tour. We’d have been a LOT better off hiring a private taxi or car to drive us around, both financially and experientially. This was really unprofessional.
Lastly, while our tour guide at Pompeii was knowledgeable and funny, he also fixated his commentary on the brothels and phallic symbols around Pompeii to a degree that was unnecessary, especially given there were nine children in our group. Poor taste in my opinion.
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Posted On : 2023-05-14 01:04:42
Posted By : Emily_H
Pompeii is amazing- we just wish we had a little more time. You could walk around for hours and this tour only gave you 2. It was very informational and the guide was great. We probably didn’t need 1.5 hours for lunch. The walk up to Vesuvius was worth it- we are experienced hikers so it wasn’t bad but I think other people were surprised at the difficulty. It was a great day!
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Posted On : 2023-05-08 03:07:42
Posted By : Gordon_S
Very well run tour from Naples. We arrived on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship. Minor issue, it was difficult to find the tour leader off the ship as her instructions weren’t clear. After some messaging in Viator, we figured out the meeting spot.
We went in a group of about 20 to Pompeii first and met with a passionate Pompeii guide. He led us through numerous sites with detailed commentary the whole way. Pompeii was much larger and fascinating than I imagined. We then had a lunch with a choice of cheese pizza, salad, or gnocchi with a tall can of pop. The pizza was a giant portion and tasted great.
We went to Mount Vesuvius next and about 1 hour of free time. It wasn’t enough time for us to make it to the top unfortunately and we were in good fitness. With an extra 30 minutes, we could have made it. It was a strenuous uphill hike on a dirt path with many loose rocks.
Appreciate this tour was run efficiently as we were split up in groups throughout - some people were going to different spots like Sorrento and with different languages. Got back to the cruise port just a bit later than expected and experienced driver got through busy traffic very well.
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Posted On : 2023-05-01 01:21:19
