30 Apr 2018
Driver (Antonio) was there to greet us at the station when we arrived on the morning train from Rome. He was friendly, knowledgeable, and an excellent driver. The vehicle was a Mercedes minivan that would have comfortably held about 6 people plus the driver, although we were the only 2 on this particular day.
Order of events wasn't 100% clear to us prior to the day, but it was first a drive to Positano, 1 hour to explore the streets there, then a shorter drive to Sorrento, another hour there, and finally a drive back to the Pompeii area.
One of the BEST parts of the day was a bit unexpected: our lunch stop was at a gorgeous winery with a lovely restaurant near Pompeii. You could choose from 3 to 5 courses with paired wines in a serene outdoor garden among vines and lemon trees. One of our favorite meals during the week in Italy! The tour didn't advertise the winery (although it should!), so if this is of interest to you I'd ask for it. It's right near Pompeii with private parking, so I doubt your driver will object.
Approximately 90 minutes for lunch, then about 2 hours inside the Pompeii ruins. We prepaid our Pompeii tickets online, but could have bought them onsite just as easily. There was no queue to buy tickets or enter the site. Of course one could easily spend an entire day just at Pompeii and not see everything, but for us 2 hours was about right.
At the conclusion of the day, our driver dropped us back at the train station at 5:30. Plenty of time to get the 6pm train back to Rome.
Highly recommend this company...it was one of our favorite days of the trip!