This tour will first take you to the medieval town of Castel Gandolfo, where the Popes' have kept their summer residence for centuries. The name comes from the castle built by the Gandolfi family in the twelfth century.

Starting from your hotel in Rome we stroll the hills around Rome. The countryside around Rome are delicious; rolling hills and verdant plains, studded with farmhouses, villas and palaces of the era, up to the Lake of Albano, located in the crater of an extinct volcano. We will stop in the small medieval village overlooking the lake to enjoy a quiet walk towards that, which was the summer residence of the Popes for several centuries. In fact, the Papal residence and its gardens are part of the Papal States.

The Castelli Romani are one of the busiest tourist areas of the province of Rome. The famous Ville Tuscolane that arise in the towns of Frascati, Grottaferrata and the papal villa in Castel Gandolfo, are the best known and most obvious proof of the preference that popes and wealthy Roman nobles had due to the climate of the hills.

Our driver will take you to a nice local trattoria where you enjoy a traditional Italian meal, pizza or salad. After lunch we will return to Rome along the ancient Appian way, which was the first ancient roman military road.

EXTRA INFORMATION:

Duration of this daytrip: 6 hours.

• Comfortable walking shoes are recommended.
• The vehicle will escort you for the entire tour.
• Our rates do not include private tour guide, entrance fees or meals.

PAYMENTS:

• All rates are quoted in the Euro and are only payable in the Euro currency, at the end of the services.
• Tips are not included in our rates and are not mandatory. Normal tips range between 5-10% depending on your satisfaction.

The tradition attributes the foundation of Ostia to Anco Marcio fourth king of Rome lived in the second half of the seventh century BC. However, the presence in the age direction of a town near the mouth seems to be accredited for the existence of the salt marshes near the mouth of the Tiber, which produced an invaluable asset and indispensable as salt.

The production of this, used both for Food and for the storage of food, had to be necessarily placed under control, as the historian Tito Livio and the mouth of the river became strategically of fundamental importance to Rome.

Port of the Tiber was for many centuries the primary means of communication, and port of the Tyrrhenian Sea, which has always been essential for trade policy and the Roman military. Its character as a market town and reconciliation of important communication routes (Tiber River and the Tyrrhenian Sea) with the capital of the ancient world, has led to Ostia, initially equal to and perhaps even Rome itself, a cosmopolitan city, where there were different races and cultures.

Its inhabitants were, according to the profession, grouped in associations, with different languages and religions. This is testified by the emples dedicated to local deities as well as in Mitra (Persian), Cybele (Phrygian), Isis (Egyptian). Recent is the discovery of a synagogue which can be the oldest known Jewish Synagogue in Rome.

The ruins are beautifully preserved and they provide an amazing glimpse into daily life in ancient Rome. By the 2nd century AD, Ostia had become a flourishing commercial centre inhabited by 100,000 people, whose apartment buildings, taverns, and grocery shops are still intact with wonderful mosaics decorations of the pavements and frescos.

EXTRA INFORMATION:

Duration of this daytrip: 4 / 6 hours.

• Comfortable walking shoes are recommended.
• You can get the tickets to sites on the spot – Euro 11 per person for Ostia Antica.
• The vehicle will escort you for the entire tour.
• Please note that the driver will not enter the sites but give commentaries of what you are seeing.
• Our rates do not include private tour guide, entrance fees or meals.

PAYMENTS:

• All rates are quoted in the Euro and are only payable in the Euro currency, at the end of the services.
• Tips are not included in our rates and are not mandatory. Normal tips range between 5-10% depending on your satisfaction.

ROME IN HALF DAY (DRIVING TOUR)

Experience living history with us and explore the wonders of Ancient Rome as you walk in the footsteps of Roman emperors, generals and gladiators on this exiting day tour.

Rome was the last of the greatest ancient civilizations that had the most profound impact on today's architecture, engineering, politics and entertainment among many others, leaving behind iconic monuments testament to Roman awe-inspiring achievements.

In Ancient Rome Day Tour, you will experience the magnificence of these world famous ancient sites that have endured through the millennium and continue to astonish contemporary architects and engineers, inspire people's imagination and fill you with a sense of timeless civilization.

You will be driven by your own personal English speaking driver inside a comfortable Deluxe vehicle as you travel back through distant history and venture through Ancient Rome's unforgettable wonders: Colisseum, Circus Maximus, Baths of Caracalla, Via Appia Antica, Acquaducts Park, Pantheon, Aventine Hill, Palatine Hill, Roman Forum, etc...

EXTRA INFORMATION:

Duration of this daytrip: 4 hours.

• Comfortable walking shoes are recommended.
• We also recommend to pre-purchase your Coliseum tickets online (if you wish to enter) for the same reason. Make this reservation between 9.30-10 AM if you plan on visiting inside.
• Please note that it's very important to be dressed properly when visiting religious sites covering knees and shoulders. We also recommend wearing comfortable shoes.
• The vehicle will escort you for the entire tour.
• Please note that the driver will not enter the sites but give commentaries of what you are seeing.
• Our rates do not include private tour guide, entrance fees or meals.

PAYMENTS:

• All rates are quoted in the Euro and are only payable in the Euro currency, at the end of the services.
• Tips are not included in our rates and are not mandatory. Normal tips range between 5-10% depending on your satisfaction.

Rome Tour - Rome, the eternal city, the "caput mundi", the strongest empire ever existed, the main house for catholics, since the dark period of the pontifical state, an important political centre in europe, all these particulars of the capital of Italy are evident in its buildings, its palaces, its very many magnificent basilicas and churches.

2000 years ago Rome was already a big metropolis with 1.000.000 inhabitants, with such a big stadium like Colosseum, Circus maximus respectively for gladiator fightings and chariot races were erected. today we call Rome "the open museum of the world" because of its innumerable monuments like Pantheon (the temple of all gods), Colosseum, Circo maximus, Catacombs basilicas, art galleries like Doria Pamphili and Borghese gallery, the famous Trevi fountain and the Roman forum which was the political, commercial and religious centre of ancient Rome.

All our tours can be persolised and the highlights can be choosen to gather the very essence of the eternal city. The history, religiosity, empire, the splendor of the Renaissance and the Barocco, along with the magnificence of the empire will surely make this tour a concentrate of beauty and unforgettable moment.

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