Pompeii director Gabriel Zuchtriegel has set out a vision for the Archaeological Park built around landscape, ticketing and digital access, with 2027 presented as a year of planned innovations. The strategy was described in an interview published by Il Mattino Napoli, whose central themes are gardens, ticketing and digital development.

The full interview is premium content, so the precise implementation details of the 2027 plans cannot be independently reviewed from the accessible material. What follows treats the garden and digital milestones as an announced strategy, not as confirmation that every project has been completed or funded.

A slower idea of visiting: Grande Pompei

The proposed "Grande Pompei" approach is framed around a longer, slower visit rather than a rapid one-site tourism model.

In practical terms, the park's visitor strategy extends beyond the ancient city of Pompeii to sites including Boscoreale, Torre Annunziata, Stabiae and other archaeological locations in the surrounding territory. The idea is to diffuse visits across a wider area and encourage visitors to spend more time across multiple places.

Nominative tickets and a daily ceiling

A central part of the current system is crowd management. Pompeii has introduced nominative tickets and a daily limit of 20,000 visitors, intended to reduce pressure on visitors and on fragile cultural heritage.

During the high season, admissions are divided into morning and afternoon time slots. The official visitor information also describes seasonal entry limits and ticket validity rules, so visitors should check the current conditions for their travel dates before booking.

What to know before you book

The official ticketing system includes multi-site and multi-day options, shuttle connections and an annual pass.

Pompeii tickets can provide access or benefits connected with other archaeological and cultural sites in the area. For readers planning a trip, that makes it worth comparing:

  • A single-site visit to Pompeii
  • Multi-site options covering the connected archaeological sites
  • Multi-day options for a slower itinerary across the territory

Because time slots, seasonal limits and validity rules can change, the official timetables and tickets page is the reference point for the current offer at the time of travel.

Beyond the ancient city

A second useful way to apply the Grande Pompei idea is to structure a visit around more than one stop.

The official strategy explicitly connects Pompeii with Boscoreale, Torre Annunziata, Stabiae and other locations in the surrounding territory. Shuttle connections are part of the official visitor system, alongside the multi-site ticketing options.

Visitors interested in this approach can plan an itinerary that pairs the ancient city with one or more of the outlying archaeological sites, using the official ticket combinations and transport information rather than treating Pompeii as a single half-day stop.

Digital access and online archives

The third pillar of the announced vision is digital access, including online archives.

The timing and technical scope of the proposed online archive project are not specified in the accessible material. The official sources confirm current ticketing and crowd-management measures but do not independently confirm all of the 2027 garden and digital milestones.

The direction is nevertheless clear: landscape and physical visitor management on one side, and broader digital access to documentation and collections on the other.