Naples, Italy

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Naples has stories most visitors walk straight past.

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  Pompeii: the sizing problem, straight from cruise passengers. One reviewer on a ship excursion had 2.5 hours on site and notes the guide had to concentrate on selected areas. Independent visitors describe spending three to five hours and walking over ten miles. One recommends arriving at 09:00 specifically to beat the buses that arrive around 11:00. So: Pompeii is a minimum three-hour site being sold as a 2.5-hour excursion. A guide should say what you realistically see in the time you have, not just "allow 3 hours". Heat and shade are a genuine safety issue here. Multiple reviewers independently flag brutal summer heat and very little shade. For an older UK demographic in July, that belongs at the top of the page, not in a tips section. Two operational warnings from reviewers. Backpacks are reportedly not allowed. And touts near the entrance actively misdirect visitors away from the official amphitheatre entrance, insisting it isn't a way in. Naming the official entrances is the sort of concrete, verifiable help that no AI-generated guide will contain. The sequencing insight, from two independent reviewers: visit the Archaeological Museum *before* Pompeii, or you'll see the site stripped of everything that was in it. On a single port call you can't do both, so the guide should say which to pick — and on a Tuesday the choice is made for you.

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  On a Monday call in Naples, two of the three best options are shut and the Archaeological Museum is open. On a Tuesday, the restaurants are open and the museum is shut. The port page changes completely depending on the day, and nobody models this.