Rome Trip Overview
Best of Rome | Enjoy a special half-day Sightseeing Tour of Rome’s historical centre chauffeured by your personal Driver. Admire the main sites in the city like the Circus Maximus, Piazza Venezia, Trevi Fountain, Spanish Steps, Piazza Navona, Castel Sant’Angelo, Saint Peter’s Square and many other special Eternal City treasures.
End your experience with the most breathtaking view of Rome, from the terrace of Janiculum Hill where you will enjoy a special toast with a glass of sparkling “Prosecco”, before being chauffeured back to your accommodation or another agreed spot in the city centre.
Meet & Greet your driver at your hotel/accommodation or another agreed spot in Rome city centre (within Aurelian Walls) • Private driving Tour in Rome with Private English Speaking Driver. Hotel pick-up, drop-off and transportation between sites with Sanitized Vehicle included.
The itinerary of this tour can be modified according to customer needs and in agreement with the travel agency.
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Duration: 3 hours
Starts: Rome, Italy
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Rome, Lazio, Italy
Best of Rome | Enjoy a special half-day Sightseeing Tour of Rome’s historical centre chauffeured by your personal Driver. Admire the main sites in the city like the Circus Maximus, Piazza Venezia, Trevi Fountain, Spanish Steps, Piazza Navona, Castel Sant’Angelo, Saint Peter’s Square and many other special Eternal City treasures.
End your experience with the most breathtaking view of Rome, from the terrace of Janiculum Hill where you will enjoy a special toast with a glass of sparkling “Prosecco”, before being chauffeured back to your accommodation or another agreed spot in the city centre.
Meet & Greet your driver at your hotel/accommodation or another agreed spot in Rome city centre (within Aurelian Walls) • Private driving Tour in Rome with Private English Speaking Driver. Hotel pick-up, drop-off and transportation between sites with Sanitized Vehicle included.
The itinerary of this tour can be modified according to customer needs and in agreement with the travel agency.
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Colosseum, Piazza del Colosseo, 00184 Rome Italy
Prepare to be overwhelmed by the magical atmosphere of Rome after your driver picks you up from your central accommodations. Along the way around the City, you may have some short stops in order to take some photos.
Get closer to the main places and monuments in Rome, enjoying the fascinating and magical atmosphere created by the night-time lighting.
Admire the enlightened Colosseum. Although partially ruined because of damage caused by earthquakes and stone-robbers, the Colosseum is still an iconic symbol of Imperial Rome and is listed as one of the most important archaeological areas worldwide and one of Rome’s most popular tourist attractions.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Spanish Steps, Piazza di Spagna, 00187 Rome Italy
Admire the beauty of the Spanish Square, one of the most famous squares in Rome. Located in the heart of the roman’s historic City center, the square hosts fascinating and incredible masterpieces.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Trevi Fountain, Piazza di Trevi, 00187 Rome Italy
Take a stop to admire the Trevi Fountain, that is the largest Baroque fountain in the city and one of the most famous fountains in the world, even appeared in several iconic movies like “La Dolce Vita” and “Roman Holiday”,the great decorating sculptures of this baroque masterpiece, creating a magical and romantic atmosphere.
Belonging to the fountain is the legend whereby throwing a coin in the fountain you will ensure your return in Rome.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: St. Peter’s Square, Piazza San Pietro, 00120 Vatican City Italy
Take a look at one of the most important squares in Rome admiring form the external side the greatness of the Vatican. In the middle of the square rises an elegant ancient Egyptian obelisk flanked by two granite fountains, Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Carlo Maderno designed, all surrounded by a massive Doric colonnades.
Located directly in front of St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican City, is enriched by an ancient Egyptian obelisk, erected at the current site in 1586. Gian Lorenzo Bernini designed the square almost 100 years later, including the massive Doric colonnades,[1][2] four columns deep, which embrace visitors in “the maternal arms of Mother Church”. A granite fountain constructed by Bernini in 1675 matches another fountain designed by Carlo Maderno in 1613.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: St. Peter’s Basilica, Piazza San Pietro, 00120 Vatican City Italy
Designed principally by Donato Bramante, Michelangelo, Carlo Maderno, and Gian Lorenzo Bernini, St. Peter’s Basilica is the most renowned work of Renaissance architecture. Its dome, also known in Italian as Cupolone is quite iconic of the Eternal City and dominates the roman’s skyline.
Duration: 10 minutes
Pass By: Via Veneto, Rome Italy
Be amazed by the lights of the multiple bridges on the River Tiber and travel down the elegant Via Veneto of “La Dolce Vita” fame and its paparazzi memories.
Stop At: Terrazza del Gianicolo, Piazzale Giuseppe Garibaldi, 00165 Rome Italy
The tour will end with the breathtaking views of Rome from the terrace of Gianicolo, one of the best locations in the town for a scenic view of central Rome with its domes and bell towers. While enjoying one of the most incredible and breathtaking panoramic views of the sparkling Eternal City raise a toast to celebrate this magical moment before being taken back to your accommodations.
Duration: 20 minutes
Pass By: Circus Maximus, Via del Circo Massimo, 00186 Rome Italy
The Circus Maximus (Latin for “largest circus”; Italian: Circo Massimo) is an ancient Roman chariot-racing stadium and mass entertainment venue in Rome, Italy. In the valley between the Aventine and Palatine hills, it was the first and largest stadium in ancient Rome and its later Empire. It measured 621 m (2,037 ft) in length and 118 m (387 ft) in width and could accommodate over 150,000 spectators. In its fully developed form, it became the model for circuses throughout the Roman Empire. The site is now a public park.
Pass By: Piazza Venezia, 00187 Rome Italy
Piazza Venezia is the central hub of Rome, Italy, in which several thoroughfares intersect, including the Via Dei Fori Imperiali and the Via del Corso. It takes its name from the Palazzo Venezia, built by the Venetian Cardinal, Pietro Barbo (later Pope Paul II) alongside the church of Saint Mark, the patron saint of Venice. The Palazzo Venezia served as the embassy of the Republic of Venice in Rome.
One side of the Piazza is the site of Italy’s Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the Altare Della Patria, part of the Monument to Vittorio Emanuele II, the first king of Italy.
The piazza or square is at the foot of Capitoline Hill and next to Trajan’s Forum. The main artery, the Via di Fori Imperiali begins there and leads past the Roman Forum to the Colosseum.
Capitalizing on this modern and ancient symbolism–and the useful open space–Piazza Venezia was the location of public speeches given by the Italian dictator Mussolini to crowds of his supporters in the 1920s-1940s.
Pass By: Teatro di Marcello, Via Del Teatro De Marcello, Rome Italy
The building was erected in Campo Marzio, in the place that tradition had consecrated to the scenic performances, connected with the temple of Apollo.
The project was started by Julius Caesar and taken over by Augustus. Probably completed in 17 BC, Teatro di Marcello was dedicated in 13 or 11 BC to the memory of Marcello, nephew and successor of the emperor, who died in Baia in 27 BC.
Teatro di Marcello was still in operation in the 4th century; later it was transformed into a fortress, owned by the Pierleoni and Fabi families.
In the 16th century, Baldassarre Peruzzi erected the still existing building, on behalf of the Savelli family and was purchased two centuries later by the Orsini family.
It was an impressive theatre with a diameter of 130 metres.
36 bronze vases facilitated the acoustics. The theatre was covered by a “Velario” and had a capacity of 15,000 seats, 20,000 in case of need.
Pass By: Isola Tiberina, Rome Italy
The Tiber Island (Italian: Isola Tiberina, Latin: Insula Tiberina) is the only island in the part of the Tiber which runs through Rome. Tiber Island is located in the southern bend of the Tiber.
The island is boat-shaped, approximately 270 metres (890 feet) long and 67 metres (220 feet) wide, and has been connected with bridges to both sides of the river since antiquity. Being a seat of the ancient temple of Asclepius and later a hospital, the island is associated with medicine and healing. The Fatebenefratelli Hospital founded in the 16th century, and the San Bartolomeo all’Isola dating from the 10th century are located on the island.
