Originally Posted by
opus2002
Can one stay in Rome and do the Pompeii trip in a day? I think we stayed in Pompeii area the last time, but can't quite remember.
From Rome to Pompeii (by train), you need to get a Roma Napoli train, then a Pompeii train which if you start early in the morning should be quite doable and then the reverse on the way home. It's about two hours (high speed train from Rome to Naples) if the connections work.