Driver guide in Rome - Best
tour of Rome - Best tour of Rome for children - Best tour of Rome
for disabled persons - Best tour of Rome for seniors - Best and
most fun tour for everyone!
Basically, i drive you around and
show you interesting places in my country. While
driving, I point out things and explain what they are. I
stop at the places that require a visit, or just to let
you take a picture, and help you visit them. The fact
that I'm writing this text myself tells you that I have
a pretty good knowledge and command of the English
language. I don't speak English with a heavy Italian
accent, so no language barrier! Many clients who had
come to Italy before and have had other experiences with
local guides and driving guides, told me I was the best
guide they ever had. Very kind indeed!. I will not only
be pointing things out from inside the car. When
possible or necessary I will be walking with you inside
churches and museums, around gardens, squares,
excavation sites etc.,
Of course when I work I have to
deal with our chaotic traffic and sometimes you'll have
to be a little patient while I look for parking space...
At most places it will be alright to
leave the car just outside, even if double parked, for a
little while. But places that require a little longer
time to visit ( i.e. St. Peter's Basilica, the Vatican
Museums or Tivoli Gardens) we may have to drive around
the block once or twice before finding a parking space,
and it never takes a really long time to find one
anyway. Naturally, speaking English and driving aren't
enough for guiding people around; one has to know the
history of the places he takes you to!
Recently I found the best solution to
parking problems in Rome! I started to tour my tourists
around in an electric golf cart. Not only I can dump the
little thing almost anywhere and walk around with them,
but I can drive them around the streets of old Rome,
away from the other tourists and the traffic!.
This golf cart tour turned out to be
especially successful with seniors who can't walk far
and kids, they really enjoy the ride and don't whine!
But of course the golf cart tour is the best way to tour
Rome for disabled persons. It's really is a lot of fun
for everyone, me included! If you don't want to sightsee
in Rome by golf cart though, then we'll drive in my
Mercedes sedan or minivan, but it would be a pity, you'd
miss the chance to see outstanding places and have a
great ice cream!
I started learning about the
Romans and Art History from my dad when I was still a
kid and, like most kids, I wasn't all that interested
then! Plus, having a father and a teacher
concentrated in one person wasn't all that fun! It was
later, in my late twenties, that I became keen on Rome's
history and started going to lectures, university
classes and reading lots of books... and I still do! In
other words, I can maybe tell you about Rome more than
you want to hear, but not necessarily I will! Rome is
not my only playground though, I can take you to
Florence, Siena, the Tuscan countryside, Naples and its
surroundings or anywhere else you'd like to go. Some
people hire me to tour Italy's most attractive areas and
we tour for one or two weeks.
Showing
how the famous mosaics in St. Peter's
Basilica where made.
One of the recurrent phrases
I here as I'm touring with my friends (after a few days
together (they all become friends rather than clients)
is: " This is they way to tour!" What I really enjoy,
and my clients also enjoy, is doing the tours off the
beaten path. Most people stay for only 2 or maximum 3
days, including the day they arrive and the day they
leave. They end up having just one full day in Rome
which is barely long enough to see just the most famous
places, the ones everybody knows and talks about like
St. Peter's, the Colosseum and the Trevi Fountain. In
other words, I can maybe tell you about Rome more than
you want to hear, but not necessarily I will! Rome
is not my only playground though, I can take you to
Florence, Siena, the Tuscan countryside,
Naples and its surroundings or anywhere
else you'd like to go. Some people hire me to tour
Italy's most attractive areas and we tour for one or two
weeks. One of the recurrent phrases I here as I'm
touring with my friends (after a few days together (they
all become friends rather than clients) is: " This is
they way to tour!" What I really enjoy, and my clients
also enjoy, is doing the tours off the beaten path. Most
people stay for only 2 or maximum 3 days, including the
day they arrive and the day they leave. They end up
having just one full day in Rome which is barely long
enough to see just the most famous places, the ones
everybody knows and talks about like St. Peter's, the
Colosseum and the Trevi Fountain.
After touring people around Rome for 40 years by car or minivan, I
discovered a new way to tour and, believe me, it's the very best
way!!!
Especially for those who can't walk!
You get to know the city as if you walked it, but don't walk it!
You sit comfortably and you fully enjoy the city around you, driving
through the evocative streets of the old city, avoiding most of the
main streets crowded by all kinds of noisy and smelly vehicles.
Touring Rome by electric golf cart you drive to the main attractions
via the old and narrow streets, almost deserted by the average
tourist, and see the real Rome.
A memorable experience, a tour you’ll always
remember!
Get to know me better!
Would you like a sample of what I do when
I show you around? Watch this video!
I've been showing people
around my country for over 40 years, I still
enjoy doing it and I'm not tired of it yet! Rome
and the Vatican are obviously on top of the list
of the places I end up touring people to, but I
give my best when I’m given the time to show
people the real Italy, places that can’t be
found on guide books, off the beaten path in the
city and in the countryside.
Sometimes I have to
work hard to convince people to let me take them
on a private tour of the Catacombs, a walk in
the park with the ruins of the Roman aqueducts
or to discover how the Romans lived their daily
life strolling through the ruins of Ostia Antica, but then they always thank me for
talking them into it. These are some samples of
my special tours of Rome, but there’s a lot more
than just that and even during the regular full
day tour of Rome I manage to include some sites
off the beaten path like the places mentioned in
Dan Brown’s novel “Angels and Demons” for
example.
