Rome and Vatican full day tour

If you want the absolute best experience seeing Italy, you have to book with Discovery Tours. They are truly the best in the business and provide exceptional experiences from start to finish. Giulia is incredible and does an amazing job personalizing your trip to exactly what you want. She was also extremely helpful with recommendations, including the hotel my husband and I stayed at, which was absolutely wonderful. Their drivers are professional, punctual, and incredibly kind and accommodating. They make everything seamless, from airport transfers to getting you to each destination without the stress of parking or ride shares. The vehicles are always clean and very comfortable, which made every part of the experience feel easy and enjoyable. The tour guides are outstanding. Not only do you skip long lines, but you also gain so much more insight into each location. Every tour is engaging, and the time truly flies by. We especially loved our day with Katia, who guided us through the Vatican and St. Peter’s Basilica. She was so knowledgeable, engaging, and had such a warm and fun personality. She shared so many fascinating details, made sure we got the best photos, and gave us thoughtful recommendations for the rest of our trip that we really appreciated. And Gilberto, the owner, is simply the best. He is incredibly kind and goes above and beyond to create unforgettable experiences. He took us to unique, off-the-beaten-path places we never would have found on our own, including Bracciano Castle, which is now one of our favorite places, and a charming medieval town where we picked up local honey and truffle salt. He also brought us to an amazing lunch spot and treated us to his wife’s absolutely delicious homemade limoncello, which was such a special touch. We truly had an unforgettable trip and can’t say enough great things about Discovery Tours. If you’re planning a trip to Italy, you won’t be disappointed booking with them. My husband and I can’t wait to return and travel with them again.

We scheduled multiple tours via Discovery Tours while visiting Naples, Rome, Pisa and Florence on our Mediterranean cruise. Each and every tour set up by Discovery Tours was simply excellent! Pasquale, Marco (The Great) and Sabrina were our tour guides. Each of our guides were truly fabulous! Friendly! Timely! Informative! Courteous! Reliable! Accommodating! Etc… We could not have asked for better tour guides! In the time allotted for our tours we were able to visit and do just about everything we desired at each destination! We saw and experienced things that we had only dreamed of! Our special thanks to Giulia and Karolina for setting everything up for us! You two are the best! We highly recommend Discovery Tours! AAAAA+++++

Gilberto could teach a college course, blending ancient history with modern culture. He was a pleasure to be with and made it interesting, insightful and fun. Effortlessly, he was able to guide us through our long checklist, taking in everything we desired in our 10-hour time frame. He then put us in the very capable hands of Valerio, who gave us a Master’s Class as we explored the Vatican. An art and history expert, Valerio strategically merged his iPad as a teaching aid, and was able to help us live the incredible history of the Vatican Museum and the Sistine Chapel.

We had the best time on the tour to the Pentathlon, Trevi Fountain, Coliseum, lunch, and the Vatican. It was by far the best day and tour we had on our 3 week European vacation. Gabriele was our driver and we couldn't ask for a better guide for our day. He drove us right up to where we needed to go, gave us our tickets and directions and met us back in the same easy to find spot. He was great with adults and our young teens. He even gave us Italian lessons. There is no way if we did this with a group we could have gotten everything in in just one day. It was well worth the money spent.

I can’t say enough about this tour. We booked this private tour because we were coming in just for a day on a cruise. Marco picked us up from the port drove us into Rome and was very friendly and informative. Then we picked up Katia for our tours and she was simply amazing. So informative, friendly and got us through the Vatican, Trevi Fountain, and Colosseum with pointing out highlights along the way. If you have to do Rome in a day I totally recommend Discovery Tours. Thank you for such a wonderful experience.

The folks at Discovery Tours were amazing. From Julia who helped us plan our 2 day Rome tour (even private transportation) to our fabulous tour guide Maddalena. Incredible experience and a very knowledgeable tour guide! Highly highly highly recommend them for any visit you are planning.

I booked the tour months ago with the wrong date. The discovery team helped me in the last moment and made our trip plan became true. Mr. Roberto drove the van himself and helped us to visit all planed locations. Thanks Riberto and his team. Peng Lei

Gilberto was fantastic! Our tour of Rome was a highlight of our trip. Gilberto’s knowledge of Rome and his explanations helped us to understand the deep culture and history of Rome. My son and I had this private tour together. It was amazing to be able to see so much of Rome in one day while also not walking! Having Gilbert drive us privately was amazing! Would highly recommend this tour to anyone!

After booking the VIP Rome and Vatican private shore excursion for July 25 for a party of four, with the most kind, helpful, efficient Giulia and Julia of Discovery Guided tours, I was extremely happy to have Silvia as our tour guide (I initially requested her), she being the best, most kind, highly informed, pleasant tour guide for Rome and the Vatican. She effortlessly gave us a full, guided, walking tour complete with full, relevant descriptions, associated history of all the important, various sights in Rome. Her time management was fantastic, even slipping in visits to an Italian coffee shop, a Gelato ice cream parlor that was visited by the Pope and for a local, a tasty lunch at a family bakery and a short shopping experience afterwards. Our driver Alex was on time for pick up at the Civitavecchia cruise port, provided safe driving in a Mercedes town car to Rome and then pick up after the tour to transport us back to the cruise port in ample time for the ship's departure.

We went on this tour as an excursion from Civitavecchia port on our Mediterranean cruise. We chose the private tour due to mobility concerns and wanting to be able to experience things at our own pace and I'm so glad we made that choice! Our driver was incredibly kind and gave us cold water all throughout the day. Our guide wad incredibly knowledgeable and made all the history interesting and gave us a great lunch recommendation. We fully enjoyed our short time in Rome Thanks to this tour and can't wait to go back to see and experience even more!