Private Pompeii & Vesuvius Full-Day Tour: History Meets Volcano

Highlights

• Pompeii UNESCO Site
• Mount Vesuvius Summit
• Private Full-Day Experience

What's included

Itinerary

1. 1

   Salerno

   1h

   Your guide will pick you up from your hotel or from your cruise ship.

2. 2

   Stop 2

   1h

   Ruins of temples, municipal buildings & the basilica in the social & civic center of the Roman town.

3. 3

   Pompeii

   3h

   Pompeii, Italian Pompei, preserved ancient Roman city in Campania, Italy, 14 miles (23 km) southeast of Naples, at the southeastern base of Mount Vesuvius. It was built on a spur formed by a prehistoric lava flow to the north of the mouth of the Sarnus (modern Sarno) River.

4. 4

   Basilica

   1h

   The Basilica, with its extension of 1,500 square metres, was the most sumptuous building of the Forum, and its 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; inside it is divided into three naves with two rows of brick columns with Ionic capitals.

5. 5

   Stop 5

   2h

   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. It is one of several volcanoes which form the Campanian volcanic arc

Before you go

Location

Italy