Belmare Travel · Sorrento Station
The local train from Sorrento to Pompeii with an assistant from Belmare Travel, the ticket for the excavations and a two-hour guided tour, then you stay as long as you like. It makes sense if you are staying in Sorrento and do not want to worry about train tickets and schedules.
Belmare Travel will meet you at Sorrento station: the assistant is called Amelia and wears a red T-shirt with the agency's logo. The listing indicates two shifts, meeting at 9:30 with train at 10:03, or meeting at 10:15 with train at 10:40; the booked shift cannot be changed. You get off at Pompei Scavi and from there the guide takes you into the site for two hours.
Train tickets are return and valid all day: after the tour, you can stay in the excavations as long as you like and return when you prefer. However: if you leave the site at the end of the tour, to re-enter you pay for entry again. Radio guides are collected in Sorrento, are only in English, come from an external company and are returned to the guide at the end of the tour.
The price starts from $57 per person (October 2026), with free cancellation up to 24 hours before. The official Park ticket costs €20 (Pompei Express) or €25 (Pompei+), on Vivaticket or at the ticket offices inside the Park, named and non-refundable. No hotel pickup: you reach Sorrento station by your own means. The listing indicates the tour as not suitable for those with mobility difficulties, wheelchair users and cruise ship passengers.
Check-in with Amelia at the stairs near the old carriage and the newsstand. Other tours depart from the same station: look for the red Belmare Travel T-shirt.
Board with the guide and get off at Pompei Scavistop. Upon arrival, stay with your guide and ignore anyone offering directions on the street.
The guide takes you through the site with English radio guides, to be returned at the end of the visit.
Stay in the excavations as long as you want without exiting: if you exit, re-entering costs a new ticket.
Return by train with the return ticket, valid all day.
★★★★★Gino was an excellent guide. He is very knowledgeable and showed us the main points of Pompeii. He has a great sense of humor and involves everyone. Great tour! Highly recommended!
★★★★★Gino was a fantastic guide, he brought the tour to life with his knowledge and stories. [...] Unfortunately, we had torrential rain and storms, but Gino was professional from start to finish and took care of the group.
★★★★★A nice tour of this huge site. It was great to hear the history. Our guide Gino was very knowledgeable and fun. We learned a lot.
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Yes. The train ticket is return and valid all day, from Sorrento to Pompei Scavi stop.
No. The tour only departs from Sorrento station, and you get there by your own means.
Only in English. They come from an external company and are returned to the guide at the end of the tour.
As long as you want, as long as you do not exit: after the 2-hour tour, free time is included and the return train is valid all day.
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