Civitavecchia Trip Overview
Don’t miss the chance to take a day trip to Rome from the port of Civitavecchia during your cruise.
Forget the stress of public transport and just think about relaxing, once you book your trip with us you won’t have to worry about anything other than enjoying the city.
Your English speaking driver will guide you through the most characteristic places of the city to make you have a unique and unforgettable experience.
From St. Peter’s Basilica, to the Buco della Serratura, passing through the Janiculum, just to list a few, you can choose what to see.
The driver will guide you around the city describing the most interesting features of the places visited.
We would like to inform customers that, due to strict Italian laws, the driver will not be able to get out of the vehicle and any description will be made in the vehicle.
Additional Info
Duration: 8 hours
Starts: Civitavecchia, Italy
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Civitavecchia, Lazio, Italy
Don’t miss the chance to take a day trip to Rome from the port of Civitavecchia during your cruise.
Forget the stress of public transport and just think about relaxing, once you book your trip with us you won’t have to worry about anything other than enjoying the city.
Your English speaking driver will guide you through the most characteristic places of the city to make you have a unique and unforgettable experience.
From St. Peter’s Basilica, to the Buco della Serratura, passing through the Janiculum, just to list a few, you can choose what to see.
The driver will guide you around the city describing the most interesting features of the places visited.
We would like to inform customers that, due to strict Italian laws, the driver will not be able to get out of the vehicle and any description will be made in the vehicle.
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: St. Peter’s Basilica, Piazza San Pietro, 00120 Vatican City Italy
The symbol of the state of the Vatican. In addition to the Vatican museums, St. Peter’s Basilica represents the majesty of the Vatican all over the world.
Please note that the Basilica cannot be visited on Wednesdays as there is an audience with the Pope and, moreover, access is not possible during the Pope’s Angelus prayer, on Sundays and on feast days at noon. Shoulders and knees must be covered
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Trevi Fountain, Piazza di Trevi, 00187 Rome Italy
Of all the fountains in Rome, certainly the most striking is the Trevi Fountain, in Baroque style, famous for the film “La Dolce Vita” by Federico Fellini, where Anita Ekberg invites Marcello Mastroianni to immerse himself in the fountain with her.
The Trevi Fountain is located in the square of the same name and was wished for in 1735.
Legend has it that as he turns his back to the fountain and throws a coin into the fountain, while a wish is expressed, it will be expressed!
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Il Buco della Serratura, Piazza dei Cavalieri di Malta, 4 parte del parco dei Cavalieri di Malta, Rome Italy
Unique effect in the world: the dome of St. Peter inside the hole of a lock.
Located on the Aventine Hill, within the Giardino degli Aranci, a park with wonderful bitter orange trees and a spectacular view of all of Rome, you will see the exciting view of the Dome of St. Peter’s Basilica, seen from a unique perspective: the keyhole of the gate of the Priory of the Knights of Malta.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Fontana dell’Acqua Paola, Via Garibaldi Gianicolo, 00153 Rome Italy
Known by all as the Fontanone, the Paola water fountain is located on the Gianicolo hill. This is the terminal exhibition of the Trajan-Paul Aqueduct, built by Pope Paul V Borghese and composed of five large arches flanked by columns and the dedicatory inscription above.
Unfortunately, only the exterior is visible for free.
Duration: 15 minutes
Pass By: Isola Tiberina, Rome Italy
The Tiber Island is a small corner of Rome, a stone’s throw from the Jewish Ghetto. An area inhabited since Roman times, built to connect the two banks of the Tiber river. A perfect engineering work, which from the end of the 1800s, protects Rome from possible floods
Stop At: Ghetto Ebraico, Piazza delle Cinque Scole, 00186 Rome Italy
The ghetto of Rome, also known as the Jewish quarter of Rome, is one of the oldest in the world and arose about 40 years after the one in Venice, which was historically the first.
It was 12 July 1555, when Paolo IV Carafa ordered the establishment of the “Serraglio degli Ebrei” the Ghetto of Rome, right in the area next to the Teatro Marcello, where most of the Jewish Community had moved over the centuries.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Colle del Gianicolo, Via Garibaldi Salita di Sant’Onofrio, 00165 Rome Italy
The Janiculum is fundamental from the historical point of view, because used in the defense of the city it became the scenario of the battle of Garibaldi with the French troops.
From the beginning, where the Paola water fountain is located, up to Viale Trastevere, the Gianicolo will offer you terraces from which to enjoy unique and unforgettable views, ideal for a romantic walk and for taking pictures of the views.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Colosseum, Piazza del Colosseo, 00184 Rome Italy
The largest amphitheater in the world, formerly known as the Flavian Amphitheater, can hold up to 75,000 spectators.
Place of gladiator shows and other public events (hunting shows, re-enactments of famous battles, and dramas based on classical mythology) in the epoch of the most ancient Rome, it subsequently went into disuse, even ending up being used as a quarry for materials.
Recovered in a more modern age, it is now one of the greatest symbols of Rome in the world.
Duration: 30 minutes
Pass By: Piazza del Popolo, 00187 Rome Italy
Piazza del Popolo is the last great realization of papal Rome, and the representation of the patronage of the pontiff.
It is not certain from where the toponym of “Popolo” derives, perhaps from the Latin name of the “poplar”, or from the dedication of the church of Santa Maria del Popolo, in 1099, to the Roman people who had allowed, at his own expense, the liberation of area of demons and witches.
Pass By: Via del Corso, Rome Italy
Via del Corso is one of the most famous city streets for shopping. In this street and in the nearby lanes you will find the boutiques of the most famous brands.
The stop can be made on request.
Pass By: Piazza Venezia, 00187 Rome Italy
One of the most beautiful squares in Rome, where five of the most important streets of the capital meet.
The square is dominated by the imposing Vittoriano, also identified with the Altare della Patria, which is its central part.
Stop At: Pantheon, Piazza della Rotonda, 00186 Rome Italy
In the heart of Rome, not far from Piazza Navona, is the majestic Pantheon, a great monument that Michelangelo also described as the work of angels and not of men.
Legend says that the oculus, the hole in the center of the dome, would have been created by the Devil fleeing from the temple of God.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Giardino degli Aranci, Piazza Pietro D’Illiria Above Circus Maximus, 00153 Rome Italy
The Orange Garden is one of the panoramic points of Rome which owes its name to the presence of numerous bitter orange plants: from here you can admire the Dome of St. Peter from a very interesting point of view and take breathtaking photos!
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Piazza Navona, 00186 Rome Italy
We then arrive at Piazza Navona is one of the most famous monumental squares in Rome, a symbol of Baroque Rome.
Theater of the great rivalry between Borromini and Bernini
Duration: 30 minutes
