Advance tickets for Pompeii
Is it necessary to book tickets for entry to the archaeological site at Pompeii in advance (April 2022)? I find conflicting advice online.
If it is necessary, which (of the many, many) sites offering to sell tickets is the official one? The closest I got is http://pompeiisites.org/en/buy-tickets/ which is unencrypted and links to another site called TicketOne that my browser won't load without scary warnings.
Best Answer
The site you mentioned (this one) is, in fact, the official website for the Pompeii archaeological park, and sadly it's not https...Consider that this site is useful for the info about the park, not for buying the tikets, and on the homepage you can find that:
It is possible to buy the ticket online, through the TicketOne circuit (Official seller). It is also possible to buy the ticket at the entrances, and at the self service ticket offices at Piazza Esedra and at Piazza Anfiteatro
So for enter the park the tikets are mandatory, you can buy them in advance in the self-service tiket offices, at the entrance (probably will cost you less money but more queue time) or online (that will cost you probably more money but less time).
The official seller of the tikets online is, as you mentioned, TiketOne (wich is one of the biggest websites for buy tikets online for events in italy) and it's https. Here is the link to the page about Pompeii: https://www.ticketone.it/en/artist/scavi-pompei/
There you will find two tikets: one for the "main tour" and one for Orione's house and garden (the cheaper one). For some weird reason there are three kind of tikets for the main tour, all for the same price, I couldn't find the difference between the three, I guess there is no difference.
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Should I buy tickets to Pompeii in advance?
Do I need to book them in advance? Especially during summer and at the weekends you are likely to face with long queues to enter the site. For this reason we recommend buying in advance online tickets to avoid the line. Skip-the-line tickets for Pompeii.What tickets should I buy for Pompeii?
The Campania Arte ticket more than pays for itself with a visit to Pompeii, Herculaneum, and the National Archaeological Museum in Naples with the additional benefit of never having to queue up to buy train tickets.How much does a ticket into the site of Pompeii cost?
(#) Admission cost of \u20ac2.00 for EU citizens between the ages of 18 and under 25. From 6.00 pm reduced access in some domus....Timetables and tickets.TicketsPOMPEII The ticket includes entrance to Villa Regina (Boscoreale)Price\u20ac 16.00Reduced\u20ac 2.00 (#) (plus \u20ac1.50 online advance sale fee)Validity1 day5 more columnsIs Pompeii free on the first Sunday of the month?
As established by the Ministry of Cultural Heritage every first Sunday of the month admission is free for all the monuments and the artistic and historical sites in Italy. So also for the Pompeii Excavations. The opening hours will be the regular ones.Pompei - Guida all'acquisto on-line. How to buy tickets on-line
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