ANCIENT ROME WALKING TOUR - 3 HOURS

GUARANTEED NO QUEUES TO ENTER THE COLOSSEUM

Tour Features: Roman Forum, Constantine Arch & the Colosseum You will enter the evocative ruins of the Roman Forum and while walking around the remains of the imposing ancient buildings you will listen to its history peppered with anecdotes about the structure of Roman society, their beliefs, their social and political life. Learn how the Romans managed to create and control such a vast territory and how that empire declined.   During this tour you'll also spend time on the Palantine Hill from where you'll enjoy an incredible view of Ancient Rome. From this advantage point your guide will discuss other important Ancient Roman sites like the Imperial Palace, Circus Maximus, and as you look down on the Ancient Forum you'll have a complete idea of its original form.

Visit the imposing Colosseum and relive the days of Ancient Rome! Enjoy a thorough tour of the building through which you'll learn about the inner workings of the Colosseum and the special effects and showmanship of the ferocious games played there, the role the Colosseum had in Roman society and what it meant to a Roman to attend these games. We'll discuss about all the different kind of games held in the amphitheater.

 

TOUR OF MONUMENTAL ROME - 2-HOURS

After completing the visit of Ancient Rome , with an eight passenger vehicle and guide we'll start the 2 last hrs tour of the monumental Rome .

At the Bocca della Verita (the mouth of Truth), we'll pause for a photo-stop to view one of Rome's more enchanting monuments. An oval stone tablet with a carved face and open mouth in medieval times it was for a sort of trial by ordeal to see if people were telling the truth. Legend had it that anyone placing their right hand inside the mouth would have their fingers cut-off by the closing stone mouth if they were not telling the truth.

We'll then drive around the Circus Maximus where the famous chariot races, immortalized in the Epic "Ben Hur", took place .

From the Gianicolo , the city views are superb. Here we will make a photo stop to admire the view of the Eternal city from one of its famous hills .

We'll then continue our tour by visiting some of the "must see" sights of Rome , including the imposing Pantheon. One of Rome's most enduring monuments surviving intact from Roman times. The Pantheon can be seen as the embodiment of the highest form of Roman building technology and of its purest architectural taste .

At the Trevi Fountain ,the most famous fountain in the world,  we'll pause to admire this delightful baroque masterpiece. After listening to the history of this legendary fountain , we'll make our way to the Spanish steps .

The Spanish Steps, set at the boundary of the Baroque centre of Rome, was designed to function like a doorway between  the openess of the ever-expanding new city, and the "openess of the Ruins of its broken Past", from whose hidden treasuries inspired sensitive artists of Europe to develop their work.

Learn about the many artists that used to gather here , the likes of Keats , Wagner and Goethe and after leaving our guide and the rest of the group , pause at one of its cafes' and take in the beauty of the Eternal city at sunset  from the top of the Spanmish Steps.