Walking Ghosts and Mysteries of Rome Tour

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The ghosts and mysteries hidden in a city like Rome have perhaps always scared us a little, right? The Eternal City is famous for its thousand-year history made of battles, conquests, intrigues and mysteries, of great heroes and restless souls who do not want to leave the scene to the passage of time. And so you think they move through the alleys, bridges and squares of this mysterious and sometimes ghostly city of ours.

An original walking tour, available from one of our Open Bus stops in the city centre, that will take you into the mysterious legends and rumors of the ancient city.

Perfect for families, couples and children.

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Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Starts: Roma, Italy
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours



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The ghosts and mysteries hidden in a city like Rome have perhaps always scared us a little, right? The Eternal City is famous for its thousand-year history made of battles, conquests, intrigues and mysteries, of great heroes and restless souls who do not want to leave the scene to the passage of time. And so you think they move through the alleys, bridges and squares of this mysterious and sometimes ghostly city of ours.

An original walking tour, available from one of our Open Bus stops in the city centre, that will take you into the mysterious legends and rumors of the ancient city.

Perfect for families, couples and children.

Itinerary
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Pass By: Museo Nazionale di Castel Sant’Angelo, Lungotevere Castello 50, 00193 Rome Italy

The Mausoleum of Hadrian is a towering cylindrical building in Parco Adriano, Rome. It was initially commissioned by the Roman Emperor Hadrian as a mausoleum for himself and his family. The building was later used by the popes as a fortress and castle, and is now a museum. The structure was once the tallest building in Rome.

Stop At: Via del governo Vecchio, Via Del Governo Vecchio, 00186 Rome Italy

One of the most enchanting old streets of the city, Via del Governo Vecchio will lead you to the next step of your itinerary.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Piazza Navona, 00186 Rome Italy

Piazza Navona is a public open space in Rome. It is built on the site of the Stadium of Domitian, built in the 1st century AD, and follows the form of the open space of the stadium. The ancient Romans went there to watch the agones (“games”), and hence it was known as “Circus Agonalis” (“competition arena”). It is believed that over time the name changed to in avone to navone and eventually to navona.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Pantheon, Piazza della Rotonda, 00186 Rome Italy

he Pantheon is a former Roman temple and since the year 609 a Catholic church (Basilica di Santa Maria ad Martyres or Basilica of St. Mary and the Martyrs), in Rome, Italy, on the site of an earlier temple commissioned by Marcus Agrippa during the reign of Augustus (27 BC – 14 AD).

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Piazza della Minerva, 00186 Rome Italy

At the centre of the piazza, backing onto the Inquisition convent, is the 1667 Elephant and Obelisk by Bernini. This obelisk was excavated in the cloister and came from the Iseum. The elephant was known as “il pulcin della Minerva”, or “porcino”, from the Roman people’s story that – uninspired by elephants – Bernini in fact sculpted a pig.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Largo di Torre Argentina, 00186 Rome Italy

Largo di Torre Argentina is a square in Rome, Italy, with four Roman Republican temples and the remains of Pompey’s Theatre. It is in the ancient Campus Martius.
The name of the square comes from the Torre Argentina, which takes its name from the city of Strasbourg whose Latin name was Argentoratum. In 1503, the Papal Master of Ceremonies Johannes Burckardt, who came from Strasbourg and was known as “Argentinus”, built in via del Sudario a palace (now at number 44), called Casa del Burcardo, to which the tower is annexed.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Piazza Mattei, Rome Italy

The tour will end where it started: in the wonderful Piazza Mattei!

Duration: 10 minutes



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