Pompeii and Ercolano sit at the foot of the volcano, which makes them the handiest bases for reaching the crater trail: the tours gathering here run from bus and shuttle transfers that bundle the park entry ticket to guided crater walks, full Pompeii and Vesuvius day trips, and ticket-with-guide options for visitors who already have their ruins visit arranged (see Pompeii To Vesuvius On Foot?). The same two departure points open onto a broader menu as well, covering 4x4 transfers and tours that stop for lunch, wine tours on the volcano's slopes, Herculaneum and Vesuvius pairings, triple itineraries that take in Pompeii, Herculaneum and the crater in a single day, horse riding inside the national park, and private Vesuvius tours where a guide sets the pace for one group alone, and every listing names its exact meeting point and the dates it runs so the plan can be settled before travel.
Every tour below starts in or around Pompeii and Ercolano, ranked by review score so the strongest-rated departures appear first. The spread includes simple transfers to the crater with the entry ticket included, guided walks to the rim, full-day combinations that add the ruins, a winery lunch or a saddle, and each listing shows both its meeting point and the dates it runs, which keeps the matching straightforward.
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A no-frills shuttle from Pompeii up to the volcano's upper parking area, with the Vesuvio National Park entry fee already covered. Ride up, walk the crater rim at your own pace, and ride back down. About 3 hours in total.
6 - 6.5 hours · MOTORENT S.R.L.
from €77.40per personThis Naples day trip pairs the Pompeii ruins with the crater trail on Mount Vesuvius in roughly six hours. Transport and park entry are handled for you, and the booking can be cancelled free of charge.
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3 hours · Vesuvio Express
from €36per personVesuvio Express runs this roundtrip bus from Ercolano up to the crater trailhead, with your park entry ticket included. Three hours total, free cancellation, from €36.
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3 hours · Around Vesuvio
from €39per personA roundtrip shuttle from Pompeii or Naples to the Vesuvius trailhead, with your crater entry ticket handled ahead of time. Around Vesuvio runs the transfer, so you skip the ticket window and go straight to the Gran Cono path.
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7.5 - 8.5 hours · Around Vesuvio
from €112.50per personTwo buried towns and the volcano responsible: Pompeii's streets, Herculaneum's ruins, then the crater rim walk. Count on 7.5 to 8.5 hours with Around Vesuvio.
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3 hours · Tempio Travel Pompei Tickets
from €49per personA shuttle from Pompeii climbs to the Gran Cono trailhead, crater entry ticket included. The round trip runs 3 hours, with time on the rim to look into the volcano.
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7 hours (approx.) · TASTETHEXPERIENCE
from €165per personA guided walk through Pompeii's excavated streets opens the day. Lunch follows, then time in the saddle on the volcano's slopes. TASTETHEXPERIENCE runs the full day at roughly 7 hours. The tour holds a 4.9 rating across 460 reviews, from €165 per person with free cancellation.
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3 hours · Askos Tours
from €65per personBoard a shared transfer from Pompeii to the trailhead, then walk the Gran Cono path to the crater rim with a guide. Askos Tours runs this 3-hour trip, rated 4.8 across 282 reviews, from €65 per person with free cancellation.
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8 hours (approx.) · Askos Tours
from €99per personA small group keeps this day manageable: about eight hours total, run by Askos Tours, covering Pompeii's ruins with a guide before heading up to the Vesuvius crater trail. The tour holds a 4.7 rating across 282 reviews, starts from €99, and carries free cancellation.
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6 hours · Tempio Travel Pompei Tickets
from €96per personA six-hour pairing of Pompeii's ruins with the Vesuvius crater, linked by bus transfer so both stops fit into one day.
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6 - 7 hours · VISITING CAMPANIA S.R.L.
from €77.40per personTwo stops in one day: the stone streets of Pompeii, then the walk up to the crater rim, six to seven hours end to end.
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3 hours (approx.) · Askos Tours
from €65per personAskos Tours runs this guided Vesuvius outing from Pompeii, rated 4.8 across 242 reviews, from €65 per person and lasting about 3 hours with free cancellation. A guide leads the walk up to the crater rim, covering the volcano's geology and its 79 AD eruption along the way.
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2 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · Quirinoli
from €58per personQuirinoli hosts this lunch and wine tasting inside the Parco Nazionale del Vesuvio. The visit lasts about two and a half hours, leaving room for a crater walk the same day. The tour holds a rating of 5 across 241 reviews and costs from €58 per person, with free cancellation.
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8 - 8.5 hours · VISITING CAMPANIA S.R.L.
from €112.50per personSee Herculaneum, Vesuvius, and Pompeii on a single 8 to 8.5 hour trip from Naples or Pompeii.
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3 hours · Around Vesuvio
from €35.10per personA shuttle bus runs from Pompeii up the volcano's slopes to the Gran Cono trailhead. Then walk to the crater rim for views over the Bay of Naples. The round trip takes about three hours.
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5 hours · Grand Tour Experience
from €123.50per personFive hours, two halves: the buried city of Pompeii, then wine tasting on Vesuvius, the volcano that buried it. Grand Tour Experience runs the day, rated 4.8 across 189 reviews. From €123.5, with free cancellation.
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2 hours (approx.) · TASTETHEXPERIENCE
from €69per personSkip the steep crater path and see Vesuvius on horseback instead. This ride from TASTETHEXPERIENCE lasts about 2 hours, from €69 per person, and pairs a short training session with a relaxed route through woodlands on the volcano's slopes, with views across the Bay of Naples. Rated 5.0 across 151 reviews, it carries free cancellation.
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3 hours
from €42.30per personBoard a shuttle at Pompeii with your Gran Cono entry ticket in hand, then walk the crater rim while the audioguide covers the volcano's eruptions. About 3 hours.
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4 hours
from €143per personRiders mount up on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius for a trail ride, then sit down to dinner and a wine tasting. Departure is from Pompeii, and the whole outing lasts about four hours.
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3 hours (approx.) · Discover South
from €42per personMount Vesuvius tour by bus and ticket included from Ercolano runs through Discover South. Rated 4.1 across 71 reviews. Runs 3 hours (approx.). From €42.
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3 hours · Around Vesuvio
from €35.10per personYou board a shuttle in Pompeii and ride up to the Gran Cono trailhead, entry ticket included. From the rim, the Bay of Naples and the buried city at its foot fill the view.
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3 hours · Tempio Travel Pompei Tickets
from €105per personWine tasting and lunch on the volcanic slopes of Vesuvius, setting out from Pompeii.
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6 hours (approx.) · Pompei Tour Organizer_Tempio Travel
from €102per personFrom Pompeii: Day Tour of Pompeii and Vesuvius with Bus Transfer runs through Pompei Tour Organizer_Tempio Travel. Rated 4.2 across 44 reviews. Runs 6 hours (approx.). From €102.
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2.5 - 3 hours · Tastethexperience
from €60per personTastethexperience runs this 2.5 to 3 hour wine tasting from €60 per person.
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2 hours · Askos Tours
from €22per personEnter Vesuvius without queuing, then follow a multilingual audio guide up to the crater rim. The commentary covers the 79 AD eruption and the volcano's geology as you climb.
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7 hours · Askos Tours
from €119per personExplore the excavated streets of Pompeii, then climb the Gran Cono trail to the crater rim. Entry tickets for both sites are included on this 7-hour day trip from Naples.
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8 hours · MOTORENT S.R.L.
from €125per personThree sites in one eight-hour day: Pompeii's streets, Herculaneum's ash-sealed villas, then the Vesuvius crater trail. Transport and tickets are handled, and free cancellation applies.
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4 hours (approx.) · TASTETHEXPERIENCE
from €130per personA horseback route across the volcanic slopes sets this tour apart from the standard crater walks. TASTETHEXPERIENCE pairs the roughly 4-hour ride with a wine tasting and lunch, all from €130. The listing shows free cancellation, and the tour carries a rating of 5 across 28 reviews.
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2 hours (approx.) · Azienda Fuocomuorto
from €29per personVesuvius wine tasting with company tour runs through Azienda Fuocomuorto. Rated 5.0 across 25 reviews. Runs 2 hours (approx.). From €29.
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4 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · TASTETHEXPERIENCE
from €143per personHorseback Riding on Mt. Vesuvius with Wine Tasting and Dinner runs through TASTETHEXPERIENCE. Rated 5.0 across 24 reviews. Runs 4 hours 30 minutes (approx.). From €143.
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8 hours · VISITING CAMPANIA S.R.L.
from €112.50per personWalk the buried streets of Pompeii and Herculaneum, then stand on the crater rim of the volcano that ended them.
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2 hours · Naples Together
from €60.45per personVineyard walk, tasting, lunch: this two-hour visit packs all three into the slopes near Pompeii, where the vines grow in volcanic soil.
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5 hours · VISITING CAMPANIA S.R.L.
from €84per personThe town buried deepest, and the volcano that buried it.
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4 hours (approx.) · Pompei Tour Organizer_Tempio Travel
from €95per personPompeii makes a practical base for a slower afternoon on the volcano. This tour carries you from town to a winery partway up Vesuvius, where the vines root in dark volcanic soil. Wines from that same ground are poured alongside a sit-down lunch, and the booking comes with free cancellation.
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6 hours · Around Vesuvio
from €75.60per personSix hours from Pompei covers both the Gran Cono crater trail and Herculaneum, the smaller of the two towns buried by the eruption. Around Vesuvio runs it, with free cancellation.
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5 - 7 hours · Tastethexperience
from €146per personThis day trip from Pompeii pairs a guided walk through the ruins with a superior wine tasting on Vesuvius. Five to seven hours in total, with a 5 rating from 15 reviews and free cancellation.
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2 hours (approx.) · Gennaro Balzano
from €129per personVesuvius, V.I.P. the only Tour with Volcanological Guide runs through Gennaro Balzano. Rated 4.9 across 15 reviews. Runs 2 hours (approx.). From €129.
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8 hours (approx.) · Bella Vie
from €119per personOne ticket, two headline sights. Bella Vie's skip-the-line trip pairs a guided walk through Pompeii with the climb to the Vesuvius crater, from either Sorrento or Naples, in roughly 8 hours. Entry is arranged in advance, so you bypass the queues at both sites and spend the day walking rather than waiting.
Check availability →From Pompeii, the options cover transfers to the crater with the park ticket included, guided walks to the rim led by an expert guide, day tours that pair the ruins and the volcano by bus, and wine tastings with lunch on the mountain's slopes. From Ercolano, departures centre on the park entry ticket bundled with a roundtrip bus ride, plus a bus-and-ticket outing devoted to the volcano itself, both of them short trips built around the trail rather than the archaeology below. Beyond those, the two towns also anchor Herculaneum and Vesuvius combinations, triple itineraries that add Pompeii to that pairing, horse riding inside the national park and private tours, and the exact meeting point for each departure, along with the dates it runs, is stated on its own listing.
Departures from Pompeii and Ercolano cover a wide spread of activity types: pompeii and vesuvius tours, mount vesuvius hiking tours, mount vesuvius 4x4 tours, vesuvius tours with lunch, and mount vesuvius wine tours sit alongside herculaneum and vesuvius tours, pompeii herculaneum and vesuvius tours, horse riding on the volcano, and private vesuvius tours. Guests can compare the full set of options on the listings and check the live booking page for dates.
Each tour in this group names its own meeting point, so the address guests need depends on the listing they choose rather than on a single shared pickup spot. Every listing shows both the exact meeting point and the dates it runs, so guests should read those details on the live booking page before they travel.
Pick the tour that suits, open its listing, and the dates it runs appear there together with the exact meeting point, so guests can confirm both before booking. The live booking page then handles the reservation itself, and guests should recheck the listed dates close to their travel window in case anything shifts.
