Amazing Sunrise Tour in Rome

So not a morning person, but worth it to see the city all lit up before the crowds begin and traffic get absurd! We got to see more in 3 hours than most people get to see in a day or more! We returned to the Coliseum later and counted our blessings that we had done this tour! And to have a guide that could educate us on the history was such a bonus!!!

Seeing Rome at sunrise while the streets were quiet was amazing, thank you Roberto for your hospitality and narration!!!

Our driver arrived early, was extremely knowledgeable and stopped at so many sites! We had an amazing experience and felt it was the best way to see all the sites without them being packed full of tourists. So peaceful and breathtaking.

A small group of 4 Kiwis and 2 Americans picked up off cruise ship for a1 day full on tour highlights of Rome .Guide and driver Roberto Migilo was excellent at negotiating our way in his super comfortable vehicle around Rome .The beat the line tour of Vatican museum and Sistine Chapel with one of his colleagues was eye opening,great commentary and very efficiently done .Now I had been to Rome 3 times before on our own but this day I saw and experienced as much as I had in a week previously . Full marks to Roberto and his company…from a generally cynical Kiwi no less

We can't say enough good things about our experience with Francesco on our sunrise tour of Rome. When I go on a tour through an operator, I make sure to keep my expectations reasonably low. It can't be as good as the marketing text says it is. But this tour, as the date of our trip drew nearer we got more and more excited. We didn't regret it. Our guide Francesco picked us up at our hotel at 5am on the dot, and he was right: the streets were nearly empty. He invited us to hop out of the van whenever we liked to take a closer look at where we were or to photograph the sights. He took us to the most popular attractions first, before any crowds arrived. There was one other couple at Trevi Fountain (!!!), I was alone on the Spanish Steps (!!!), the Piazza Venezia had no traffic (!!!), and there was no sign of people or moving cars at the Colosseum as the sun rose (!!!). It wasn't until we hit the empty Piazza del Popolo that finally the early birds started to appear. By the time we hit the Vatican, it was 8am, and the line had started forming to get inside. But St. Peter's Square was otherwise almost empty. Francesco is a native Roman, had lived there all his life, and was a history expert. Along the way he had a tremendous amount of history to share, both the kinds of things you expect and some popular culture things you might not. And as a native, he knew the city like the back of his hand: he navigated the maze of small streets and alleys unerringly. After our tour ended at the Vatican, he took us nearby to the neighborhood he grew up in as a child, and took us for cappuccinos and pastries at a cafe where he hung out as a kid. This tour was easily one of the top highlights of our stay in Italy. Having done it once, we would sign up again anyway the next time we're in Rome