Excursion from Civitavecchia to Rome Vatican Colosseum Roman Forum Lunch

Excursion from Civitavecchia to Rome Vatican Colosseum Roman Forum Lunch

Are you a cruiser and have only one day to see Rome? This private tour is for you!
It lets you discover in one day the best attractions of Rome – Vatican Museums, Colosseum, Roman Forum, Palatine Hill - and return to Civitavecchia port in time for the departure of your cruise ship. How do we do this? By moving around in a luxury comfortable car! Your driver will pick you up from Civitavecchia Port, will accompany you along with a certified guide on all transfers and, at the end of the tour, will take you back to the port.
Suitable for families with children, thanks to our enthusiastic kids-friendly guides who know how to involve them and give numerous details, fun facts, curiosities and anecdotes about all the places to visit.

It includes:
- pick up and drop by private air-conditioned luxury car;
- private transfers between the various sites;
- licensed guide;
- skip the line entrance ticket;
- Italian lunch.

Enjoy with us and see the best highlights of the Eternal City!

Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product

Stop At: Civitavecchia Port, Piazza Vittorio Emanuele 19, 00053, Civitavecchia Italy

Your private driver will wait for you where the ship disembarks and will drive you to visit the best attractions in Roma: Vatican Museums, Colosseum, Roman Forum and Palatine Hill.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Vatican Museums, Viale Vaticano, 00120 Vatican City Italy

Your private driver will lead you to the Vatican Museums, where you will meet your guide and, thanks to our skip-the-line ticket, you will miss the infamous museum queues that snake around the walls of Vatican City.
The Vatican Museums are considered among the most beautiful museum complexes in the world. Equipped with one of the most beautiful art collections on the planet, they are rich invaluable works of Greek, Roman, Egyptian and Etruscan antiquity and they house a valuable collection of paintings, ranging from the twelfth to the nineteenth century, with works by Raphael, Caravaggio and Leonardo da Vinci. The Museums also include some beautifully frescoed rooms: Raphael's Rooms, four rooms decorated by Raphael and used by Pope Julius II as a residence; the art gallery containing paintings by Giotto, Leonardo, Caravaggio and Bellini; sculptures of classical art and masterpieces by Bernini; tapestries and mosaics; the famous Sistine Chapel (from the name of its founder, Pope Sixtus IV) that the extraordinary genius of Michelangelo made one of the most famous artistic treasures in the world, being visited every day by 20,000 visitors. The tour will continue with a visit to St. Peter's Basilica through access from a hidden door reserved only for participants of organized tours. In it, you can admire Michelangelo's "Pietà" and many other works, such as the famous Bernini's canopy, remaining completely fascinated. At the end of the tour, thanks to the genius of Bernini, you will be able to enjoy the magnificent view offered by the colonnade of Piazza San Pietro: positioning yourself, in fact, on the porphyry discs present on the square, you see all the columns perfectly aligned one behind the other as if, by magic, they had moved.
NOTE: on Wednesday morning, due to the papal audience, the Basilica could be closed. In this case, the explanation will be made from the outside.

Duration: 3 hours

Stop At: Colosseum, Piazza del Colosseo, 00184 Rome Italy

After lunch, your private driver will take you to the Colosseum.
Known as Flavian Amphitheatre, the Colosseum is one of the capital's most remarkable monument. It is an imposing construction that, with almost 2,000 years of history, will bring you back in time to discover the way of life in the Roman Empire. During that period, the Colosseum allowed more than 50,000 people to enjoy its finest spectacles. The exhibitions of exotic animals, execution of prisoners, recreations of battles and gladiator fights kept Roman people entertained for years.

Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Roman Forum, Largo della Salara Vecchia 5/6, 00186 Rome Italy

After the Colosseum, you will visit an impressive sprawl of ruins, the Roman Forum. It was ancient Rome's showpiece centre, a grandiose district of temples, basilicas and vibrant public spaces. The site, originally a marshy burial ground, was first developed in the 7th century BC, growing over time to become the social, political and commercial hub of the Roman empire. Signature sights include the Arch of Septimius Severus, the Curia, the Temple of Saturn and the Arch of Titus.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Palatine Hill, Piazza Santa Maria Nova, 53, 00186 Rome Italy

Located 40 meters above the Roman Forum, the Palatine Hill is the most central of seven hills of Rome. In the Palatine Hill, you can see hundreds of ruins of the imposing buildings that were created for high Roman society in ancient. For a fresh perspective on Rome and its history, there’s no better place than the Palatine!

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Civitavecchia Port, Piazza Vittorio Emanuele 19, 00053, Civitavecchia Italy

Your private driver will take you back to the port in time for your boarding ship.

Duration: 1 hour