Vatican, Colosseum and Catacombs Tour with Lunch

Rome, Italy

Experience Rating
    
icon8 hours  (Approx.)
Mobile ticket
iconOffered in: English and 3 more
Overview

See three of Rome’s top destinations in one day on a private full-day tour that saves time with skip-the-line admission to these popular attractions. Explore both the Colosseum and Vatican with your guide for several hours each, and have about two hours to go into the Catacombs of Callixtus, located on the Appian Way. Lunch and hotel pickup are included for your convenience.
  • Includes lunch and admission tickets to attractions
  • Insightful commentary shared by the guide
  • Hotel pickup provided
  • Ideal for people with limited time

Hotel pickup
Entrance fees to the Colosseum and Vatican Museums with guided tour
lunch
Entrance ticket to the Catacombs (transfer not included/not usable on the same day of the tour)
Transfers from the Colosseum to the restaurant and the to the Vatican Museums
Small group limited to a maximum of 14 people
Hotel drop off
Transfer from/to San Callixtus Catacomb

Departure Point

Traveler pickup is offered
Pick up is available for all the accomodation within the aurelian walls

Departure Time

8:00 AM
Itinerary
Stop At:  
Sistine Chapel Savona
The Sistine Chapel is a chapel in the Apostolic Palace, the official residence of the pope, in Vatican City. The chapel has served as a place of both religious and functionary papal activity. Today, it is the site of the papal conclave, the process by which a new pope is selected. The fame of the Sistine Chapel lies mainly in the frescos that decorate the interior, most particularly the Sistine Chapel ceiling and The Last Judgment by Michelangelo
Duration: 1 hour 
Admission Ticket Included
Stop At:  
Vatican Museums
The Vatican museums represent the most visited museums by tourists traveling in Italy. Vatican Museums are located in Viale Vaticano in Rome, within the Vatican City State. Founded by Pope Julius II in the 16th century, they occupy a large part of the vast courtyard of the Belvedere and they have one of the largest art collections in the world, since they exhibit the huge collection of works of art accumulated over the centuries by the Popes
Duration: 3 hours 
Admission Ticket Included
Stop At:  
Stanze di Raffaello
The four Raphael Rooms form a suite of reception rooms, now part of the Vatican Museums in Vatican City. They are famous for their frescoes, painted by Raphael and his workshop. Together with Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes, they are the grand fresco sequences that mark the High Renaissance in Rome
Duration: 1 hour 
Admission Ticket Included
Stop At:  
Vatican City
Vatican City, officially Vatican City State is an independent city-state enclaved within Rome.
Duration: 1 hour 
Admission Ticket Included
Stop At:  
St. Peter's Basilica
St. Peter's Square is a large plaza located directly in front of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City, the papal enclave inside Rome. At the centre of the square is an ancient Egyptian obelisk, erected at the current site in 1586. Gian Lorenzo Bernini designed the square almost 100 years later, including the massive Doric colonnades,four columns deep, which embrace visitors in "the maternal arms of Mother Church". A granite fountain constructed by Bernini in 1675 matches another fountain designed by Carlo Maderno in 1613.
Duration: 1 hour 
Admission Ticket Included
Pass By:  
Via dei Fori Imperiali
The Via dei Fori Imperiali is a road in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy, that runs in a straight line from the Piazza Venezia to the Colosseum. Its course takes it over parts of the Forum of Trajan, Forum of Augustus and Forum of Nerva, parts of which can be seen on both sides of the road.
Admission Ticket Free
Stop At:  
Colosseum
The Colosseum or Coliseum, also known as the Flavian Amphitheatre is an oval amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome. Built of travertine, tuff, and brick-faced concrete, it is the largest amphitheatre ever built. The Colosseum is situated just east of the Roman Forum. Construction started with the emperor Vespasian in AD 72, and was completed in AD 80 under his successor and heir Titus. Further modifications were made during the reign of Domitian (81–96). These three emperors are known as the Flavian dynasty, and the amphitheatre was named in Latin for its association with their family name (Flavius). On the other hand, the name Colosseum is believed to be derived from a colossal statue of Nero that once stood nearby.
Duration: 3 hours 
Admission Ticket Included
Stop At:  
Roman Forum
The Roman Forum was where religious and public life in ancient Rome took place. This place was home to many of the ancient city’s most impressive temples and monuments. Inside the Roman Forum you can admire the senate house, the first Temple of Saturn, the Arch of Titus, the Temple of Vesta, Temple of Castor and Pollux and the Sacra Via.
Duration: 1 hour 
Admission Ticket Included
Stop At:  
Catacombs of Saint Callixtus
The catacombs of St. Callixtus 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.
Duration: 2 hours 
Admission Ticket Included
  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Infant seats available
  • Most travelers can participate
  • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 14 travelers

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