Roma Trip Overview
Just one day to take in all the must-sees in Rome? Let’s fill it up! On this action-packed tour in two parts you’ll climb the Colosseum and roam the Roman Forum as we reflect upon the lives of slaves and citizens, emperors and gladiators in Roma Caput Mundi many centuries ago. Wander across iconic Baroque squares and marvel at the remarkable fountains that have fascinated visitors to Rome for more than 400 years! After a deserved break, prepare to experience astonishing art and architecture inside the bejewelled Vatican City! Book this full day tour to get guide-led priority entrance to the big four iconic must-see monumental ruins and museums in Rome and the Vatican. Learn the meaning of “Caput Mundi”; how much work went into painting the Sistine Chapel?; did all roads really lead to Rome?; do as the Romans do? Tick more than a dozen sites off your bucket list on this top-tier full day tour by time-served local experts Rome Guided / When In Rome Tours.
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Duration: 7 hours
Starts: Roma, Italy
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Roma, Lazio, Italy
Just one day to take in all the must-sees in Rome? Let’s fill it up! On this action-packed tour in two parts you’ll climb the Colosseum and roam the Roman Forum as we reflect upon the lives of slaves and citizens, emperors and gladiators in Roma Caput Mundi many centuries ago. Wander across iconic Baroque squares and marvel at the remarkable fountains that have fascinated visitors to Rome for more than 400 years! After a deserved break, prepare to experience astonishing art and architecture inside the bejewelled Vatican City! Book this full day tour to get guide-led priority entrance to the big four iconic must-see monumental ruins and museums in Rome and the Vatican. Learn the meaning of “Caput Mundi”; how much work went into painting the Sistine Chapel?; did all roads really lead to Rome?; do as the Romans do? Tick more than a dozen sites off your bucket list on this top-tier full day tour by time-served local experts Rome Guided / When In Rome Tours.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Trajan’s Column, Via dei Fori Imperiali, 00187 Roma RM, Italy
We meet beneath Trajan’s column on the threshold of ancient Rome to embark upon a fascinating journey back in time to the realm of Emperors, gladiators and fierce beasts!
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Colosseum, Piazza del Colosseo, 00184 Rome Italy
Enter the icon of Rome, a wonder of our world and monument to the brutality of our kind. Understand what it really meant to kill or be killed as a gladiator in ancient times.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Roman Forum, Largo della Salara Vecchia 5/6, 00186 Rome Italy
The heart and soul of ancient Rome.
Duration: 45 minutes
Pass By: Palatine Hill, Piazza Santa Maria Nova, 53, 00186 Rome Italy
Celebrate the birthplace of Rome! Remains of human habitation dating back almost 3,000 years have been found here. Edifices of grand Roman palaces and sprawling villas are the most impressive survivors today. Mythology tells us that this is where Romulus and Remus were found by the she-wolf Lupa. Can you see the mysterious cave, the lupercal, from which real and legendary Rome emerged?
Stop At: Pantheon, Piazza della Rotonda, 00186 Rome Italy
Walking tour around the magnificent and ancient Pantheon, perhaps the most intriguing (and romantic) place in Rome!
Duration: 30 minutes
Pass By: Piazza Navona, 00186 Rome Italy
A simply breathtaking Baroque square! As you wander around this picture postcard scene that lies above what was once Emperor Domitian’s legendary stadium, you’ll rub shoulders with buskers and local artists at work while Bernini’s remarkable mythological fountains take centre stage.
Stop At: Trevi Fountain, Piazza di Trevi, 00187 Rome Italy
Throw your coins into crystal cascades of blue water and be amazed at the natural beauty of Roman Baroque! This is the fountain of all fountains, a remarkable creation that must be experienced at all costs!
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Vatican Museums, Viale Vaticano, 00120 Vatican City Italy
Meet at Sebastiano Veniero 19 ahead of guide-led priority entrance into the labyrinthine Vatican Museums!
Duration: 15 minutes
Pass By: Vatican Museums, Viale Vaticano, 00120 Vatican City Italy
No words can convey the magnitude of the Vatican Museums. Many thousands of major works of art and ancient sculpture are housed therein. Raphael, Michelangelo, and certain mysteries of mankind await!
Stop At: Sistine Chapel, Viale Vaticano, 00165 Vatican City Italy
The most colourful room in the world! Michelangelo’s miraculous ceiling will deeply impress all who enter.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: St. Peter’s Basilica, Piazza San Pietro, 00120 Vatican City Italy
The most beautiful building on earth. An explosive celebration of art and architecture, history and religion!
Duration: 1 hour
Pass By: St. Peter’s Square, Piazza San Pietro, 00120 Vatican City Italy
After visiting the Vatican Vaults (Papal sarcophagi) beneath St. Peter’s Basilica, admire the vastness of St. Peter’s Square which amplifies the architectural genius of Bernini. An uninscribed red granite obelisk from Egypt dominates it’s almost central point.
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