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🏆 Colosseum Underground Tour with Arena, Palatine Hill & Roman Forum
🏆 Top Tiers Colosseum Tour
Borghese Gardens and Gallery
🏆 Vatican Museums, St. Peter's and Closseum
🏆 Vatican Museums by night
🏆 Vatican Museums and St. Peter's
🏆 The Glory of Ancient Rome and Colosseum
Private Tour Colosseum with Roman Forum and Palatine Hill
Private Tour Vatican Museums
Rome' s Basilicas and Secret Underground Catacombs
Combo Vatican + Colosseum
Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel Morning Tour
Colosseum, Roman Forum and Palatine Hill Guided Tour
Florence, Uffizi Guided Tour
Florence, Explore Palazzo Vecchio
🏆 Accademia and Uffizi
Duomo Cathedral Guided Tour
🏆 Accademia Gallery guided tour
La Scala Theatre and Museum
Royal Palace Private Tour
Museo Egizio Private Tour
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🏆 Colosseum Underground Tour with Arena, Palatine Hill & Roman Forum
Languages: 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 🇵🇹 🇧🇷 Duration: 1h30 - Small groups - Get VIP access to the Colosseum underground & arena floor. Enjoy a semi-private tour with no more than 6 people max. Climb the Palatine Hill and get a mix of history & spectacular views of Rome. Tour the renowned Roman Forum and learn about everyday Ancient Roman life. Get a complete overview of the most iconic site in Rome in just 3 hours (LI) -
🏆 Top Tiers Colosseum Tour
Languages: 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 🇵🇹 🇧🇷 Duration: 1h30 - Small groups - Get exclusive access to Colosseum restricted top levels, closed for 40 years! Enjoy stunning views of Rome from 15 stories high - from 3rd, 4th & 5th tiers. Enter the Colosseum with direct access, no long wait lines. Experience an express Colosseum tour with highlights at every floor. Learn of tales of gore and glory from over 2000 years ago. (LI) -
Borghese Gardens and Gallery
Languages: 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 Duration: 3 hours - Skip the Line entrance to the Borghese Gallery! Visit one of Rome’s most interesting and aristocratic villas! The Borghese Gallery houses a vast collection of sculptures and paintings made by the genius of masters such as Caravaggio, Bernini and Titian. After this amazing visit, you will be taken for an enchanting walk though the Borghese Gardens (Villa Borghese): this is one of the favourite parks for all Romans and it’s a real paradise in the heart of the Eternal City. The tour ends with a breathtaking view from atop the Pincio Terrace. (ACA) -
🏆 Vatican Museums, St. Peter's and Closseum
Languages: 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇪🇸 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 🇵🇹 🇧🇷 Small Group Tour - Duration 6 hours - Lunch included - The tour starts visiting the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel to admire Michelangelo’s famous masterpieces. You will learn about other Sistine Chapel painters, Perugino (master of Raphael), Botticelli, Rosselli and Ghirlandaio (master of Michelangelo) and others. Then the tour continues to St Peter’s Basilica to see its awe-inspiring architecture, its mosaics and Michelangelo’s masterpiece “La Pietà”. (If St. Peter’s Basilica is being used for a religious ceremony or function and entrance is prohibited, the tour will continue outside). Lunch in a typical Italian restaurant. Then continue with the visit of the famous Colosseum, whose correct name in reality is Flavian Amphitheater, due to the imperial family who built this oval shaped structure in only eight years, from 72 to 80 AD. This huge monument, whose nickname comes from Colossus, a 35 meters statue representing the emperor Nero, was able to seat up to 70,000 spectators. Close to the Colosseum, the Roman Forum, considered the real political – commercial – social –religious center of Rome at the time of the Monarchy and the Republican period. At the center of the Forum, even after 20 centuries, it is possible to walk on the same cobble-stones of the “Via Sacra” (Sacred Way) leading to the Capitol Hill and admiring the remaining of with its ancient basilicas, triumphal arches, honorary columns, ancient markets. Reaching Venice Square you will have the chance to admire the imposing monumental complex, inaugurated in 1911, dedicated to our first King of Italy, Victor Emmanuel II. (ACA) -
🏆 Vatican Museums by night
Languages: 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇪🇸 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 🇵🇹 🇧🇷 Small Group Tour - Duration 2h30- Enjoy an evening tour to the Vatican Museums, one of the world’s largest museum complexes, 2,000 rooms and over 65,000 works of art that stretch for nearly 9 miles (15 km) inside the Vatican City. The tour starts from your hotel, skipping the line with your small group of no more than 12 people. Strolling along the corridors to admire the world’s largest private art collection, once intended exclusively for the Pope. Through Raphael’s Rooms, four interconnecting chambers adorned with paintings by Raphael and his pupils, you will reach the beautiful breathtaking Sistine Chapel, considered the Holy Chapel of the Pope, to admire one of the most sacred sites of the Vatican where you will have the occasion to appreciate Michelangelo’s amazing frescoes (“The Creation of the world” and the “Last Judgment”) and other works painted by famous artists such as Perugino, Botticelli and Ghirlandaio, just to mention the most well-known. (ACA) -
🏆 Vatican Museums and St. Peter's
Languages: 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇪🇸 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 🇵🇹 🇧🇷 Small Group Tour - Duration 3 hours - Tour to the Vatican Museums, one of the world’s largest museum complexes, approximately 2,000 rooms that stretch for nearly 9 miles (15 km) inside the Vatican City. Stroll through the corridors to view the world’s largest private art collection, once intended exclusively for the Pope. Through the Raphael’s Rooms, four interconnecting chambers adorned with paintings realized by Raphael and his pupils, you will reach the beautiful breathtaking Sistine Chapel, the holy chapel where the Pope is elected and where the conclave is organized, a very special occasion to walk through this sacred Vatican site to admire Michelangelo’s astounding frescoes. Then the visit continue inside the marvelous St Peter’s Basilica, the largest church with a capacity up to 60,000 people, 25.000 square meters, 800 columns, 400 statues, 136 mosaics, 11 domes, 44 altars, full of masterpieces, wonderful architectures and sculptures, including the famous “Pietà”, realized by Michelangelo when he was only a teenager. (ACA) -
🏆 The Glory of Ancient Rome and Colosseum
Languages: 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇪🇸 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 🇵🇹 🇧🇷 Small Group Tour - Duration 3 hours - The tour starts from your hotel and continues with the visit to the famous Colosseum, whose correct name in reality is Flavian Amphitheater, due to the imperial family who built this oval shaped structure in only eight years, from 72 to 80 AD. This huge monument, whose nickname comes from Colossus, a 35 meters statue representing the emperor Nero, was able to seat up to 70,000 spectators. It has been immortalized over the centuries as the scene of wild and ferocious games between man and beasts – gladiators vs animals & gladiators vs gladiators as well represented in the movie Gladiator. Close to the Colosseum, the Roman Forum, considered the real political – commercial – social –religious center of Rome at the time of the Monarchy and the Republican period. At the center of the Forum, even after 20 centuries, it is possible to walk on the same cobble-stones of the “Via Sacra” (Sacred Way) leading to the Capitol Hill and admiring the remaining of with its ancient basilicas, triumphal arches, honorary columns, ancient markets. Reaching Venice square you will have the chance to admire the imposing monumental complex, inaugurated in 1911, dedicated to our first King of Italy, Victor Emmanuel II. (ACA) -
Private Tour Colosseum with Roman Forum and Palatine Hill
Languages: 🇮🇹 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇪🇸 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 Duration: 3 hours - If you are looking for a private Colosseum tour with a slightly different itinerary to the norm, choose this amazing walking tour. You will be assigned an engaging private guide and together with her you will visit the incredible and impressive archaeological sites of Underground Rome. As this is a Colosseum tour, you will meet your enthusiastic guide at the mind-blowing ancient amphitheater to start your private tour. You will enter inside using skip the line tickets as your private guide explains the uses of the Colosseum in Ancient Rome and the prominent place it held in the everyday life of people from all social backgrounds. While listening to the guide, you may have the feeling that the Colosseum is still alive, vibrating with living force; you wonder you can make eye contact with the Gladiators cat-walking down the Arena, hear the echo of the roaring lions making a flock of pigeons take flight from the top of the monument You will walk through the Arch of Constantine and across the Roman Forum, the cultural and political center of the Ancient Rome, the deep heart of the Roman Empire. Then we will take you to visit the Palatine Hill, where Rome was legendary founded and where you will be able to see the ruins of the Imperial palaces. The tour will finish by gazing at the breathtaking landscape between the Forum Boarium and the River Tiber.Rome Private tour will be a wonderful way to explore the treasures of Ancient Rome and its history, all the time in the safe hands of an entertaining and knowledgeable guide. -
Private Tour Vatican Museums
Languages: 🇮🇹 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇪🇸 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 Duration: 4 hours - Take the tour of the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel with no queue at all! No stress to reach the area: upon arrival, your guide will lead you into the museums where you’ll visit one of the most important art collections of the world. Admire the beautiful spiral stairway, the gallery of tapestries and geographical maps, before arriving at the famous Sistine Chapel & the unforgettable Basilica! With our tour you can admire an exclusive area of the Museum, the Bramante Staircase: this masterpiece is normally closed to the public and with us you will benefit of this extraordinary opening! Choose this tour if you would like to: See the exclusive Bramante Staircase (extraordinary opening); Enjoy a professional guided tour of the Vatican museums and the Sistine Chapel; Skip the line at the entrance thanks to our special agreement with the Vatican Museums; Visit St. Peter’s Basilica* with no line at the entrance. (ACA) -
Rome' s Basilicas and Secret Underground Catacombs
Languages: 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇪🇸 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 Duration: 3 hours - After being picked up from your hotel (if centrally located and accessible), begin your day with a visit to two of the most important Basilicas in the world; the Basilicas of Saint John in Lateran and Saint Mary Maggiore. The Basilica of Saint John in Lateran is the oldest of Rome's four main basilicas, and is home to the Holy Steps, one of the city's most important pilgrimage sites. From there, head to the Basilica of Saint Mary Maggiore, which houses an amazing collection of historic and religious artifacts. Admire 5th century mosaics and the remarkable Crypt of the Nativity. Then continue along the historic Appian way with your guide, passing the Chapel of Domine Quo Vadis before arriving at the ancient Roman underground Catacombs. Explore these remarkable subterranean cemeteries, some of which were started in the 2nd century. See amazing historic artwork in the catacombs, and learn about how these underground passageways give a window into the early days of Christianity. (ACA) -
Combo Vatican + Colosseum
Languages: 🇮🇹 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇪🇸 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 Full day - No trip to Rome is complete without a visit to the Vatican Museums. Home to 54 different galleries and some of the most famous works of art in the world from Leonardo Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Caravaggio, Raphael and Giotto.The 54th gallery of the Vatican Museums is the famed Sistine Chapel. See some of the most famous frescoes in the world, including the famous ceiling and The Last Judgement by Michelangelo. The Sistine Chapel is also still used for religious purposes such as the Papal conclave, the process through which a new Pope is chosen. A popular pilgrimage site, St Peter's Basilica is also one of the largest churches in the world and a shining example of Renaissance architecture. Break for lunch. For those that have not included lunch in their ticket, please meet at the agreed meeting point and time (your guide will confirm) ready to visit the Colosseum Area. At the Colosseum, learn about architecture and history of this massive amphitheater which hosted ancient Romans, Senators, Emperors and Gladiators as well as animals from all over the world. You'll also visit the Palatine Hill and the Roman Forum. The tour finishes in the archaeological area close to the Colosseum. ** Upgrade to include a 3-course lunch in a typical Roman restaurant ** (ACA) -
Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel Morning Tour
Languages: 🇮🇹 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇪🇸 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 Duration: 3h30 - No trip to Rome is complete without a visit to the Vatican Museums. These galleries contain some of the most famous works of art in the world, including works by artists including Leonardo Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Caravaggio, Raphael and Giotto. The 54th gallery of the Vatican Museums is the famed Sistine Chapel. Completed around 1483, the Sistine Chapel is arguably the most famous chapel in the world due to its famous frescoes including the ceiling and The Final Judgement by Michelangelo. The chapel is also still used for religious purposes such as the Papal Conclave – the process through which a new Pope is chosen. The tour ends in St Peter’s Square. (ACA) -
Colosseum, Roman Forum and Palatine Hill Guided Tour
Languages: 🇮🇹 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇪🇸 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 Duration: 3 hours - Walk in the footsteps of giants on this guided tour through the heart of the Roman Empire. Travel back in time as you visit these icons of Roman architecture. Delve deep into Rome’s long history as your experienced guide shares stories from the minute to the magnificent. Contemplate the genius that took the Colosseum from concept to reality in 70/80 AD, centuries before modern engineering. This was once the most famous meeting place in the world holding 50,000-80,000 spectators. Inside, breathe in the Colosseum’s bloody past brought to life again by your guide. Leaving the Colosseum, you'll see the magnificent Arch of Constantine before arriving at the excavated ruins of the Roman Forum archaeological site, where many structures remain intact to this day. On Palatine Hill, you’ll learn about the legend of Romulus and Remus. One legend suggests this is how Rome was named for Romulus. The tour ends at the Colosseum. Explore the area further or make your own way back to your accommodation. (ACA) -
Florence, Uffizi Guided Tour
Languages: 🇮🇹 🇪🇸 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 Duration: 2h15 -Discover some of the great masterpieces of Western art at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence and skip the long lines to tour with an authorized guide. See paintings by Michelangelo, Botticelli, Da Vinci and more, all housed in a stunning Medici palace. Visit to one of the most famous museums in the world, housed in the former “uffizi” or “offices” of the Medici Family. Your knowledgeable guide will tell you about the works of the greatest artists from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance: Cimabue, Giotto, Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Titian, and many more. You will recognize original world-famous paintings you have seen in books, magazines, and on TV. You will learn about the secrets of the artist's’ craft, techniques and tools. Looking at the most famous artworks of the period, you will be able to understand why Florence was the birthplace of the Renaissance. Personalize your museum experience. There is no need to rush off at the end of the tour. You may stay inside the museum until closing time. The Uffizi Gallery is one of the most famous museums in all of Italy and is a must see in Florence. (MT) -
Florence, Explore Palazzo Vecchio
Languages: 🇮🇹 🇪🇸 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 Duration: 2 hours - Admire the amazing Palazzo Vecchio, the Town hall of Florence, on a 2-hour tour lead by a local professional guide. Visit the Museum, Royal Apartments of Medici Family, the Salone dei Cinquecento. Admire the Town hall of Florence on a 2-hour tour of the Palazzo Vecchio Museum, which overlooks the Piazza della Signoria the amazing square that holds a copy of Michelangelo's David statue, and the gallery of statues in the adjacent Loggia dei Lanzi. Visit the private apartments of the Medici Family and climb to the top of the tower of Arnolfo to see Signoria Square from above. Admire the impressive murals that decorate the walls of the Salone dei Cinquecento — the Hall of the Five Hundred — which is the most imposing chamber as it was enlarged by Giorgio Vasari so that Grand Duke Cosimo I could hold his court in this chamber. At the end of the hall is a small side room without windows. The studiolo was a small secret study designed by Vasari in a mannerist style. (MT) -
🏆 Accademia and Uffizi
Languages: 🇮🇹 🇪🇸 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 Duration: 5 hours - Enjoy a guided tour of the Accademia Gallery and marvel at the masterpieces by Michelangelo and others. After a lunch break you’ll head out on a guided walking tour of Florence and explore the magnificent works of art at the world-famous Uffizi Gallery. Visit first the Accademia Gallery where you will learn why the David is the most recognizable symbol of Florence and what it used to represent in his time. How did the genius of Michelangelo meet the challenge of extracting the pathos of a being and fixing it forever in time in the Pietà, or the famous Prisoners who still seem to struggle free from their marble blocks? You will have the answers to all your questions. Get the chance to have a close encounter with timeless works of art and get the inside story of the life and times of this consummate artist. After the guided tour you will have around 1 hour of free time to wander around on your own to have lunch (not included). The second part of the tour starts in the early afternoon with the walking tour in which you will enjoy an excellent and complete introductory tour dedicated to those who want to know all the facts and secrets of two thousand years of Florentine history, from the city’s Roman origins to a 15th century palace, from the Ponte Vecchio, through the famous Uffizi courtyard, to the wonders of the architecture of Brunelleschi’s Dome which overlooks the Baptistery golden ‘Gates of Paradise’. After the walking tour you will visit one of the most famous museums in the world: the Uffizi Gallery. Your knowledgeable guide will explain the works of the greatest artists from the Middle Ages. You will recognize original world-famous paintings you have seen in books, magazines, and on TV close-ups. You will learn about the secrets of the artist's’ craft, techniques and tools. Looking at the most famous artworks of the period, you will be able to understand why Florence was the birthplace of the Renaissance. This tour will give you the most complete introduction to the great renaissance city of Florence. The tour ends in the Uffizi Gallery where you will have the chance to stay longer in the Gallery and wander around by your own. (MT) -
Duomo Cathedral Guided Tour
Languages: 🇮🇹 🇪🇸 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 Duration: 1 hour - When you are thinking about a trip to Florence, Santa Maria del Fiore cathedral (Florence dome) is something you are not allowed to miss. Almost 2 billion visitors each year come to visit the biggest church in Florence, the second biggest in Italy after San Pietro in Rome and the fourth worldwide. A tour of Santa Maria del Fiore is among the best things to do in Florence. To get to the Florence dome is really easy, you have just a ten-minute walk from the main train station Firenze SMN. The stunning Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral is located in the heart of Florence. The whole zone is pedestrian-friendly and you can reach the meeting point with ease and tranquillity. Santa Maria Del Fiore is one of the most visited sites in Europe and definitely, a must-see during your stay in Florence. Santa Maria del Fiore: a brief history The initial process of construction of the church dates back to the late Middle Ages. The architect and urbanist Arnolfo Di Cambio started to design it in 1296. After him, many others like Giotto, Francesco Talenti, and Giovanni di Lapo Ghini continued the undertaking. Then, it was all finished in Renaissance times, in 1434, when Filippo Brunelleschi completed the breathtaking dome, called ‘il cupolone’ by Florentines. (MT) -
🏆 Accademia Gallery guided tour
Languages: 🇮🇹 🇪🇸 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 Duration: 1h15 - Visit the Accademia Gallery with our guides. You will get the opportunity to immerse yourself in Michelangelo’s art and see his most famous work, the statue of David, and other important masterpieces. Immerse yourself in Michelangelo’s art and enjoy his most famous work, the statue of David, and other important masterpieces. The young Michelangelo sculpted the statue of David in three years, starting from a huge block of rough marble. The result was an absolutely beautiful, imposing sculpture, the real icon of the Renaissance ideal. He portrayed a magnificent nude young man in his full physical vigor, whose intense expression of force and courage, which stemmed from his absolute faith in God, was taken as a symbol of the power and invincibility of the Republic of Florence at the height of its splendor. You cannot visit Florence without seeing the magnificent statue of David. (MT) -
La Scala Theatre and Museum
Languages: 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇪🇸 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 🇵🇹 🇧🇷 Duration: 1 hour - La Scala Theatre is recognized as one of the leading opera theatres in the world. It hosts a Museum that houses a rich collection of costumes and musical instruments, as well as a gallery of portraits and busts dedicated to the great musicians of the history. A professional guide will lead you to discover the museum rooms, with curiosities and anecdotes about great artists, like Verdi and Toscanini, who performed on this important stage. You will also dive into the magic of theatre with a spectacular view from the boxes to admire the beautiful room with the valuable crystal chandelier and the stage. With a little luck you might see the artists rehearsal! As you tour the theatre and museum, you will see of the amount of work that goes in to an opera production at this famed venue, where some of the best singers in the world have performed for more than 200 years. -
Royal Palace Private Tour
Languages: 🇮🇹 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇪🇸 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 Duration: 2 hours This Private tour includes an incredibly evocative visit inside the magnificent Royal Palace, the most beautiful baroque residence in Turin, to discover curiosities and details in the splendid setting of the royal residence of the House of Savoy, with spectacular interiors, magnificent rooms, frescoed vaults and precious decorations of the Palace. Meet your private guide and discover the beauty of this UNESCO World Heritage site. The visit includes the discovery of the Royal Armory, to visit the wonderful collection of the gallery. At the end, we will tiptoe to see the splendid Cappella della Sindone (Shroud), Guarini's masterpiece, recently reopened to the public, after more than twenty years of restoration work. (MT) -
Museo Egizio Private Tour
Languages: 🇮🇹 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇪🇸 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 Duration 2 hours The Egyptian Museum is the oldest museum in the world dedicated entirely to Egyptian culture. Discover the fundamental stages of his training, from the birth of the collection to the present day in this private tour. With an expert guide at your disposal, skipping the long queues at the entrance, you will immerse yourself in an age far between funerary finds of the great pharaohs, mummies and papyrus, in one of the oldest and most important collections in the world, to discover the deep connection between Turin and ancient Egypt in a fascinating and mysterious journey that winds between the magic of the Statuary, the amulets and the splendid testimonies of a distant era in which magic permeated every act of daily life. Additional Information Minimum 2 max 6 pax (MT)