Vesuvius Guides — Timed Entry, Buses & Ticket vs Tour
Planning guides for a Mount Vesuvius visit — the online-only timed-entry rules, the DIY bus routes from Ercolano and Pompei, and the honest ticket-versus-tour line.
How to Get to Mount Vesuvius
Every route to the Vesuvius trailhead — the €2.70 EAV bus from Ercolano and Pompei, the ~€3 shuttle, driving, and the transfer packages, timed-slot maths included.
Read guide →The Vesuvius Timed-Entry System, Explained
Gran Cono entry is online-only, nominative and timed — the 2026 seasonal hours, the one-hour rule, the orange-alert closures, and how not to lose your slot.
Read guide →Vesuvius: Ticket or Tour?
When the €10 Vesuvius entry ticket is genuinely enough, when a transfer package earns its $68–75, and which cheap bundle to walk past — decided honestly.
Read guide →Want the crater sorted first? See the skip-the-line ticket →