Price of Visiting Pompeii: Cost of the Tours and Tickets

There are different ways to visit Pompeii, but if I may offer some advice, there is nothing like doing so with an expert guide who can help you contextualise everything you see, understand how its inhabitants lived, what their customs were...

If you are short on time and want to avoid any headaches, you can join an organised tour. But if you prefer, you can also do it on your own. We compare prices for tickets, tours, excursions and transport methods below:

If you prefer to visit Pompeii on your own and do the tour at your own pace, without a guide, tickets cost around €28. It is best to buy tickets online and in advance to avoid queues and ensure availability on the day you plan to travel there.

Visiting Pompeii is a unique opportunity to discover the best-preserved Roman city in the world and see monuments such as the Forum, the Basilica and the temples of Apollo and Jupiter. I'll tell you about these and more in my article on how to get tickets to Pompeii.

What is included in the ticket price

• Access to the ruins of the city of Pompeii

What is not included in the ticket price

• Transport to Pompeii
• Guided tour
• Audio guide
• Food, drinks or snacks

If you are visiting the Eternal City, you can take an all-inclusive excursion to Pompeii from Rome for just over £120. You will travel by private bus from the centre of Rome and head to the city of Vesuvius without any interruptions or stops along the way.

Once there, as the tickets included in the price give you skip-the-line access to the archaeological site, you will be able to enter without any delay. This is one of the many advantages of booking an excursion to Pompeii from Rome

In addition, you will be accompanied at all times by an expert guide who will tell you all about what you see, recounting anecdotes and stories of how the inhabitants of this city lived and how they were surprised by the eruption of Vesuvius.

What excursions usually include

• Return transport by private bus or minibus
• Professional guide in English
• Skip-the-line tickets to Pompeii
• Entrance to Mount Vesuvius National Park (in summer) or Naples (in winter)

What is not usually included in excursions

• Snacks or refreshments during the trip
• Transport between your hotel in Rome and the meeting point
• Souvenirs

Pompeii's proximity to Naples makes excursions to Pompeii more affordable: you can book a guided tour for €68 at Hellotickets.

If you prefer, you can also round off your day with a climb up Mount Vesuvius and even get picked up from your accommodation in Naples :::link|text=by booking an all-inclusive excursion|element=pa-4851:::.

In any case, it is best to book online and in advance so that you can check prices and availability and ensure that there is space on the day you want to travel.

What excursions usually include

• Return transport by private bus or minibus
• Professional guide in English
• Skip-the-line tickets to Pompeii
• Ascent of Mount Vesuvius (if you choose this option)
• Transport from your hotel in Naples (if you choose this option)

What is not usually included in excursions

• Snacks or refreshments during the trip
• Souvenirs

If you are passionate about archaeology and history, booking a private guided tour of Pompeii is undoubtedly the best option.

For two hours, you will immerse yourself in the life and customs of the 1st century AD in the city of Pompeii and, with the help of a professional private guide, you will discover all the secrets of this commercial metropolis that was destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.

In addition to monuments such as the Amphitheatre and the House of the Faun, you will have the opportunity to see frescoes, works of art, houses, buildings and shops from the period. A journey through time in which only you and your group will participate.

What excursions usually include

• Private guided tour of Pompeii
• Professional guide in English

What excursions do not usually include

• Transport from your accommodation

• Entrance tickets to Pompeii

• Snacks or refreshments during the trip

• Souvenirs

If you want to go to Pompeii on your own from Rome, you can do so by train, bus or your own car (if you have rented one during your trip). By train, if you choose the high-speed train (which takes just over an hour to arrive), the price is around €25 each way.

If you choose the bus, the price is considerably cheaper, as it costs just over €30 for a return trip. The car is undoubtedly the most expensive option, costing around €60 per day to hire (plus petrol, taxes, insurance, etc.). In any case, for more information and to organise your transport, I recommend reading this article on how to get to Pompeii from Rome.

To get to Pompeii from Naples, you can take a Trenitalia commuter train, which costs just over €3 and takes only 40 minutes. Trains run quite frequently throughout the day, so you don't have to worry too much about timetables, and you can buy your ticket at the Piazza Garibaldi station in Naples.

The best stop is Porta Marina, as it is the closest to the entrance to the archaeological site of Pompeii. Although this option is easy, quick and economical, there is nothing like taking an organised tour to really soak up all the history that the ruins of Pompeii have to tell.

To give you all the information you need, here is a comparison table with the best options for visiting Pompeii