Pompeii from Rome with Optional Mt. Vesuvius & Pizza Lunch

We had an amazing experience on this tour! We originally booked the Pompeii tour with the Mt. Vesuvius hike up to the crater of the volcano. The weather was terrible, though, so we ended up doing the geologist walk instead. It worked out perfectly because the geologist was knowledgeable and lively! We learned so much about the volcano, and we still ended up doing a hike up the cone. We also met some pretty wonderful people along the way! Lastly, Michael was our tour guide, and he was informative and pleasant.

Paula was fantastic!!! Shes got so much personality and so much passion for what she does!! Pompeii was fantastic and the hike was strenuous but 100% worth it!!

Paula was wonderful. So informative and personable. What a wonderful guide. It is a very long day, but well worth the experience.

This trip was well organised wit all the information about meeting points and pick ups clearly communicated before the day. Our bus driver Ramel gave us interesting commentary and was very helpful. Once at Pompeii we were meet by staff of the tour who took us to our guide Roberto. He was extremely knowledgeable and engaging. We didn’t do the Vesuvius hike or the lunch. There is time allowed at the end for you to wander around independently after the tour. The time on the site was three hours which felt like it was enough.

We had a wonderful day at Pompeii and Mount Vesuvius. Everything was great from start to finish. City Wonders is very professional company and you are in very good hands for a day out from Rome. Viviana is an exceptional guide! She has a very warm personality and plenty of knowledge that she loves to share. Marco kept us safe behind the wheel - not an easy task on those winding roads!

Super well run tour, efficient but not rushed. Took needs into consideration but even if you didn’t need the bathroom at the service station, it didn’t hardly add anything to the day and you could buy delicious looking sandwiches, snacks, drinks, or dessert. The Pompeii guides were very knowledgeable and personable.

Thanks Eduardo for being our guide and making this an amazing day. The tour was tightly scheduled, the pizza lunch was good, the sights amazing and with a nice surprise at the end. During the bus ride there is a lot going on, and Eduardo passionately told us about history, geology, Rome traffic and Italian customs. But there was also time for more light hearted subjects (who knew people from Milan have short arms ;) ?) The group was good (even though the bus was filled), the driver (Roberto?) got us through crazy traffic safely (even with a Vespa brake checker 5 minutes away from our return). Vesuvius was a bit of a steep climb, but there is plenty of time to reach the top, so having a "good physical condition" is not quite necessary, as we took our sweet time. If I must give a point of improvement: during the Pompei visit, it would have been nice to see a bit more away from the tour path (with maybe some more volcanic ash remnants). That would certainly make the experience even more memorable. But overall: this trip was the best experience we had during our 4 day stay in Rome.

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We just did this tour with Kiara and it was so much fun. She was a great tour guide and it's very coordinated. I guess the day we visited was typically a very busy day for them and after so many people they shut the gates at Pompeii, so they made sure to get us in before that happened which I thought was great. The guides at Mount Vesuvius and Pompeii were both so knowledgeable and it was a really pleasant day.

I had a great day on this tour. Our guide, Micaela was friendly and knowledgeable. She made the trip amazing. Our guide Bernadette at Pompeii was also great. Lunch was fabulous. Bus driver had mad skills too.

Enjoyed our trip to Pompeii it was wonderful want to go back.