Pompeii Exclusive Tour with Archaeologist

Experience a VIP guided tour of Pompeii with an archaeologist in a small group. Explore hidden corners of the city, ancient ruins, and step back in time.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Pompeii Archaeological Park - Porta Marina Superiore: the guide will be waiting for you outside the archaeological park with the sign “Pompeii Vip”. It forms the western entrance to the city and the name “Marina” comes from the fact that the outgoing road led to the sea. - Tempio di Venere - Temple of Venus: temple dedicated to Venus, patron…
What's Included
  • Link to buy entrance tickets online provided the afternoon before the tour
  • Tickets not included, but skip the line tickets available
  • Authorized Tour Guide experts in Archaeology
What's Not Included
  • Admission tickets to Pompeii Park (18 euro per adult; free under 18 years old)
Additional Information

Are you interested in seeing the ruins of Pompeii? Do you want to explore parts of the city that most tourists miss? Discover the ancient city, its ruins, and journey back in time.
From there, with a view of Mt. Vesuvius, we will visit the Antiquarium, where I will show you artifacts from the latest excavations, including the coin that changed the date…

Location
Villa dei Misteri
Via Villa dei Misteri
The guide will be waiting for guests at Porta Marina Superiore in front of "HORTUS BAR" with a sign "POMPEI VIP". The meeting point is 50mt from the train station "Pompei Scavi - Villa dei Misteri
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Max_p
Jul 16, 2025
Such an amazing place to... - Such an amazing place to visit!! Our tour guide Raffaele was fantastic! Very insightful and answered all our questions. Not one to miss
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Nancy
Jul 10, 2025
Not to be missed. Raffaele is the best! - Not to be missed! We had the pleasure of visiting Pompeii with Raffaele. We had toured Ercolano with him a year ago and knew that he was the person to visit Pompeii with. He is incredibly knowledgeable, communicative and enthusiastic. He brought Pompeii alive for us and was able to describe everyday life up to and including the day of the eruption. Absolutely fascinating. In addition, Raffaele gave us recommendations for food, drink and shopping in Naples. We look forward to our next trip to Naples. We plan to tour the MANN archeological museum with Raffaele! He is a true find.
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Suzanne_p
Jul 8, 2025
A must do tour! - A great couple of hours exploring the ruins of Pompeii. Our tour guide Sonja was great, very knowledgeable & took us to most of the main parts of the site. There is a lot of walking involved on uneven ground. Highly recommend but bear in mind some of the tours you are required to buy an entry ticket separately.
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Juliakh3968sa
Jul 7, 2025
A fun-filled, informative tour! - An amazing starting point in learning about Pompeii. I am usually very overwhelmed at sites that are so large, where there is so much to see, but taking this tour with Ornella was a really amazing starting point. She met us right outside the entrance to Pompeii and guided us through many of the main sights that are closer to the front entrance (for example, we did not make it all the way to the amphitheater which is on the other side of the city from where we started). Ornella provided a lot of information on what daily life looked like and was able to answer all of our questions. She gave us recommendations for what to eat in the area and was very personable! The tour is only 2 hours long so we obviously couldn’t cover the whole city. I would recommend taking this tour as well as exploring on your own afterwards! Beware that there is very little shade as most of the buildings don’t have roofs and it was very hot. There are some water bottle filling stations inside the city though.
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Pritty
Jul 2, 2025
2 hour guided tour of Pompei - Our guide Ricardo was excellent with his knowledge, active engagement and candour and Italian warmth. He is a proud native of Napoli and has studied archaeology so knows his art very well.
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Joannah612
Jun 28, 2025
Highly recommend this tour - do it! - Absolutely brilliant - Roberta our guide was fabulous! There were just 12 of us in the group so an incredibly personal experience. A fascinating, informative tour and still enjoyable despite the intense heat! Thank you so much.
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Dana_c
Jun 27, 2025
Great experience - RICCARDO is incredible. I can’t imagine experiencing Pompeii without this tour. He was incredibly educated and passionate about Pompeii
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Andreja_d
Jun 21, 2025
Very happy with our tour - Our guide Livio was incredible. Very knowledgeable and you can see his enthusiasm about Pompeii from his explanations. The growas small and the tour felt personal. Thank you so much for this experience!
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Gabriel_b
Jun 20, 2025
Our tour guide Raffaelle... - Our tour guide Raffaelle was amazing and really made the experience so enjoyable. We and others in our group had issues in purchasing our tickets which he resolved immediately upon arrival. He was extremely knowledgeable and happy to answer questions at every stop, with frequent photo stops and a much needed break about halfway through as it is extremely hot here in June. Pompeii was such an incredible and awe-inducing site to explore and this tour was the perfect length. If visiting Naples or Sorrento, I can’t recommend this tour enough!
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Philip_f
Jun 20, 2025
Antonio is a fantastic guide - Antonio is a passionate Archaeologist. Throughout the tour his enthusiasm, knowledge with a friendly approach making this tour a wonderful experience. He made sure everyone in our small group had some time spent personally on a one- to-one basis, making my Son and myself feel like it was a very personal tour. He showed us the highlights and the new areas being excavated, together with very detailed historical context to make the whole experience come alive. If you want a great tour Antonio is highly recommended.
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From $29
up to 12 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).