The tour in the footsteps of Caravaggio offers a delightful walk through the narrow cobbled streets of Campo Marzio where the artist worked and lived in streets once busting with artists’ workshops, art galleries and craftsmen plying their wares. The Contarelli Chapel in San Luigi dei Francesi Together we will explore the most important moments in […]
Read moreTour Gabii Archaeological Park The archaeological area of the ancient city of Gabii is situated about twenty kilometres fromRome, at the XII mile of the original Roman route, via Prenestina, also known as the via Gabina on the initial stretch. Gabii is located on the southern edge of the Castiglione crater, up until the XIX […]
Read morethe tour includes the excavations under the Basilica of Santa Cecilia, the Excubitorium of the VII Cohort of Guards and the archaeological area beneath the Church of San Crisogono. Santa Cecilia underground We will begin our tour in the area below the basilica dedicated to Saint Cecilia, uncovered during restoration work at the end of […]
Read moreLavinium – Pratica di Mare The ancient city of Lavinium, a sacred site with important sanctuaries from the time of the original Latin tribes, is believed to have been founded by Aeneas when he landed on the Latium coastline as told by Virgil in the Aeneid. The site, thirty kilometres from Rome, between Pomezia and […]
Read moreThe Forum Boarium and the Jewish ghetto walking tour The guided tours begins at Via del Velabro at the Church of Santa Maria in Cosmedin in Piazza Bocca della verità. An expert archaeologist will led you to explore the archaeological area of the Forum Boarium, the ancient Rome cattle market for selling the meat. Here […]
Read moreUnderground in Campo Marzio (and a bit overground too) Our visit will begin at the lower level of the Basilica of San Lorenzo in Lucina, constructed originally in the IV-V century AD above the remains of the home of the Roman matron Lucina. This first church was damaged by floods and plundering by the Norman […]
Read moreThe Baths of Caracalla, also known as Thermae Antonianae, dominate the lower part of the Aventine hill not far from the Camene Valley, the old Appian Way and Capena Gate, and are immersed in a splendid backdrop of trees and flowers. Probably the most famous, imposing and best preserved of all the ancient Roman bath […]
Read moreThe Celio Hill The visit includes, in line with church opening times, the Upper Basilica of San Clemente, the Basilica of SS. Quattro Coronati as well as the Basilicas of SS. Giovanni and Paolo and Santa Maria in Domnica (Navicella). The Celio, as well as being a famous Roman district, is also one of the […]
Read moreNecropolis of Portus and Harbour of Trajan in Fiumicino The Necropolis of Portus In A.D. 42, the emperor Claudius decided to build a new port in the north of Ostia, on the right bank of the Tiber. The old harbor, located to the natural mouth of the Tiber, did not allow the anchoring of […]
Read moreTour of the Squares and Fountains of Rome Piazza di Spagna, Fontana di Trevi and Pantheon The guided tour to the Squares and Fountains of Rome will lead the visitor in a journey among the most fascinating monumental fountains and squares of the Eternal City. The tour will start in Piazza di Spagna, where we may see the scenic Spanish Steps to […]
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