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HIGHLIGHTS of Rome walking Tour

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HIGHLIGHTS of Rome walking Tour

Step into beauty and history!! This 2,5 hours walking tour will take you to the most famous squares of Rome: Campo de’ Fiori, Piazza Navona, Pantheon, Trevi Fountain and Spanish steps! Admire the monuments and you will be captured by the stories behind them…things you won’t find in books!

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GOOD TO KNOW

THIS TOUR INCLUDES:

  • Campo de’ Fiori
  • Piazza Navona*
  • Pantheon
  • Piazza Colonna
  • Piazza Montecitorio
  • Fontana di Trevi**
  • Piazza di Spagna

Private Walking Tour of the highlights of Rome: Pantheon, Trevi Fountain, Campo de' fiori, Navona and more…

Three coins in the fountain, Each one seeking happiness. Thrown by three hopeful lovers, Which one will the fountain bless? Three hearts in the fountain, Each heart longing for its home. There they lie in the fountain Somewhere in the heart of Rome. Which one will the fountain bless?
Do you know the song? Well if you don’t, you will find out what it is about in this “Highlights of Rome” walking tour! 

Step into beauty and history!! This 2,5 hours walking tour will take you to the most famous squares of Rome: Campo de’ Fiori, Piazza Navona*, Pantheon, Trevi Fountain and Spanish steps! Admire the monuments and you will be captured by the stories behind them…things you won’t find in books! 
Fun, knowledge, beauty and no stress with a licensed, expert roman guide! We will show you the best of our city and all you will have to do is relax and enjoy!

Where does the highlights of Rome tour starts and which sites will you see?

We will start this private walking tour about the masterpieces of Rome with a glimpse of the real Rome: the vibrant CAMPO DE FIORI, with its wonderful morning street market or its relaxed afternoon atmosphere, hard to believe that executions used to take place there!

Then, a few blocks far, you’ll discover that Michelangelo’s genius created the beautiful Palazzo Farnese and from here we will walk to PIAZZA NAVONA, the largest of the XVII Century squares -“Piazze” in Italian. Here you will admire Bernini’s baroque masterpiece: the FOUNTAIN OF THE FOUR RIVERS*. Piazza Navona is also the place where you can find street artists and painters but, above all…it’s here that you can get one of the best Gelato in Rome, promised! 

After this, our favourite stop of the Highlights of Rome walking Tour… The mighty Pantheon! . You will enter the temple with your guide and you’ll feel you walk on air! The magnificent temple of all Gods turned into a Church in the VII Century … You won’t probably believe how well-preserved, how big the dome is and… just made of one solid piece! In case it rains you can try to see if any drop falls inside: there’s a hole in the center of the dome, but romans do believe the water will not fall inside… even if it rains!

The next stop of our walking tour through the enchanting heart of Rome is: TREVI FOUNTAIN*… be ready with your coin! This is where our highlights of Rome walking will take us through narrow alleys. Here you will understand the meaning of the song and we’ll make sure you will come back to Rome someday by making you throw a coin in the fountain but… you don’t have to look!

Where does the highlights of rome walking tour end?

At the end of the tour, we will reach the SPANISH STEPS, the last stop of our walking tour and the last view the Romantic poet John Keats had before dying in 1821, but, above all, one of the most beautiful squares of the city! it’s hard to believe that this is where, some centuries ago, rich people refused to move and broke artists used to live! 

Could you ask for more?! THE HIGHILIGHTS OF ROME WALKING TOUR: TREVI, PANTHEON & Co., in little more than 2 hours will make you fall in love with our city.  Fullfill your eyes with the beauty, your mind with the words of an expert guide and we are sure no further coin in the Trevi fountain will be needed to let you come back soon! 

IMPORTANT UPDATES - YEAR 2024/2025* **

In preparation of the Vatican’s Jubilee Year in 2025 some of the most popular sites of the city will undergo through restoration process while remaining open to visitors to look at the process.
* FOUNTAIN OF THE FOUR RIVERS: scaffolds with see-through windows are set all around the monument. 
** THE TREVI FOUNTAIN: a temporary walkway allows the visitors to access the fountain. The access is limited and monitored, therefore it is possible there will be lines to be able to see the monument during the restoration

GENERAL INFORMATION
  • Tour is available only private
  • Entrance to the Pantheon require a tickets of 8 euros each. We will send you instructions to buy tickets by yourself at the moment of the booking or buy tickets on your behalf.
  • We will visit churches: please be properly dressed 🙂
  • Your guide will be local, licensed, expert in roman history and… Super entertaining!
TOURS & PRICES

We run only private tours.

We don’t run small groups.

We can accommodate time/day request according to our guides’ and entry tickets availability.

Final and detailed price will be provided after receiving your request from the contact form.

Starting price for a private tour 2,5 hrs for 2 adults: 390 euro + tickets but definitive price is provided *only* upon request.
Price can be reduced during low season or increased during holiday, peak dates or last minute request.

For group larger than four, price will be provided upon request.

ASK for availability

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