Best of Rome Colosseum, Squares and Fountains Private Walking Guided Tour

After having met your guide near the obelisk, get down this monumental stairway of 174 steps.

Hear about the Bernini-designed Barcaccia Fountain, which is found at the foot of the steps. This sculptural fountain is made into the shape of a half-sunken ship with water overflowing its sides into a small basin. According to legend, as River Tiber flooded in 1598, water carried a small boat into the Piazza di Spagna. When the water receded, a boat was deposited in the center of the square, and it was this event that inspired Bernini's creation.

Get inside the heart of the historical city center of Rome. Enjoy a short stop near the Trevi Fountain, which is known as one of the most stunning fountains in the world. Besides the beauty behind this famous fountain, you will get to know all the legends and the myths that surround one of the most famous fountains in the world. The movie “Dolce Vita,” just underlined its legacy.

Take a stop to admire the ruins of the ancient "Hadrianeum", Temple of Hadrian, a masterpiece you will find just around the corner. It is said that are just these ruins to named the square as Stony Square.

Then you will have an external visit of the Pantheon. This temple, built as a temple to all the gods of Olympus, is famous worldwide for its incredible dome as it is the largest in the world since ancient times.

Continuing your walking you'll reach Navona Square.

This huge square, once used to performed incredible battleship, hosts scuplture and architectrural masterpieces such us Bernini's Four River Fountain and Borromini's church Santa Agnese in Agone. It is considered to be the most beautiful and elegant baroque squares.

Admire the façade of Sant’Agnese in Agone as your guide talks about Girolamo Rainaldi and Francesco Borromini, the designers of the handsome baroque church.

Walk to Campo de’ Fiori, characterized by a daily vibrant outdoor food market. According to some legends, the square takes its name from Flora, a beautiful woman beloved by the triumvir Pompeius.
Thanks to its strategic position, the square grew more and more important over time, becoming an essential center of several commercial and cultural activities, while nowadays it is known as one of the main nightlife landmarks of the Eternal City.

Continue to the spot where Julius Caesar is said to have been assassinated, by the Sacra Area di Largo di Torre Argentina. 

Stop at Venice Square the ground zero of the ancient and modern Rome too, and admire the famous Unknown Soldier Monument.

The Roman Forum, also known by its Latin name Forum Romanum (Italian: Foro Romano), is a rectangular forum (plaza) surrounded by the ruins of several important ancient government buildings at the center of the city of Rome. Citizens of the ancient city referred to this space, originally a marketplace, as the Forum Magnum, or simply the Forum.
For centuries the Forum was the center of day-to-day life in Rome: the site of triumphal processions and elections; the venue for public speeches, criminal trials, and gladiatorial matches; and the nucleus of commercial affairs. Here statues and monuments commemorated the city's great men. The teeming heart of ancient Rome, it has been called the most celebrated meeting place in the world and in all history. Located in the small valley between the Palatine and Capitoline Hills, the Forum today is a sprawling ruin of architectural fragments and intermittent archaeological excavations attracting 4.5 million or more sightseers yearly.[

Visit Rome's symbolic monument with a tour that makes it easy and fun for all ages. Learn about the amphitheater's history from a guide with an art and archaeology background.