Pompeii (day trip from Rome)

Parco Archeologico di Pompei (Porta Marina)

A city frozen by ash 2,000 years ago, done as a day tour

⚠ Named tickets; 20,000 a day

Hours

16 Mar–14 Oct 09:00–19:00 (last entry 17:30); 15 Oct–15 Mar 09:00–17:00 (last entry 15:30). Closed 25 Dec and 1 Jan

Tickets

Pompeii Express €20; Pompeii+ €25 with the suburban villas (from 12 January 2026). EU citizens 18–25 €2; free on the first Sunday of the month. Official online seller: Vivaticket

Address

Porta Marina, the main gate of the ruins, right opposite Pompei Scavi – Villa dei Misteri station

You walk through a city buried the day Vesuvius erupted in AD 79: stone streets rutted by cart wheels, bakers' ovens, villas with frescoes still on the walls, tavern counters in a row, and at the end of the forum the volcano itself, still in view. Many travellers take a 13-hour southern Italy tour that leaves Rome around 6am, walks Pompeii with a guide, then runs down to Sorrento, Positano and the Amalfi Coast before heading back. On your own the site is easy to get lost in, and you need someone explaining for the rubble to turn back into houses.