Walk the haunting streets of Pompeii with a specialist archaeologist guide, exploring the frozen city before the crowds arrive. A bucket-list encounter with one of history's most dramatic moments — the 79 AD eruption of Vesuvius.
What to expect
Your archaeologist meets you at the Porta Marina entrance and leads you through the forum, bathhouses, and preserved villas with scholarly insight. The private format lets you detour into lesser-visited quarters — the Necropolis, the Lupanar frescoes — without jostling crowds. Midday light over the amphitheatre is extraordinary and unhurried. You leave with an understanding of Roman daily life that no group tour can replicate.
Good to know
Pre-book timed entry tickets exclusively via vivaticket (linked from pompeiisites.org) from March 2026 onwards. Allow 3–4 hrs inside; Pompeii is ~35 mins by circumvesuviana train from Naples port or ~45 mins by private transfer. Confirm all-aboard time and add 90 mins buffer.