Which Vesuvius tour shape fits your trip
Crater-only, Pompeii combo or the bus-and-ticket run — three products that share a mountain and share almost nothing else.
The Vesuvius day, hour by hour
Hotel to crater rim and back, with the shuttle change, the gate check and the timings that decide whether the return leg works.
Independently or guided?
The park ticket, the bus and the compulsory crater guide — what you can arrange yourself, and the case where doing so plainly wins.
What a Vesuvius tour costs
$18 to $246 for the same crater. Transport, the timed ticket, Pompeii and group size, priced out line by line.
Vesuvius month by month
Closures, heat on the ash path and the days the summit view is cloud — the calendar, and what to do when the mountain says no.
Start somewhere else
- Hours, timing and access — the timed-slot system, in full
- Getting to the volcano — every route up the mountain, compared
- The blog — shorter pieces answering one question each