Rome Trip Overview
Enjoy a tour of Rome’s most famous sites and the Vatican Museums with pick-up at your hotel, a luxury car/minivan at your disposal for the day, and Vatican Museums skip-the-line Tickets to maximize your limited time in the Eternal City.
Upgrade your tour to include a private, officially licensed guide to join you in the Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter’s Basilica (HIGHLY RECOMMENDED).
Discover the most fascinating sites in Rome and the Vatican on this private 8-hour sightseeing tour. Your personal driver will take you around the most historic and popular areas of the city, including St. Peter’s Square & Basilica, the Vatican Museums (including the Sistine Chapel), the Colosseum, Roman Forum, the Pantheon, and much more- on this private tour you decide exactly where you’d like to go!
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Duration: 8 hours
Starts: Rome, Italy
Trip Category: Private & Custom Tours >> Private Sightseeing Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Rome, Lazio, Italy
Enjoy a tour of Rome’s most famous sites and the Vatican Museums with pick-up at your hotel, a luxury car/minivan at your disposal for the day, and Vatican Museums skip-the-line Tickets to maximize your limited time in the Eternal City.
Upgrade your tour to include a private, officially licensed guide to join you in the Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter’s Basilica (HIGHLY RECOMMENDED).
Discover the most fascinating sites in Rome and the Vatican on this private 8-hour sightseeing tour. Your personal driver will take you around the most historic and popular areas of the city, including St. Peter’s Square & Basilica, the Vatican Museums (including the Sistine Chapel), the Colosseum, Roman Forum, the Pantheon, and much more- on this private tour you decide exactly where you’d like to go!
Pass By: Piazza Venezia, 00187 Rome Italy
This square is located in the heart of Rome, at the end of the Via del Corso. From here it’s only a short walk to some of Rome’s most famous sights like the Capitoline Hill, the Roman Forum and the Pantheon. And most of all, you can admire the impressive Monument dedicated to the king Victor Emmanuel
Pass By: Circus Maximus, Via del Circo Massimo, 00186 Rome Italy
Located between the Aventino and Palatine Hill, the Circus Maximus was the largest stadium in ancient Rome built for chariot races.
Roman circuses were the most important centres of entertainment in the Roman cities, apart from the theatres and amphitheatres. They were extended precincts in which the public games were held, consisting of chariot races and different spectacles.
The Circus Maximus in Rome (Circo Massimo), located between the Aventino and Palatine Hills, was an extended precinct with space for 300,000 spectators. The arena, which measured 600 meters in length and 225 meters in width, made the Circus Maximus the largest in Rome, ahead of the Circus of Flaminius and the Circus of Maxentius.
Stop At: Monumento a Vittorio Emanuele II, Piazza Venezia, 00186 Rome Italy
Inaugurated in 1911 to pay respect to Victor Emmanuel II, the Monumento Nazionale a Vittorio Emanuele II (Altare della Patria) is an imposing building located in Piazza Venezia. It provides some breath-taking views of Rome.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Pantheon, Piazza della Rotonda, 00186 Rome Italy
The Roman Pantheon is the monument with the greatest number of records: the best preserved, with the biggest brick dome in the history of architecture and is considered the forerunner of all modern places of worship. It is the most copied and imitated of all ancient works.
Duration: 15 minutes
Pass By: Colosseum, Piazza del Colosseo, 00184 Rome Italy
The Colosseum or Coliseum, also known as the Flavian Amphitheatre (Latin: Amphitheatrum Flavium; Italian: Anfiteatro Flavio or Colosseo, is an oval amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy. Built of travertine limestone, tuff (volcanic rock), and brick-faced concrete, it was the largest amphitheatre ever built at the time and held 50,000 spectators. The Colosseum is situated just east of the Roman Forum. Construction began under the emperor Vespasian in AD 72 and was completed in AD 80 under his successor and heir, Titus. Further modifications were made during the reign of Domitian (81–96). These three emperors are known as the Flavian dynasty, and the amphitheatre was named in Latin for its association with their family name (Flavius).
Pass By: Palatine Hill, Piazza Santa Maria Nova, 53, 00186 Rome Italy
Located 40 meters above the Roman Forum, the Palatine Hill is the most central of the seven hills of Rome and forms one of the oldest parts of the city.
The Palatine Hill is considered to be the birthplace of the Italian capital and is believed to have been inhabited since the year 1000 B.C.
During the Republican Period Roman citizens belonging to the upper class settled in the Palatine Hill and built sumptuous palaces, of which important traces are still preserved.
Stop At: Spanish Steps, Piazza di Spagna, 00187 Rome Italy
Even among Rome’s fabulous and fetching collection of sights, one particularly photogenic landmark seems to attract most adoration from snap-happy travelers: the Spanish Steps.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Trevi Fountain, Piazza di Trevi, 00187 Rome Italy
Trevi Fountain is the most beautiful fountain in Rome. Measuring some 20 meters in width by 26 meters in height, Trevi Fountain is also the largest fountain in the city.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Vatican Museums, Viale Vaticano, 00120 Vatican City Italy
With over 6 million annual visitors, the Vatican Museums are one of the most-popular attractions in Rome. Established by Pope Julius II during the sixteenth century, it houses thousands of works of art.
The origins of these museums go back to 1503, the year in which the recently named Pope Julius II donated his private collection. Since that moment private families and other popes have enlarged the collection of the museums to the point where it has become one of the largest in the world.
At present, the Vatican Museums receive more than 6 million visitors annually, although without doubt, one of the reasons for this is that they form the entrance to the Sistine Chapel.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Sistine Chapel, Viale Vaticano, 00165 Vatican City Italy
The Sistine Chapel is one of the greatest treasures of the Vatican City, of Rome and of the world in general. It is known as much for its decoration, as for being the temple in which popes are chosen and crowned.
The construction of the building was carried out between 1473 and 1481 during the mandate of Pope Sixtus IV, to whom it owes its current name. The architect responsible for the construction was Giovanni of Dolci and it is the only work that he is remembered for.
What grabs the attention in the Sistine Chapel is not its architecture, but the frescoes that completely cover the walls and the ceiling. Some of the most important artists who worked in the chapel are Botticelli, Perugino, Luca and Michelangelo.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: St. Peter’s Basilica, Piazza San Pietro, 00120 Vatican City Italy
The Papal Basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican (Italian: Basilica Papale di San Pietro in Vaticano), or simply St. Peter’s Basilica (Latin: Basilica Sancti Petri), is a church built in the Renaissance style located in Vatican City, the papal enclave which is within the city of Rome.
Duration: 15 minutes
