Rome Private Tour with Driver: Colosseum and Vatican in a Day

Meeting point

Departure

08:00, 08:30, 09:00, daily except Sun; scheduled year-round (operator schedule, seats confirmed at checkout)

Pickup

Hotel pickup from 1750 pickup points (1750 pickup points listed by the operator, 1746 of them hotels)

Operator

i-tours; booking and payment are completed on Viator

1. Ancient Rome

   Tired to looking for tickets that are not a tourist trap? With us you will find professionalism and efficiency, we will show you the city in its highlights with maximum comfort and avoiding unnecessary queues. Just relax and tell your driver all the places you would like to visit. He will think about the rest! After your pick up at the hotel selected or at the pier in front of your cruise ship (available for the 9 hours option only), the tour will bring you right to the City Hall of Rome and will stop at the Pantheon, the Trevi Fountain and the Spanish Steps. During the tour, your professional driver guide will share with you a small historical heritage of this wonderful city.

   Pass by, no stop
2. 2
   Pantheon

   The Pantheon of Agrippa, also known as the Roman Pantheon, is one of the architectural masterpieces of the Italian capital. It is the best preserved building from ancient Rome.

   20 min · Admission not included
3. 3
   Trevi Fountain

   Measuring some 20 meters in width by 26 meters in height, Trevi Fountain is also the largest fountain in the city. The origins of the fountain go back to the year 19 B.C., in which period the fountain formed the end of the Aqua Virgo aqueduct.

   15 min · Admission not included
4. 4
   Spanish Steps

   The 'Spanish steps' in Rome, built in Rococo style between 1723 and 1726, are the steps that lead from the Piazza di Spagna square to the French monastery church Trinita dei Monti (built between 1502–1587). There are 135 steps and three different terraces, referring to the Holy Trinity (the Trinità).

   15 min
5. 5
   Colosseum

   Private Tour at the iconic Colosseum where you will meet your expert guide. With escorted access to the Colosseum (no group entrance regular ticket no attico no undergrounds), you will maximize your time with your professional guide. Once inside, you will learn about the construction and the uses of the imposing ancient building, and hear stories about gladiators, theater shows, and wild animal fights that used to take place here. After Visiting Colosseum you will have time for a quick lunch break (not included in the price). Ticket type: individual ticket, no groups entrance, no attico no undergrounds.

   1h · Admission included
6. 6
   Terrazza del Gianicolo

   Panoramic view of Ancient Rome and St. Peter basilica.

   15 min
7. 7
   Vatican Museums

   Then, with more energy, your action-packed day continues, with your guide by your side, in the Vatican Museums. you will enjoy reserved access, so get ready to see the highlights of the vast art collection housed here. Your guide will make sure you see the lavishly decorated halls and visit the Gallery of Maps, Gallery of Tapestries, the Raphael Rooms, and of course, Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel. At the end of the tour (St. Peter's Square) your private guide will be happy to help you find transport to return to the hotel or if you have chosen the 9 hour option he will accompany you to your private driver for the return to the ship or other destinations.

   2h · Admission included
8. 8
   Sistine Chapel

   The Sistine Chapel is one of the greatest treasures of the Vatican City, of Rome, and of the world in general. It's known as much for its decoration, as for being the temple in which popes are chosen and crowned.

   20 min · Admission included
9. St. Peter's Square

   The heart of world Christianity, St. Peter's Square, owes its characteristic elliptical shape to the imposing colonnade by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, which, commissioned by Pope Alexander VII Chigi, consists of 284 columns arranged radially in four rows.The construction took eleven years of work (1656-1667), more than 40 thousand cubic meters of travertine transported from Tivoli by land or pulled by horses along the river banks. In designing the colonnade, Gian Lorenzo Bernini played with optical illusions, obtaining a spectacular and scenic result. If you cross the square, you can see the columns come together and move apart, with a feeling of movement and alternation between full and empty. If you look at the columns from the center of the square and place yourself on the point indicated by one of the two marble disks on the pavement marking the ellipse foci, the colonnade seems composed of a single row. The outer columns disappear behind those of the inner row.

   Pass by, no stop

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