Skip The Line Pompeii Guided Tour & Mt. Vesuvius from Sorrento

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Duration:8 hours (approx.)
Location: Sorrento, Amalfi Coast

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Spend a full day in the Vesuvian area visiting the archaeological site of Pompeii and Mt. Vesuvius.
Departing early in the morning we'll avoid the traffic and crowds ensuring a priority arrival at a destination and a unique experience!
With a shared group, you will enjoy a guided tour of Pompeii of 2 hours 30 min and then be taken up to 1000m of Mount Vesuvius, take the last 200m by foot up to the top, here you can stare down into the mouth of the volcano and then take in the breathtaking 360 degree panorama of the surrounding areas.

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1. Piazza Tasso
Departure from Sorrento from the Office IAMME IA!-Tours & Tickets
2. Pompeii Archaeological Park
Pompeii is a vast archaeological site in southern Italy’s Campania region, near the coast of the Bay of Naples. Once a thriving and sophisticated Roman city, Pompeii was buried under meters of ash and pumice after the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. The preserved site features excavated ruins of streets and houses that visitors can freely explore.
3. Basilica
The Basilica, with its extension of 1,500 square meters, was the most sumptuous building of the Forum, and its space was used to carry out business and for the administration of justice.
4. Forum
The Civil Forum is the core of daily life of the city and is the focal point of all the main public buildings for city administration and justice, business management, and trade activities such as markets, as well as the main places of citizen worship.
5. Tempio di Giove Capitolino
Dominated by the Vesuvius with its statues of Jupiter, Juno and Minerva, the temple was the Capitolium, similar to the one located in the Ancient Rome. The statues were highly placed to be visible to those passing in the Forum.
6. Macellum
The Macellum of Pompeii was located on the Forum and as the provision market of Pompeii was one of the focal points of the ancient city. The building was constructed in several phases. When the earthquake of 62 CE destroyed large parts of Pompeii, the Macellum was also damaged.
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Via dell’Abbondanza was the ancient main street (decumanus maximus) of ancient Pompeii, which ran across the city in the direction east/west from the Forum to the Porta Sarno. In ancient times the street was crowded and noisy with many shops, workshops ("officinae”), cafes, snack-bars and restaurants for food and drink.
8. Stabian Baths (Terme Stabiane)
The Forum Baths are located behind the Temple of Jupiter and date back to the years immediately after the founding of the colony of veterans by General Silla (80 BC). Women's and men's quarters had separate entrances. The men's section presents an apodyterium (dressing room), used also as a tepidarium (for medium temperature baths), frigidarium (for cold baths) and calidarium (for hot baths). Like many buildings in Pompeii, the baths were heavily damaged during the earthquake of 62 AD.
9. Lupanar
The Lupanar of Pompeii is the most famous brothel in the ruined Roman city of Pompeii. It is of particular interest for the erotic paintings on its walls. Lupanar is Latin for "brothel". The Pompeii lupanar is also known as Lupanare Grande.
10. Casa del Menandro
The house of the Menander is a great example of a Roman Villa owned by an high-ranking family. It is reachly decorated with wonderful frescoes representing scenes of the Trojan war and here were also founded many objects in silver, tableware now strored in the Archaeological Museum in Naples. The house owes its name to a picture of Menander, an Athenian poet, placed in the portico. The house belonged to Quintus Poppaeus Sabinus of the Poppei family, relatives of the Empress Poppea Sabina, Nero's second wife.
11. Pompeii Archaeological Park
The Large Theater of Pompeii was built from the Romans on the slope of a hill located in the area; they took advantage of the natural depression of the mountain to create a majesty auditorium divided into 5 sectors. On the stage were played tragedies of the Greco-Roman traditions.
12. Vesuvius National Park
Drop off at 1.000 mt high on the Volcano. Mount Vesuvius is a somma-stratovolcano located on the Gulf of Naples in Campania, Italy, about 9 km east of Naples and a short distance from the shore. In 79 AD eruption destroyed the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. Mount Vesuvius doesn’t stand alone. While the ‘main peak’ is named Vesuvius, there is another mountain which is attached to it, Monte Somma. is listed among the most dangerous volcanoes in the world. Volcanologists and geologists alike agree that the next volcanic eruption is overdue and that when it does happen, it will be big. The layer of magma that lies beneath Vesuvius measures a huge 154 square miles; this is why scientists monitore the volcano’s activity 24/7.
13. Vesuvius National Park
Reach the crater's edge at 1.280 mt to admire a breathtaking panorama on the Gulf of Naples. The surface of the path is uneven, but it' ll be well worth it. Following the devastating eruption, it was named after the Roman God of the Flame and Metal Forgery – Vulcan

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Posted By : Elizabeth_T
We had the site to our self. We went end of november and it was great even thought it was raining.
unfortunatly we could not see Mt Vesuve it was close. Would of loved more time on the site or add one hour to wonder on our own.
Great guide and great time
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Posted On : 2023-12-01 12:18:17

Posted By : P6705PCkimm
Pompeii speaks for itself and it was amazing. I think the tour was fine but not exceptional. The ride was central to Sorrento main square but the trip was more of a lesson on Italian/English translation and singing Italian songs instead of a history of Pompeii and its significance. The major points of Pompeii were discussed but in a fairly uninteresting way. We felt we were being rushed through and the guide did not take much time to explain the different aspects of the ruins. For example, there were clearly tours walking among the 'theaters' but our group was not allowed to go in. We took a look from the outside and had to move on. The tour details clear.y state that there is a lot of walking, steps, etc. and yet there was a group of elderly people within our group who had canes, etc. and held the group back a bit.At the end my husband and I thought we could have trained from Sorrento ourselves and just rented the headsets at the Pompeii site for about half the price and gotten the same experience.
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Posted On : 2023-11-24 17:36:48

Posted By : mohammadaU4263XX
Great tour of Pompéi and mount Vesuvius. The pick up was a bit chaotic with many groups most of them about 25-30 people. We had a good guide and driver.
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Posted On : 2023-11-11 14:37:57

Posted By : Hayden S
We did an excellent time exploring Pompeii and the ruins that are there. Though we had initially booked this as the tour to hike up Mount Vesuvius, the weather caused this to be canceled. However, the tour company was able to reassign us to the half-day tour in Pompeii, which ended up being very good. I appreciated the flexibility and not canceling the entire day.
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Posted On : 2023-11-10 07:54:26

Posted By : coventry_a
This was a great tour. Our guide lived in Pompeii and very knowledgeable.
We had an different guide as we toured Pompeii and she was great. It wasn't a long tour but I feel like we saw the highlights. She was able to answer everyone's questions.
We had about an hour for lunch before leaving.
We then went up to Vesuvius. Be aware, it is a steep hike up and (at the end of October) cold. Pompeii was hot but when we got up over the clouds, it was very chilly.

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Posted On : 2023-11-06 20:21:28

Posted By : mariabA595QN
Absolutely an incredible tour, very well organized and our tour guide was hilarious and really knew his stuff! I feel like we covered a lot of information and saw everything that was pertinent.
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Posted On : 2023-11-02 20:11:28

Posted By : Tim M
Pompeii was overwhelming (good) and the hike to Vesuvius crater was stimulating and unforgettable.

It turns out we did the tour two days shy of the 1944th anniversary of the Big Spew in 79 AD and, coincidentally, 1944 was the last time Vesuvius erupted.
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Posted On : 2023-10-31 00:17:28

Posted By : Heather_S
Excellent tour. Great bus ride to Pompeii. Lulu was a great host on the bus ride to and from Pompeii. Max was an excellent Pompeii guide. Very knowledgeable, learned so much. Unfortunately the Mt. Vesuveus portion was cancelled due to rain. No fault of company but I would have preferred to get a portion of our money back rather than going to another ruin area. It was very similar to the main Pompeii area.
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Posted On : 2023-10-30 17:02:04

Posted By : Mark_W
Thoroughly enjoyed our trip. Pompeii was remarkable and the hike up Visuvius memorable. Guides were personable and informative.
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Posted On : 2023-10-29 10:15:46

Posted By : Paul_K
Fabulous tour from start to finish. Teresa was very helpful & informative. Bus and driver Giosepe was incredible.
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Posted On : 2023-10-28 16:16:09