Off the Beaten Path Semi-Private Group Tour

Itinerary
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Stop At: Largo di Torre Argentina, 00186 Rome Italy

Learn about the following topics:
- Discovery of the ruins
- Significance of the temples
- The death of Julius Caesar
- The Cat Sanctuary

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Piazza di Campo de' Fiori, 00186 Rome Italy

Learn about the following topics:
- The history and current uses of the square.
- The life and death of Giordano Bruno


Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Piazza Farnese, 00186 Rome Italy

Learn about the following topics:
- The Farnese Family
- The largest single family palace in Rome and the toll its construction took.
- Antonio de Sangallo
- Michelangelo
- The Baths of Caracalla

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Via Giulia, Rome Italy

Learn about the following topics:
- Pope Julius II and the construction of the road.
- The Church of Santa Maria in Prayer & Death
- Michelangelo's Bridge
- Etc.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Palazzo Spada, Piazza Capo di Ferro 13, 00186 Rome Italy

You will learn about:
- The Spada Family and their amazing Palace.
- Borromini's Perspective Gallery

Please note, this tour enters only into the courtyard of the Palace and does not enter into palace's museum/gallery.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Chiesa della Santissima Trinita dei Pellegrini, Via dei Pettinari 36, 00153 Rome Italy

Learn about the Church of the Pilgrims.

Duration: 2 minutes

Stop At: Chiesa di San Paolo alla Regola, Piazza di San Paolo alla Regola, 40, Rome Italy

Learn about the Church of the House of St. Paul

Duration: 1 minute

Pass By: Ministry of Justice, Via Arenula, 70, 00186 Roma RM, Italy

While passing by this building, you will learn about the Ministry of Justice and the headquarters of the Peneteniary Police.

Stop At: Jewish Ghetto, Piazza Mattei, 5, 00186 Roma RM, Italy

We will spend some time walking through the Jewish Ghetto. While in this quarter, we will make a handful of stops in order to discuss the following sites/topics:
- The Cenci Family
- Monte de Cenci
- The formation, history, and desegregation of the Ghetto.
- St. Mary who Cried
- Conversion Churches
- October 16, 1943 and the deportation to the concentration camps.


Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Fontana delle Tartarughe, Piazza Mattei, Rome Italy

While in Piazza Mattei we will discuss the Turtle Fountain, Bernini, the Mattei Family, and the Mattei palaces.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Portico of Octavia, Via del Portico d'Ottavia, 29, 00186 Roma RM, Italy

We will discuss the Portico d'Ottavia, Theater of Marcellus, and the Emporer Augustus.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Tempio Maggiore di Roma, Lungotevere de Cenci, 00186 Rome Italy

We will discuss the main Synagogue of Rome.

Duration: 5 minutes

Pass By: Ponte Fabricio, Rome Italy

We will walk over the oldest, still-functioning, bridge in Rome.

Stop At: Isola Tiberina, Rome Italy

While on the Tiber Island, we will discuss:
- The history of the Island
- The Temple of Asclepius
- The oldest place of practicing medicine in the world
- The death of St. Sebastian

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Ponte Rotto, Lungotevere Pierleoni, 00186 Rome Italy

We will discuss the oldest bridge in Rome as well as the new bridge that replaced it - affectionately known as the English Bridge.

Duration: 3 minutes

Stop At: Trastevere, 00153 Rome Italy

We will make numerous stops throughout this bohemian quarter to discuss its history, architecture, and culture. In addition, you will see where Dante lived while he was in Rome and hear the salacious story of Raphel and his mistress.

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Piazza Santa Maria in Trastevere, 00153 Rome Italy

We will end in the heart of Trastevere, in front of the main basilica of this quarter.

Duration: 5 minutes