Journey to Pompeii

I so enjoyed this excursion, it was the highlight of my European vacation. We were in a smaller bus, so smaller group and the guide on the bus was excellent giving us information as we went to Pompeii. The bus was not far from the entrance and we were connected with our guide who was an architect in Naples. What an experience! You have to be able to walk over uneven ground, but well worth it. Take along your own water. Would have liked a few minutes to check out the stalls but c'est la vie! I didn't need to bring back souvenirs, I brought back my memories!

Overall it was a good excursion, but just VERY busy and overcrowded this day. After we were done, we found out it was a holiday and alot of people were off, and apparently decided to go to the Pompeii ruins.... took away from the experience, but I can't blame that on the company. Just dumb luck.

The guide was knowledgeable and easy to understand. He used the radios so everyone could clear hear what he was saying which was a plus! All guides should use the radios in my opinion where there is large crowd in particular. I would recommend this excursion .

This was very different from our previous visit to Pompeii 12 years ago. More streets were closed to foot traffic, especially most of Brothels. Although the one we saw had incredibly preserved murals of “activities”! Our guide was very informative and available to answer questions during tour. Definitely recommend going with a small group, much easier to hear guide explain points of interest and small details.

Very interesting tour! Unfortunately the bus was late due to traffic but the guide made sure we could envoy the tour.

This was an excellent tour. Our guide was knowledgeable and knew how to move us well through the ruins. Highly recommend!!

Francesca was an excellent guide who brought this ancient city back to life for us. Although very soft spoken at first, when asked to speak up she did so and then I was able to thoroughly enjoy my tour. She did a good job of trying to keep a large group together. We had adequate time to shop for souvenirs and public washrooms were pointed out to us. Overall a very enjoyable tour!

Wonderful guide! She was always right on top of things and super knowledgeable!

Tour was a great way to see the highlights of Pompeii, something that was on my bucket list! Was well worth it!

The guide was super. Enjoyed her a lot, loved the trip up to Pompeii, large group and she took care of everybody. Will use you guys again.

It took awhile to get going as our bus was picking up people from another ship and then came to our dock. I feel we waited too long - standing in hot, humid weather. Once we got inside Pompeii, our guide, Francesca, was very informative and took us on a efficient walking tour. I was glad we only did the half day tour.

There were 5 other cruise ships in at the same time.It appeared as if all the passengers had arrived at once, which somewhat spoiled the whole visit. You could not move for other visitors , and conflicting voices of the guides all around us made it difficult to concentrate. With so many people it was difficult to look at the place properly. I had attended a course on the city, I knew, understood the background and could recognise many of the places, buildings, and architecture. Without this prior knowledge it would have been a bit pointless. This was not the fault of the guide who was very good, knowledgeable and tried to keep us all together, an almost impossible task in this situation. It was too crowded to go into the museum, so we missed out on this. I would like to go back when it was less crowded.. Perhaps the authorities should have staggered the crowds entering to make it more pleasant for everyone.

We were taken to the site and had a small group with was a good start, We had a very young female guide who did a good job with the information she gave and keeping us together and moving as a group. It was hot and she did her best to provide shade when possible and answered all questions. It was crowded but we only waited a short time to move to the next site and we had a good tour.

Lady tour guide was excellent and provided plenty historic data . Time allotted was enough and proper. Walking tour required medium effort.

Super knowledgeable tour guide. Some of the other guests in our group were pretty mean to our guide - and she remained super friendly despite that.

Enjoyed the tour but it was too long with not enough breaks

You really do get a feel for life in 79AD. We saw the houses of the rich along with the brothels and everything inbetween. The site is NOT wheelchair friendly as you are constantly going up a step or 2 or down. I have a bad knee and did fine. The exit is all steps but they do have handrails. TIP: If you use the free restrooms on top, bring your own toilet paper (it was empty). I am so glad that I took this excursion. March is the perfect time (not too hot or humid) but in the summer bring LOTS of water. I bought a book about the site from one of the vendors for 12 Euros. Don't miss this one!

Our guide met us at the Cruise Terminal (outside) in Naples and we proceeded by a small bus to Pompeii. Our guide was knowledgeable and very patient. She answered all questions and kept us on schedule. We returned to our ship on time as advertised. "Francy" was delightful! I would use this service again.

Our tour guide was great and really new the history and information about Pompeii. Our cruise was late and they rescheduled the tour for later in the day.

Our tour guide, Livio, was fabulous. He brought the city and history of Pompeii to life for everyone. He was funny and shared a great deal of knowledge. Thank you for a wonderful morning.