Pompeii archaeological shore excursion from Sorrento

details of this shore excursion

Duration: 5 hours approximately

Here you can choose to do the tour of Pompeii independently providing yourself with an audio guide or decide to hire a licensed guide, recommended by your driver, who has expert knowledge of the archaeological site of Pompeii, and who will explain every detail of the city that came to light after being buried for nearly 20 centuries under a layer of lava and ash.

Pompeii infact, already destroyed in a previous earthquake in 62AD, was completely buried under nearly 10 metres of various materials by the fury of the Vesuvius eruption on 24 August 79AD.

Everything was crystallized at that time and only continuous excavations  have brought to light the buildings that we see on the site during our excursion to Pompeii from Sorrento port.

You will see the Foro, the temples, the paved streets where you can still see the traces left by the wheels of the carts, like the Via dell'Abbondanza, on which the most famous shops and private houses and buildings overlooked: the Villa dei Misteri, the Casa dei Vettii the Casa del Fauno and the Lupanare (the brothel of the city).

The visit to the excavations lasts about 2 - 2 1/2 hours and ends with the return to the port of Sorrento. If you want to optimise your time, the excursion from Sorrento can be customised with another stop of your choice and can touch other famous destinations of the Neapolitan coast: Herculaneum, the Summit of Vesuvius, or the city of Naples.