Pompeii
Pompeii was a city in what is now the municipality of Pompei, near Naples, in the Campania region of Italy. Along with Herculaneum, Stabiae, and many surrounding villas, it was buried under 4 to 6 m of volcanic ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Wikipedia
Before you go
Emergency numbers in Italy
- January: 9 h 34 of daylight
- February: 10 h 39 of daylight
- March: 11 h 54 of daylight
- April: 13 h 17 of daylight
- May: 14 h 26 of daylight
- June: 15 h 05 of daylight
- July: 14 h 49 of daylight
- August: 13 h 49 of daylight
- September: 12 h 30 of daylight
- October: 11 h 10 of daylight
- November: 9 h 56 of daylight
- December: 9 h 16 of daylight
Getting there
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Where you can go from Pompeii
- Under 1 h
- 1–2 h
- 2–3 h
- 3–5 h
- 5 h +
From Pompeii's stations on a Tuesday at 08:00, by train, coach or ferry, to the other city's station: the wait for the first train included, not the way to the station.
Under an hour· 3
2 to 3 hours· 1
5 hours or more· 37
- Reggio Calabria5h 14
- Cortona5h 20
- Modena5h 25
- Ferrara5h 29
- Arezzo5h 46
- Pisa5h 53
- Parma5h 56
- Milan6h
- Bari6h 04
- Padua6h 06
27 moreFewer
- Verona6h 10
- Perugia6h 16
- Lucca6h 25
- Mestre6h 25
- Vicenza6h 34
- Venice6h 36
- Murano6h 41
- Siena6h 42
- Rimini6h 43
- Treviso6h 52
- Brescia6h 53
- Bergamo6h 57
- Polignano a Mare6h 58
- Brindisi7h 01
- Turin7h 01
- Mantua7h 12
- Ancona7h 24
- Como7h 25
- Varenna7h 26
- Vernazza7h 29
- Cremona7h 30
- Varese7h 31
- Messina7h 37
- Lecce7h 45
- Genoa7h 46
- Bolzano7h 50
- Lugano7h 56
From Pompeii's stations on a Friday at 17:30, by train, coach or ferry, to the other city's station: the wait for the first train included, not the way to the station.
Under an hour· 3
2 to 3 hours· 1
3 to 5 hours· 8
5 hours or more· 1
From published timetables, as of 19 October 2026. Only cities with a page here, in the countries we have timetables for.
Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide- House of the Europa Ship (I.15.3) Archaeological site · 690 m
- Caupona di Lucius Betutius Placidus (I.8.8) Archaeological site · 820 m
- Large Theatre (VIII.7.20) Attraction · 990 m
- Temple of Isis Archaeological site · 990 m
- Amphitheatre of Pompeii (II.6.1) Archaeological site · 430 m
- Regio II Archaeological site · 520 m
- House of Julia Felix Archaeological site · 600 m
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- Casa di Ottavio Quartione (II.2.2) Archaeological site · 670 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Markets
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Somewhere to run
Getting around
- Pompei - Santuario 200 m
- Pompei 470 m
- Pompei Scavi - Villa dei Misteri 1.6 km
- Moregine 1.8 km
- Scafati 2.1 km
- Villa Regina 2.6 km
More train stations: Rovigliano 3.0 km, Torre Annunziata Centrale 3.1 km, Torre Annunziata Città 4.4 km, Stabia Scavi 5.2 km, Castellammare di Stabia 5.6 km
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 17 October 2026. Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.