Walk the streets of Pompeii
A friend has invited you to do this with them.
Pompeii was buried by the eruption of AD 79, and today you can walk its excavated streets, go inside its open houses and see the plaster casts shown in the park's exhibition on the eruption. Archaeologists are still digging there, so new finds keep being announced.
Moderate£100 to £500 / $130 to $650An afternoonOutdoorsAlone or with othersItaly
How to start
- Buy your ticket from the park's official site; tickets carry each visitor's name, and entry is by time slot with a daily limit.
- Choose an entrance, Porta Marina or Piazza Anfiteatro, and think about the park's own 90-minute guided tours, Civic Pompeii from Porta Marina Superiore or Daily Pompeii from Piazza Anfiteatro.
- Bring only a small bag (30 x 30 x 15 cm at most) and check which houses are open on your day, as each building has its own hours.
Where to go
- Pompeii Archaeological Park (official site)
- Pompeii Archaeological Park: how to visit the excavations
We opened these links on 2 November 2026 and found them to be what we say. Dates, places and prices are on the official page, where they stay up to date.
Plan this
Pick a day, or a month, and we will set out how to get ready, step by step, with a date and a reason for each. The hard part of a day out is the timing: the right season, tickets and getting there. The plan watches the calendar for you.
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