Via Veneto and Piazza Barberini (drive), Quirinale Palace (drive), Trevi Fountain (visit), Via del Corso (drive), Piazza Venezia (stop), Capitol Hill (stop), Roman Forum, Colosseum (visit), Circus Maximus (stop), St. Peter’s Basilica (visit), Spanish Steps (stop)

More sites and curiosities, less known than the places listed above, will be brought to your attention while driving. Remember: you'll always see more than you'll be expecting to see!

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St. Peter’s in Vatican. Largest Catholic Church in the world, but also casket for numberless art treasures. The legend says that the first Christian emperor, Constantine, initiated the construction of the original basilica carrying personally twelve  chests full of stones, one for each Apostle. The church was entirely rebuilt between the 15^th the 16^th Century under the supervision of Michelangelo. Inaugurated in 1624, it is the celebration of the Baroque Style, housing some of the most beautiful masterpieces by Bernini, the second greatest architect and sculptor that ever worked in Rome, second only to Michelangelo.

The Colosseum parallels in fame St. Peter’s Basilica and the Fountain of Trevi, but while St. Peter’s represents Christian Rome and the Trevi Fountain represents the most frivolous and carefree aspect of the city, the Colosseum witnesses the grandeur of the Roman Empire, standing there sturdy and austere, receiving the multitudes that go pay their respect to it daily. Built nearly two thousand years ago stills stands there in spite of the fact that for hundreds of years the nobles have been subtracting marble from it to build their churches and their palaces and the people have been stealing the metal that was keeping the blocks of marble linked together, making us think that sometimes men create things that last longer and leave a bigger mark in history than they would have ever thought.

"As long as the Colosseum will stand, Rome shall stand. But when the Colosseum will fall, Rome shall fall and with it shall fall the world " Byron

The Fountain of Trevi, we'll get there before of after a stop in Piazza Venezia to take a picture at the Monument to the first King of Italy, Victor Emmanuel II, and the balcony from which Mussolini used to harangue the crowds. Yes, the world known Trevi Fountain, Nicola Salvi, one of Bernini's disciples, designed it, but everybody goes there for the legend that says that if one throws a coin in it, he will surely return to Rome! By the way, should you be short of coins, it’ll be my pleasure to provide them… it’s my best investment!

But this is not all you'll see! Going from St. Peter’s to the Colosseum for example you drive though half of Rome and you sure see a lot of things! I can’t really promise it, because you may not be so lucky and take this tour in a day with a lot of traffic and/or with long waits to get into St. Peter’s Basilica, but normally in four hours you fit in some more places like  the Capitol Hill or Michelangelo’s Moses.

You are always free to modify the itinerary as you please.

This and all the other tours I'm listing in this website can be done in many ways: if you know where to go and you want to save some money, you can hire a car with chauffeur; if you want some narration, but not a whole lot, you can hire an English speaking driver, if you want more details and better English spoken, you hire a driving guide; if you want to really visit a place thoroughly, or if you are with a large group, you may want to hire an official guide. The best solutions will be suggested for each tour.

If you only have one day to see Rome, this is your tour! In addition to the must-see highlights, St. Peter's, the Trevi Fountain and the Colosseum, we will be able to include in the full-day tour also the Forum, the Pantheon, Piazza Navona and even stop for an authentic Italian lunch.

Time permitting, the Catacombs and/or Michelangelo's Moses could be included also

Via Veneto and Piazza Barberini (drive), Spanish Steps (stop), Pincio Terrace (stop), Piazza del Popolo (stop), Tomb of Augustus (drive), Piazza Navona (stop), Pantheon (visit),  Via del Corso (drive), Trevi Fountain (stop), Four fountains crossing (drive), Quirinale Palace (drive), Piazza Venezia (stop), Capitol Hill and Roman Forum, (stop), Colosseum (visit), Circus Maximus (stop), St. Peter’s Basilica (visit),

More sites and curiosities, less known than the places listed above, will be brought to your attention while driving. Remember: you'll always see more than you'll be expecting to see!

You are always free to modify the itinerary as you please.

This and all the other tours I'm listing in this website can be done in many ways: if you know where to go and you want to save some money, you can hire a car with chauffeur; if you want some narration, but not a whole lot, you can hire an English speaking driver, if you want more details and better English spoken, you hire a driving guide; if you want to really visit a place thoroughly, or if you are with a large group, you may want to hire an official guide. The best solutions will be suggested for each tour.

Via Veneto and Piazza Barberini (drive),  Via del Corso (drive), Trevi Fountain (stop), Four fountains crossing (drive), Quirinale Palace (drive), Piazza Venezia (stop), Colosseum (visit), Key Hole (curiosity), Aventine Hill and Circus Maximus (stop), Vatican (visit).

Possible inclusions: Spanish Steps (stop),  Piazza Navona (stop), Pantheon and St. Mary' above Minerva (visit),

More sites and curiosities, less known than the places listed above, will be brought to your attention while driving. Remember: you'll always see more than you'll be expecting to see!

This tour is obviously centered on the Vatican and, be prepared, it's a tough one. The tour of the Vatican, which includes obviously St. Peter's Basilica, takes about three hours. During this time you'll not have the chance to take a brake and sit down. There's no air-conditioning, except when you're in the Sistine and in the Gallery of Tapestries, and so it's hot. And it's crowded, which makes it even more hot. Do I sound like I don't want to take you there? Wrong! I do, but I would love you not to go it within a tour of Rome. I'm used to all this, but I know you'll be exhausted. Anyway, if you decide to pay the 30 Euros to book your entrance, we can go first thing in the morning and that's a little better. It's better because it's cooler, but also because at the end we can go and sit down and have some lunch, so you rest before you start touring again. I said the tour of the Vatican takes about three hours, but between getting there, getting in and getting out, almost four hours easily pass. Then you go for lunch which takes at least another hour. At this point there will not be much time left to see other sites. I said from the beginning that including the Vatican in a full day tour of Rome forces you to leave out of the tour other sites, but I can guarantee we can include at least the Colosseum and the Trevi Fountain. For the rest, it depends mostly on how you move around and how traffic moves around the day we'll do this tour.

Please remember that basically you hire a driver/guide for 4 or 8 hours and you're free to change anything,

This and all the other tours I'm listing in this website can be done in many ways: if you know where to go and you want to save some money, you can hire a car with chauffeur; if you want some narration, but not a whole lot, you can hire an English speaking driver, if you want more details and better English spoken, you hire a driving guide; if you want to really visit a place thoroughly, or if you are with a large group, you may want to hire an official guide. The best solutions will be suggested for each tour.

This is how it works with the Vatican reservations:

To skip the line at the Vatican, make your own reservation with the Vatican directly!

Your guide can't make you skip the line, you can do it for yourself, just go on line and paste this into your browser: http://biglietteriamusei.vatican.va/musei/tickets/index.html

Those guides and travel agents who say that if you book with them you'll skip the line will do it the same thing who can do by yourself in 2 minutes without being charged extra money!

Make your reservation and then pick your guide!