Pompeii, Mt Vesuvius, Lunch & Wine Tasting: Private All-Inclusive Tour from Rome

Highlights

• Pompeii & Mt. Vesuvius
• Lunch & Wine Tasting
• Private Tour from Rome

What's included

Itinerary

1. 1

   Capua

   30min

   Buffalo Mozzarella Tasting Included in a specialized Buffalo Mozzarella Store in the countryside close to Pompeii, the area is considered the fatherland of the Italian Buffalo Mozzarella!

2. 2

   Vesuvius National Park

   2h

   Mount Vesuvius (tickets and alpine guide in a small group included) : it is best known for its eruption in AD 79 that led to the burying and destruction of the Roman cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, Oplontis and Stabiae. You will be able to visit the volcano, which reaches an altitude of 4,203-feet (1,281-meters). From there the crater can be reached on foot by using a path that is 0.75-miles (1,200-meters) long that takes you to the summit of the volcano.

3. 3

   Vesuvius National Park

   1h

   Lunch and Wine Tasting (both included): In a local restaurant/winery on the slope of the Vesuvius Volcano on the terrace overlooking the Sea. Tasting menu includes: • Antipasto appetizer with local products: salami, provolone cheese, casatiello (a local savory bread), and bruschetta with heirloom Piennolo tomatoes on bread baked in a wood-burning oven, paired with Lacryma Christi del Vesuvio Bianco DOP (100% Caprettone), Rosato (100% Piedirosso), and Rosso (100% Piedirosso). • Spaghetti made with durum wheat flour and tossed with a sauce made from heirloom Piennolo tomatoes and basil, paired with Lacryma Christi Riserva (80% Piedirosso and 20% Aglianico, aged in French oak barrels for 18 - 24 months). • Pastiera Napolitana, a traditional dessert featuring sweetened ricotta, candied fruit, and boiled wheat berries, paired with Capafresca Spumante Rosato (100% Aglianico) and Acquavite di Albicocche del Vesuvio, an apricot distillate. • Under 18 soft drinks instead wine.

4. 4

   Archaeological Park of Pompeii

   2h

   You will enjoy the Pompeii Ruins Skip-The-Line Tickets with a local Expert Tour Guide (both included). Pompeii Ruins: Visiting Pompeii is not like a museum , is as live again in an ancient roman commercial town of 3 Km. Buildings, temples, shops catched in the time of the eruption. Pompeii was an ancient Roman town near modern Naples, where the common people went on holidays at the time of the ancient Rome. It was mostly destroyed and buried under 4 to 6 m (13 to 20 ft) of volcanic ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.

Before you go

Location

Italy