Depart your hotel or cruise ship to take a tour to the ancient town of Pompeii. Along the way, stop in places such as Positano to view the landscape and Sorrento to do a little shopping. Accompanied by your driver and private guide, if option selected, you will learn all about these quaint areas, all the while taking in the Mediterranean ambiance.
Inclusions & Exclusions
✔ Professional guide at the ruins (if option selected)
✔ All Campania's Region Hotels - Ports - Train station - Airport pickup and drop-off
✔ Bottled water
✔ Private tour
✔ Driver
✖ Food and drinks
✖ Gratuities
✖ Access fees to Ruins and Monuments (Pompeii € 16 - Visitors younger than 18 free)
✖ Professional guide at the ruins (if option including the guide is not selected)
Pickup Locations
1. Hotel Villa Sirena
2. Aragona Palace Hotel
3. Hotel Villa Ciccio
4. Gemma Hotel
5. Hotel Terme Elisabetta
6. Hotel La Mandorla
7. Hotel Magnolia
8. Poggio del Sole
9. Hotel Casa Rosa Terme
10. Radisson Hotel Naples Nola
11. Hotel Zaro
12. Hotel La Palma
13. Suisse Thermal Village
14. Albergo Villa Giusto
15. Albergo L'Approdo
16. Hotel Villa Janto
17. Hotel Oasi Castiglione
18. Hotel Cesotta
19. ELMA Park Hotel Terme & Spa
20. Hotel Terme Vinetum
Additional Info: Departure Point: if streets, allow straight from your accommodation, otherwise at the spot accessible by car closest to your accommodation. Cruise docking (if coming on a Cruise ship) in the Naples area, Salerno & Amalfi coast area, Sorrento's area. From the train platform (if you come by train).
Dates: Daily
Return point: Pickup point or any different requested drop off point located in the area of the excursion
Itinerary
1
Pompeii Archaeological Park
They will be visiting the ruins of the ancient Roman town of Pompeii
Duration: 2 hours
2
Hotel Vittoria
This gate provides access to the west of the city and it is the most impressive among the seven gates of Pompeii.
Duration: 5 minutes
3
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.
Duration: 15 minutes
4
Basilica
This space was used to carry out business and for the administration of justice. It is accessed from the Forum through five entrances separated by tuff pillars
Duration: 5 minutes
5
Thermopolium
This was a small cook-shops where hot food was sold
Duration: 5 minutes
6
Casa del Fauno
It is one of the larger houses of Pompeii, covering an entire block of about 3000 sqm and, according to its original layout, it dates back to the 2nd century BC.
Duration: 10 minutes
7
Casa dei Vettii
The house, one of the richest and most famous in Pompeii, is under the protection of Priapus, the god of prosperity, painted to the right of the door, symbolizing the economic success of the owners, the brothers Aulus Vettius Restitutus and Aulus Vettius Conviva liberti, who became rich through trade.
Duration: 10 minutes
8
Stabian Baths (Terme Stabiane)
The pool is found to the left, whereas a colonnade is found to the right, which leads to the men's quarters, which are split into the apodyterium (dressing room), with the frigidarium (for cold baths), which leads to the tepidarium (for medium temperature baths) and then to the calidarium (for hot baths).
Duration: 10 minutes
9
Lupanar
The Brothel
The prostitutes in the brothel were mostly Greek and Oriental slaves who were paid between two and eight Asses (a glass of wine cost one Ass) for their services.
The building has two floors. The homes of the owner and the slaves are at the top and there are five rooms at the bottom, all fitted with a built-in bed, on both sides of the corridor that connects the two entrances of the ground floor. The rooms were closed by a curtain. A latrine is seen at the end of the corridor, under the staircase.
Small paintings with erotic depictions on the walls of the central corridor informed customers of the activities that took place within the Lupanare.
The brothel is named from lupa, a Latin word meaning 'prostitute'.
Duration: 10 minutes
10
Teatro Grande
The Grand Theatre was built by exploiting the natural slope of the hill for the construction of the auditorium. The staircase was separated into three areas with corridors, which were in turn divided into five sectors, and was based on a passage with a barrel vault.
Duration: 10 minutes
11
Anfiteatro Romano
This amphitheatre is the oldest among those known from the Roman times. Built in 70 BC, just before the colony was founded, on the initiative of magistrates Caius Quinctius Valgus and Marcus Porcius who also had the Odeon built
Duration: 10 minutes
12
Amalfi Coast
Visiting the quaint village-town of Positano
Duration: 1.3333333333333 hours
13
Chiesa di Santa Maria Assunta
The church of Santa Maria Assunta features a dome made of majolica tiles as well as a thirteenth-century Byzantine icon of a black Madonna.
Duration: 10 minutes
14
Spiaggia Grande
Positano main beach
Duration: 20 minutes
15
Piazza Tasso
Visiting the vibrant town of Sorrento.
Duration: 1.6666666666667 hours
16
Via San Cesareo
Shopping road
Duration: 20 minutes
Additional info
• Wheelchair accessible
• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Service animals allowed
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
• Specialized infant seats are available
• Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• If customers are cruise ship passengers they must provide the following information at time of booking: ship name, docking time, disembarkation time and re-boarding time
• Dress code is smart casual
• The option named Car+driver min 4 pax, requires a minimum of 4 participants
