Christian Rome “The City of the Popes” Tour Guide, Chauffeur, Tickets included

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An exclusive Private & Customizable tour (we do not combine groups) with Licensed Tour Guide & Driver.  Your guide will hop-off the vehicle with you at each stop and walk you through the attractions to provide the most complete insights of every attraction.
All our guides are qualified and licensed to operate without limits all over Italy.
A guided tour through the historical and artistic heritage of Medieval and Renaissance Rome. The ancient basilicas with the mosaics of the 12th/14th centuries and the baroque Churches with the masterpieces of the great artists of the 17th century testify to the power of the Popes and their will to make Rome the most beautiful city in Europe.
Meet your guide at your hotel at 8AM. During the first five hours your guide will show you the best of Rome. The lunch break is from 1PM to 2PM. Your tour will continue until 5PM.
Choose from the various options we offer you for this tour.
You can write to our office and ask to customize your private tour.

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Duration: 8 hours
Starts: Rome, Italy
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours



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An exclusive Private & Customizable tour (we do not combine groups) with Licensed Tour Guide & Driver.  Your guide will hop-off the vehicle with you at each stop and walk you through the attractions to provide the most complete insights of every attraction.
All our guides are qualified and licensed to operate without limits all over Italy.
A guided tour through the historical and artistic heritage of Medieval and Renaissance Rome. The ancient basilicas with the mosaics of the 12th/14th centuries and the baroque Churches with the masterpieces of the great artists of the 17th century testify to the power of the Popes and their will to make Rome the most beautiful city in Europe.
Meet your guide at your hotel at 8AM. During the first five hours your guide will show you the best of Rome. The lunch break is from 1PM to 2PM. Your tour will continue until 5PM.
Choose from the various options we offer you for this tour.
You can write to our office and ask to customize your private tour.

Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product

Stop At: Limousine Service in Italy, Via Domenico Vietri 20, 00149 Rome Italy

We offer our customers only private tours. We do not combine groups
Tours always begin to your hotel or private apartment. You can request airports, ports or train station pick-up.
We pre-purchase skip-the-line tickets in advance, saving valuable tour time.
We provide luxury Mercedes vans for groups larger than three. It is more comfortable, the seating is higher and the windows are larger than a sedan.
Most of our tours are customizable. You can create your own itinerary with the help of your private guide, if you wish
We provide infant and child seats upon request.

Duration: 9 hours

Stop At: Vatican Museums, Viale Vaticano, 00120 Vatican City Italy

Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter’s Basilica. We will provide the skip the line tickets (Eur 27,00 per person). Tickets will be paid in cash at the end of the tour directly to the tour guide.

Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Sistine Chapel, Viale Vaticano, 00165 Vatican City Italy

Built by Sixtus IV, from which it takes its name (Sistine Chapel) at the end of the fifteenth century, it is the pictorial representation of the old and new testament performed by the most important painters such as Perugino, Girlandaio, Botticelli to finish with Michelangelo’s masterpiece. Inside the “Cappella Magna” so called to stigmatize the religious and political importance of the place, it is not possible to speak, take photos or videos. Your private guide will give you the time necessary to appreciate the quality of the rich decoration. You will after enter through the door that will take you inside St. Peter’s Basilica.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: St. Peter’s Basilica, Piazza San Pietro, 00120 Vatican City Italy

The largest Christian Basilica in the world whose decoration with colored marbles and stuccos is completed by a rich series of precious mosaics. In addition to the imposing dome, the basilica built from the beginning of the sixteenth century offers the visitor unique pieces. Michelangelo’s Pietà, Bernini’s Baldachin as well as the Tombs of Pope Alexander VII. A magical place built on top of the tomb of the apostle Peter, who died in Rome, predecessor of the Popes who over the centuries have contributed to increase its decoration. Generally if the visit is made in the afternoon the tour is about to end. Upon exiting the Basilica you will find yourself in St. Peter’s Square to take some pictures before meeting the driver and returning to the hotel.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: St. Peter’s Square, Piazza San Pietro, 00120 Vatican City Italy

The most famous baroque square in the world where during the conclave the crowd waits impatiently to see for the first time the face of the new Pope. Bernini’s colonnade represents the ideal embrace of Peter towards the faithful who have come for centuries to pray on his tomb. In the center one of the most ancient Egyptian obelisks which in ancient Rome was located in the center of the circus of Emperor Nero.
Your private tour comes to an end hoping that you enjoyed our tour and to see you again soon in Italy.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Chiesa di Sant’Ignazio di Loyola, Piazza Sant’Ignazio, 00186 Rome Italy

Baroque style Basilica built between 1626 and 1650, inspired by the Jesuit mother church, the Church of the Gesù. 1. Sculptural group depicting Magnificence and Religion (Alessandro Algardi) 2. Nave ceiling: Saint Ignatius and the Society of Jesus in the world presenting the saint welcomed into paradise by Christ and the Virgin Mary (Andrea Pozzo)

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Piazza di San Pietro in Vincoli 4/a, 00184 Rome Italy

1. Funeral monument for Pope Julius II with the Michelangelo’s Moses

Duration: 20 minutes

Pass By: Rome, Rome, Lazio

Customizable tour. You can ask your tour guide and your driver to change the itinerary as you prefer.

Stop At: Catacombs of Saint Callixtus, Via Appia Antica 110, 00179 Rome Italy

The Catacombs of Rome on the Appian Way containing the Crypt of the Popes from the 2nd to 4th century.

Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: Santa Maria Sopra Minerva, Piazza della Minerva, 00186 Rome Italy

The Dominican Order’s headquarters. What’s inside: 1. Christ the Redeemer or Christ Carrying the Cross (Michelangelo’s) 2. The Carafa Chapel, with late 15th-century frescoes (1488–1493) (Filippino Lippi) 3. The Aldobrandini chapel was designed by Giacomo della Porta. 4. The tombs of the Popes Leo X and Clement VII by Baccio Bandinelli 5. Tomb of Fra Angelico, by Isaia da Pisa (1455)

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Basilica of San Clemente, Via Labicana 95, 00184 Rome Italy

“Underground tour”. The present basilica was built during the height of the Middle Ages (1100). Beneath the present basilica is a 4th-century church that had been converted out of the home of a Roman nobleman, part of which had in the 1st century briefly served as an early church, and the basement of which had in the 2nd century briefly served as a mithraeum

Duration: 45 minutes



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