Sharon was our tour guide and gave us a very personalized tour. She has a wealth of knowledge that she shared.
About Activity
What's Included
Includes
- City Highlights
- Hidden Gems
- Local Tour Guide
- Guided Walking Tour
Excludes
- Access to the Pantheon
Departure & Return
Departure Point
- Our guide will be waiting at Piazza d’Aracoeli, under the pine trees in the center of the park, holding a yellow Carpe Diem Tours flag or sign. Please use Google Maps to find the meeting point. Arrive 10 minutes early. Late arrivals are not eligible for a refund.
Return
- Piazza Navona is one of Rome’s most famous squares, bustling with restaurants perfect for a meal with a view. We’ll point you to the best nearby eateries, bars, and rooftop spots.
Itinerary
Begin your walk through time at Piazza Venezia and the Imperial Forums. Learn how this area evolved from ancient Rome’s power center to a Renaissance and Napoleonic landmark.
Learn about the remarkable imperial monument celebrating Emperor Trajan’s victories
Experience the magic of Rome’s most famous fountain as it glows at night. Hear the legends behind its sculpted beauty and join the timeless tradition of tossing a coin for good luck.
Step inside one of Rome’s hidden treasures. This 19th-century courtyard dazzles with art nouveau frescoes and intricate paintings—a secret gem in the city’s heart.
Enter this grand Baroque church, home to illusionist art and an awe-inspiring fake dome that never fails to amaze visitors.
Marvel at one of Rome’s greatest architectural feats. Once a Roman temple and now a church, the Pantheon’s perfect dome continues to inspire wonder across the centuries.
Conclude your tour in Rome’s most vibrant square, surrounded by Baroque beauty. Admire its fountains and the church of Sant’Agnese in Agone before relaxing nearby with dinner or drinks.
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Reviews
Lovely walking tour with all the history and fun facts. Very interesting and enjoyable. Tour guide was very pleasant and helpful. Highly recommend doing this tour.
Maham was a fantastic guide! We learned so much and loved the tour! Bring your water and walking shoes.
Very informative and interesting, the tour guide Sharon was very personable and had many helpful tips and recommendations.
Absolutely informative, Antonio is very knowledgeable and friendly! Brilliant walking experience to capture the magic of Rome
Sharon, Our guide was incredibly knowledgeable and very personable. She truly brought the city’s layers of history to life. It was like learning all anout Rome’s ancient history from a brilliant friend. Highly recommend for anyone wanting to move beyond the surface of these iconic sites.
This was a great intro to the main sights. Tsion showed us all the key things around Rome with some interesting background info. The pace was really good and managed to avoid a lot of crowds. She also gave us a lot of recommendations for food, drink and hidden gems of the city which I think is a great touch. It was also light with humour and wasn’t overwhelming with historical dates for the sake of it, enough to understand but not over the top.
Sharon was an excellent tour guide! She was knowledgeable and kind. She accommodated our group and was patient with some of our different physical abilities. Highly recommend and wild tour with her again!
Our guide, Antonio, was a pleasant and amiable fellow. The content of the tour was light on information compared to others we have done. In addition, the pace was quite fast, especially for us older folks, causing the group get spread out in very crowded areas. Antonio had a brightly colored flag he used when we initially gathered but didn’t hold it up as he walked so it was easy to lose sight of him. In addition, it was often difficult to hear/understand him. We would have benefited from having radios or at least from Antonio having a microphone.
Great way to see several historical local sites and learn the history, our guide was extremely knowledgeable
Great tour very informative Kasia was great and very knowledgeable. She had great inside stories. Very well worth it.
Anna was really helpful and took us to all the major historical sites And was super friendly Definitely recommend this
A great easy walking tour to see some of the main highlights of Rome. Our guide Mary was very knowledgeable and kept the walking at an easily manageable pace
Amazing way to know more about Rome...a beginners guide and highly recommended ... although you can have all the guidebooks, a local guide is a plus
The tour was excellent. Sharon was very knowledgeable and we learned alot. The tour wouldn't be the same without her. We would highly recommend this tour!
What a wonderful tour. Yussef was professional, knowledgeable and kind. He made this tour come alive with interesting facts and historical insights. He approached our tour with dignity and respect. This tour and specifically our guide made this tour the finest walking tour we have experienced in Europe. Ask for Yussef. You won’t be disappointed.
Excellent tour, highly recommended. The tour guide was so well informed about history, she was very organized and gave very clear instructions.
Dark History Tour with our guide Dan Salve was a one in a life time experience. He was the best guide we had all week Great personality, extremely knowledgeable of his Rome history, maintained his group without loosing people, very professional and would recommend him as your guide any day. Top notch experience.
Sila was very knowledgable and knew lots of information about the history, design and architecture. We found it very helpful and presented a new perspective. I have been to Rome before but this was my wife’s first time. Sila shared so much information that I did not know and enjoyed the tour as a seasoned traveler to Rome while my wife was a first timer and absorbed the information from the lens of a newcomer. She accommodated both of our viewpoints perfectly. Hence, we both loved the tour! Thank you, Sila!
Wonderful tour with a friendly guide. It was a great way to start a trip (had planned a few days in Rome).
Eva was our guide and as veterans of 10 scenic tours over the last 2 weeks she was far and away the best. She gave us a wonderfully entertaining 3 hours, with in depth facts and a delightful sense of humor. You should consider asking her to be a guide instructor.
Excellent walking tour with lots of extra historical and cultural knowledge with lesser known spots. Very well done.
This was perfect walking tour of Rome. Exactly what I was hoping for! Sharon was exceptional. She gave a lot of historical and cultural information while keeping it very interesting and fun. We greatly appreciated her keeping us in the shade and avoiding major crowds as much as possible as it was a very hot day. Loved exploring the side roads in Rome!!
The Rome small group guided tour was fantastic. Our guide was very knowledgeable, went at a great pace and seemed to always stop in the right spots off to the sides when there was something important to point out or discuss. Never felt rushed in the 3-hour tour as it felt like it was only 1.5 hours maximum. Would highly recommend this tour to anyone looking for a great tour with a small group as it was worth every penny for the cost. Thanks again and every tour we have been on this trip whether in Barcelona when we started out then Greece, other Spanish spots as well as other Italian cities were all done very well and rate them all 10/10. Thanks again, looking forward to coming back soon. Best wishes, Michael .Y. ~ Canada
After getting off to a rough start, we enjoyed this tour. The meeting location of the tour was confusing. The app told us to meet at Piazza Novana. Then, I received a text with a link with a pic of a park and to meet at Piazza d'Aracoeli. Based on the app we had the taxi driver take us to Piazza Novana. We had no idea that these were two different locations. We had to run to Piazza d'Aracoeli in order to meet the tour. Luckily for us, the group had not left. Once the tour got under way, the tour guide, Sharon, was wonderful. She was knowledgeable of the history and kept a pace that allowed everyone in the tour to keep up. We ended the tour a little later than expected, but no one cared and continued to ask questions even after the tour was over.
Alina was our guide for a two hour walking tour of Rome and did a fantastic job. We visited a number of sites, received very knowledgeable information, and even got gelato along the way! Thank you, Alina.
Pauline was punctual, knowledgeable and very engaging. We had a lovely walking tour of Rome at night!
Dimara(20) was exceptional!! She knew the history and fantasies regarding the sites we visited. Her stories and insights made the time pass much too quickly. Her English was better than that of many Americans--one would not guess it is not her native tongue. We were sad to say good night. ( (The only snag was not her fault--the brochure said that tours starting before 5:30pm would be able to enter the Pentagon for an additional fee --but Dimara was unaware of this until we showed her the advertisement and did not plan time for this.)
Very small group on our tour, just four total plus Domenica our guide. Nice intro to one group piece of Rome for 2 hours and an affordable price. Domenica picked good spots to stop and pre explain things to us before getting to busy spots like trevi fountain.
An excellent trip to find your bearings at some of Rome's key sites. Informative, while being suitable for kids.
Anna was a fabulous guide, good English, enthusiastic and very very knowledgeable. There was only 3 of us on the tour .. so asking questions was not an issue. Thank you
Good walking tour of the city, focused on introducing lesser known places to visit. Dan was knowledgeable. Unfortunately many sites were being renovated in preparation for the jubilee in December. In retrospect I might have been better off just exploring and having a passagiata on my own.
Fun and informative Anna was a wonderful guide! She shared alot of knowledge about Rome and was very well spoken.
Our guide was Paulina who was very pleasant and knowledgeable. She pointed out many things and was happy to answer questions. It was a good overview of the just some of the monuments and history in Rome. The tour was for 2 hours just the right amount of time
It was very hard to pick the right tour for short overview of Rome and I think this one was great experience considering the only 2 hours we had. Thank you.
Denara was an excellent guide, full of knowledge and patience, including with some very irritating personalities (God bless her…). It’s a great to tour to get a topping overview of key city sights.
Vlad was a great guide. A good combination of witty and knowledgeable. This tour was a great overview of some of the main historic sites. I highly recommend as a start of anyone’s first visit to Rome.
Clara was amazing. Gave a great tour and so many interesting facts. Highly recommend this tour! You deal if the highlights plus a few bonus ones.
Perfect way to start our trip in Rome. Our guide was super personable and friendly. Gave us a sense of the layout of the historical neighborhood
The guide was knowledgable and full of facts however delivery could have been more engaging. Would have liked to have covered the Spanish steps as well .
The tour guide was very good. Informative, knowledgeable, and friendly. A little more free time would have been appreciated.
Eleonora was so kind and engaging. It was such a great way to start our day in Rome and really made sightseeing 10000x more interesting. She was funny and interested in getting to know you as well.
Vlad is very knowledgeable, personable, enthusiastic tour guide and has a great sense of humor! I would 100% recommend him.
Beyond the traditional big sites, we learned si much about Rome’s history and architecture that we would have never learned in our own. Our guide, Sharon, was also excellent with all ages and made it engaging for everyone.
Quite enough information about some important places during your first day in Rome. Good having small groups! The guide (Dominica) is helpful.
Amazing way to start a visit to Rome. Dan was an engaging, knowledgeable and helpful guide. He provided terrific recommendations on where to visit later. Depth of historical knowledge was impressive and we learned so much! Highly recommend!
Our tour guide was brilliant . However she had to deal with very difficult customers on the walk. They disrupted it but Anastasia dealt with it very well. She is a credit and first class employee
Was great to get to see a few of the landmarks of Rome in the evening as well as a couple of hidden gems. Our guide Csenge was great, she had plenty of information about what we were seeing and the history behind it and she was also super friendly, even helping us with some of our Italian. Thank you Csenge!
Knowledgeable guide who showed us small details to look for in Rome. Provided history and meaning to sites.
Dinara is a wonderful guide. Hope you get lucky and get her in your tour. She is knowledgeable and very kind.
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