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 : Samuel_W
The tour was very well organised and the staff were brilliant getting to and from locations and during the tour itself. The tour of Pompeii itself was very informative and fun.
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Posted On : 2024-07-02 05:06:53

Posted By : Carolyn_K
Doesn’t seem to be enough time but it is! Key is getting to Pompeii right when it opens. Everything ran like clockwork. Friendly and funny Eugenio organized us efficiently and entertained us with history and stories on the bus ride. The lovely, intelligent and very interesting Adriana brought Pompeii to life for us with her engaging descriptions and anecdotes. Expert driving by Luigi. All top notch!!!
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Posted On : 2024-06-30 04:20:26

Posted By : Jonah_R
My family of all adults loved the combined tour. Eugene was our guide and was wonderful. The Pompeii tour was fascinating and so glad we got to the ruins early. It gets really crowded later in the day. Our trip to Mt Vesuvius was equally enjoyable. It is a bit of a hike to the caldera but worth it. I’m nearly sixty and the youngest in our group was 22. We all made it but I took a few breaks going up on our hot late June day. It is a volcano so take shoes that you know will get dusty on the trails. All in all, we loved the entire day!
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Posted On : 2024-06-29 16:57:28

Posted By : JasonA2302
We were picked up on time and the guides did a good job explaining everything that we saw. We did miss a few areas inside Pompei due to time constraints so maybe the tour should be a little longer. Otherwise the tour was good
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Posted On : 2024-06-29 08:13:17

Posted By : Sargam_V
Excellent guide
Such a comprehensive review
Perfect timing
Great and friendly guide
On time.
I had such a fun time
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Posted On : 2024-06-28 15:31:38

Posted By : Dmpepper
Really great trip. Guided and driver were excellent. Great tour around Pompeii and then hike up Vesuvius.
Really great day out recommended
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Posted On : 2024-06-28 12:55:47

Posted By : Andrea N
Glad we signed up for the guided tour and although the early start from resort wasn’t welcome, grateful for it in getting to Pompei earlier than many others!

Luigi was a great local guide, keeping us informed and sharing interesting history on the journey, and the guide in the Park was great too!

Vesuvius experience was only spoiled by having insufficient cash to get cold drinks - card machines there are hit & miss so take cash!!

A grand day overall and to be honest, more interesting than I’d imagined!

Well organised, efficient & informative.
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Posted On : 2024-06-28 09:24:22

Posted By : E5562UOkathym
Eugenio was amazing guide and Luigi was very great bus driver! Very informative with all details. Highly recommend this tour if you are visiting the area.
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Posted On : 2024-06-27 11:33:28

Posted By : aaronp233
We recently did the half day Pompeii tour out of Sorrento and would definitely recommend to others.
The tour itself was around 90 minutes with a super experienced and knowledgeable guide. Going with a guide is a must as the city itself is an absolute maze. The guides will give you so much information that you'd otherwise not know if you went on your own.
Only detraction from me is that it felt very rushed. This is no doubt as it was a finite time with the guide and we were working with a large crowd of people.
All in all it's super fascinating and a must when in the area.
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Posted On : 2024-06-23 17:33:03

Posted By : Maria_D
This was a great trip and everything ran smoothly - the walk was around 2 hours, the guide was very informative and showed us a lot of different aspects of Pompeii in that time and to be honest in the best it was enough of an insight - we then had about an hour to grab some lunch before heading off to Vesuvius - the hike isn’t easy depending on your fitness levels as it’s all incline and the ground is loose dirt but the views from the top are incredible - if you can keep your eyes peeled for the peregrine falcons flying over head
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Posted On : 2024-06-23 02:26:31