This tour was a great experience. The short tour through Napoli leaves us with the desire for more of it but the Pompei tour compensates all of it. We made several friends in the bus (recommended). Our Pompei guide was Nandio and though old he managed us very well and was fun and entertaining.
Review by: Victoria C, July 2018
The tour was not good , we went to Naples never left the bus, just drove around and then picked up another guide who was so anoying, we were taken to a Cameo Carving store , wasted one hour here. The restaurant for lunch was not good, a lot of people left the plates full since it was not good, when we finally got to Pompeii the guide wouldnt shut up, as soon as we went in the side I left the tour, I had been here before so I took my Grandson with me and walked were ever we wanted. This was the most terrible tour I have ever taken and at this vacation I did at least eight.
Review by: Soumya G, June 2018
Great, knowledgeable guide, good lunch and amazing Pompeii. The only reason I have taken 2 stars off is the added tour of Naples. They just drove the bus through Naples without stopping anywhere which was a shame. Instead, they stopped at an useless factory where expensive ornaments are made out of seashells. Also it is better to sit on the right hand side of the bus to enjoy better views of Naples. Previously, we have taken a viator trip in UK to Stonehenge and Bath and liked it a lot.
Review by: rosalesc111, June 2018
This was a great tour and the lunch was also great. I didn't like having to stop at the place to sell us alchohol and trinkets.
Review by: Denise S, May 2018
It was an excellent tour! It took all the stress out of planning!
Review by: jbpan2, April 2018
Being picked up at the hotel was great! Our driver, Salvatore was texting while driving in the rain from Rome to Naples. After saying something to him, he stopped. We picked up our tour guide, Guido in Naples and he was good. As we were on a multilingual tour, we had to keep our questions limited as he was going from one language to another. I should have chosen an all English tour. In Pompeii, the tour included lunch, so we ate at a local restaurant. It was fantastic! They had a guitarist singing to the tourists, Italian songs which we would know and the waiters were so nice. The service and food was that of a 5 star restaurant . The tour brought us to a Cameo factory which was lovely as well as to a Limoncello bar/store. The male bartender at Limoncello bar/store had lost his patience with tourists by the time our bus pulled in he was rude and not welcoming. I ordered a hot coffee and got a cool one, I mentioned that to him and he chewed my head off. Then the cashier chimed in and I felt that it was me against them. Needless to say, the person with the purse pulls the strings, I finished my coffee and didn't buy their Best Limoncello in all of Italy Upon returning to my bus, I did notice that the bartender had a row of pre-made espresso in coffee cups. This bartender was clearly better off working at a local Italian bar/store then a tourist bar/store as he didn't care for tourists. Instead of stopping at these two locales, I would have preferred getting off the bus in Naples for an hour or two and having a gelato or a pizza in Naples, instead of just driving through the city center. David, a representative of Green Line Tours, was boring but nice. He didn't say much about anything, his personality was a bit flat.
Review by: bethabesamis, April 2018
The trip to Naples and Pompeii was awesome. Our guide Teresa in Pompeii had a natural love and knowledge of Pompeii. We learned so many special things from her. Our stop at a Cameo making shop was wonderful too. _br/_ Definitely worth the time , the countryside going south from Rome was beautiful too.
Review by: dilos, April 2018
Excellent!
Review by: Robert L, April 2018
Our guide Kristina, and driver John Franco were excellent as was local guide Guido. Pompeii is a must see if you are in the area. Imagine that 48 FEET of ash fell on the city in 150 SECONDS. Incredible. They have excavated over over 3,000 rooms over the last 300 years and are still digging. Absolutely incredible.
Review by: Andrew S, April 2018
This was a good tour, but a very long day. Once you are there, the place is amazing, but not anything you would not expect. True, the fact that the remains are very very preserved, and a lot of people died etc, but it is a town like any other, including brothels etc - nothing new under the sun!
Review by: Terri L, April 2018
I'm having a hard time with the rating of this tour based on the price and the value. Pompeii was amazing!!! The bus ride was a little long, stops along the way to use the toilets, and to buy food or snacks. Saying that the day-trip includes Naples is a little misleading. On our way to Pompeii the bus stopped in the seaport area to drop off some people who were connecting with another tour and picked up a few others. We didn't get off the bus, and went in a loop to get in and out of the sea port area. If you quickly turned you could see one of the sights the guide was speaking about. No time to take a photo. On our return trip a similar stop in Naples to drop off the guest we picked up, pick up the ones we dropped off for the other tour and to change bus drivers. Both I and my daughter were very disappointed, and a little frustrated as for the price per person for the tour expected a little more of Naples. As I first mentioned Pompeii was amazing, and the highlight of the trip. We had a wonderful lunch at a cafe close to the entrance and spent about 2 to- 2 and half hours our our tour of Pompeii before walking back to the bus for the ride back to Rome. If you do book this, be aware that most of your day trip will be on the bus getting to, and back from, Pompeii.
Review by: Yang Y, April 2018
The trip was delayed because of the traffic jam in Naples and on the way to Rome. Actually we came back to Rome 2 hours later than the scheduled time. Considering the traffic jam, our visit to the Egg castle was cancelled. However, the visit to a coral factory 45 mins and local gift shop 25 mins for shopping remained. And in the itinerary, they did not mention the shopping time. So I am very unsatisfied with trip considering the high price and the relatively short tour times we only have 2 hours in Pompeii, and the rest is either on the bus, in the restaurant for lunch or in the shops. I will not recommend this trip to anyone._br/_ The only good point is the seafood spaghetti in the restaurant is surprisingly delirious.
Review by: kassiopeia_kg, April 2018
We booked this tour at the last minute during our trip last autumn. Our guide Cristina was very informative, so do our guide in Naples/Pompeii forgot his name. We didn't get to explore Naples on foot just a view of the city while sitting on a bus and the tour guide pointing to landmarks in Naples but we did get walk to around Pompeii together with our guide for a couple of hours. The lunch in Pompeii was just okay. Wish we have the freedom to choose where and what we want to eat in Naples.
Review by: Justin C, April 2018
Awesome guide, great place to visit. The food was fantastic. Loved everything about this tour!!! Wish we would have had more time to walk around and explore, but overall it was great!!
Review by: Ladine M, April 2018
This was good. However our tour guide was pretty old. And our ear pieces were not that great. Which meant we could not hear him very well. If we would have had guides like some of others it would of been so much better
Review by: Alex M, April 2018
This tour was amazing!
Review by: Sally G, April 2018
The tour was nice. My daughter and I were very disappointed that the Naples tour was completed from the inside of the bus. Upon a review of the trip description, I see that was definitely stated, but I missed it. The bus was comfortable, but did not have a restroom, so the bus had to stop on both ways to Pompeii. This made the trip much longer than needed.
Review by: Zeneituonuo M, March 2018
The Naples and Pompeii day trip was an excellent way to spend the day. The bus ride was comfortable and stopped for a breaks at right times. The guides were informative, enthusiastic and helpful. There were around 35 people on the tour. After a quick ride around the center of Naples, we headed for Pompeii for lunch which I enjoyed and sight-seeing. The guided tour around Pompeii lasted for a little over two hours. I realized after the tour that we had missed some interesting sights but then its a massive place. I think everybody dozed off on the bus on the way back to Rome. We were dropped off at the nearest stops from our hotels right on time for dinner.
Review by: jseidel26, March 2018
Good tour and well worth the money. Its a very long day so be prepared to be up early and not back until approx 8PM. It was so. Ice that they picked us up at our hotel in the morning, that was a nice perk of this tour. The tour guide was very knowledgeable and had a lot of interesting facts to share and you could tell that she really enjoyed her work. Take the tour. Ciao!
Review by: Elissa S, March 2018
Too many stops for merchandising and not enough time in Pompeii. The Naples run was a quick drive through town, not nearly enough to get a feel of the seaside town. The Pompeii tour was rushed and did not cover some great parts of Pompeii ruins. I had to hike halfway back to the tourist office just to get a map of the ruins. The tour company was less interested in the group than in marketing the merchants at the stops.
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