A 4-hour car and walking tour through the main archaeological sites of the Eternal City rich of historical memories that have long been symbols of the glory and splendor of ancient Rome. This tour, which runs through many of the most famous monumental and archaeological areas of the city - and on earth – as the Palatine Hill, the Roman Forum, and the Colosseum, will allow you to imagine the grandeur and ancient splendor of the buildings of Rome and to form a clear idea of the daily life, religious beliefs and of the role of gladiatorial spectacles in ancient Rome.

The tour includes car pick up from the hotel, walking tour in the Palatine Hill, Roman Forum, and Colosseum, sightseeing on the way back to the hotel.

The tour is for individuals as well as for small groups; and it includes private guide, private car transfers and archaeological site tickets.

We suggest you to wear confortable clothes and shoes, and in the summer months to wear sunglasses and sunhats.

Medieval Rome
Discover an amazing array of early Christian monuments in Rome. Marvel at the gilded ceiling and glittering mosaics in the Basilica of St Maria Maggiore. Enjoy the peaceful cloisters of the Basilica of St John the Baptist, Rome's first Christian Basilica. Complete your tour with a visit to the network of galleries and tunnels that make up the catacombs – the last resting place for nine popes and almost half a million early Christians.

Rome, as capitol of the Christendom since the ancient times, has hundreds of religious buildings. With this itinerary you will be able to visit some of the most beautiful churches of the Eternal City, extremely worthy for both artistic and historical points of view. You will be lectured on the customs of the first Christian communities and on the role that the Christians had in the fall of the Roman Empire.

The tour includes car pick up from the hotel, transfers to the basilicas of St.Mary the Major, St. Prassede, St. Peter in Chains, St. Clement, St. John in Lateran, St.Cross in Jerusalem and St.Lawrence outside the wall; sightseeing on the way back to the hotel.

The tour is for individuals as well as for small groups; and it includes private guide, private car transfers and site tickets.

This tour is not available on Sunday mornings ( for the many Masses celebrated in the churches); entrance in to churches requires appropriate attire (no shorts, miniskirts or uncovered shoulders).

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