Via Villa dei Misteri 2, 80045 Pompeii, Italy
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A row of columns and their shadows in the House of the Faun at Pompeii.

Pompeii

Visitor information

When to visit Pompeii, what to wear and bring, and what the weather on the bay is usually like.

A two-story house front on a Pompeii street, with a brick doorway and a stone sidewalk.

When to visit Pompeii

Pompeii is open almost every day. The useful split is heat, rain, and the season’s last entry, not a month when the gate locks.

The Odeon at Pompeii, seen across ruined walls, with a curved seating bank and cypress trees.

What to wear and bring to Pompeii

What to wear and bring to Pompeii: shoes with a tread, sun protection, a small bag, and the ID that matches the ticket.

A cobbled street in Pompeii, lined with ruined stone walls, doorways, and a raised sidewalk.

Pompeii weather

Pompeii weather is bay weather: hot and open to the sun in summer, mild and wetter from autumn into early spring.