Highlights
• Visit the most characteristic location of the region
• Enjoy a panoramic drive through National Park
• Reach the crater of the volcano and listen to a professional alpine guide
Your tour will begin from the historical city center of Naples, from where you will head to Mount Vesuvius. This tour provides you with a unique opportunity to reach the most characteristic location of this region.
After about 1 hour of driving through a national park that features amazing views of the Bay of Naples. You will ascend to 1,000 meters in your bus, from where you will take a walking path up to the crater. Once here you can admire breathtaking views, and learn more about local geology from your volcanological guide.
You will then have time to walk around and take pictures before re-boarding your bus and returning to Naples.
Posted By : Jason_Y
We were on a cruise with limited time to explore. I booked this experience because the pickup was prearranged and the ticket for Vesuvius was included. Our driver messaged us the day before with the pickup time and location and the tickets. (Download or print the tickets before getting to the entrance due to lack of connection). He arrived on time and we went to pick up 6 others in the group. With everyone on board, we headed to the mountain. The views on the drive-up are amazing, then they keep getting more impressive. You get dropped off at the entrance. Again, have the tickets downloaded or printed. Once in, you start to climb. It seems daunting and can be, but take breaks and you'll get to the top. Great experience! (Please don't be like one reviewer who was expecting an active volcano. Lava is the last thing you want to see when at the top of Vesuvius!) There are toilets at the entrance and places to buy refreshments at the entrance and top. After our descent, we met our driver at the predetermined place and time. We were driven back to the cruise port without any problems. My wife and I were very pleased with this experience.
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Posted On : 2024-06-28 03:32:53 
Posted By : Quintessa_M
Our tour had a rocky start with the driver being over 1.5 hours late to our pickup spot due to confusion of other clients. The communication with the office/organization was incredibly frustrating because we constantly had to ask for updates; the office never kept us informed of delays unless we asked.
Once we were on the road, however, Giuseppe (our driver) was very friendly and chatty despite the language barrier! We got to explore Pompeii on our own for a couple hours, then he brought us up to the starting trail of Vesuvius. The sites of both locations were beautiful! We asked Giuseppe if he could drop us off at our hostel instead of the pickup point, as it was far out of our way and we were much later getting back due to the morning delay. He was 100% willing and we had a fun drive back laughing as we used google translate and maps to direct him to our destination.
The tour itself was great, thanks to Giuseppe, however we could not BELIEVE how long the wait was in the morning. I don't understand why other clients being incredibly late get to affect the rest of the group, who were waiting forever, in the heat, on-time. Feedback would be to find a better solution so that it doesn't affect the rest of the group, as the delay caused our future plans needing to be changed to accommodate the late clients.
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Posted On : 2024-06-18 15:25:32
Posted By : Stacy_W
This was a great way to get from Naples to Vesuvius and back! Personalized pickup locations, small group, better than a tour bus full of people! The driver communicated well and was even willing to drop us off at the port instead of the original meeting spot so we would be on time to get back on our cruise ship! He gave us 2 hours on the mountain which was perfect!
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Posted On : 2024-06-11 19:03:31
Posted By : Susan_G
The time in the park was fantastic. Getting the bus there was a little confusing but it all worked out. It was five hours total, not four. We did not get a guide at the park - that would gave taken more time. Sone background abput the history on the bus would have helped.
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Posted On : 2024-05-26 13:46:04
Posted By : pasabecca
This tour was transportation only for us, as the host/driver spoke Italian with the other guests most of the time during the drive (we don't speak Italian and thought it was going to be an English language tour). There were supposed to be guides at the top but we never saw them. Still, an amazing experience and would recommend it. The tour cost about the same as a taxi would have been which is basically the service we received.
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Posted On : 2024-05-16 13:10:54 
Posted By : sabrinadY327PZ
You could specify a boarding location when booking. There was one 100 meters from my apartment today, so super handy. After I received a reminder 2 weeks in advance with a different boarding location, I immediately sent a message. I received a confirmation back with my preferred boarding location. 1 day in advance I received a WhatsApp message with the tickets and suddenly a different boarding location. Immediately sent a message back and the answer was that due to traffic they were no longer allowed to stand there as a boarding point. I can't imagine that this wasn't already known. The ride to Vesuvius was fine and the time you get is also more than enough.
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Posted On : 2024-05-06 03:28:16
Posted By : John_G
Driver was excellent. Directions to the pickup point we're good. I had a great deal of difficulty acquiring the ticket online. The automated help service was very helpful but the staff telephone service phone person was rude and hung up on me. Nevertheless I got my tickets and then enjoyed the experience.
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Posted On : 2024-04-03 12:18:14
Posted By : ChrisT
After taking a train from Rome to Naples for this tour only, we were picked up by the driver. After about 20 minutes in the van headed to the volcano, the tour service calls the driver to say that they did not have tickets for us. We tried to purchase tickets at the park entrance, but were unsuccessful. The tour service only gave us a half refund even though we did not get to complete the only item on the tour. Viator should drop this tour service. Our driver stated that mix-ups like this were not uncommon with this tour service.
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Posted On : 2023-11-06 20:11:24
Posted By : Cheryl_D
The top of the mountain was beautiful. Our driver was wonderful and he brought us up to the entrance gate , we saw many people walking up the road from lower area I’m glad we didn’t have to do that. It was a little cold and very windy, we forgot our coats but they sell sweatshirts by entrance. Overall great trip I think it’s a little pricey but we enjoyed the experience.
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Posted On : 2023-10-30 02:38:24
Posted By : stephenaO2999BO
A wasted day of our holiday, terrible service and only a part refund!
We booked a half day trip to Vesuvius that included access and a guided tour of the crater. We were picked up in Naples at 9AM with 2 other groups.
About 50 minutes into the journey someone called the driver and we were informed that they hadn't sorted out tickets onto the mountain.
The driver drove us up to the place where they release 10 ticket online per guided session to buy our own tickets and the 3 parties spent an hour trying to get them but they're unachievable. Such a stressful day.
I've chased 3 times now and I'm told they're not aware of the failed visit! Nobody will take ownership and I've had only had £86 returned for £183 day on top of the holiday we booked for this reason.
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Posted On : 2023-10-27 10:25:54
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