Rome in a day: Vatican, Colosseum, Fountains and Squares Private Tour with Lunch

Itinerary
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Stop At: Colosseum, Piazza del Colosseo, 00184 Rome Italy

The driver will pick you up at your hotel/apartments/B&B and bring you to the Colosseum, where you will meet your guide. After admiring the incredibly well preserved Arch of Constantine, you will enter the Coliseum, a huge and amazing feat of engineering, where 50.000 spectators could quickly find their seats, shaded by a huge awning. In this amphitheatre, cruel fights between gladiators and wild beasts took place.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Roman Forum, Piazza Santa Maria Nova, 53, 00186 Rome Italy

After the Colosseum, you will proceed into the archaeological site of the Roman Forum which represented the commercial, legal and administrative center of Ancient Rome. You will literally feel as if you were brought back in time during the Imperial age of Rome. All of this, while strolling past ancient ruins of temples and Roman mausoleums such as the Roman senate and the altar where Julius Caesar's body was cremated. Walking along the “Sacred Way” in the Roman Forum, your guide will show you where Julius Caesar inaugurated the Imperial Forums in 46 B.C., a focal point of ancient Rome and enriched by all Emperors with their own Temples and Houses until A.D. 608.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Palatine Hill, Piazza Santa Maria Nova, 53, 00186 Rome Italy

The impressive Basilica of Maxentius and the stately Arch of Titus will introduce the panoramic hill of the Palatine, where Emperors lived. Just the view of the Circus Maximum from the Palatine Hill is worth the tour.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Fontana della Barcaccia, Piazza di Spagna, Rome Italy

You will start a driven guided tour with proceeding to the Spanish Steps, one of the biggest tourist spots in the city. As you stand, you can admire the Church of Trinità dei Monti, which sits at the top of a famous stairwell with the Fontana Della Barcaccia at its foot.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Trevi Fountain, Piazza di Trevi, 00187 Rome Italy

Hidden in narrow back streets, you will reach the Trevi Fountain, the largest and most spectacular roman fountain, built at the end of one of the aqueducts that provided water during the Roman Empire.
Be certain to toss a coin over your left shoulder into its water, to ensure your return to Rome!

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Pantheon, Piazza della Rotonda, 00186 Rome Italy

Following our knowledgeable guide, you will admire another masterpiece, the Pantheon. Miraculously well preserved, it was completed in 128 A.D. by Hadrian and its diameter has never been equalled. The square is a gathering place and is decorated with a lovely 16th-century fountain, surmounted by an Egyptian obelisk.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Piazza Navona, 00186 Rome Italy

During this Rome in a Day Tour, one cannot miss the most popular and large square, Piazza Navona. The space is incredibly popular among tourists for one primary reason: Bernini’s “Fountain of the Four Rivers.” Built to represent the Nile, The Ganges, The Danube and Rio de la Plata, the structure now sits amidst the artists who arrive to peddle their wares on a daily basis,

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Vatican Museums, Viale Vaticano, 00120 Vatican City Italy

Your driver will take you to the Vatican Museums, where you can admire an infinite number of masterpieces by Bernini, Raphael, Michelangelo, Botticelli, Perugino, Pinturicchio and other treasures, all incredibly included in this unforgettable visit. The numerous Popes that lived here continuously enriched it, but the Sistine Chapel and its sublime “Last Judgment” by Michelangelo, are surely the attractions not to be missed. There is so much to discover taking part in this Visit Rome in one Day Tour! Among the galleries you will surely appreciate the collection of mosaics and ancient Greek and Roman sculptures, not to mention the magnificent Raphael Rooms, once the official residence of the Popes.

Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: St. Peter's Basilica, Piazza di San Pietro, 00120 Vatican City Italy

With our guide, you will go into the 16th century Saint Peter’s Basilica, through a special door. You will be welcomed by Michelangelo’s “Pietà”, but other highlights and the pure size of the Basilica, the largest in the world, will surely amaze you. We will then leave with the embrace of Bernini’s enormous curved colonnades forming the square, and with the view of the Pope’s Balcony.
NOTE: On Wednesday morning, due to the Papal audience, the Basilica might be closed. In this case, the explanation of it will be done from outside.

Duration: 30 minutes