Only 1 day in Rome? There is still time to visit many of the city’s most iconic attractions.
The itinerary focuses on the best of Rome: the Colosseum, Roman Forum, Palatine, and the Vatican. Museums, Sistine Chapel, St. Peters Basilica + Driven Guided Tour of Trevi Fountain, Spanish Steps, Navona Square, and Pantheon.
We will take care of everything: tickets, pick up, drop off, all transfers, experienced and friendly guide
Everything is included, even lunch, for a hassle-free experience.
It is an Exclusive Private Tour only for your group!
SUNDAY (and religious holidays) SPECIAL: Due to the Wow Tour's high request, we designed a Sunday experience when the Vatican is closed. With your guide and driver, you will explore St. Peter's Square, Castel Sant' Angelo area, and other marvelous sites like the Capitoline hill; from its top, you enjoy spectacular views over the Forum!
- all central hotels/B&B/Apartments/Rome Rail Stations
- Civitavecchia Port
- Fiumicino Airport and Hotels
Inclusions & Exclusions
✔ Car with driver at disposal for options: "WOW Tour - 7,5 hours" and "Shore Excursion from Rome Port"
✔ Admission to Colosseum and Forum, Vatican and Sistine Chapel
✔ Lunch at a selected restaurant (not included in the Mini Wow Tour)
✔ Roman Forum from outside. Colosseum tickets allow entrance to the Forum autonomously within 24 hrs
✔ Full-day multilingual cetified guide to all the sites
✔ Guided Driven Tour of Fountains and Squares (NOT INCLUDED IN THE MINI WOW TOUR)
✔ Vatican Museums and Sistine Chaple admission
✔ Guided Tour of Colosseum
✔ St. Peter's Basilica: your guide will optimize your time by explaining all the features outside
✔ "Mini WOW Tour" option: Pick up and intermediate transfer (no car at disposal, no lunch, no dropoff)
✔ All central Hotel/Apartment/B&B pick up. Ship's dock pickup & dropoff for the Shorex
✖ Spirits and extras at the reastaurant ( starter, main course and water included)
✖ Pantheon entrance tickets; €5,00 each, on the spot if lines are reasonable for obvious time issues
✖ VATICAN TOUR on Sundays and Religous Holidays. Vatican is closed on such days
✖ Car and driver at disposal in the "Mini WOW Tour" option
✖ Lunch in the mini Wow tour option
✖ Drop-off in the Mini Wow tour option
Pickup Locations
1. Massimi City Garden
2. Williams Residence
3. Aberdeen Hotel
4. Hotel Albergo Santa Chiara
5. Dharma Luxury Hotel
6. Best Western Hotel Astrid
7. Hotel Duca D'Alba
8. Doria Palace Boutique Hotel
9. Eterna Roma
10. Hotel Edera
11. Hotel Giotto Flavia
12. Hotel De Rome
13. Hotel Archimede
14. Hotel Abruzzi
15. Hotel Amalfi
16. Best Western Hotel Piccadilly
17. Cassiopea
18. Tmark Hotel Vaticano
19. Hotel Carmel Roma
20. Hotel Fellini
Additional Info: IMPORTANT INFORMATION
WE PICK UP FROM ALL CENTRALLY LOCATED HOTELS, B&B, APARTMENTS, RAIL STATIONS! (central: a radius of about 7 km from the Pantheon) ------------------------------------------
WE PICK UP FROM CIVITAVECCHIA, ROME’S PORT! The driver will be waiting at the dock of your ship ------------------------------------------
YOUR ACCOMMODATION IS NOT BOOKED YET: no worries, you will book it later and amend the reservation.------------------------------------------
YOUR HOTEL/APARTMENT/B&B IS **NOT IN CENTRAL ROME**: we will communicate the supplement for the extra distance. ------------------------------------------
PLEASE, Make sure to book the right tour option! ------------------------------------------
Option 1. Pick-up at the Dock of your Ship (7:30 or on request) is designed for those who are on a cruise trip and need a tour that includes transfers from the dock of the ship. The driver will bring you back to the port, or to an airport hotel or at a central Rome hotel.
Car and driver are at disposal for 8 hours. Note that entrance ticket slots cannot be changed last minute. ------------------------------------------
Option 2: Mini WOW Tour - 6 hours. Only transfers are included; the Car and driver might change at every transfer. Note that entrance ticket slots cannot be changed last minute. ------------------------------------------
THIS IS THE MINI WOW TOUR OPTION FROM ROME CIVITAVECCHIA PORT: -----------------------------------
Option 3: Premium - 8 HOURS CAR AT DISPOSAL - pick up 8:00.
Car and driver are at disposal for 8 hours. Note that entrance ticket slots cannot be changed last minute. ------------------------------------------
PICK-UP TIME depends on your location and is customizable according to your needs! Kindly share with us a mobile phone (if possible with a WhatsApp connection) and check your e-mail a couple of days before the tour. ------------------------------------------
PLEASE ADD A MOBILE CONTACT NUMBER to your booking (if possible with a WhatsApp connection) and use your primary email address to make sure you receive your confirmation. ------------------------------------------
**If you do not receive further messages, the default pick-up time is confirmed (7:30 from Port and 8:00 from central Rome**------------------------------------------
Itinerary
1
Vatican City
You will enter the Vatican Museums overflowing with masterpieces by many of Italy’s most important Italian artists. sitting alongside important works from Ancient Greece, Rome and Egypt. You will walk through famous galleries such as the tapestries and maps ones. You will learn the secrets of The Sistine Chapel, with its enormous Michelangelo’s frescoes. Here you will have time to observe the details of his sublime “Last Judgment”. Your guide will bring you directly from the Sistine Chapel into St. Peter’s Basilica, the world’s largest Church, to admire Michelangelo’s “Pietà” and other highlights
Duration: 2.5 hours
2
(Not included in the MINI WOW Tour)You will start a driven guided tour with the Trevi Fountain, a secretive masterpiece and perhaps the most spectacular fountain in Rome. This iconic setting attracts many visitors. It was built at the end of one of the famed aqueducts that supplied the Roman Empire with water. Toss a coin into its waters to ensure a safe return to Rome at some stage in the future.
Duration: 15 minutes
3
Spanish Steps
Not included in the MINI WOW Tour)You will proceed to the Spanish Steps, one of the biggest tourist spots in the city. As you stand and admire the Church of Trinitàdei Monti, which sits at the top of a famous stairwell with the Fontana Della Barcaccia at its foot, you will wonder how they were ever able to complete it.
Duration: 15 minutes
4
Pantheon
Not included in the MINI WOW Tour)A true masterpiece to admire on your tour of Rome: The Pantheon. Immaculately preserved and seemingly just a few centuries old, it isn't easy to believe that the structure was finished in AD 128 by Emperor Hadrian. In the square in front - a gathering place for locals – discover a decorative 16thcentury fountain sitting beneath the Egyptian obelisk. Your guide will suggest the best time to go back and see the inside of the monument. Kindly NOTE that the line might be too long due to the metal detector and the visit is from outside.
Duration: 15 minutes
5
Piazza Navona
(Not included in the MINI WOW Tour)No trip to Rome is complete without a visit to Piazza Navona, one of the largest squares in the city. The space is incredibly popular among tourists for one primary reason: Bernini’s “Fountain of the Four Rivers.” Built to represent The Nile, The Ganges, The Danube, and Rio de la Plata, the structure now sits amidst the artists who arrive to peddle their wares daily.
Duration: 15 minutes
6
Ancient Rome
The driver will pick you up at your hotel and bring you at the Colosseum, where you will meet your guide. After admiring the impeccably preserved Arch of Constantine, you will move on to the Coliseum. The grandest amphitheater in the world will amaze you! You will stroll along Via dei Fori Imperiali, an amazing pathway that offers views of the Roman Forum. With your guide’s engaging explanations, you'll vividly imagine the spectacular triumphal processions and powerful public speeches that shaped this iconic site. As you traverse the centuries of Roman history, masterfully brought to life by your expert guide, you'll develop a profound appreciation for the vibrant life of Ancient Rome. Don’t miss this unforgettable journey into the past!
Duration: 2.5 hours
Additional info
• Wheelchair accessible
• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Specialized infant seats are available
• Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
• LIMITED MOBILITY Ancient Rome area and Vatican Museums visits involve SIGNIFICANT WALKING. The Roman Forum and Palatine surfaces are uneven, but a considerable portion of the area has wheelchair paths. Please note that the pathway from the Sistine Chapel to St Peter’s Basilica has 50 steps downwards and is not wheelchair accessible. The tour can continue to the Basilica only if all members of your private group can walk down the stairs, but, for safety reasons, it is not possible to carry wheelchairs and walkers down the stairs. If your private group includes participants with reduced mobility, we can still bring you to the Basilica, going back to the Museum's entrance and reaching it from the outside with the car. Although there is a dedicated pathway for wheelchairs, please be aware that there may be a queue to enter the Basilica. Also, note that other participants in your group will have to take charge of pushing the wheelchair.
• VATICAN IS CLOSED ON SUNDAYS (and religious holidays). Due to the Wow Tour's high request, we designed a Sunday experience when the Vatican is closed. With your guide, and your driver you will explore St. Peter's Square, Castel Sant' Angelo area and other marvelous sites like the Aventine hill; from its top, you enjoy spectacular views over the city. As an alternative we will prospose other museums or arcaeological sites!
• Option 3 - WOW Tour - 7,5 hours: This tour has the car at disposal for the whole time. Nevertheless, transfers are scheduled according to entrance time tickets; if you need to anticipate or postpone a transfer, our staff will do their best to meet your needs. Please note that the Colosseum ticket includes Roman Forum and Palatine that you can enter autonomously within 24 hours. The guide will explain it from the outside
• STROLLERS: We suggest avoiding strollers and using a baby sling instead. Like wheelchairs and walkers, strollers are not allowed in the passage from the Sistine Chape directly to the Basilica ( 50 steps downward and 50 upwards). Your private tour will end without the Basilica visit. The options with the car at your disposal ( All_Inclusive and Shore Excursion), help us organize the Basilica visit, reaching it by car. The Roman Forum and Palatine surfaces are uneven, but a considerable portion of the area has stroller paths.
• Option 1 - SHORE EXCURSION FROM ROME (CIVITAVECCHIA PORT) 10 hours: this option includes pick up and drop off at the dock of your ship. It also includes the car at disposal during the tour. Nevertheless, transfers are scheduled according to entrance time tickets; if you need to anticipate or postpone a transfer, our staff will do their best to meet your needs.Please note that the Colosseum ticket includes Roman Forum and Palatine that you can enter autonomously you you have spare timebefore going back to the port. The guide will explain it from the outside.
• Option 2 - Mini WOW Tour - 4,5 hours: It is designed for those who are interested in the Colosseum and Vatican Visit and not in the tour of ther squares which is not included in this option.This tour has no car at diposal while you are inside the Vatican and the Colosseum. Nevertheless it icludes pick-up and intermediate transfers. No lunch and no drop off included. Please note that the Colosseum ticket includes Roman Forum and Palatine that you can enter autonomously within 24 hours. The guide will explain it from the outside
