The best excursions in Rome and nearby
Discover Rome - Top Guided Tours for Every Traveler
Rome is the capital of sunny Italy, one of the most visited cities in Europe and the world. Rome is an epitome of a melting pot of ancient buildings, historical monuments, paved streets with modern residential buildings, fashionable hotels and luxury restaurants.
Rome was built on the Tiber River, among seven hills. Apennine Mountains and the Tyrrhenian Sea, located near the city, create a comfortable microclimate for living in the megacity and its surroundings. In terms of population, Rome is one of the five most populous cities in Europe.
The modern capital of Italy still bears the impress of the past centuries, it absorbed all the best of the talent and skills of a progressing man.
Today's Rome has historical attractions, world cultural heritage sites, developed infrastructure, comfortable hotels, trendy shops, restaurants and nightclubs. Rome is a democratic and friendly city, where you can easily hear people from all over the world speaking different languages.
Tours of Rome
Rome is famous for its many historical and cultural monuments. To even casually see some of them, a tourist needs all day to rush from one attraction to another. So, how are you going to do that? The best is to take sightseeing tours of the city under the guidance of a guide who is fluent in English and knows Rome very well.
Now let's find out what the advertisers and experienced tour guides most often offer to see in the Italian capital. The list of places usually includes at least the following:
- The Colosseum is one of the most visited places in Rome;
- Roman Forum with many temples, triumphal arch, Senate building;
- Trevi Fountain;
- Pantheon Church;
- Three-wing marble Arch of Constantine;
- Navona Square (another name is the "Square of three fountains") with the baroque church of Sant’Agnese in Agone;
- Piazza di Spagna Square with Baroque staircase, Sallustiano Obelisk, Trinità dei Monti Church;
- Adrian's Mausoleum (a pedestrian bridge with statues of St. Peter, Paul and 10 angels leads to this structure);
- Vatican – miniature state in a state, center of world Catholicism;
- Villa Borghese – city park;
- Catacombs;
- The area of Trastevere with medieval churches, all kinds of shops, cozy cafes and so on.