Rome: Italy’s Magnificent Capital

Prepare to discover everything that Rome has to offer by choosing from one of our expert guided tours.

Guided Day Tours

Rome, Italy

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Discover Rome

Tours Italy - Avventure Bellissime offers an extensive selection of escorted tours also featuring walking tours in Rome, tempting food & wine itineraries, day tours and excursions through the colorful landscapes of Southern Italy, plus many other options to choose from.

Get inspired by Rome’s most popular sights, accompanied by one of our expert licensed guides and enjoy an unforgettable travel experience by picking from Tours Italy’s escorted routes.

The history of the Colosseum, the Pantheon, St. Peter’s Basilica, the Vatican Museum, the Sistine Chapel and La Dolce Vita’s famous Trevi Fountain will be uncovered as you stroll along the streets of the city and admire some of the most famous archaeological and cultural sites in the world.

Vatican tours include skip the line tickets to the Vatican museums, Sistine Chapel & St. Peter’s Basilica. Semi-Private tours with max of 12 people

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Semi-private walking tour with only 12 people per guide featuring the Colosseum, Palatine hill and Ancient Forum

Ancient Rome

& Colosseum

3 HOURS

10 HOURS

Rome Grand Tour

Supersaver Rome tour over two days with skip the line entry to the Vatican and Colosseum plus a minivan tour of all major attractions

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We had a fabulous day!! Our tour guide Phillipo was wonderful. Knowledgeable, funny, and a good driver.The van was comfortable and cool. The sights and stops were gorgeous!!

Abigail O'Neil

Prices from: €69.00

Duration: 4 hours

12 people per guide

Vatican Tours

Highly qualified local expert English speaking guides

Skip the line tickets to the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel

See Renaissance masterpieces by Michelangelo and Raphael

Renaissance Rome

The tour focuses on the Renaissance period during which the Sistine Chapel, Raphael Rooms and Saint Peter’s Basilica were built.

Our guides will also tell you about the Popes of Rome, their enclave and the fascinating story of how they are elected to office.

Michaelangelo and the Sistine Chapel

You will learn about the life and times of Michaelangelo at the Vatican, his relationship with Pope Julius II and relive how he worked alongside fellow artists to create their masterpieces including his pietà.

You’ll also hear about the intense rivalry he experienced with his contemporary artists. Along with our expert guides, you will tour the Sistine Chapel spending as much time as possible viewing and discussing one of the most famous works of art in the world.

Saint Peter’s Basilica

We will then move onto visit Saint Pater’s Basilica – the world’s most famous and largest Catholic Church. It is home to masterpieces by Michaelangelo and Bernini.

We’ll also go back to the story of the Basilica’s namesake – Saint Peter and the life story of the simple fisherman who became the first Pope of Christianity.

Other Vatican highlights

We will also have time to take in the Belvedere courtyard, the impressive Pio Clementino museum with its beautiful Greek and Roman statues.

Our guides will also show you the stunning candelabra gallery and the tapestries gallery as well as the astonishing Raphael rooms, the Borgia’s apartment and examples of Bernini and Bramante’s work.

Saint Peter’s Square

The final part of the tour will focus on Saint Peter’s square – home to important Papal ceremonies.

Here you will have time to admire Michaelangelo’s Dome and Bernini’s colonnades.

Prices from: €69.00

Duration: 3 hours

12 people per guide

Ancient Rome & Colosseum

Skip the line tickets to the Colosseum, Constantine’s Arch, Ancient Roman Forum and Palatine Hill

Tours led by our experienced English speaking guides, experts in art, history and archaeology

Headphones to help you make the most of your guide’s commentary

The Colosseum – Ancient Rome’s most celebrated building

One of the highlights of our Ancient Rome walking tours is a visit to the magnificent Colosseum.

You will have ‘skip the queue’ tickets – helping you to avoid delays and make the most of your time.

Your expert tour guide will take you on a thorough tour of the stunning interior of Ancient Rome's most famous building.

You will learn how the Romans managed to build this massive structure that was originally a third of a mile in circumference on marshy ground, and how it was designed to allow an unruly crowd of some 50,000 spectators to enter and exit with ease.

During the tour you will learn how the hidden mechanisms of Ancient Rome's most celebrated building created the fabulous stage effects that accompanied the violent games held here.

You’ll find out about the types of games held in Colosseum, what these events meant to Roman citizens, as well as the amphitheatre's function in Ancient Rome.

Constantine’s Arch

Then, we'll admire the Constantine's Arch – a triumphal arch which sits between the Colosseum and the Palatine Hill. Built to mark Constantine I’s victory at the Battle of Milvian Bridge.

Our guides will tell you how its great reliefs – a sculptural technique - influenced Baroque artists in Rome as well as the function of triumphant arches in the city.

Ancient Roman Forum – the cradle of western civilisation

Then our expert guide will lead you on a fascinating walking tour through the striking remains of the Ancient Roman Forum - the cradle of Western civilization and the main square of the Roman Empire.

Our guide will teach you about its history brought to life by tales of Ancient Rome's society, their beliefs as well as tales about their family and civic lives.

Through the tour you’ll also learn what role the Forum played in Ancient Rome, and its influence on succeeding generations.

Your guide will also highlight important landmarks of the Ancient Forum that date from the various periods of Rome's long and great history.

This part of the tour will cover the history of Ancient Rome from its origins to the age of the Roman Republic, and the glory days of the Roman Empire.

During the tour you'll also understand how these Romans who considered themselves men of the soil gave the letters S.P.Q.R their meaning and later carried them to the ends of the known world!

Palatine Hill

The walking tour of Ancient Rome will finish on Palatine Hill - a hill that has given its name to all the palaces in the world.

The Palatine is an enchanted place where you can experience a fantastic vista of Ancient Rome.

It’s the ideal place to reflect on everything you’ve learned and to contemplate the feats of the Ancient Romans!

Prices from: €222.00

Duration: Two Days (10 hours total)

12 people per guide

Rome Grand Tour in 2 Days

Skip the line entry to the Colosseum and Vatican museum

Local expert English speaking guide for 10 hours

Headphones to help you make the most of your guide’s commentary

The Best of Rome by Mini-Van

On this 3-hour tour, you will get to visit the highlights of Rome by minivan: Pantheon, Spanish Steps, Trevi Fountain, Piazza Navona.

In the second part of the tour, you will get the chance to stroll through one of the most ancient neighbourhoods of Rome - the picturesque Trastevere area and admire the majestic church of Santa Maria in Trastevere.

You can watch the world go by in a local coffee shop and enjoy a complimentary Italian coffee or cappuccino.

Vatican and Sistine Chapel Tour

Accompanied by our expert tour guide you will see the most important highlights of the Vatican museum and St Peter’s Basilica Since you are part of a small tour group, we’ll be able to show you the confined spaces of the Rooms by Raphael – other, larger tour groups are unable to include this on their itinerary.

Our tour guide is an expert in art history and will interpret Raphael’s works, including how he expressed his admiration for his great rival, Michelangelo.

A significant portion of the tour will be spent in the Sistine Chapel where you can hear about its transformation into one of the world’s most important artistic creations.

We’ll also share the story behind the conflict between two key figures of the Renaissance – Michelangelo and Pope Julius II.

We will spend time in the Vatican museums which hold significant collections of art built up by the Popes throughout the period. The collection includes some of the most renowned structures and masterpieces of Renaissance art in the world.

Then the tour will take you to St. Peter’s Basilica where you can see Bernini’s Papal canopy and Michelangelo’s Pietà.

Throughout, our guide will tell you all about the history of the first Pope – the tale of a simple fisherman – through to the extravagance of the renaissance period popes.

Ancient Rome Tour

During this 3-hour tour you’ll be walking in the company of our licensed expert guide in the Colosseum who will help you visualize what it would have been like to be part of a 50,000 strong audience witnessing the showmanship of the Gladiators.

From there you will move on to visit the Palatine Hill and then Constantine’s Arch – a triumphal arch which dates back to 315AD.

And afterwards, you will survey the ruins of the Ancient Roman Forum, where our guide will tell you about the period’s defining historical moments.

Through our guides, you will be able to understand exactly what it was like to live in Rome over 2,000 years ago.

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