Day 13 of 16 · Wednesday
🇮🇹 Rome / Pompeii, Italy
Rome / Pompeii, Italy
Pompeii day trip
A day trip to the ruins of Pompeii, by train via Naples.
🇮🇹 ItalyWednesday, September 16, 2026
Tonight's hotel
Plans & details
Train — Rome to Naples (outbound)
- Route
- Roma Termini → Napoli Centrale
- Times
- Depart 08:53 · Arrive 10:03 (1h 10m, direct)
- Details
- 2 adults · operator shown as 'Viva' · about $114.00
- Onward
- From Naples, transfer on to Pompeii — about 1 hour high-speed, then a local connection.
Pompeii
- Tour the ruins. Book tickets or a tour in advance — Pompeii now caps daily visitors and uses personalized tickets.
- Tour ideas (Viator): a Pompeii & Amalfi Coast day tour; a Positano–Sorrento–Pompeii tour; a private Amalfi Coast / Positano / Pompeii day tour from Rome.
Train — Naples to Rome (return)
- Route
- Napoli Centrale → Roma Termini
- Times
- Depart 20:30 · Arrive 21:38 (1h 8m, direct)
- Details
- 2 adults · 'Viva' · about $98.00
Where you are staying
- Hotel
- DoubleTree by Hilton Rome Monti — night 3 of 3.
Worth knowing
- Pompeii was a Roman city buried under volcanic ash when Mount Vesuvius erupted in A.D. 79. The ash sealed and preserved streets, houses, frescoes, and mosaics — and the voids left by victims, later cast in plaster.
- Rediscovered in 1748, Pompeii is one of the world's most important archaeological sites and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- It is a large, open, sun-exposed site — bring water, sun protection, and good shoes.
- Vesuvius is still an active volcano; the same eruption also buried nearby Herculaneum.
Still to confirm
- Book both train tickets (Rome–Naples 08:53 and Naples–Rome 20:30).
- Book Pompeii tickets or a guided tour in advance.
Learn more
- Pompeii Archaeological Park: Official site·Wikipedia
🇮🇹 Italy
- Weather
- Daytime high 82–84°F · evening / night low 75–77°F.
- Note 1
- Currency: the euro (€). Do not do a large currency exchange before the trip.
- Note 2
- Bring a no-foreign-transaction-fee credit card, use it for most purchases, and pull a small amount of euros from a bank ATM after arrival — about €100–€200 total cash.