Rome

Rome day trip from Civitavecchia – Shore Excursion from the port of Civitavecchia

The tour will begin with your private driver collecting you from the docks of Civitavecchia port (another custom location in the area can be agreed) with a luxury sedan or minivan, and after 1H drive you will reach the center of Rome, the Eternal City. The itinerary includes the most important attractions of the Italian Capital: the Colosseum, Sistine Chapel, St. Peter’s Basilica, Navona Square, Phanteon, Trevi Funtain and the Spanish Steps.

You will meet your official local guide and start the tour from the Colosseum, also known as the Flavian Amphitheatre. Rome’s great gladiatorial arena is the most monumental of the city’s ancient sights and Italy’s top tourist attraction. The entry will be quick and easy as we make in advance the reservations for skip the line tickets.

You’ll then walk along the “Fori Imperiali”, admiring the most important archaeological area of the city before climbing up to the Capitoline Hill with Capitoline Square designed by Michelangelo. Next stop will be the Pantheon, a striking 2000-year-old temple, now a church and one of the best preserved of Rome’s ancient monuments. You will continue your tour to Piazza Navona, that with its showy fountains and baroque buildings is central Rome’s elegant showcase square. Its grand centrepiece is Bernini’s “Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi”! Here you’ll have free time for lunch, before leaving with you private driver to the Vatican Museums.

Entry to the Museums will be easy as usual with our skip the line tickets. You’ll focus on the highlights of this vast collection of art before reaching the Sistine Chapel, frescoed by Michelangelo, Perugino, Ghirlandaio, Botticelli and considered by many the most famous and important masterpiece of Western Art. A direct passage will easily take you inside the magnificent Basilica of Saint Peter, where your guide will share the secrets behind the Burial of Saint Peter, Bernini’s Baldachin and Michelangelo’s Pietà. Leaving the Church, gripped by all this beauty, you’ll be welcomed in Saint Peter’s Square by stunning statues of the Apostles, Saints and Martires dominating the façade of the Basilica and Bernini’s Colonnato.

Before to leave Rome and if there will be enough time, you’ll have the chance for a quick stop to Trevi Fountain and Spanish Steps.

The driver will remain at your disposal throughout the day and will drive you around when the places to see are not within walking distance. The tour inside Rome will last around 6/7 hrs. At the end of the day, your driver will take you back to Civitavecchia, on time to board your ship.

Please note that on Sundays and national holidays the Vatican Museums are closed and it will not be possible to visit the museums and the Sistine Chapel. On these occasions the itinerary will be modified to include St. Angel Castle.

Alternative Tour: Florence Day Trip from Rome, Vatican Half Day Tour, Orvieto & Assisi Day Trip from Rome, Pompeii Day Trip from Rome