Tempio Travel · Pompei Scavi - Villa dei Misteri Station
The entrance ticket, an audio guide with device and a map, to be collected at an office in the Circumvesuviana station a few hundred metres from the excavations. For those who want to explore on their own with a device in hand and someone to ask before entering.
The package includes the entry ticket, an audio guide with device in Italian, English, French, German or Spanish, a map and office assistance. The price starts from $41 per person and the ticket is valid for one day. According to the listing, the device is the only one officially authorised by the Archaeological Park for tour operators.
For comparison: the official Pompei Express costs €20 in 2026 and the official audio guide can be rented at the entrances for €9 (source for the ticket: Park's Hours and Prices page; for the audio guide: Park's services page). The official ticket is named and non-refundable; this booking can be cancelled free of charge up to 24 hours before.
The voucher is exchanged at the operator's office, in Via Villa dei Misteri 1, on the first floor of the Circumvesuviana station. From there, the entrance at Porta Marina Inferiore, in Piazza Esedra, is a few hundred meters away. The device must be returned before the office closes.
Go to Via Villa dei Misteri 1, on the first floor of the Circumvesuviana station, and exchange your voucher.
Receive your ticket, device, and map. Leave a document as a deposit.
Reach the entrance at Piazza Esedra, a few hundred meters away, and enter with your ticket.
Listen to the explanations wherever and whenever you want, with your own headphones. The Park recommends at least 2 or 3 hours.
Return the device to the office before closing and collect your document.
★★★★★With the audio guide, you find information everywhere, in the order and at the speed you prefer.
★★★★★[...] a completely different experience, after the coach groups and crowds had left.
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At the operator's office in Via Villa dei Misteri 1, on the first floor of the Circumvesuviana Pompei Scavi - Villa dei Misteri station.
According to the listing, yes: it describes it as the only one officially authorized by the Archaeological Park for tourist operators. The regulations only allow official or authorized audio guides.
Yes, as a deposit for the device. At the entrance, Park staff may ask for a document for the named ticket.
From Porta Marina Inferiore, in Piazza Esedra, a few hundred meters from the office at the station.
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The ticket, an audio guide and a map, collected at an office at the station next to the entrance.
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