From Sorrento: Pompeii and Mt. Vesuvius Day Trip with Skip-the-Line Access

Meet at Piazza Tasso in central Sorrento

Your journey into ancient history begins at the Gray Line office behind the statue of Torquato Tasso. Board your comfortable minibus as the sun rises, heading to one of the world's most haunting archaeological treasures.

Skip the long ticket lines at Pompeii Archaeological Park

Step past the crowds and through the gates of this UNESCO site, where 2,000 years of history await. In 79 AD, Mt. Vesuvius buried this thriving Roman city in ash and pumice, preserving it as a time capsule of daily Roman life.

Explore Pompeii's Forum and grand public buildings

Stand in the Civil Forum where Roman senators once debated and merchants traded. Gaze at the Basilica's towering columns, the Temple of Jupiter beneath Vesuvius's shadow, and the Macellum market where fresh fish and produce were sold.

Discover Pompeii's baths, villas, and theaters

Walk Via dell'Abbondanza, where Roman chariot wheels carved grooves still visible today. Enter the Stabian Baths where citizens bathed before disaster struck, and step inside the House of Menander with its vivid Trojan War frescoes frozen in time.

Ride to the base of Mt. Vesuvius at 1,000 meters

Leave the ruins behind and ascend the slopes of the volcano that ended Pompeii forever. Your minibus climbs through vineyards and hardened lava fields to reach 3,280 feet, where your hike to the crater begins.