Gennaro was great and facilitated everything. Doing both of these in one day is physically tiring but efficient, and with so much to see in Naples, we really enjoyed this trip. Our guide at Pompeii Elisa (sp?) was fantastic and fun. I recommend this trip.

Amazing experience, you really need a guide to get the most of it and our guide Alicia was very interesting. It was so informative and much more enjoyable than expected

Pompeii is well worth a visit and having a guide made it all the more interesting. I’ve marked it down by 2 stars as the transport there was nearly an hour late due to traffic on the way to collecting us and others and then took nearly 2 hours to get there. Now I know traffic is not controllable but at no point did the driver apologise or let us have an updated ETA. Also what wasn’t factored in was allowing us time, at the end, to grab a drink or have something to eat. We were given 5 minutes to grab a slice of pizza and that was us hurried back into the bus. It was like they had to make up time as we’d arrived late in the first place. A real shame and felt a rush at the end.

If you are in Naples, then ‘From Naples: Pompeii Ruins & Mount Vesuvius Day Tour’ is a must do. Please wear comfy walking shoes, clothes and definitely a large bottle of water, as this tour’s duration is 7.5hrs, which you will be spending most of your time outdoors – no shelter. Our tour guide was excellent. He clearly showed that he has passion in this field, he was full of knowledge, very informative and straight to the point. I have been on tours where tour guides just waffle on and you can clearly see, that they have lost a lot of people’s attention by mid tour, but not our tour guide… sorry, I can’t remember his name (I have attached a photo of our tour guide – the one wearing a cap and orange quietvox device around his neck and holding a bottle of water). If you get this particular tour guide, you would know that you’re in good hands. Our tour guide described each area in great detail, that you can visually see life in Pompeii before Mt Vesuvius did its thing that is famously known for… buried Pompeii and the population beneath a blanket of ash and pumice. Our tour guide also explained that the sculptures displayed in Pompeii are replicas and if you want to see the genuine sculptures, you can find them housed in a museum in Naples ‘Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli’. You can also find the dead bodies of Pompeii at this same museum to further preserve them, the ones you see at Pompeii are made from the moulds of the original bodies. With this information, I was in two worlds, I wasn’t too sure if I should take photos of the fake sculptures or not and decided not to waste my time taking a plethora of photos of something that’s not genuine and focussed on the building structures in Pompeii instead. But on a positive note, at least the city of Pompeii couldn’t be housed in the museum. Having stated that, I highly recommend to do the tour, it’s worth your time. I found the information and seeing Pompeii in person very fascinating. If you have finished drinking your water during the tour, it’s all good because there are running water fountains in Pompeii ruins for you to refill your bottle. If you want to see the “real” Pompeii… the complete package, it is best to do the tour plus a trip to Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli. We couldn’t do that, as we didn’t have time to squeeze in another day in Naples. After the tour, you return from the beginning, where you can have something to eat / refresh or do what we did and brought our own snacks instead. After our lunch break, we moved onto our next stop… Mt Vesuvius. By then, we were exhausted with the amount of walking we had done already in Pompeii in 34+ degree Celsius heatwave, in fact, our tour guide told us not to push ourselves to do the walk and just enjoy the magnificent views from the Tirone-Alto Vesuvius Forest Reserve – views are equally amazing. But I was determined to walk to the top, just to say “I did it” and see the majestic crater of Mt Vesuvius. It’s not that bad of a walk, as the bus stops close by – approximately 1100 metres walk to the top from where the bus dropped us off. It took me at least half an hour to reach the top of Mt Vesuvius, including stops in between, taking the view and catching my breath. It was an effort and I highly recommend to bring a bottle of water, you will need it. I would definitely recommend to do this tour, rather than walking aimlessly around the Pompeii ruins, let your tour guide take care of the planning and sharing the finer details about the history of Pompeii, it’s well organised as the tour guide knew the interesting places to go to and it’s also hassle-free with traveling between the two places with an aircon coach, no stress of how to get from A to B or parking – value for money.

Easy drive from cruise port to Pompeii. We had a very professional guide around the ruins for two hours and 15 mins later we were on our Mercedes transport back to the port. Don't go in August though. We melted in the heat and there were lots of tourists.

Great tour. A little more time at Mt Vesuvius would have been awesome but it’s a lot to fit into one day. There was just enough time to get to the top and back down. If you want a leisurely walk then stopping at the first station is your best bet.

We really enjoyed this tour. The company was great about communicating, the bus was comfortable, with A/C. They made a stop so we could have a snack and use the restroom. We went to Mount Vesuvius first, and they gave us plenty of time to walk to the top and take pictures. It was so cool to see inside the volcano and the views from the top were incredible! We then drove to Pompeii and had a delicious pizza lunch, and then toured the ruins. Our guide was great, she gave us time to look around each place we went and had interesting facts to tell us about what life was like then. We even got to see the bodies. We had time to see a lot of the area and ant the end to buy a cold drink. I would definitely recommend this tour.

The beginning of the tour was a little chaotic but to be expected for such a popular tourist destination. All connections were good. Our bus driver to get to Mt. Vesuvius was amazing! Tight curvy road! Hiking to the top of the mountain was not easy especially in the heat, but we'll worth the effort for the views. My suggestion is to dress appropriately!

A must when you visit Naples, amazing tour guide with loads of knowledge and a great lunch provided in between. Vesuvius is amazing, make sure you have proper shoes when going up and a bottle of water.

Had a great tour to Pompei and Vesuvius mountain with HP Travel from Naples. Highly recommend! I want to say special thank you to our guide ALESSIA. She is amazing!

Pompeii and Mount Vesuvius are amazing. Taking a tour makes it easier to organize and even cheaper than doing it yourself. Well organized, the guide knew where to go and how to make things happen even when the place was full of tourists. The route to the volcano was very scary but the bus driver was very professional and experienced. Very well recommended

It was an incredible experience walking the streets of Pompeii and learning about this ancient civilization. Our tour guide provided lots of intriguing details about their culture. Lunch was choice of gnocchi, salad or pizza. It was just OK. Then, we left for Mt. Vesuvius. While the hike is only about 1 mile up, it is pretty much straight up hill and full sun! It is worth it! Looking inside the crater is pretty cool and the view of the coast is incredible! Definitely recommend!

Nothing can say I am very disappointed more than the fact I'm writing this review and route back to Naples. Overall disappointing experience. This could be a rambling review so the moral is avoid this.company as you will be disappointed multiple times in one day.just find someone else. The first issue and the most problematic one is how rushed this toure is. Many other tours in Naples start early at 8 or 9. This one stars at 10. (Something that should have been a red flag form the get go). Then it's a big tour and it takes longer to collect people. By the time you arrive to Pompeii you barely have any time left. And the guide just flies over the ruins. And the worst of all is you make all this effort to come and then you don't see the most famous victim casts. It is supposed to be the highlight of the visit and you simply miss it because the guide wants to finish fast. And this is our last day in Italy ( all the way from Australia) so no chance to come back here. Thanks for ruining this experience for us. Many other tours offer at least 3 hours in Pompeii. This company only 2. And if only they start an hour early. We could have had a more complete visit to Pompeii. But as it stands I am not sure if this visit was actually worth it. Was supposed to be the pinnacle of our month in Europe, but instead it left a bitter feeling of time and money wasted for not much. And just to clarify this is not my first tour in Naples. Others were way better experiences. The trip to volcano was ok although also rushed. And to top it all off so many people on the bus the me and my partner had to sit separately, that's how couples do tours together. Simply avoid this company even if it the last one left. Not worth it at all. I will not name names here because I don't think that is fair since it is probably a above their pay to make those stupid planning decisions. Utter disappointment and I feel these guys tarnish the reputation of good tour providers.

I'm unsure what the previous review was expecting when booking a day trip from Rome to Pompeii. Unless they were under the impression that the tour operator had invented a machine to teleport them, a simple Google search prior to booking to check the distance between locations would have suggested the time it takes each way. I'd urge you to take their poor rating with a pinch of salt. This trip was the highlight of our trip to Rome and I would fully recommend it. The transport sets off at 07.30 from Rome, stopping one time for 15 minutes and arriving at around 10.30. We had some free time to buy water, food, go to the toilet etc at the entrance of the park before meeting with the tour guide to get our headsets. The shops at the entrance to the park are expensive, so I'd suggest bringing things with you if you don't want to pay high prices. We bought a sandwich and orange juice which was €12. The tour of the archeological park was amazing. We did the English tour and the guide was informative and funny. Starting around 11.10, lasting just over two hours with around 15 minutes spare time to take photos in the main square of Pompeii, where you can see Mount Vesuvius in the background. You then leave the park, so the previous review is correct in the sense that there is no free time to explore the city yourselves, however, we felt that more time exploring the city ourselves wouldn't have given us any more insight or knowledge that hadn't already been covered on the tour. When the bus driver drops you off, he tells you when and where he will pick you up, for us it was 2.30 at the same place he drops you off, so if having no free time to explore yourself if a deal breaker then it in theory would be possible to hand the headset back to the guide, split off from the group before leaving the park, skip the lunch and have the additional hour or so in the park, although nobody on our tour did this. Ths restaurant for lunch is just across the road from the entrance to the park.The pizza was good, not outatanding but certainly not bad, photo attached, and included is water and Coca-Cola. The bus back started at 2.30 and we did not stop at all, although the driver said if somebody needed to then we could just tell him. The bus is indeed cold in the morning journey as the aircon is on and the temperature is cooler, but is lovely in the afternoon when you need it. We arrived back at 17.10. Overall, although it's a long day it was the best site seeing of our trip and we are so happy we booked!

Very informative, our guide was great. Would recommend everybody who is in Naples/Sorrento to make the effort to see Pompeii, you won't regret it.