PRIVATE DAY TOUR OF ROME FEATURING THE VATICAN & ANCIENT ROME ESSENTIAL TO BOOK IN ADVANCE TO GUARANTEE RESERVATIONS TO ENTER THE VATICAN & COLOSSEUM WITHOUT HAVING TO STAND-IN-LINE!!! Tour Features: Local Expert Guide, an air-conditioned vehicle with an English speaking driver who all will be at your disposal for a total of six-hours,. Includes Hotel Pick up / Drop-off. Driving straight to the centre of Rome you'll meet one of our expert local guides at the Vatican museum . A guided tour of one of the largest art collections in the world, spanning from Roman, Etruscan and Egyptian antiquities to contemporary art. Learn about the famous Popes of Rome, their love for art, their glamorous lives in the Renaissance period. 
You'll hear the story of the life of Saint Peter. How this simple fisherman became Jesus' apostle and first Pope of the Christianity, who was martyred and buried on the site of St. Peters church. Hiis tomb is the focal point of the basilica. The tour will finish in St. Peter's Square where some of the most important papal ceremonies take place. Following the walking tour of the Vatican, you will be driven across the city centre of Rome where you'll enjoy a fascinating stroll through the Ancient Forum, Colosseum and Constantine 's Arch, and optional walk up to Palatine Hill to admire other important Roman monuments that are scattered around the landscape of modern-day Rome. First, enter the evocative ruins of the Roman Forum on our Ancient Rome walking tour. As you discover the remains of these imposing ancient buildings that make up the Ancient Roman Forum 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. Then, avoiding the lines to get in to the Colosseum, you'll visit the imposing arena 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 all the different kind of games held in the amphitheatre. At the end of this fascinating tour, your English-speaking driver can take you up to one of the famous seven hills of Rome with wonderful views of the city before returning to your hotel. ESSENTIAL TO BOOK IN ADVANCE TO GUARANTEE RESERVATIONS TO ENTER THE VATICAN WITHOUT HAVING TO STAND-IN-LINE!!! IMPORTANT INFORMATION : On Wednesdays the Basilica of Saint Peter is closed in the morning for Papal Audience . Instead, on wednesdays the tour will feature more of the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel. | 
After focusing on the highlights of the Vatican Museums, we emerge in the vast openness of St. Peter's Basilica and Square: an immense area that houses many other precious works including the breathtaking Pieta' by Michelangelo, and Bernini's papal canopy. 
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION VATICAN RULES : THE VATICAN ALLOWS AGENCIES TO MAKE RESERVATIONS BETWEEN 8AM AND 2.30PM . WE CAN GUARANTEE RESERVATIONS FOR BOOKINGS MADE OVER A MONTH PRIOR TO YOUR VISIT, FOR BOOKINGS MADE WITHIN A MONTH OF YOUR VISIT, WE SUGGEST YOU TO ADD IN THE NOTE SECTION WHEN MAKING THE BOOKING, OPTIONAL DAYS IN WHICH YOU CAN TAKE THE TOUR IN CASE THE VATICAN IS FULL ON THE DAY OF YOUR SELECTION. SAINT PETER'S BASILICA MIGHT BE SUBJECT TO EXCEPTIONAL AND UNFORESEEN CLOSING , AVVENTURE BELLISSIME IS NOT RESPONSIBLE . Travel warning! Anyone can be a tour guide at the Vatican, and so there are many "pseudo guides" who advertise tours of the Vatican, but lack the knowledge and information of a fully-licensed guide. They also don't inform their clients that they will have to stand-in-line to get into the museum. |
