Visitor guide
How to Visit Pompeii: Tickets, Hours, Tours and Everything You Need to Know
Two tickets, three gates, a daily cap of twenty thousand and a ticket with your name on it. Everything between deciding to go and walking through the gate.
Pompeii Guides and Visitor Advice
Written pieces on a day in the excavations: how to visit, what to see inside and in what order, the facts that surprise people, doing it with children, and whether to add Herculaneum. For the longer planning pieces see the guides; to compare fares, start with the guided tour pompeii italy listings.
What to see
Inside Pompeii: Every House, Bath and Theatre Worth Your Time
The Forum, the House of the Faun, the Stabian Baths, the Lupanar and the Villa of the Mysteries, in the order you actually walk them rather than alphabetically.
Facts
14 Facts About Pompeii That Will Surprise You
The eruption date is disputed by the park itself, a third of the city is still buried on purpose, and the casts are plaster rather than bodies.
With kids
Pompeii with Kids: What They'll Love, How Long to Allow and the Bits to Skip
Under-18s get in free, the chariot ruts and the stepping stones do more than any museum case, and there is one room most families route around.
Comparison
Pompeii or Herculaneum: Which Should You Visit, and Can You Do Both?
One is a whole city you can get lost in; the other is four blocks preserved to first-floor height with the wooden fittings still in place. Twenty minutes apart.
The practical answers sit on visiting Pompeii and the FAQs, and every fare is compared on Pompeii Italy Tours.