The official ticket
The €20 city ticket, the villas it leaves out, and the Sunday we do not sell.
Pompeii, Italy
Pompeii, booked in your name.
We buy the official ticket, match it to the passport, and send it before you go.
The official ticket.
We buy the city ticket through the park’s own checkout, in the traveler’s name.
The name has to match.
Under 18 is free at the gate and still needs a name and an ID.
The villas are separate.
This form is the ancient city. Pompeii+ and the three-day ticket are a different purchase.
The desk
The city, held in your name.
Choose a day that is not the free Sunday and not a closure. We purchase the city ticket and email it to you. From January 2027 the park’s tariff changes, and we reprice before you pay.
- Hours
- Open daily. Last entry depends on the season. Closed 25 December and 1 January. The first Sunday of each month is free at the gate.
- Our rates
- Adults $42.00, including the official city ticket. Children under 18 $9.00. The official child ticket is free. The child price is the booking for that named ticket.
- The official price
- From 12 January 2026 the city-only ticket is €20. Suburban villas are not included. The full tariff.
The street
The long road through the city.
Via dell’Abbondanza runs between houses and shops. Give it a morning. One ticket is one entry. You cannot leave and come back on it.
The houses
Columns, still in a row.
The House of the Faun is one of the large houses. The park caps the city at 20,000 people a day. A named ticket is how you are counted. It is not a way around the line.
Read before you go
All guides
A morning in the city
Which gate, how long, and what the season does to last entry.
Naples to Pompeii
The Circumvesuviana, the station name that matters, and the day trip that still needs a ticket.
When to visit Pompeii · What to wear and bring to Pompeii · Pompeii weather
Questions
What do we actually arrange?
We buy the official city ticket for Pompeii in each traveler’s name and email it to you. That is the ancient city, not the suburban villas. You pay after we confirm by email. This website does not charge a card, and we do not hold unnamed tickets.
Are you the park?
Explore Naples is a ticket concierge for Pompeii, run by Bravora Travel. The Archaeological Park of Pompeii operates the site and sells the ticket from pompeiisites.org. Buy through that page, or through a desk like this one that purchases there in your name. We do not send you to an unofficial ticket site.
Why is your price higher than the gate?
From 12 January 2026 the city-only ticket is €20. Our adult rate covers that official ticket and the work of getting it issued in the right name. Visitors under 18 are free at the gate and still need a name and an ID. The child rate on this form is the booking service for that named free ticket. EU citizens from 18 to under 25 pay €2 officially. Say so in the note and we reprice before you pay.
Does the name on the ticket have to match an ID?
Yes. The park’s ticket is personal. The name is checked against a passport or other photo ID. Spell every name the way it is printed. We ask for the document number only after you confirm, and we do not put it on this website.
What about the first Sunday, Christmas, and New Year?
The first Sunday of each month is free for everyone at the gate. We do not sell that day. The park is closed on 25 December and 1 January. Pompeii itself is otherwise open every day, including Tuesday. Oplontis, the Stabiae villas, and the Stabiae museum are closed on Tuesdays.
Are the villas included?
No. This form is the city. Pompeii+ is €25 and adds Villa of the Mysteries, Villa of Diomedes, and Villa Regina at Boscoreale. A city ticket can add the villa route later for €8, by card, at the Herculaneum Gate. The three-day ticket is a separate product. Ask in the note if you want one of those instead. We reprice before you pay.
Do you skip the line?
No. The city is capped at 20,000 entries a day, with a morning quota and a smaller afternoon quota in the long season. A named ticket is how you get in. It is not a way around the count, and you cannot leave and re-enter on the same ticket.
Can we cancel?
Before we take payment, you can drop the request with an email. After payment, cancel or move the date at least 48 hours before the visit and we refund what you paid us. Inside 48 hours the official ticket may already be issued in your name, and that portion may not come back.
Write to the desk
A date question, a party larger than eight, or the suburban villas if you want them added. If the visit is tomorrow, call 302-990-2663.