Our Pompeii Half Day Tour stands out by offering an enriching, personalized experience with a maximum of 21 participants, ensuring a more intimate and engaging visit. Led by an expert archeological guide, you’ll gain in-depth insights into the history and daily life of the ancient city, with the guide’s deep knowledge bringing the ruins to life in a way that larger tours simply can’t. The small group size allows for more interaction and attention, ensuring that you don’t miss any of the fascinating details of Pompeii’s villas, frescoes, baths, and forum. Designed to be efficient yet thorough, the tour covers the essential highlights of the site without overwhelming you, all while maintaining a comfortable pace. This combination of expert guidance, a small group, and a well-paced itinerary offers a truly immersive experience, making your visit to Pompeii not just informative but unforgettable.
Prices change with the date; the lowest is shown.
Prices are per person when two book together; a solo traveller pays $687.
Larger groups pay less per person.
Out at sunset: the 2:30 PM departure is under way when the sun sets, around 6:14 PM in the coming weeks.
From the operator’s live schedule on Viator, checked Oct 8.
Have a look of the so called Teatro Piccolo of Pompeii.
Visit the most important Theater in Pompeii
The house of Menander is one of the richest and most magnificent houses in ancient Pompeii in terms of architecture, decoration and contents.
These occupy a vast area between the Brothel lane, the Holconius crossroads and the Via Stabiana. They represent the oldest thermal complex in the city.
Visit the most famous brothel in the ruined Roman city of Pompeii.
Via dell’Abbondanza
The house of Faun was one of the largest and most impressive private residences in Pompeii.
Have a look of the ancient main square of Pompeii.
Basilica was an open portico that gave shelter to merchants and other activities.
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For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Pompeii with an Archaeologist Shared or Private Tour from Naples lasts about 4 hours. The itinerary has 9 stops.
Prices start at $57 per person for this Naples experience, booked through Viator with the price shown before checkout. That is the per-person price when two book together; a solo traveller pays $687. There are 4 booking options, so the final price depends on the option you choose.
According to the operator’s current schedule, it runs every day, with 15 departures a day between 8:00 AM and 3:00 PM.
Yes. Cancel at least 1 day before the start for a full refund. Later cancellations are non-refundable.
The meeting point is Outside Ramada by Wyndham Naples in Via Galileo Ferraris, 40. There your driver or guide will be waiting for you, holding a sign reading: "Mondoguide". Hotel pickup is not part of this experience.
The experience is available in EN, IT, FR, ES.
It is a small-group experience with a maximum of 40 participants.
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller Specialized infant seats are available
Yes, bookings are confirmed instantly.
Travellers rate it 4.8 out of 5 across 24 reviews on Viator and Tripadvisor; it is run by Mondo Guide Srl.
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Manuela was an excellent guide... she was witty, knowledgeable and funny! Alt the same time ... and that's a lot to say! The only down side of this tour is the overwhelmingly crowded place due to the excessive amount of tourists. It is almost claustrophobic!!!!
Excellent! Ciro was an amazing guide! The actual tour we took was the one to Positano and Sorrento too, because there weee not enough people booked for only Pompeii.
Tour was very good and guide was knowledgeable. However, tour got off to a bad start as our pick-up driver was 15 minutes late.
Dear Malcolm, Thank you very much for your 4-star review. We are delighted that you found the tour very good and your Pompeii guide knowledgeable. Regarding the pickup, you are absolutely right—and the mistake was ours. Your pickup should have been communicated as 10:15 AM, but we mistakenly provided 10:00 AM. We sincerely apologize for leaving you waiting those 15 minutes. There are no excuses to make. When we make a mistake, we believe the right thing to do is acknowledge it, apologize, and make sure we learn from it. We have reviewed the communication internally to help prevent the same issue from happening again. Most importantly, we are very pleased that those first 15 minutes did not define the experience that followed—and that you still described the tour as “very good” and your guide as “knowledgeable.” Thank you, Malcolm, both for your kind words and for giving us the opportunity to improve. We hope your memories of Pompeii will last considerably longer than those 15 minutes. 😊 Warm regards, Mondo Guide www.mondoguide.com +39 331 708 0962
Excellent guide, very knowledgeable. She did a great job showing us the sights while being very cognizant of the heat. She kept us in the shade as much as possible. Pompeii was incredible!
I have mixed feelings about this. The guide was great - kind, communicated well with kids, and knew the appropriate facts. Drivers were great. However, I would not recommend this to anyone who really wants to experience Pompei. It was rushed. Rushed like I have never experienced with a guide. They said 2 hours and are sticking to it without seeing much of the major sites. I felt like we were always running after her. Museum was all of 7 minutes. Most guides I have say 2 hours but are flexible. Not this one. If you want a brief brief quick stop of pompei (a tapas of you will), this is it. Not of you really want to experience Pompei. Overall, it was way over priced for what you get.
We had a wonderful time and really appreciate the experience with Paolo, Tiziana and Mafalda (our driver and guides). Thank you so much for helping us set up an amazing experience.
Mondo Guide is a gem of a company. Their tour prices were the best rates I found, and their two hour tour of Pompeii, with archaeologist Gianluca was very informative and interesting. I highly recommend a guide as Pompeii is so large. Gianluca provided insights and showed us locations we wouldn’t have known if walking on our own. I also appreciated the company’s initiative and responsiveness when I was trying to find the initial meeting point, which was easy to find. I would recommend and use this company again, the next time I am in Italy.
Federica was efficient, very easy to work with, and very responsive...and we had a referral from other friends for our guide, Roberta and were so lucky to have her. In a very few hours we saw and learned so much. Communication was great all around, and I would recommend both for anything Naples or Italy related. Brava!
We are from Australia and we’re on a family holiday. I booked a private Pompeii tour including pickup and drop off and we had the most fabulous time. Our driver was fantastic and helpful and our guide for Pompeii was amazing, informative and very passionate. Mondo Guide made it all very easy. It was perfect.
We had Andrea as our tour guide and he was amazing!! Even with 20 people in our group he took the time to learn all of our names. You could tell he was very knowledgeable about Pompeii and had us hit the best parts/least crowded sights. My favorite part is his humor and how entertaining he was able to make it. I couldn’t recommend anyone better. Thanks for making our tour so great!!
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