I'm booked to go to Pompeii, Sorrento and the Bay of Naples on 13th March. I saw from the holiday information that there are quite a few optional excursions which will work out quite expensive to book all of them! So I wondered if any of you have been there before, which ones would you suggest I don't miss, which ones did you all enjoy the most? Did you prebook them or wait until you got there?  Also wondering about the weather in March, I assume it'll be a bit warmer than the UK but not too hot?

Thanks Lisa 🙂

I am also new to Just You and solo holidays and booked on this trip to Pompeii in March.  I have booked all of the trips apart from the cookery day and Versuvius.  I also wondered about the weather and also what there is to do on days where no trips as not sure what will be opened in March.  Really looking forward to going though.

Not long now! See you there :-)

Hi Lisa 

I am also new to Just You and solo holidays and booked on this trip to Pompeii in March.  I have booked all of the trips apart from the cookery day and Versuvius.  I also wondered about the weather and also what there is to do on days where no trips as not sure what will be opened in March.  Really looking forward to going though.

I've been keeping an eye on the weather as not sure what clothes to take, I expect I'll take far too many either way ;-)

Looks like it's gradually warming up out there, I think I've forgotten what warm weather feels like!

Good luck with your solo travels, it's a bit scary but I've always enjoyed myself once I'm away :-)

Hi im also new to solo travelling and Just Me but I have been to Italy before and did all the above except the cooking. I loved them all but in order of favourites it would be Pompeii, Capri and then Vesuvius. 

I think you will probably both be in a different hotel from us. Because it was early season, we stayed in Minori which was over an hours drive from most of the excursions so we had very early morning starts every day! You might be staying nearer to Pompeii? Can't fault our hotel though, the rooms were kept clean everyday and the staff were really great. Some odd food combinations in the evenings but that just added to the fun 😉 

If you do end up on all the excursions, it's definitely a full on holiday.

The walk up Mt Vesuvius is hard work, there's a couple of places nearer the top where you can get drinks, limited snacks and souvenirs. These are also the only places you will be able to get some shade from the sun!

Capri was nice enough although very windy the day that we were there, don't wear slip on shoes if you are thinking of doing the chair lift! 😉 It's an amazing view from up there but other than that, I'm not sure we really got to see the best of the island. We didn't really have a lot of time there to look around and some things weren't open early season.

It's definitely worth doing Herculaneum and seeing how it compares with Pompeii.

Ravello is a lovely area to visit and would have liked a bit more time there. A couple from our group got the bus there seperately on one of the days when they weren't doing an excursion.

The Amalfi coast really is one of the most picturesque places you can visit, very glad we had our amazing coach driver though going round all the winding mountain roads!

I don't know if you'll have the same guide that we had but if you do have Silvia, tell her she's as mad as a box of frogs, she likes to learn new English phrases ;-)

I'm booked on this trip in Sept also staying at the Palma, I'd welcome your views on the hotel and any recommendations on where to eat nearby. Thanks, Kate