How to go to Pompeii from Rome or Naples: train or tour

Si vas a Rome on a tourist trip, you may consider taking advantage of visit Pompeii.

I can tell you that it is feasible in a full day, but from my point of view it is an excursion that is well worth dedicating a couple of days to visit other notable enclaves in the area, such as the excavations of Herculaneum.

In any case, regardless of whether you dedicate one or two days to this excursion, you are interested in knowing how to go to Pompeii from Rome.

How to get to Pompeii from Rome by car

The most viable way to visit Pompeii from Rome in one day is to do it by car because of the versatility that this means of transportation offers you, so it can be a good option rent a car.

In this regard you should know that Pompeii It is located 240 kilometers from Rome, and if you go on the A1 highway, it will take two and a half hours.

Then the Pompeii visit It will take you from three to five hours, depending on the greater or lesser interest you have in visiting the different corners of the city. ancient roman city, so you can do this excursion in a single day.

How to go by train from Rome to Pompeii

Alternatively go by train to Pompeii from Rome.

To do this you must take a train at the station Terms to go to Nápoles, although I remind you that Pompeii is located only 25 kilometers south of this city.

You can buy train tickets online in advance in the Trenitalia website.

Fast trains from Rome to Naples

The fast trains from Rome to Naples They only take one hour and ten minutes, and you have frequencies every half hour.

The ticket prices standard They start at 39 euros each way, that is, the round trip will cost you from 78 euros.

The option of regional train, with cheaper ticket prices, from 11 euros, it is not recommended because it will take you twice as long to get to Naples, specifically, to its central station Garibaldi.

How to go by train from Naples to Pompeii

Now, from the station Garibaldi from Naples, the same one where the high-speed train arrives, you will have to take another new train, in this case from the commuter line Circumvesuviana.

You have frequencies every half hour and it will take 35-40 minutes to get to the station. Pompeii excavations – Villa of the Mysteries, in addition to the time you need to change trains.

Therefore, you should look carefully at the schedules to reduce the waiting time at the Naples station.

El train ticket price from Naples to Pompeii It is 3,60 euros each way.

Tour from Rome to Pompeii by bus

A third option if you don't feel like making the trip on your own, would be to sign up for a bus tour from Rome to Pompeii, with guide in spanish, which leaves at 7,30:XNUMX a.m. from Rome.

Tras un panoramic tour of Naples of almost an hour during which you will see the main corners of the city, and after eating, you will arrive at the excavations of the Roman city of Pompeii.

You will enter the archaeological complex with skip the line priority entry, and you will make a guided tour in Spanish two hours long.

Finally you will return to Rome on a three-hour highway trip, with a total tour duration of 14 hours.

Pompeii Tour in Spanish from Naples

In the event that you arrive on your own at the city ​​of naples, you have the option to sign up for a Tour to Pompeii from Naples, an excursion that will take you from your hotel, the port or the train station.

In it you will be able to access the excavations without queues and visit them accompanied by a guide in spanish for about two hours.

This excursion which is also suitable for cruise passengers Well, as we have mentioned, it can also start from the port of Naples, it takes you about 3 and a half hours.