Rome in a Day Group Tour: Colosseum, City Centre Walking Tour & Vatican Museum
Rome, Italy
5 hours 30 minutes (Approx.)
Offered in: English
Overview
With this tour, you will join a special full-day trip to see the main feature of the Eternal City. The tour starts from Colosseum, where you will have a step back in time. This tour includes skip the line entrance, a maximum of 25 participants per each group tour, the experience of official professional guide, and 1-hour guided tour inside the Colosseum. After having a little break, go to our agency and meet your guide for the following walking tour of Rome city center. With this activity, you will pass to have a walking tour along the narrow streets of the city center lead by a local guide for a complete overview from the ancient time to the modern age. After having another little break, get ready for 2,5 hrs guided tour of the Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel (group size up to 25 pax) where you can admire one of the most excellent collection of arts in the world — included in this activity, privileged access to Saint Peter Basilica.
What's Included
All taxes, fees and handling charges
Headsets to hear the guide clearly
Professional art historian guide
Guaranteed to skip the long lines
Food and drinks
Gratuities
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Transportation to/from attractions
Departure & Return
What To Expect
Itinerary
1 hour guided tour lead by an official professional guide inside the Colosseum. This activity includes skip the line entrance.
Duration: 1 hour
Admission Ticket Included
one of the most representative and famous monuments erected around 113 AC, one of the best-preserved masterpieces
Admission Ticket Free
Walking tour stop. During this activity you will be lead by a local guide.
Duration: 20 minutes
Admission Ticket Free
Walking tour stop. During this activity you will be lead by a local guide. Trevi Fountain, which is known as one of the most stunning fountains in the world. But there’s a lot more than just beauty behind this famous fountain and you will get to know.
Duration: 15 minutes
Admission Ticket Free
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.
Admission Ticket Free
Walking tour stop. During this activity you will be lead by a local guide. Bernini Fountains ans Borromini's church Santa Agnese in Agone
Duration: 25 minutes
Admission Ticket Free
Then you will have an external visit of the Pantheon, which was built as a temple to all the gods of Olympus. This temple is famous worldwide for its incredible dome which is the largest in the world since ancient times.
Duration: 15 minutes
Admission Ticket Not Included
Continue your itinery off the beaten path to admire hidden beautiful churches and corners that only a local could know
Admission Ticket Free
Visit one of the most hidden district in Rome. Discover a city in the city, visiting this magical place full of historical memories.
Admission Ticket Free
Enjoy an external visit of the Holy Castle, one of most ancient building in Rome.Built as Hadrian’s tomb, it was transformed in the middle ages into the fortress of the popes. Now a days is one of the most iconic monuments in Rome.
Duration: 15 minutes
Admission Ticket Not Included
Along the way you can appreciate the romantic atmosphere created by the monutal briges that crown the Tiber river. The tour will end up at the bridge of the angels( in front of the Holy Angel Castle), right next to the hop on hop off bus stop
Duration: 10 minutes
Admission Ticket Free
Discover the treasures hosted by one of the largest and most-visited museums of the world enriched by a huge number of masterpieces collected through time.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Admission Ticket Included
Admire the major representatives of Italian art such as Leonardo, Perugino, Beato Angelico, and many more
Towards the end of this tour you will visit the beautiful Sistine Chapel to admire Michelangelo’s masterpiece: The Last Judgement.
Duration: 30 minutes
Admission Ticket Included
You will visit the Basilica at your leisure, without the guide. Inside you can admire some Baroque masterpieces and the breathtaking Pietà by Michelangelo. You can also enjoy a moment of reflection in the Vatican caves.
Duration: 10 minutes
Admission Ticket Free
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Near public transportation
- Not recommended for travelers with back problems
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
- A minimum of 2 people per booking is required
- Customers have a mandatory meeting time stated 30 minutes prior to the scheduled departure time due to managing and organizational reasons.
- Dress code is smart casual. Comfortable shoes recommended
- A dress code is required to enter places of worship and Vatican Museum. No shorts or sleeveless tops allowed. Knees and shoulders MUST be covered for both men and women. You may risk refused entry if you fail to comply with these dress requirements
- To get inside the monuments it is used group ticket and not individual one. It cannot be can asked just the ticket entrance.
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- The activity can suffer 20/30 min variation due to organizational resons
- You must have a valid photo ID to enter the monuments (student's ID, Driver License, Passport or State ID all work.) You will be asked to also provide your name, last name and date of birth (at the beginning of the tour, if not provided beforehand.) Security may prevent you from entering the site if the information provided is not accurate and/or don't match the one on your ID.
- Child discount is applied only with a valid ID card
- Note: tour will not operate on religious holidays
- WILL NOT BE POSSIBLE TO VISIT THE BASILICA DURING RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS AND CEREMONIES (Audiences, Beatifications, Masses of the POPE). The Basilica is often subject to sudden closures. In these cases it is not possible to guarantee access to the Basilica.
- Please note that for safety reasons the Coliseum can accommodate up to 3.000 people at once.This could lead to delays in access to the site, even for pre-booked visitors.
- Estimated time entrance to the Vatican Museum is 45 minutes after tour departure, because you will have to pass the security check.
- For security reasons all visitors and their luggage shall be screened.
- To facilitate the security checks please insert any object (including mobile phone) in the bag/backpack or in the tray to be included in the X-ray
- Forbidden objects inside the Colosseum: bottles and glasses containers, alcholic beverages and aerosols, backpacks, camping, bulky bags and luggage / trolley
- Can be introduced medium and small size backpacks to shoulder, which must be checked, as any other bag, with metal detectors, opened and visually inspected by the Urbe Security Institute, responsible for the entrance inspection
- Please notice that the Colosseum Administration, which depends on the Ministry of Cultural Assets and Activities has the faculty to close the Colosseum, or parts of it, with or without notice, for events, strikes, heavy rain, or any other reason. In which case, we will offer an alternative itinerary as it seems fit and offer a partial refund
- Activity not recommended for people with motor lag
- No change on a booking can be accepted after 24hrs to the starting time of the tour. In that instance, no refund will be issued.
- For the safety of all guests, the tour operator reserves the right to refuse service to passengers who are intoxicated or show signs of intoxication. If, as a result, your tour is canceled, you will not be entitled to a refund.
- Pets are not allowed
- Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 25 travelers
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.Learn more about cancellations.
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