Rome: 2-Day Private Guided Tour with Skip-the-line Tickets

Rome: 2-Day Private Guided Tour with Skip-the-line Tickets

Experience the historic city of Rome through a two-day private guided tour, which includes skip-the-line access to the Vatican, Sistine Chapel, Colosseum, and Roman Forum. Immerse yourself in the rich art and architecture of Rome to the utmost.

About this activity

  • document-signed_15399607 Cancellation policy

    Cancel up to 4 days in advance for a 50% refund

  • user-pilot-tie_9585954 Driver

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  • duration-alt_14246718 Duration

    2 days

  • person-dolly_10786488 Pickup included

    Pickup available at Hotels, B&bs, apartments, vacation rentals in the city center only.If out of the city center, pick up and Drop off rate to be arranged on request.If you are staying in an Hotel with a lobby, please wait your driver there. If you are staying in an apartment without a lobby, please wait the driver in the street near your house number.For the Colosseum Tour: meeting point is at the Fun Tour Agency, Via della Polveriera, 8. The Agency is located on top of the Colosseum Metro Station. You have to cross the little pedestrian bridge facing the Colosseum, at which point it will be 100 meters away.

  • queue-alt_15044408 Skip the ticket line

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Highlights

  • Get the best time in Rome in 2 days with an exclusive private guided tour
  • Skip the Line Vatican and Sistine Chapel Private Tour
  • Skip the Line Colosseum and Roman Forum Private Tour
  • Small group tour and tickets of the Appian way Catacombe
  • Pick up, Drop Off and private sightseeing tour with a driver

Your experience

This exclusive two-day private historical and sightseeing tour will start from your hotel in Rome on the first day.

Pickup will be at your hotel in Rome; however, departure time may vary-exact details of the itinerary shall reach you through email a few days before the tour.

Depart from standard tourist routes with the personal driver and discover romantic atmospheres of characteristic squares like that at Spanish Steps, Piazza Navona, Santa Maria Della Pace.

Next marvel are Trevi Fountain-Baroque masterpiece, peaceful flowing Tiber river, Pantheon-an architectural wonder.

The walk continues to Emperor Hadrian's Mausoleum and the famous Ponte Sant'Angelo where you will get an excellent view of Castello Sant'Angelo.

A private fast track tour of the Vatican Museum reveals an exhibition of artworks collected by popes over centuries presented in the Gallery of Maps with views over the Vatican Gardens and the Tapestry gallery finally leading into the Sistine Chapel decorated by Michelangelo, one of the greatest artists during Renaissance times.

Day 2 will begin with a 45-minute tour of the mysterious catacombs, which are located on the old Appian way.

The Appian way contains about 93 miles (150 km) of underground galleries used as tombs for early Christians during periods of Roman persecution.

After this tour, there will be a short panoramic drive to the Colosseum.

After a break for lunch, lasting one and a half hours (lunch not included), enjoy a private skip-the-line tour inside the Colosseum: perhaps the most symbolic monument remaining from Ancient times.

Find out more about building techniques invented by Romans and training skills of gladiators as well as bloody fights involving exotic animals.

Then you will see Palatine Hill where the houses of the Roman Emperors are and also the halls that used to host their Forum-Political, Religious, and Commercial activities in those days.

Besides many other impressive ruins, there is the old Senate House, and Temples of Vesta plus Triumphal Arches of Constantine, Titus, and Septimius Severus.

What's Included
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off in Downtown Rome only
  • Transport by air-conditioned vehicle or minivan
  • Permission to enter Rome city center
  • Parking Fees
  • 6-hour professional tour guide service
  • Reservation service for special/skip the line entrance to the Vatican Museum
  • Admission fees with privileged entrance Colosseum/Roman Forum/Palatine Hill
  • Reservation service for special/skip the line entrance to the Colosseum/Roman Forum/Palatine Hill
  • Admission fees with privileged entrance Catacombs
  • 45 minute-group tour inside the Catacombs
  • English speaking driver for the sightseeing tour on the first day
  • Insurance
  • Tax
  • VAT
What's Excluded
  • Saint Peter's Basilica tour
  • Food and drinks
  • Guide service for the panoramic tour
  • Gratuities (recommended)

To Remember

What to bring

  • Passport or ID card
  • Comfortable shoes
  • Change of clothes

Not allowed

  • Pets
  • Shorts
  • Luggage or large bags
  • Short skirts
  • Alcohol and drugs

Know before you go

  •  Please check your email for information on the final itinerary of the tour, which will be sent a few days prior to the tour date
  •  Sometimes the Basilica and Sistine chapel may close without notice. It will not be possible to visit the Basilica during religious holidays and ceremonies (audiences, beatifications, masses of the Pope). At the moment is not possible to visit the Basilica during the Vatican tour
  • Mandatory valid ID (Identity Card, Passport, or Driver's license) without a document entry to museums or archaeological areas could be denied.
  • It is necessary to show a valid document to the Museum and the Archaeological Area
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