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Spend the day exploring the history of popes and emperors during this 6-hour tour of Vatican City and ancient Rome. Spend the morning at the main attractions of the Imperial City, including the Colosseum. Then, discover the highlights of the Vatican Museums in the afternoon.
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Duration: 3 hours
Starts: Roma, Italy
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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Spend the day exploring the history of popes and emperors during this 6-hour tour of Vatican City and ancient Rome. Spend the morning at the main attractions of the Imperial City, including the Colosseum. Then, discover the highlights of the Vatican Museums in the afternoon.
Itinerary
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Pass By: Arco di Costantino, Via di San Gregorio, 00186 Rome Italy
Start your full-day tour meeting your guide at the Arch of Constantine.
Stop At: Colosseum, Piazza del Colosseo, 00184 Rome Italy
Explore the vast Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheater) to experience up close the greatest arena the Romans built. Your guide will bring 2,000 years of history to life, telling stories of the ferocious battles between man and beast put on for the delight of Roman citizens.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Roman Forum, Largo della Salara Vecchia 5/6, 00186 Rome Italy
follow in the footsteps of Roman emperors on a walk through the Imperial Forum. Learn how it was once the center of religious, political and commercial life in Rome. Hear the history of the Temple of Antoninus and Faustina. Learn the story of the Tabularium. Go to the Temple of Hadrian, now incorporated into a building in Piazza di Pietra, where you can see the original Roman street level below ground.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Pantheon, Piazza della Rotonda, 00186 Rome Italy
End your morning tour at the Pantheon, the majestic temple of all gods. Commissioned by Marcus Agrippa in 27BC, its massive interior and inlaid marble floors are home to a burial site since the Renaissance era, where the tombs of Raphael and the kings of Italy can be found.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Vatican Museums, Viale Vaticano, 00120 Vatican City Italy
discover the world’s most precious art collection. Skip the long lines to enter the museums, and tour in a group of no more than 13 people for a more intimate experience. Collected by popes over many centuries, the collection includes works by Michelangelo, Raphael and Bernini.Go to the Octagonal Courtyard to look at the Belvedere Apollo statue. Discover Greek and Roman masterpieces in the Pio Clementino Museum. Wander through the Gallery of Tapestries to see Flemish pieces by Raphael’s pupils. Marvel at works by ancient cartographers in the Gallery of Maps.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Sistine Chapel, Viale Vaticano, 00165 Vatican City Italy
See Michelangelo’s legendary frescoes in the Sistine Chapel.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: St. Peter’s Basilica, Piazza San Pietro, 00120 Vatican City Italy
go inside St. Peter’s Basilica to see more masterpieces by Michelangelo, Raphael and Bernini, including Michelangelo’s La Pieta beneath the dome of the world’s largest church.
Duration: 1 hour
