Does anyone know of a Pompeii/Naples day tour that leaves out of Sorrento? My sister and I cannot find one. Thanks.
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Take the local train to Pompeii Scavi. There are guides at the ruins.
https://www.sorrentoinsider.com/en/naples-to-sorrento-train-schedule
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Colorado Mountains, USA
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On our trip, while staying in Sorrento, we took the train to Naples one day, and drove our rental car to Pompeii and other sights another day.
If you’re looking for a guided tour that includes transportation, have you booked your lodging yet? Can they offer any tour suggestions -maybeceven book it for you?
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Tresana, Highlands Ranch, CO, USA
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Pompeii is right on the train line between Naples and Sorrento. Take the train and there will be multi-guides waiting at the entrance. Talk with them, check their english. They will offer a variety of tours for 1, 2,3 hrs. We took a two hour tour of the highlights. Had a excellent over all tour. Then spend another two,three hours viewing some areas that we didn't visit or revisiting some of the areas that we quickly hit on the tour. I would sure on another day to visit the museum in Naples where as of the"stuff" from Pompeii including the special room that one time required a special permit from the pope to visit.
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I'd guess that you are not seeing much for tours of BOTH Naples and Pompeii because it's simply too much ground to cover adequately in one day. I did find this Viator tour that is geared for cruiser-ship passengers with limited time.
Personally? I wouldn't touch it. They simply do not provide enough time to BEGIN to cover both Pompeii - which is vast - and a sizable Italian city. There also haven't been any reviews of this tour for over a year and there are many complaints about how rushed it is. Doesn't sound like they do much more than drive around in Naples. Viator is also a 3rd-party reseller and does not operate tours themselves. I can't tell which company is actually conducting this one.
So I think you'll need to make a decision between touring Naples or touring Pompeii? These tours have been very positively rated by RS travelers who've taken them:
You would need to get yourself to/from Pompeii yourself to meet your guide for the 2-hour walk but by local train, it's not difficult, time-consuming or expensive. Same with the 3-hour Naples walk: you would need to travel to/from the Naples meeting place on your own