Pompeii: Reserved Entry at Pompeii

Pompeii: Reserved Entry is a timed-access ticket to one of the most significant archaeological sites in the world, located in the city of Pompeii near Naples. The site preserves a Roman town buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, covering 66 hectares of excavated streets, buildings, and public spaces. Reserved entry means you bypass the general queue and proceed directly to the site, which draws around 3 million visitors annually. For more on the wider area, see things to do in Pompeii Naples.

Inside, visitors walk the original Roman street grid and move through residential blocks, public baths, temples, shops, and thermopolia, the ancient equivalent of street-food counters. Many houses retain their original frescoes, and the Forum, the civic and religious centre of the town, remains largely intact. Among the most visited features are the plaster casts of eruption victims, created by filling voids left in the volcanic ash, which preserve the postures of people and animals at the moment of the eruption. Tickets cover reserved entry only and do not include a live guide, transfers, or food and drink. The starting point is Via Roma, 123, and the site does not currently offer wheelchair access.