Rome Full Day Private Tour: Driver, Access to Colosseum & Vatican

Enjoy a beautiful driver around one of the most beautiful square in Rome.

Your driver guide will stop at the circus maximus where you can take amazing pictures.
The Circus was Rome's largest venue for ludi, public games connected to Roman religious festivals. Ludi were sponsored by leading Romans or the Roman state for the benefit of the Roman people (populus Romanus) and gods. Most were held annually or at annual intervals on the Roman calendar.

You'll take a lot of pictures from the circus maximus.
Imperial palaces were built there, starting with Augustus. Before imperial times the hill was mostly occupied by the houses of the rich.

Your driver will introduce you to your private Tour guide to visit the Colosseum.
Ticket type: individual ticket first and second level, no groups entrance, no attico, no undergrounds.

The Oldest road in the built by the Romans more than 2000 years ago. The Appian Way was a Roman road which the republic used as a main route for military supplies for its conquest of southern Italy in 312 BC and for improvements in communication.

From the port of civitavecchia we'll show you the trevi fountain and the spanish steps instead of the catacombs but you are free to decide on the day of the tour what to see.
If your tour starts from Rome city center if you don't want to see the catacombs, we'll show you the Roman squares. This can be customised on the day of the tour with your personal driver guide.
The catacombs are among the greatest and most important of Rome. They originated about the middle of the second century and are part of a cemeterial complex which occupies an area of 90 acres, with a network of galleries about 12 miles long, in four levels, more than twenty meters deep. In it were buried tens of martyrs, 16 popes and very many Christians.

You will stop for a quick snack suggested by our driver during the tour, gelato or a slice of pizza for about 30 minutes if you want.

The monumental stairway of 135 steps is linked with the Trinità dei Monti church, under the patronage of the Bourbon kings of France, at the top of the steps and the Spanish Embassy to the Holy See in the Palazzo Monaldeschi at the bottom of the steps. The stairway was designed by the architects Francesco de Sanctis and Alessandro Specchi in 1726

The Trevi Fountain (Italian: Fontana di Trevi) is an 18th-century fountain in the Trevi district in Rome, Italy, designed by Italian architect Nicola Salvi and completed by Giuseppe Pannini in 1762 and several others. Standing 26.3 metres (86 ft) high and 49.15 metres (161.3 ft) wide, it is the largest Baroque fountain in the city and one of the most famous fountains in the world.

After lunch or a snack, you and your professional Private Tour guide will visit the Vatican Museums enjoying a 2-3 hours guided tour where you will see the Sistine Chapel and the most important art work of the history as the Gallery of Maps, the Gallery of Tapestries and more...
Take a look at the Papal Canopy suspended over the altar inside the Sistine Chapel. where the Pope celebrates Mass.

At the end of this tour your tour guide will drop you off in st. Peter's Square.

This tour includes direct access to the basilica when it is open to the public directly from the Sistine Chapel bypassing the endless line of St. Peter's Square. However, during the jubilee year 2025 access is not guaranteed due to the large influx of pilgrims.
Your private guide will be happy to help you find taxi to return to the hotel.
If you have chosen the 9 hours option the guide will accompany you to your private driver for the return to the port of civitavecchia or to the hotel in Rome for post cruisers.