How tours are compared
Every tour on this site has at least 4.5 stars and 30 reviews on Viator, Viator and Tripadvisor counted together. Within a selection, the order comes from a published method, and a commission never changes it.
The bar
Viator lists hundreds of Pompeii tours. We keep the ones rated 4.5 or higher by at least 30 travelers. A tour rated below 4.5 by five or more Viator travelers on Viator alone stays out, whatever the combined score says.
The order
Inside a selection, tours are ranked by rating weighted by review count, so a 4.8 from 7,000 reviews sits above a 5.0 from 40. Then we read every listing: the options, inclusions, exclusions, itinerary, meeting point, conditions. A tour leaves the list when its details contradict each other, when it is the same service listed twice, or when it does not do what the selection promises.
What the comparison looks at
Which entry ticket is in the price, and whether it is the €20 city ticket or the €25 one with the Villa of the Mysteries. Where you meet. How many hours you get inside Pompeii, as opposed to the length of the whole day. What else the day includes. The group limit. The lowest adult price of the named option on the day we read it.
What does not count
Commission rates, operator requests, and how a product is promoted on the marketplace. We do not accept payment for placement.
What we do not know
We have the marketplace's figures, not the reviews themselves, and we have not taken every tour. Prices change by date; the booking page shows the price for yours.
Booking
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