Comments on: Day Trip to Pompeii from Rome http://www.italofile.com/2008/03/11/day-trip-to-pompeii-from-rome/ The Italy Travel Resource Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:03:08 -0500 hourly 1 By: Italy Itinerary: The Perfect Two Weeks | Italy Travel Guide http://www.italofile.com/2008/03/11/day-trip-to-pompeii-from-rome/comment-page-1/#comment-329 Italy Itinerary: The Perfect Two Weeks | Italy Travel Guide Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:51:40 +0000 http://italofile.com/2008/03/11/day-trip-to-pompeii-from-rome/#comment-329 [...] Naples or even Sorrento, but you can do a day trip to Pompeii from Rome. Melanie at Italofile has written up a great post about how to do Pompeii as a day trip - she lists both a few of the guided tours available as well as the options and cost of making the [...] [...] Naples or even Sorrento, but you can do a day trip to Pompeii from Rome. Melanie at Italofile has written up a great post about how to do Pompeii as a day trip – she lists both a few of the guided tours available as well as the options and cost of making the [...]

]]> By: Ricardo Freire http://www.italofile.com/2008/03/11/day-trip-to-pompeii-from-rome/comment-page-1/#comment-189 Ricardo Freire Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:02:59 +0000 http://italofile.com/2008/03/11/day-trip-to-pompeii-from-rome/#comment-189 Hi! You quoted the most expensive Italian train, the new ES AV (EuroStar Alta Velocità), that does the journey to Naples em 1 hour 20 min. and sells tickets at 36 euros one way on Promo 15 fare. Anyone willing to spend an extra 40 minutes inside a quite older train (the IC, InterCity) can ride to Naples one way for 15 euros (Amica fare). Promo 15 and Amica fares are available up to 48 hours prior to departure. Hi! You quoted the most expensive Italian train, the new ES AV (EuroStar Alta Velocità), that does the journey to Naples em 1 hour 20 min. and sells tickets at 36 euros one way on Promo 15 fare.

Anyone willing to spend an extra 40 minutes inside a quite older train (the IC, InterCity) can ride to Naples one way for 15 euros (Amica fare).

Promo 15 and Amica fares are available up to 48 hours prior to departure.

]]> By: Jeff http://www.italofile.com/2008/03/11/day-trip-to-pompeii-from-rome/comment-page-1/#comment-186 Jeff Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:00:03 +0000 http://italofile.com/2008/03/11/day-trip-to-pompeii-from-rome/#comment-186 Hi MariI was wondering what you mean when you say \"Alternative\". I went to their website and it is the same bus tour that all the other groups offer. Please explain as I will be there next month and want to book a tour to Pompee. Thanks,Jeff Hi MariI was wondering what you mean when you say \”Alternative\”. I went to their website and it is the same bus tour that all the other groups offer. Please explain as I will be there next month and want to book a tour to Pompee.
Thanks,Jeff

]]> By: Marie http://www.italofile.com/2008/03/11/day-trip-to-pompeii-from-rome/comment-page-1/#comment-179 Marie Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:39:22 +0000 http://italofile.com/2008/03/11/day-trip-to-pompeii-from-rome/#comment-179 I do have a tip. There is a new alternative to the huge bus tours or private tours. Here is a link for a small group bus trip running once a week from Rome. http://www.wheninrometours.com/Tours/Bus-Tours/Semi-private-Day-trip-to-Pompeii.html Hope to see you there :) I do have a tip. There is a new alternative to the huge bus tours or private tours. Here is a link for a small group bus trip running once a week from Rome. http://www.wheninrometours.com/Tours/Bus-Tours/Semi-private-Day-trip-to-Pompeii.html
Hope to see you there :)

]]> By: Tom O'Connor http://www.italofile.com/2008/03/11/day-trip-to-pompeii-from-rome/comment-page-1/#comment-133 Tom O'Connor Sun, 23 Mar 2008 19:12:23 +0000 http://italofile.com/2008/03/11/day-trip-to-pompeii-from-rome/#comment-133 Hi Melanie, I just returned from Rome yesterday. I spent the entire 8-9 days in Rome and never got bored. I did not go to Pompeii because, as you suggested, I went to Ostia Antica instead. I've never been to Pompeii but you and another commentator said OA is a good alternative to Pompeii. It certainly was cheaper and more time effective to avoid the train ride to Naples. I was happy with that decision and really enjoyed my time there. I did not go witha tour and agree with you that walking the ruins alone provides an eerie sense of many things. But in the end, I think the main thing I missed from Pompeii is the preserved bodies (or just the bodies in the shape in which they died of ash smothering). Of course, I also missed the madness of Pompeii, but Rome certainly had enough of that (which I loved). Thank you so much for looking into all of this though. Hi Melanie,
I just returned from Rome yesterday. I spent the entire 8-9 days in Rome and never got bored. I did not go to Pompeii because, as you suggested, I went to Ostia Antica instead. I’ve never been to Pompeii but you and another commentator said OA is a good alternative to Pompeii. It certainly was cheaper and more time effective to avoid the train ride to Naples. I was happy with that decision and really enjoyed my time there. I did not go witha tour and agree with you that walking the ruins alone provides an eerie sense of many things. But in the end, I think the main thing I missed from Pompeii is the preserved bodies (or just the bodies in the shape in which they died of ash smothering). Of course, I also missed the madness of Pompeii, but Rome certainly had enough of that (which I loved). Thank you so much for looking into all of this though.

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