Vatican City Trip Overview
Get the perfect introduction to the wealth of sights of the Eternal City during this 7-hour Rome tour. Whether you’re only visiting Rome for a short time or looking to get a better sense of it, this tour is a great option. Explore Rome at your own pace and customize your trip to the attractions that you would like to visit. Your driver will be along with you to provide expert insight and narration throughout the tour, though he will guide only from the vehicle.
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Duration: 7 hours
Starts: Vatican City, Italy
Trip Category: Private & Custom Tours >> Private Sightseeing Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Vatican City, Lazio, Italy
Get the perfect introduction to the wealth of sights of the Eternal City during this 7-hour Rome tour. Whether you’re only visiting Rome for a short time or looking to get a better sense of it, this tour is a great option. Explore Rome at your own pace and customize your trip to the attractions that you would like to visit. Your driver will be along with you to provide expert insight and narration throughout the tour, though he will guide only from the vehicle.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Piazza Navona, 00186 Rome Italy
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 later was transformed into a highly significant example of Baroque Roman architecture.It features important sculptural and creations: in the center stands the famous Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi or Fountain of the Four Rivers.
Duration: 25 minutes
Stop At: Trevi Fountain, Piazza di Trevi, 00187 Rome Italy
It is the largest Baroque fountain in the city and one of the most famous fountains in the world. The fountain has appeared in several notable films, including Federico Fellini’s La Dolce Vita, the eponymous Three Coins in the Fountain, The Lizzie McGuire Movie, Sabrina Goes to Rome and Roman Holiday.
Duration: 20 minutes
Pass By: Monumento a Vittorio Emanuele II, Piazza Venezia, 00186 Rome Italy
It is a monument built in honor of Victor Emmanuel II, the first king of a unified Italy, located in Rome, Italy.It occupies a site between the Piazza Venezia and the Capitoline Hill.
Stop At: Circus Maximus, Via del Circo Massimo, 00186 Rome Italy
It is an ancient Roman chariot-racing stadium and mass entertainment venue located in Rome, Italy. Situated in the valley between the Aventine and Palatine Hills, it was the first and largest stadium in ancient Rome and its later Empire.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Palatine Hill, Piazza Santa Maria Nova, 53, 00186 Rome Italy
The House of Augustus, or the Domus Augusti, is the first major site upon entering the Palatine Hill in Rome, Italy. Historically, this house has been identified as the primary place of residence for the emperor Augustus.The Domus Augusti is located near the so-called Hut of Romulus other sites that have connections to the foundation of Rome. This residence contained a complex of structures.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Colosseum, Piazza del Colosseo, 00184 Rome Italy
Stop at the most fascinating monument in Rome, a place where 50.000 people could assist to cruel battles between gladiators and wild beasts: the Colosseum.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Pantheon, Piazza della Rotonda, 00186 Rome Italy
Former Roman temple, now a church, in Rome, Italy, on the site of an earlier temple commissioned by Marcus Agrippa during the reign of Augustus (27 BC – 14 AD). It was completed by the emperor Hadrian and probably dedicated about 126 AD. Its date of construction is uncertain, because Hadrian chose not to inscribe the new temple but rather to retain the inscription of Agrippa’s older temple, which had burned down.
Duration: 20 minutes
Pass By: Teatro di Marcello, Via Del Teatro De Marcello, Rome Italy
It is an ancient open-air theatre in Rome, Italy, built in the closing years of the Roman Republic. At the theatre, locals and visitors alike were able to watch performances of drama and song.
Stop At: St. Peter’s Basilica, Piazza San Pietro, 00120 Vatican City Italy
Enter the vast expanse of St. Peter’s Square through Bernini’s colonnades into Christendom’s largest church resting on 800 pillars and housing 44 altars. See the gilded Papal Canopy suspended over the altar where the Pope celebrates mass, the splendid gilt-bronze throne in the apse and one of the best known pieces of sculpture in the world – the Pieta, Michelangelo’s masterpiece in marble.
Duration: 1 hour
