Well organized tour as times and transfers. Started with a short tour in the center of Naples with a visit to the Duomo: the guide Elisa was very good, kind and willing to give advice. Then we headed to Pompeii where the guide Alex made us excited and entertained with the stories about this archaeological site. Decent lunch in Pompeii, nothing exceptional, but fine. Finally we headed to Vesuvius where we made an independent visit to reach the crater. The time available was just right to go up, to be able to take a look at the view and go down, but maybe people who have difficulty walking uphill would not have made it.

The tour was excellent in the beginning with Elisa- superb. She spoke slowly in Spanish, English and Italian and clearly enunciated every word in every language. I felt as though I learned a lot of interesting and new information about Naples from her, and her love of her city was contagious. Francesca took over in Pompeii, and while she was good, she was difficult to understand. Several of us noted that if we could read her lips while she spoke, we could better understand. The meal was subpar, but that is understandable with such a large group. Finally, the bus ride up to the base of Vesuvius was great; however, the guide told us very little information. I think there was no need for his presence unless it was as a medical/emergency backup, for the driver could have had a written script to read in both English and German providing the tidbit of information our guide gave. All in all- a great day. Make sure you take plenty of water, though!

The day before the trip, we received a Whatsapp message with the exact pick-up point. We were picked up at the port on time. The bus tour with insider tips & guided tour of the church was very informative. After that we drove to Pompeii for lunch. We could choose between pizza, salad and lasagne + drink. While the food was quite good, the restaurant and waiters were the opposite. We were taken to a separate room with no windows, furnished with plastic lawn chairs and tables. The tables were full of crumbs and sticky. The waiters didn't seem to care and cutlery was only available on request. Cutlery was placed on the obviously dirty table. The lasagne was brought immediately, the rest 20-30 minutes later. Then we went to the ruins. The tour was great, took about 1.5 hours. Then we took the bus to Vesuvius. It takes about 20 minutes to get to the crater. We had about 1.5 hours of free time before we were dropped off at the port on time.