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PRIVATE TOURS IN ROME & VATICAN CITY with English-speaking guides, drivers

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1. Rome, Vatican City in 180 minutes by car
A enjoyable 3 hour introduction to the Eternal City; orientation tour by private vehicle and English speaking driver/guide, including the Vatican & St. Peter's Basilica and Coliseum, Spanish Steps, Trevi Fountain, Piazza Navona, Pantheon and other central Rome highlights.
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NO-WAIT ROME AND VATICAN IN A DAY TOUR! A truly memorable eight hours by private car, and on foot with private guide, to see spectacular Rome and Vatican City sights. No Wait Admission to Sistine Chapel, Vatican Museum and St. Peter's Basilica. Time for lunch.

Everything any first-time visitor would want

to see, ALL IN ONE DAY!

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Vatican Sistine Chapel St. Peter's & Museums Tour  
3-Hour Walking Tour, Highlights of Vatican Museums, the Sistine Chapel, St Peter's Basilica, the Pieta, St Peter's Square.  Vatican Gold+ Tour, with Tombs of Popes, John Paul II resting place.

NO-WAIT ADMISSION

 

 

4. Ancient Rome Tours  
An extraordinary 3-Hour Walking Tour through the heart of Ancient Rome. The Coliseum (inside and out), Arch of Constantine, the entire Roman Forum complex including the Roman Senate building, the Temple of Julius Caesar, Mamertine Prison, ending with the spectacular view of all of ancient Rome from the Capitoline hill.
5. Palaces of Rome: Princes, Cardinals, Bankers and Rascals
3 hour walking tour including highlights of Villa Farnesia and Doria Pamphili Gallery
6. Subterranean Rome Tour, Pagan Rome & Early Christian places, THE CATACOMBS
3-Hour by Car and on Foot, The Appian way and the Catacombs, the Underground of St. Clemente Church, the Roman House under St Paul and John
7. Baroque Rome Tour & Marvelous Fountains
3-Hour Car and Walking Tour including the marvelous fountains of Bernini, Navona Square, the Church of St. Agnese of Borromini, Trevi "Three Coins" Fountain and the city-wide view over Rome towards St. Peter's Basilica from the Piazza del Popolo overlook.  
8. Jewish Rome Tour
Walking Tour, the Synagogue, the Ghetto, the Tiberina Island, Moses by Michelangelo and the Mamertine Prison
9. Rome by Night Tour  
A 90-Minute After-Dinner Drive.  Rome at night is fantastic.
10. Guided Tour of Borghese Gallery
Reservations for this private gallery must be reserved in advance. Considered one of the finest collections of art in the region.

 

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1. Tivoli Tours  
4 hour car tour, Villa d'Este Summer Palace of the Renaissance Popes and Gardens.  Then the Roman excavations to Hadrian's Villa.  Starts and ends in Rome.
2. Pompeii, the Excavations, Mt. Vesuvius, Sorrento and Positano  
A Full Day in Pompeii with a Drive on the Amalfi Coast. Starts and ends in Rome.
3. Etruscans and Ostia Antica
5 -Hour Tour to Etruscan Excavations in Cerveteri and Ancient Rome's Port of Ostia.  Starts and ends in Rome.
4. Florence and the Tuscan Countryside
A Full Day trip to Orvieto, San Gimignano, Florence with Dinner in a Tuscan Vineyard.  Starts and ends in Rome.
5. Tuscany, Villages and Countryside
A Full Day Tour to Orvieto, Montepulciano, Pienza and Tuscan Back roads.  Starts and ends in Rome.
6. Orvieto, Perugia or Todi and Assisi (walking tour)
A Full Day Adventure in Umbria to and from Rome


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PRIVATE GUIDED CITY TOURS BY ROME LIMO: Rome Tours, Rome Sightseeing, Vatican tours, Rome environs, and central Italy touring.  Prices in euros.  Tax, lunch, dinner, beverages, entrance fees for you and your guide, extra.  ALL DINING IS AT CUSTOMER'S EXPENSE. These are fixed time tours.  Surcharges may apply for tours that run 30 minutes longer than than the touring time the customer purchased. See Terms & Conditions for further details.

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1. TOUR ROME & VATICAN CITY BY CAR: Rome Touring in 180 minutes
a Private Orientation Rome, Vatican City Tour, perfect for the Just-Arrived in Rome

See the major highlights of Rome (Vatican, Coliseum, Spanish Steps, Trevi Fountain) from the comfort of a private car, learn about the city's layout and its neighborhoods from one of Roman hills, chat with your driver/guide about Italian lifestyle, politics, fashion and food, ask questions about when and how, check your restaurant choices, plan your private walks, - all to better manage your coming days in this vibrant city.  Be sure and bring fully charged batteries for your camera!


1 person - Euro 160, 2 people - Euro 85 each, 3 people - Euro 60 each, 4 people - Euro 50 each, 5 people - Euro 45 each, 6-7 people - Euro 40 each, 8-11 people - Euro 35 each, 13-14 people - Euro 30  each. Tour lasts 3 hours. 

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2. Rome, Vatican in a day with NO-WAIT system at the Vatican and Coliseum
8 hours by car and on foot, including time for lunch

This tour has been designed for visitors with very limited time who would like to see Roman highlights in a quick and efficient way. The chauffeured car will allow you to see more sights that the visitor would  ever imagine.

Visit the sights  of Ancient Rome in the morning including the Coliseum, the Forum, the capitol Hill and Circus Maximus, as well as the statue of Moses by Michelangelo in the church of St Peter's in Chain in the vicinity of the Coliseum.

Have lunch near the Vatican and dedicate early afternoon to the visit of the highlights of the Vatican Museums, the Sistine Chapel and St Peter's Basilica

Spend late afternoon touring Rome historical center including Spanish Steps, The Pantheon, Navona Square. End the day at the Trevi fountain.


1 person - Euro 400, 2 people - Euro 220 each, 3 people - Euro 160 each, 4 people - Euro 140 each, 5 people - Euro 120 each, 6-7 people - Euro 110 each, 8-12 people - Euro 100 each, 13-15 people - Euro 90 each. Tour lasts 8 hours. Entrance tickets not included. All dinning at customer's expense.
No wait fees apply to the Vatican: 5 euro per ticket.

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3. Vatican Sistine Chapel/Vatican Museums/St. Peter's Basilica & Pieta Tour
3-Hour Walking Tour of Vatican, Highlights of Vatican Museums, the Sistine Chapel, St Peter's basilica, Michelangelo's Pieta, The Tombs of Popes, St Peter's Square

You begin your Vatican Tour  at the Vatican Museums to experience this priceless collection of art and architecture. 

Highlights include Raphael's "Transfiguration", The Raphael Rooms, the Sculpture Garden featuring the famous Laokoon; Dutch Tapestries designed by Renaissance Masters and finally, the recently restored Sistine Chapel, home to Michelangelo's "Last Judgment". From here a walk to St. Peter's Basilica to marvel at Michelangelo's Dome, his Pieta, Bernini's magnificent Baldacchino and the Tombs of the Popes.

Your guide chats about art, history, legends and myths and include a glimpse of the present day workings of Vatican City, the headquarters of Catholicism.

Consider scheduling your tour for the afternoon to perhaps avoid crowds, especially during high season.

Dress comfortably with good walking shoes. Remember that the Vatican and St. Peter's require all visitors to have their shoulders and legs covered.

1 person - Euro 180, 2 people - Euro 100 each, 3 people - Euro 70 each, 4 people - Euro 60 each, 5 people - Euro 50 each, 6-7 people - Euro 45 each, 8-12 people - Euro 40 each, 13-15 people - Euro 35 each.
Tour lasts 3 hours. Entrance tickets not included.

No wait fees apply to Vatican admission, 5 euros per ticket.

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4. Ancient Rome Tour  
3-Hour Walking Tour, The Colosseum, the Roman, Forum, the Palatine, the Capitol Hill, the Mamertinum Prison, the highlights of Captoline Museums

The visit begins at the most famous Roman monument of all time: the Coliseum, seat of the gladiator games and the huntings of exotic animals.  Then you tread the path of the victorious legions up the Via Sacra and into the center of Roman political, spiritual and mercantile life, the Roman Forum. Here you will see the Roman Senate building, the Temple of Julius Caesar, Mamertine Prison.  You complete your "triumphal" march at the top of the Capitol Hill to gaze back at the ruins of an empire before marveling at the magnificent Piazza Del Campidoglio, designed by Michelangelo to house the political powers of Renaissance Rome. Your guide brings ancient history to life, expounding on the customs, religions and lifestyle of Caesars and commoners alike at a time when Rome was a power unrivalled in the world.

We suggest you wear casual, comfortable walking clothes and shoes.

1 person - Euro 180, 2 people - Euro 100 each, 3 people - Euro 70 each, 4 people - Euro 60 each, 5 people - Euro 50 each, 6-7 people - Euro 45 each, 8-12 people - Euro 40 each, 13-15 people - Euro 35 each.
Tour lasts 3 hours. Please ask for discounts when traveling with small children.
Entrance tickets not included.

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5. Palaces of Rome: Princes, Cardinals, Bankers and Rascals
3 hour walking tour including highlights of  Villa Farnesina, Corsini Palace, Spada Gallery, and Doria Pamphili Gallery

Villa Farnesina

Agostino "il Magnifico" Chigi (1465-1520), the richest man in Europe, once lived in this sumptuous villa built for him by the architect Baldassare Peruzzi between 1508 and 1511. Some of Rome's grandest feasts and parties, the likes of which were unknown since the days of imperial Rome, were staged here, often for popes, diplomats, artists, philosophers, and even high-priced courtesans. The Siennese banker would order his guests to toss their gold and silver plates into the Tiber after every course. Unknown to the guests, the savvy banker had placed nets under the water so that he could retrieve his treasures.

Even before this outrageous banker came to live here, the site was famous. Once it was the country villa of Julius Caesar, and Cleopatra stayed here in 44 B.C. with their illegitimate child, Caesarion.
Chigi was Raphael's most ardent patron and friend, and he called upon this great artist to help decorate part of his villa, along with such towering figures as Francesco Penni, Giulo Romano, Sebastian del Piombo, and "Il Sodoma" (so called because of his sexual practices). Together these artists created a series of paintings that stand as one of the treasures of the Renaissance, especially the Loggia of Cupid and Psyche.

Corsini Palace

The  collection is installed in what was the 18th-century mansion of Pope Clemente XII (whose real name was Lorenzo Corsini, of the famous banking family). Before it was damaged by French attacks in 1849, the palace was once the grandest in Rome. Queen Christina died here in her bedroom in 1689, and Napoléon's mother, Letizia, once lived here as well. The palace is still rich in neoclassical works of the Napoléonic era.


The gallery hosts a wide array of paintings from the 16th and 17th centuries and is  is an outstanding treasure trove of such European masters as Van Dyck, although Italian artists dominate.  The masterpieces include  Caravaggio's St. John the Baptist and also a rendition of the same subject by Guido Reni who painted Salome with the Head of St. John the Baptist.   notably a St. Sebastian and a Madonna.

Spada Gallery

The Spada Palace, which faces Via Capo di Ferro, was built in 1540 according to Cardinal Capo di Ferro's will. In 1640 cardinal Bernardino Spada charged Francesco Borromini to renew his building. The Baroque façade is one of the most elegant and original existing in Rome, adorned, on the first floor, with big statues situated in niches. The columned gallery by Borromini seems four times longer than it really is thanks to its sloping floor perspective effects, its descending vault, its convergent walls, its particular columns. The marvelous inner rooms are adorned with marbles, stucco-works and frescoes. 

Doria Pamhili Gallery

One of the most remarkable private art collections. Pamphilj family collected over 400 paintings from the 15th to the 18th century The Gallery contains over 400 works among which the famous portrait of Pope Innocenzo X by Velazquez. 

1 person - Euro 200, 2 people - Euro 110 each, 3 people - Euro 80 each, 4 people - Euro 60 each, 5 people - Euro 55 each, 6-7 people - Euro 50 each, 8-11 people - Euro 45 each, 12-14 people - Euro 34 each.
Tour lasts 3 hours. Price inclusive of private car and driver and a personal tour guide. Please ask for discounts when travel with small children.
Entrance tickets not included.

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6. Subterranean Rome Tour: Roman & Early Christian places, the CATACOMBS
3-Hour by Car and on Foot, The Appian way and the Catacombs and the tomb of Cecilia Metella, the Underground of St Clemente Church, the Roman House under St Paul and John

We begin outside of Rome, along the Appian Way, where the first Christians designed their underground cemeteries, The Catacombs. In the same street, you are going to visit a pagan tomb that belonged to the rich patrician Cecilia Metella, for an intriguing side-by-side view of Pagan and early Christian burial places. 

From there we are going to visit the paleo-Christian basilica of Saint Clement, where from the actual level, you will have the opportunity of descending two more level, going back in time to the ancient rome.

From there, we journey to one of the seven legendary hills of Rome where you are going to visit the remains of an imperial domus inperiales, beautifully decorated with frescoes.  Also known as the Roman house under St. Paul & John.

Next, at the top of the Aventine Hill, Rome's panorama is laid before you. The tour ends at a secret keyhole, guarded by the Carabinieri and delivering a special sight to those who gaze through it.

After listening to your guide, it becomes clear why Rome became the center of Christendom and why relics, rituals and religion fueled the construction of the over 500 Roman houses of worship (from intimate chapels to imposing basilicas). The car tour is designed for access to those hard to reach places that individually would take an entire day to visit. 


Wear comfortable "strolling" clothing with legs and shoulders
covered. For women, a scarf or shawl comes in handy.

1 person - Euro 200, 2 people - Euro 110 each, 3 people - Euro 80 each, 4 people - Euro 60 each, 5 people - Euro 55 each, 6-7 people - Euro 50 each, 8-11 people - Euro 45 each, 12-14 people - Euro 34 each.
Tour lasts 3 hours. Price inclusive of private car and driver and a personal tour guide. Please ask for discounts when travel with small children.
Entrance tickets not included.

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7. Baroque RomeTour: the Marvelous Fountains & more.

3-Hour Car and Walking Tour including the marvelous fountains of Bernini, Navona Square, the Church of St. Agnese of Borromini, Trevi "Three Coins" Fountain and the city-wide view over Rome towards St. Peter's Basilica from the Piazza del Popolo overlook. 

The visit begins in Piazza Navona to gaze on the famous fountain of Bernini and the church of Borromimi, his rival.

You continue your Rome tour at the most famous fountain in the world: the "three coins" Trevi Fountain. Throw a coin in to insure that you will come back to Rome soon!

Next, at the top of the Aventine Hill, Rome's panorama is laid before you. The tour ends at a secret keyhole, guarded by the Carabinieri and delivering a special sight to those who gaze through it.

Finally, enjoy the panoramic vista with a view clear over to St. Peter's dome from the Piazza del Popolo overlook.

The guide explains the philosophies that fueled the splendor, grandeur and sometimes gaudiness of Baroque and links these tenets from Renaissance thought of prior times to the dogma of today's Christendom.

Wear comfortable "strolling" clothing with legs and shoulders covered. For women, a scarf or shawl comes in handy.

1 person - Euro 200, 2 people - Euro 110 each, 3 people - Euro 80 each, 4 people - Euro 60 each, 5 people - Euro 55 each, 6-7 people - Euro 50 each, 8-11 people - Euro 45 each, 12-14 people - Euro 34 each.
Tour lasts 3 hours. Price inclusive of private car and driver and a personal tour guide. Please ask for discounts when travel with small children.
Entrance tickets not included.

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8. Jewish Rome Tour
3-Hour Car and Walking Tour, the Synagogue, the Ghetto, the Tiberina Island, Moses, by Michelangello, the Mamertinum Prison

From prosperity to persecution and back again, the 2000-Year Jewish presence in Rome is one of resilience and resourcefulness.

You begin at Fosse Ardeatine, a site where over 300 Romans (73 Jews) were massacred by Nazi occupiers in reprisal for a partisan attack.

The tour continues to Isola Tiberina and the Ghetto. Here you walk from the island in the middle of the Tevere (Tiber) River, through the recently excavated gateway to Rome and arrive on the streets of the Ghetto. This area was once a walled enclosure. Pope Paul IV mandated it to house and restrict the Jews of Rome. It is now the heart of the Roman Jewish Community.

The tour ends at the impressive Synagogue (completed in 1906). You visit the Temple and its historical museum. The museum guide then links 2,000-year Jewish Heritage to Rome's modern community.

10 AM is the perfect time to begin this tour, allowing for a traditional Roman-Jewish lunch in the Ghetto at 1 PM. Be advised that these restaurants have a "no shorts" policy.

1 person - Euro 200, 2 people - Euro 110 each, 3 people - Euro 80 each, 4 people - Euro 60 each, 5 people - Euro 55 each, 6-7 people - Euro 50 each, 8-11 people - Euro 45 each, 12-14 people - Euro 34 each.
Tour lasts 3 hours. Price inclusive of private car and driver and a personal tour guide. Please ask for discounts when travel with small children.
Entrance tickets not included.

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9. Rome by Night Tour  
A 90-Minute After-Dinner Drive and Stroll

The guide picks you up at your restaurant, then motors you in, around and above the Eternal City. Rome by night is an electric place, literally and otherwise. Fountains gleam, piazzas glow and the people themselves shine.

You will stand among the monuments on the Capitol Hill, drive through Vatican City for a breath-taking view of St. Peters after dark and gaze down at the entire central city from a premiere vantage point atop the Gianiculum Hill.

You may see the crowds around Piazza Navona or stroll among the locals in Trastevere. You might choose to extend the evening to explore Testaccio, sample wine at an intimate Enoteca or check out the jazz scene at a Roman nightclub.


1 person - Euro 160, 2 people - Euro 85 each, 3 people - Euro 60 each, 4 people - Euro 50 each, 5 people - Euro 45 each, 6-7 people - Euro 40 each, 8-11 people - Euro 35 each, 13-14 people - Euro 30  each. Tour lasts 2 hours. Price inclusive of private car and driver/guide. Please ask for discounts when travel with small children.

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COUNTRY TOURS FROM ROME

1.Tivoli Tour
5-Hour Tour with time for lunch.
Hadrian's Villa and The Villa d'Este
optional extension: Lunch break in Tivoli and Visit to Benedictine Monasteries of Subiaco (optional).

Your guide takes you to the slopes of the Apennine Mountains East of Rome. Here in the fabled medieval city of Tivoli you visit two spectacular sites.

The Villa d'Este is home to arguably the most spectacular fountains and gardens of the world. This palatial residence of Cardinal d'Este (son of Lucrecia Borgia) now harbors over 1,000 fountains and clearly illustrates the opulent lifestyle of Renaissance aristocracy.

Next stop is the former country estate of the Emperor Hadrian. Ruler at the height of Rome's power and influence, Hadrian fancied himself an architect and patron of the arts. The ruins of this Villa bear witness to his talents, vision and empirical taste.

Your guide compares and contrasts these two private dream residences, separated by a thousand years yet similar in vision and grandeur.

Subiaco, twenty five miles from Tivoli is renowned for the oldest Benedictine Monastery. Founded in the 9th century it has been considered the cradle of Bendictine order. Visit places surrounded by spectacular nature, where St Benedict retired from the world and where St Scolastica found her vocation.

We suggest a 9 AM start for this tour, allowing for lunch after the visit to Hadrian's Villa and a return to Rome by 4 PM.

1 person - Euro 280, 2 people - Euro 160 each, 3 people - Euro 120 each, 4 people - Euro 100 each, 5 people - Euro 90 each, 6-7 people - Euro 80 each, 8-12 people - Euro 70 each, 13-15 people - Euro 60 each.
Tour lasts 5 hours. Price inclusive of private car and driver and a personal tour guide. Please ask for discounts when travel with small children.
Entrance tickets not included. All dining at customer's expense.

Extension to Subiacco: 1-5 people - Euro 40 each, 6-11 people - Euro 30 each, 12-14 people - Euro 20 each

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2. Pompeii Tour, Herculaneum Tour, the Excavations, with Customized Optional Extensions to Mt. Vesuvius, Sorrento, Positano, Herculaneum, Oplontis, Archeological Museum of Naples and the Island of Capri Tours
A Full Day in Pompeii with optional customized extensions:
Amalfi Coast and Positano, or
Herculaneum and Oplontis, or
Naples and Archeological Museum or
Climb to the Top of Mt Vesuvius or
Naples. Capri, Positano and Amalfi Coast

Nothing compares to the magic and mystery of Pompeii. You view the seemingly tranquil Mt. Vesuvius and then walk among the remains of a city buried underneath 30 feet of ash during its violent eruption. A bakery, theatre, gymnasium and public bath all stand sentinels to a time and lifestyle literally sucked breathless in a split second then entombed for a thousand years.

With the help of your guide, you fully understand how the working class Pompeii Romans lived (and died) at the height of the Empire.

 

Pompeii ToursSPECIAL: starting at 499.99 euros full day private touring from Rome.  You select your destinations including Pompeii, Vesuvius, Herculaneum, Naples, Sorrento, Positano. All dining at customer's expense. Entrance tickets not included.

 

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Normal pricing: 1 person - Euro 499, 2 people - Euro 270 each, 3 people - Euro 190 each, 4 people - Euro 140 each, 5 people - Euro 130 each, 6 people - Euro 120 each, 7 people - Euro 110 each, 8-11 people - Euro 100 each, 12-14 people - Euro 90 each.
Tour lasts 8 hours. Price inclusive of a private car, driver and a personal tour guide from Rome.
Entrance tickets not included. Please ask for discounts when travel with small children.

Extension to Sorrento and Positano and Amalfi cost drive ; tour lasts total of 11 hours, please add Euro 40 per person. Price inclusive of a private car, driver and a personal tour guide from Rome. Entrance tickets not included.

Extension to Herculaneum and Oplontis ; tour lasts total of 11 hours, please add Euro 35 per person. Price inclusive of a private car, driver and a personal tour guide from Rome. Entrance tickets not included.
Please ask for discounts when travel with small children.

Extension to Naples and Archeological Museum: tour lasts total of 10 hours, please add Euro 45 per person. Price inclusive of a private car, driver and a personal tour guide from Rome. Entrance tickets not included.
Please ask for discounts when travel with small children.

Extension to Vesuvius, the climb to the rim of the volcano: tour lasts 11 hours, please add Euro 35 per person. Price inclusive of a private car, driver and a personal tour guide from Rome. Entrance tickets not included.
Please ask for discounts when travel with small children.

Extension to Naples, Island of Capri, Positano, Amalfi coast , tour lasts 14 hours, please add Euro 80 per person. Price inclusive of a private car, driver and a personal tour guide from Rome. Hydrofoil transfers to and from Capri included. Entrance tickets not included.
Please ask for discounts when travel with small children.

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3. Etruscans and Ostia Antica Tours
5 -Hour Tour to Etruscan Excavations in Cerveteri and Ancient Rome's Port of Ostia.

You drive north along the Roman coast to the sleepy medieval town of Cerveteri where your Lecture-Guide shows ruins and shares stories of Rome's founders, the Etruscans. Cemeteries, tombs, frescoes and a local museum gives you a glimpse into the lives of these fascinating people who thrived in this region almost 3,000 years ago.

Next, you travel south along the Mediterranean to Ostia Antica. Here you see the Port of the Empire. This marvelously preserved site presents Roman life at the time of the Caesars. From bars and bathrooms to boarding houses and brothels, Ostia illustrates how the noble and the normal lived, functioned and interacted in this Roman port city.

Your return to Rome includes a stop in EUR, Mussolini's planned community that maintains its overblown style and hosts some tantalizing treasures.

From founding to Fascism, your Lecture-Guide outlines Roman history and explains it's many rises and falls.

We suggest a 9 AM start for this tour, allowing for lunch and a return to Rome by 4 PM.

1 person - Euro 280, 2 people - Euro 160 each, 3 people - Euro 120 each, 4 people - Euro 100 each, 5 people - Euro 90 each, 6-7 people - Euro 80 each, 8-12 people - Euro 70 each, 13-15 people - Euro 60 each.
Tour lasts 5 hours. Entrance tickets not included.

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4. Florence, Chianti, Siena, Renaissance Marvels and a Rural Repast
A Full Day Trip by Euro Star train and private car with Optional Dinner in a Tuscan Vineyard. (Dinner extra.)

A fast journey by de lux Euro Star train through Umbria and Tuscany brings you to Florence in less than 90 minutes. (We may transfer you by private vehicle instead, at our option.)  Here you see Michelangelo's Tomb (Santa Croce) then head to the Academia Museum to view his most famous sculpture, "David". Your pre-booked tickets permit you to avoid lines. Then you head to the Duomo and Baptistry, just ten minutes away. Lunch in a special Florentine setting is followed by a stroll through the piazzas and a walk over the Ponte Vecchio before entering the Uffizi Gallery (with pre-booked tickets) to see the famous masterpieces of da Vinci, Giotto, Botticelli, Raphael and Michelangelo. (Normally it is not possible to do both the Academia and the Uffizi in the same trip if you wish to tour the Tuscan countryside.)

A 2-hour shopping break follows so you can indulge yourself back at the Ponte Vecchio. Then your Lecture-Tour-Driver motors you out of Florence with a stop at Piazza Michelangelo for a final view of the city below.

The afternoon continues with a drive through spectacular Chiant countryside and a stop in Siena or Montepuciano. The evening ends with a country feast in a vineyard near Sinalunga (optional) and a ride back to Rome.

Tuscan splendor and Renaissance Art are laid before you as an overview through the words of your lecture-guide.

1 person - Euro 650, 2 people - Euro 350 each, 3 people - Euro 250 each, 4 people - Euro 200 each, 5 people - Euro 180 each, 6 people - Euro 160 each, 7 people - Euro 150 each, 8-11 people - Euro 130 each, 12-14 people - Euro 120 each.
Tour lasts 14 hours. Price inclusive of private car and driver and a personal tour guide from Rome. Please ask for discounts when travel with small children. Entrance tickets and train tickets not included. All dining is at customer's expense.

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5. TuscanyTours, Villages and CountrysideTours
A full day tour.
Orvieto, Montepulciano, Pienza and the Senese Countryside.

The day begins with a drive to Orvieto where you visit what many believe is Italy's most beautiful church. This Citadel City is also famous for its wine and pottery. You have ample time to experience both.

The lunch break is a Tuscan masterpiece. Locanda dell' Amorosa is a stone Villa nestled in a vineyard near the small town of Sinalunga. It's setting and cuisine is unrivaled in Tuscany.

Then on you go to Pienza, a a Renaissance model town founded by Pope Pius II. The narrow streets, charming churches and captivating shops make this visit a mind-tattoo of memories.

Continue to Montepulciano and stop in a wine shop for a taste of famous Brunello di Montalcino and Nobile di Montepulciano wines.

The Lecture-Guide spends this day driving you through luscious scenery to quaint settings and breath-taking vistas. It is all part of what makes Tuscany one of Europe's premier destination.

You return to Rome with a new understanding of Tuscan agricultural richness and cultural wealth.

We suggest starting no later than 8 AM for full enjoyment of the scenery, the sites and the luncheon event.

1 person - Euro 480, 2 people - Euro 280 each, 3 people - Euro 200 each, 4 people - Euro 180 each, 5 people - Euro 160 each, 6 people - Euro 150 each, 7 people - Euro 140 each, 8-11 people - Euro 130 each, 12-14 people - Euro 120 each.
Tour lasts 10 hours. Price inclusive of private car and driver and a personal tour guide. Please ask for discounts when travel with small children. Entrance tickets not included.

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6. Orvieto, Todi (or Perugia), and Assisi Walking Tour
A Full Day Adventure in Umbria with car and driver, with time for lunch.

The day begins with a drive to Orvieto where you visit what many believe is Italy's most beautiful church. This Citadel City is also famous for its wine and pottery. You have ample time to experience both.

Optional: Time for an authentic Umbrian lunch in a beautiful country villa, in Assisi or in Perugia. This elegant cuisine pleases and prepares you for your forthcoming pilgrimage to Assisi.

Assisi walking tour: This immaculate medieval hill town has always been a vortex of beauty and spirituality. Assisi is home to Italy's patron saint, St. Francis. It also maintains frescoes of Giotto and Cimabue.

You meander through the Basilica and quaint chapels, along narrow streets filled with artisan shops and among olive groves dotted by fields of sunflowers.

You spend the day seeing Umbria, with Assisi as the spiritual highlight.

We suggest starting no later than 8 AM for full enjoyment of the scenery by daylight.

1 person - Euro 480, 2 people - Euro 280 each, 3 people - Euro 200 each, 4 people - Euro 180 each, 5 people - Euro 160 each, 6 people - Euro 150 each, 7 people - Euro 140 each, 8-11 people - Euro 130 each, 12-14 people - Euro 120 each.
Tour lasts 9 hours. Price inclusive of private car and driver
and a personal tour guide. Please ask for discounts when travel with small children. Entrance tickets and lunch not included.

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