History and Fun Half Day Tour of Rome
Description
The tour is fun and at the same time so informative. It's a great chance to understand and learn the real history of Rome but with also a look at the normal life of the romans today. A professional Driver Guide will optimize your limited time allowing you to enjoy every site and aswer all of your questions in the comfort of a nice Mercedes van.
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Itinerary
You can't miss this stop! The most famouse and important fountain in the world will be there waiting for your wish and your coin. Our driver guide will give you all the history, answer your questions and allow you to spend enough time to enjoy the site.
Probably the most well preserved roman structure in the entire world. 1900 years old and it's still in perfect conditions. After the explanations of your driver guide you will have time to walk around the site for more pictures and if you wish more questions. Don't miss the tomb of Raphael!
We will stop on the top of the staircase and just like in the movie Roman Holidays you will be able to walk down the steps and enjoy the area with all the fomous shops of Via dei Condotti.
This is one of the most important squares of the city, rich of history we usually dedicate a little bit more of time in this unique piazza. If time allows we love to take people inside the famous church of Santa Maria del Popolo to see the paintings of Caravaggio.
This is a drive around the site but if you wish happy to stop and take some pictures at the tomb of the first Emperor of Rome Cesaer Octavian Augustus.
A few minutes stop in St Peter's square is a must. The place where Peter was crucified, the center of the Roman Catholic Church. Our driver guide will be happy to point out the most important details of the piazza and answer all your questions.
This is the most beautiful view of the entire city. The Gianicolo hill is the 8 hill of Rome famous for the statue of Garibaldi and the cannon that fires every day at 12:00pm so that every bell tower in the city can ring on time.
Food, Food Food. Campo de fiori is all about delicious food with the famous traditional market that takes place every day. A quick stop at the best bakery is a must. Time for pictures and walk around with our driver guide
Piazza Navona is the symbol of the Baroque style in Rome. We will stop at the fountain Dei Quattro Fiumi designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini and a look at the church of Sant Agnese. Our driver guide will be happy after the explanation to give you some time for pictures and walk around
This areas was where the market for meet used to take place 2000 years ago. The two best preserved temples of Rome are located here, Tempio di Ercole and Tempio di Portuno. We will be happy to do a quick stop at the famous Mouth of the Truth.
270,000 people this was the capcity of this gigantic circus built over 2000 years ago. The Circus Maximus was the place where chariot race use to take place just like in the movie of Ben Hur. We will have time to stop, exploare and have answers from your driver guide.
The Aventino Hill is one of the 7 hill of Rome famous for the Key Hole but also considered the aread where rich people live today.
Piazza Venezia is the center of Rome. We will drive a few times around this square and you will have the time to take pictures and enjoy the history of this square where Mussolini used to entertain 50,000 fascists during his speaches.
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What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
Pick up will always be at the Hotel or any other type of accommodation of the customer
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(39)
I booked this tour as an introduction to Rome for my senior mother. I would recommend this company to anyone looking for an amazing day in Italy. They personalized everything to make it a perfect day for us. We learned and saw things we never knew about and were able to access everything so easily. 10/10 experience!!!
Thank you so much for your beautiful words and we really hope to have you back with us soon! Arrivederci Daniele
Christiano did a great job of making sure we saw everything we had not seen so far! He showed us the best places to take pictures and where to shop/eat.
Roberto was our guide for this split tour--he handled the half-day driving tour. I wish it had been communicated to us in advance that the itinerary was customizable as Roberto alternately chided me for not telling him in advance that we wanted to see some sights not listed on the website's itinerary (the Trevi Fountain), and then decided to skip a listed stop I'd already told him was important to me (the Spanish Steps) because he thought it was close enough to our hotel that we should just walk there instead the next day. Instead he clearly wanted to avoid traffic in the more congested areas and started taking us outside the city walls to multiple sights not on the itinerary. We had no objection to seeing those things, but he was visibly annoyed when I insisted that we double back to the Spanish Steps since our itinerary for the rest of our days in Rome was pretty packed. We've taken many guided tours both with just our family and with larger groups, and I can't say I've ever experienced a guide not following the published itinerary without explicitly checking with the guests ahead of time to make sure we were okay with changes.
Buongiorno, we are so sorry the tour was not the way you planned, Rome is a busy city and sometimes traffic, strikes or other events out of our control may create issues to a normal flow of the itinerary planned but we have to be quick in those cases and able to offer our customers alternatives that can satisfy the client and don't overlap other itineraries like in your case, this is the reason why Roberto suggested the Ancient Roman walls, the Appian Way and the Catacombs. The option in having a van is also to take advantage and enjoy sites that are not that easy to reach on foot and we always love to give options to our customers. We are sorry that this flexibility was misunderstood and Roberto was very sorry too for that and he did apologize. Best Regards
During our approx. one week in Rome, we booked all of our tours each day with Miles & Miles, and we'd highly recommend others do the same (instead of booking tours with different companies). Their entire team worked together to make our tours easy, efficient, and of very high quality. We told them what we were generally interested in seeing during the week, and Miles & Miles took care of the rest. They gladly modified tour itineraries to make sure we didn't see the same things twice within the different tours on different days, they altered pick-up points, drop-off points, and tour times to make it easier and more efficient or us to go from one tour to the next, and the dinner recommendations provided by Roberto in Rome and Florence were outstanding! The high quality of tours & great recommendations combined with great coordination & flexibility on their part made this an excellent vacation for our family of four!
Christiano personalized our tour to perfection. We hit all the highlights of antiquity and then some. He had a depth of historical knowledge that provided meaningful context to the sights we visited. The tour was exactly what I was hoping for as an introduction to Rome.
Hi Josephine, So happy you enjoyed Christiano, he is an amazing Tour Guide and he puts so much in every tour he does and we are so pleased that you were able to appreciate his efforts. Thank you so much for choosing our company. Arrivederci. M&M Team Support
We experienced the full day History and Fun Tour -- wonderful time with Francesco. He took us throughout Rome as well as the area he grew up - stopped for cappuccino at a shop where he would get the drink almost every day on the way to school. Went into the countryside and had a wonderful time having wine, cheese and meat at one of his best friend's restaurant - saw the wine cellar - fabulous. Would recommend this tour to anyone
Buongiorno! Thank you so much for your beautiful words and for the spending time writing the review. We love what we do and happy to share with our customers this passion we have for our country. Come back soon!! Arrivederci. M&M Team Support
Not enough good things to say about Miles and Miles. On time, friendly, knowledgeable, etc.., you get the idea. Based on Rick Steve’s recommendation we used M&M for airport transfers and a city tour. The day touring Rome with M&M was the highlight of our 17 day trip. Christian and Roberto showed us their Rome. It was incredible as we saw areas we never would have found on our own. And the history we learned about was amazing. Roberto recommended a locally owned Tratoria for us to have lunch at and it was fabulous!!!! When in Rome, rely on miles and Miles to make your trip extra special.
Thank you so much for your beautiful words. Both of them have a great passion for their city. Happy also the suggestion for lunch worked because food is an important element in our tours. We really hope to have you back with us again. Arrivederci.
We had a few days in Rome before a cruise and needed to make the most use of our time. Roberto drove us to the highlights in a way that avoided the crowds and provided a history lesson that was memorable. Being able to walk the Appian Way was wonderful. We mentioned that we would have liked to see the Pantheon but the lines were too long. Roberto got us passes for after the tour, with only a five minute wait. He was terrific and highly recommended. We will definitely be back for another tour. Thank you!
What an amazing tour. Roberto was wonderful. He provided great historical information and was easy to understand. We got to see a lot of the city and had a very memorable 5 hours with Roberto. I would highly recommend this Tour. Roberto is Great !
This tour was amazing! At first, I thought, wow, this is expensive. By the time the tour was over, I felt it was money well spent. Marco was so knowledgeable about all things Rome. The problem is that all the other tours after this one, paled in comparison. Highly recommend!
