Pompeii, via Naples

Pompeii from Rome by high-speed train

4.8/5

About 810 reviews on GetYourGuide

The way to see Pompeii from Rome without spending the day on a coach: 70 minutes each way on a high-speed train, a guide inside the ruins and a winery lunch under Vesuvius, nine hours door to door. From 160 euros.

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Duration: 9 hoursStart times show in the calendar
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Most day trips to Pompeii from Rome are coach trips: twelve hours or more, six to eight of them on the motorway. This one takes the high-speed train to Naples, about 70 minutes, and a private air-conditioned vehicle on to the ruins, 30 minutes. You are walking down a Roman street by mid-morning.

Inside, the guided tour runs for two and a half hours, on the cart-rutted streets, typically through the forum, the baths, the bakeries with their millstones, the brothel with its frescoes, and the plaster casts of the people caught by the eruption of AD 79. Then 15 minutes to a prize-winning vineyard on the slopes of Vesuvius, for a tasting of four of its wines and a long, light lunch: antipasti, a first course and dessert, about two hours in all. The driver takes you back to Naples for the train home, and the day ends where it began, at Caffè Vergnano in Roma Termini, about nine hours later.

The price, from about 160 euros, includes both trains, the transfers, the Pompeii ticket with skip-the-ticket-line entry, the guide, the wine and the lunch. Pompeii's own ticket starts at 20 euros for the express route and 25 for Pompeii+.

Why this one

It was rated 4.8 from about 800 reviews, with the guides, the transport and the value all scored between 4.8 and 4.9. That is a smaller pool than the coach trips, and a better score. The cheapest Pompeii trip from Rome on GetYourGuide is 68 euros by coach, with Vesuvius; the best-selling one, at about 11,000 reviews and 4.6, packs in the Amalfi Coast and Sorrento and so spends even more time on the road.

If you can manage trains and timed tickets on your own, Pompeii is easy to do independently. This is for the day you want to hand over: someone else's tickets, someone else's driver, and lunch under a vine.

Compared withPompeii from Rome: by train or by coach?

Good for

Families, with children welcome at lunch and the tasting
A first visit to Pompeii without hiring a car
Anyone who wants a long lunch with a view of Vesuvius

Not for

Wheelchair users
Anyone who prefers to explore Pompeii alone and at length

When to go

How hot and how wet it is at Pompeii, month by month. The afternoon high is the median daily maximum over the five years 2021 to 2025, with the hottest day in ten after it; rainy days are the share with at least 1 mm of rain.

Month	Afternoon high	Rainy days
Jan	14°C / 16°C	46%
Feb	15°C / 17°C	34%
Mar	16°C / 19°C	40%
Apr	18°C / 23°C	36%
May	22°C / 26°C	42%
Jun	28°C / 34°C	15%
Jul	31°C / 34°C	11%
Aug	31°C / 34°C	25%
Sept	27°C / 31°C	30%
Oct	23°C / 26°C	30%
Nov	19°C / 22°C	51%
Dec	15°C / 18°C	35%

Modelled from historical weather (Open-Meteo, ERA5) for the Pompeii site. The second figure is the hottest afternoon in ten. Rainy days is the share of days with 1 mm of rain or more.

From our Rome hotels

Walking times are routed from each hotel in our Rome edit to Roma Termini, where the trip starts and ends. At that hour, with a nine-hour day ahead, a taxi makes sense from most of them.

The Inn at the Roman ForumMonti23 min walkAn easy walk
Palazzo ManfrediColle Oppio24 min walkAn easy walk
Six Senses RomeCentro Storico32 min walkTaxi, bus or metro
Orient Express La MinervaPigna35 min walkTaxi, bus or metro
Bvlgari Hotel RomaCampo Marzio38 min walkTaxi, bus or metro
Rhinoceros RomaVelabro38 min walkTaxi, bus or metro
ROMEO RomaCampo Marzio40 min walkTaxi, bus or metro
Eitch Borromini Palazzo PamphiljPiazza Navona42 min walkTaxi, bus or metro
Hotel San AnselmoAventino50 min walkTaxi, bus or metro
Donna Camilla SavelliTrastevere55 min walkTaxi, bus or metro

The facts

Duration: About 9 hours, Termini to Termini
Language: English
Included: High-speed train Rome to Naples and back, private transfers, Pompeii entry with skip-the-ticket-line, a guide for 2.5 hours, wine tasting and lunch
The day: Train 70 min, transfer 30 min, Pompeii 2.5 hours, lunch and tasting 2 hours, transfer 45 min, train 70 min
Official price: Pompeii express 20 euros, Pompeii+ 25 euros; free on the first Sunday of the month
Pompeii hours: From 15 October to 15 March 9am to 5pm, last entry 3.30pm; from 16 March to 14 October until 7pm, last entry 5.30pm
Limits: Not possible in a wheelchair; bags no larger than 30 x 30 x 15 cm in the site
Cancellation: Free up to 24 hours before
Price: From about 160 euros on GetYourGuide; the calendar shows today's price
Run by: ItaliaTours, Rome

What guests keep saying

Recurring themes in the tour’s reviews, in our words, never quoted.

Praised

A day that runs smoothly from Termini and back
Local guides who bring Pompeii's streets to life
The winery lunch, which most guests call the bonus of the day

Complaints

The heat and humidity in the ruins in summer

The catch

Pompeii is hot and has no shade
In the five summers we looked at, the afternoon high near Pompeii had a median of 31.2°C in July and 30.8°C in August, and guests in the reviews say the heat and humidity spoiled the walk for them.
What to do. From June to September carry water, a hat and sun cream, and choose spring or autumn if you can.
Be at Termini 30 minutes early
The train is booked for your group. The meeting point is Caffè Vergnano on the departures level at Roma Termini, in the shops facing platform 1, half an hour before the departure.
What to do. Allow time to cross Termini: it is big and busy.
Not possible in a wheelchair
The operator says the route and transport rule out wheelchairs, scooters and other mobility aids, and Pompeii's paving is uneven and rutted.
What to do. Ask the operator about an adapted private tour.
Small bags only
Pompeii does not allow bags larger than 30 x 30 x 15 cm into the site.
What to do. Carry a day bag and leave the rest at the hotel.

Questions people ask

Good questions about Pompeii from Rome by high-speed train

Can you do Pompeii as a day trip from Rome?

Yes. The high-speed train reaches Naples in about 70 minutes, and Pompeii is 30 minutes beyond. This tour does it in about nine hours, Termini to Termini, with a guide and lunch.

How long do you get in Pompeii?

Two and a half hours with a guide, which covers the main streets, the forum, the baths and the plaster casts.

How much is a Pompeii ticket?

20 euros for the express route and 25 for Pompeii+, with reductions for EU citizens aged 18 to 25, and free entry on the first Sunday of the month. The ticket is included in this tour.

Where does the Pompeii tour from Rome start?

At Caffè Vergnano inside Roma Termini, on the departures level in the shops facing platform 1, 30 minutes before the train.

Is the Pompeii day trip suitable for children?

Yes. The operator says the tour, lunch and wine tasting are family friendly. The walking is long and hot in summer.

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