Bay of Naples Classics & Ancient History School Trips & Tours

The preserved towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum provide a unique insight into 1st century Roman life, while coastal towns show their strategic importance to both the provision and protection of Rome. Our tailor-made Bay of Naples itineraries provide classics school trip pupils with a real insight into life in Roman times. You can learn more about our other school trips to Italy here.

Prices start from £739pp

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3 nights’ half board accommodation
Return flights & overseas airport transfers
Excursions to Pompeii, Herculaneum & Vesuvius
Extensive group travel insurance
1 in 10 free place ratio

Price shown is based on 40 paying passengers departing from a London airport and is subject to availability.

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Accommodation

Popular options in the Bay of Naples

This is only a sample of our entire range, so for expert advice on accommodation to suit your group’s specific needs, speak to one of our Educational Travel Advisors.

Hotel Klein Wien

The Klein Wien is a delightful family-run hotel with much experience of welcoming groups of young people. The hotel offers a good standard of accommodation in a spectacular location and – being safe, secure and a good wandering territory – provides a real alternative to staying in main Sorrento.

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Hotel Mary

A spacious, comfortable, family-run hotel with superb panoramic views of the Bay of Naples.

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Hotel La Ripetta

A good, family-run hotel with much experience in welcoming groups of young people. This hotel is situated in a safe and secure area that offers a good wandering territory, and is a real alternative to staying in main Sorrento.

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Top visits

Naples Underground Tour & Museum

There is an entire underground city below Naples - a series of ancient aqueducts that were eventually shut down and used as a bomb shelter during World War II. You can go down a square flight of steps put in place by Mussolini leading down 40m into an actual air raid shelter. The museum is in a huge underground sandstone quarry and contains incredible artefacts and objects found during more than 50 years of exploring the labyrinth beneath Naples.

Olive & Lemon Mill & Mozzarella Farm

Take your students on a guided walking tour of this olive and lemon mill and mozzarella farm in Sorrento. Your group will enjoy a cheese-making demonstration, plus a complimentary pizza and soft drink.

The Amalfi Coast

On the southern side of the Sorrento peninsula lies the famous Amalfi Coast, a UNESCO World Heritage site, where a ribbon of road clings tightly to steep, rugged cliffs interspersed with picturesque towns. For geography groups there is the opportunity to study coastal landforms and tourism impact. A boat tour of this beautiful coastline is also available.

Pompeii

The preserved town of Pompeii has it all - houses, thermopolia, temples, baths, theatres, amphitheatre, palaestra and a forum. A unique chance to study ‘City Life in Roman Italy’ or to spend a day being a real “Roman” exploring the streets of the town buried by Vesuvius’ 79AD eruption.

Herculaneum

When Vesuvius erupted in August 79AD, it engulfed the two flourishing Roman towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum. These have been progressively excavated and made accessible to the public since the mid-18th century. Smaller but better-preserved than Pompeii, a visit to Herculaneum is often preferred by many students.

Naples Archaeological Museum

This fascinating museum contains wonderful exhibits including Roman mosaics (the Alexander mosaic and others from the House of the Faun), wall paintings and Greek sculpture (Doryphoros and the Tyrannicides). A valuable additional visit en route to or from the airport.

Paestum

Visit the site of three of the best-preserved Greek temples in the world. This visit provides a great opportunity to explore the development of Doric architecture, a Roman town and a museum with one of the earliest examples of Greek panel painting.

Mount Vesuvius

Nowhere in the world can the effects of a volcanic eruption be better understood. You will be driven most of the way up the mount then take a 30-minute walk to the rim with a Local Guide. Your group will study the most densely populated volcano in the world. Geography groups can complete our dedicated activity sheets to consider its formation, eruptive history, anatomy and human management issues, and even read eye witness accounts of the 79AD eruption!

Capri

Students can take a guided tour of the island of Capri, including a visit to Ana Capri, a walking tour of the Gardens of Augustus and the Palace of Tiberius, a must for all Classical fanatics. Groups access the island by ferry or hydrofoil, which we can pre-book and pre-pay.

Cumae

Cumae contains the long echoing cave of the Sibyl visited by Aeneas (even if only in legend). Visit the Acropolis and the entrance to a tunnel built by Agrippa around 38BC to join his harbour in Lake Avernus to the sea.

Pozzuoli

The well-preserved amphitheatre here is on a smaller scale than the Colosseum in Rome, but better demonstrates the human aspect of the arena.

Oplontis

An excellent visit with the supposed villa of the family of Poppaea, the second wife of Nero.

Naples Underground Tour & Museum

Olive & Lemon Mill & Mozzarella Farm

The Amalfi Coast

Pompeii

Herculaneum

Naples Archaeological Museum

Paestum

Mount Vesuvius

Educational resources

Classical Resource Pack for Rome & the Bay of Naples
Your group will receive a copy of our exclusive Classical Studies educational resource pack for Rome and the Bay of Naples. These packs have been created by our Classics Advisor, Gill Greef, and focus on the classical relevance of all the key sites you’ll visit to really enhance your group’s tour and also act as a pre-visit planning aid.

Click here to view a sample of our resources.

Expert's comment

A very relevant destination for students on the Cambridge Latin Course, with one of the highlights being Caecilius’ house. Students of Classical Civilisation or Ancient History will finally get to walk the streets of Pompeii and feel the brooding power of Mount Vesuvius!
Gill Greef, Classics Advisor

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