How many days do I need in Pompeii?

[Anonymous]

It’s too huge to see it all and frankly it gets old quickly, especially if it’s hot. A couple of hours is fine.

[Anonymous]

11:42 again to add to what 13:25 said about Circumvesuvian (the train you’d take after the high speed): if you are leaving Pompeii later in the day, that train is a mob scene. Be prepared because if you are tired after a lot of walking, there’s a good chance you will stand the entire slow way back to Naples. Bring lots of water -the Circumvesuvian gets warm!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What 11:42 says about the train (it's called Circumvesuviana) from Naples to Pompeii is true--it's more like a subway/commuter and isn't all that fast or punctual.

We used italytoursforkids.com and had a private guide pick us up directly at the Naples train station. He drove us directly to Pompeii from there, and to a fantastic local restaurant for lunch after our tour before our train back to Rome.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:One day is plenty. Be sure to do the audio guide or a guided tour. Otherwise, there are very few signs up that describe what you are looking at. There are quite a few companies that do kid-friendly Pompeii tours.

THIS. We took the high speed from Rome for a daytrip with our 12 and 9 year olds. We were delayed on the local train between Naples and Pompeii, and arrived later than we’d hoped. They were all sold out of audio guides, and the signage was really lackluster. We actually found better signage at Ostia Antica. So if you ask my ruin loving kids which they preferred, it was Ostia. In retrospect, I would pre book a kid friendly guide for Pompeii. Especially if it’s a day when cruise ships are in port, Pompeii is really mobbed.

If you do the high speed option, be sure to purchase directly from the rail line. There are many third party sites, but if you miss your train after purchasing with them, you have to buy completely new tickets (we learned this on the way back from Pompeii. Even though the tickets said that we could take another train without penalty, the railway would not honor it since they didn’t sell the tickets). The third party sites look very official. Just beware. Sorry if this post sounds like sour grapes -it’s not meant to be. But I wish I’d known a few of these things before we went. Because of a couple of factors, it ended up being everyone’s least favorite day on a two week trip. So don’t do what we did!🤣

Very good advice.