- Duration: 8 hours
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Description
Enjoy the privileges of a Safe and Semi Private Group of MAX 6 people GUARANTEED, providing you with a high quality experience of an amazing Full-Day Roman excursion, inclusive of the Vatican Museums and the Colosseum Underground. At the top of the day you will enjoy Early Entrance to the Sistine Chapel, witnessing its wondrous Michelangelo frescoes free from the daytime crowds, following which you will tour the vast and rich Vatican Museums and St. Peter’s Basilica. In the second half of the day you will skip the long lines at the Colosseum and enjoy exclusive access to its Underground cells and Arena floor, explore the wonders of the Roman Forum, and also take a luxurious ride through Rome's historic center to admire the Eternal City's most iconic monuments: the Trevi Fountain and the Pantheon. A one-of-a-kind Roman day, with our top rated guides and the luxury of a semi-private group of only 6 people!
2022 NEWS:
Thanks to a very special and profound partnership signed by LivItaly Tours LLC (LivTours) and the Vatican Museums for 2022, we are proud to offer clients a very unique and exclusive 8AM first entry into the Museums’ doors, guaranteed to be reserved only to a handful of other collaborating tour operators. This special entry and tour are designed to guarantee you access and viewing of the Raphael Rooms and the Sistine Chapel 30 minutes before other operators and one hour before the general public. We are proud to be able to serve such impressive and extraordinary experience and share it with our clients.
Itinerary
Early Entrance Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel; Drive through Rome City Center; Colosseum Tour with Underground and Arena
Rise early and meet your guide at the Vatican Museums. Before entering, get a fascinating introduction to the history of the Sistine Chapel and its extraordinary art from your expert guide. Then, head inside and enter the world-famous Sistine Chapel a full hour before the main, daytime crowds are allowed to enter. As one of the first visitors of the day, make the most of this hallowed sanctuary. Gaze in awe at its two Michelangelo masterpieces — the sublime The Creation of Adam ceiling fresco, and breathtaking The Last Judgment. From here, explore the art-stuffed halls of the Vatican Museums, taking in the Gallery of Maps, Gallery of the Tapestries and Raphael Rooms as your guide details the highlights of this priceless art collection, amassed by popes through five centuries. Next, visit spectacular St Peter’s Basilica, seeing its dome and Michelangelo’s La Pietà, before riding a taxi to Rome’s historical center. Here, stroll the charming streets to see the 2nd-century Pantheon and throw a coin in Trevi Fountain before enjoying free time for lunch (own expense) and continuing to the Colosseum.
The Colosseum draws big crowds, so your skip-the-line ticket is a great bonus. Bypass the main entrance lines and dive into three of the monument’s limited-access areas. Descend to the underground level, open only to a limited number of people daily, and explore the dungeons where gladiators and animals were kept before being hurled into the arena. Continue to the arena floor and hear about the gory battles staged here as your guide points out the areas of original flooring. Finally, visit the Colosseum’s upper tier to ogle the epic views of the arena below. Then, walk up nearby Palatine Hill, and hear about Rome’s ancient origins before exploring the Roman Forum below. Inspect the main ruins of this ancient area and then end your tour after saying goodbye to your guide.
Please note: A minimum of two people per booking is required.
Meeting points
What's included
Tour in a Safe and Semi Private Group of MAX 6 people GUARANTEED
Access to Colosseum including Arena floor
Early Entrance to the Sistine Chapel before the daytime crowds
Professional, Local, Expert and Top Rated Guide
What's excluded
Food and drinks, unless specified
Gratuities
Important information
- Due to extreme weather conditions, the Colosseum Administration may limit access to some or all of the restricted areas to ensure security of its visitors. No refund will be granted on these rare occasions.
- It is recommended to wear comfortable shoes. Knees and shoulders must be covered in order to enter places of worship.
- Occasionally the basilica may be closed due to last minute private events outside of the tour operators control and often without notice. In these uncommon circumstances the tour will operate as usual and the time spent inside the basilica will be enjoyed by an extended tour in an alternate area.
- COLOSSEUM ARENA: The access to the restricted areas of the Colosseum may be shared among other participants in the LivTours exclusive entry slot. At times, for safety reasons, logistics and traffic control, the group may be led by one guide. This choice is at the complete discretion of the Colosseum's administration and security policy of that day in accordance to adequate safety measures. Please be aware that this is only for 30/40 minutes of the total duration of the tour. Our max 6 people policy is guaranteed for the remainder of the duration of the tour.
- GENERAL ENTRY: Please note that for safety reasons the Colosseum can accommodate up to 3000 people at once. This could lead to delays in access to the site, even for pre-booked visitors. Please be on time!
- Please note: Due to new health and safety regulations, the Vatican currently opens at 8:30 rather than 8:00am. Despite the later start, our early entrance tour is in all other ways identical to the 7:30am tour. By arriving 30 minutes before Vatican doors open, we get you into the museums first, so you can go directly to the Raphael rooms and the Sistine Chapel before the crowds and enjoy them with as few people as possible.
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Not stroller accessible
- Not suitable for pets
- Infants must not sit on laps
- Infant seats unavailable
- We are firm in our mission to giving our guests an unique and comfortable experience, maintaining our guarantee of small group sizes. ABOUT OUR 6 PEOPLE SMALL GROUP POLICY When you book a LivTours Small Group Tour, you are guaranteed one tour guide per group of 6 people. Please bear in mind that in order to accommodate families and friends traveling together, on rare occasion we make the exception of adding an additional 1-2 guests in order to not split those traveling together. On that same note, you may very well find yourself on tour with less than six people! We accept bookings in multiples of six, math doesn’t always work in our favor to help accommodate individual travelers and their families when on the same tour, so we hope you understand and apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
Categories
- CULTURAL AND THEME TOURS
- CITY TOURS
- WALKING TOUR
Guided Language
- English
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