Visit Rome Highlights in 1 Day: VIP Coliseum and Vatican Tour, lunch & transfers
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Rome, Italy
6 hours 30 minutes (approx.)
Hotel pickup offered
Mobile ticket
Instant confirmation
Overview
Perfect if you haven’t got much time in Rome! This Package Tour covers the city’s most famous sights including 2 complete tours: Colosseum with Roman Forum and Palatine + Vatican Museums with Sistine Chapel and St. Peter' s Basilica.
Just book and relax! We will take care of everything: Skip the line tickets, pick up, drop off and intermediate transfers. Experienced and friendly guides with stay with you for the whole tour! Least but not last you will enjoy a typical Roman meal. Yes! Everything is included!
- Pick up at 9:15
- With your own chauffeur there are no public transportation problems or walking long distances to see the sights.
- Cars and drivers might change at every transfer: remember to bring all your belongings with you
- To optimize your time we will bring you to a selected restaurant.
This tour is private (only for your group) and customizable.
What's Included
- Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel Admission
- Intermediate transfers between the sites
- Colosseum, Forum and Palatine Admission
- Hotel Drop off
- Certified multilingual Kindly ask for languages that are not listed..
- Typical lunch in a selected restaurant (starter, main course, water)
- Hotel pick up
- St. Peter's Basilica: your guide will optimize your time by explaining all the features outside
- Guided Tour of Colosseum, Roman Forum and Palatine
- Guided Tour of Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter's Basilica
- Spirits and extras at the reastaurant ( starter, main course and water included)
- Car At Disposal is on request
Meeting and Pickup
Pickup point
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Pickup details
WE PICK UP AT ALL CENTRALLY LOCATED HOTELS, B&B AND APARTMENTS! Just write it on your booking . Your accommodation is not booked yet? Do not worry, you will communicate it to us later on.
What To Expect
Colosseum
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!
1 hour • Admission Ticket Included
Roman Forum
You will walk on the footsteps of Roman Emperors through the Roman Forum. Thanks to your guide’s explanations, you will be able to imagine their triumphal processions and public speeches. The Arch of Titus will be the perfect introduction to the panoramic hill of The Palatine. The ancient legend says that Romulus founded Rome on this hill in 753 B.C. Following his actions, the Emperors built their opulent homes here. After this complete Ancient Rome tour, you will fully understand Ancient Roman life.
1 hour 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel
After lunch at a selected restaurant, you and your guide will be chauffeured to the Vatican. You will enter the Vatican Museums, overflowing with masterpieces by many of Italy’s most important Italian artists. Giotto, Bernini, Caravaggio, Raphael, Botticelli, Perugino, Pinturicchio, and many others sit alongside important works from Ancient Greece, Rome, and Egypt. You will visit the world’s most important pictures and paintings that have made art history. You will walk through famous galleries such as the tapestries and maps. 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”.
2 hours 10 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
St. Peter's Basilica
Your guide will bring you directly from the Sistine Chapel into St. Peter's Basilica's courtyard. Your guide will optimize your time by explaining all the features outside. You can take pictures (without a flash) in a peaceful atmosphere while the guide waits outside for you. It is the world's largest Church to admire Michelangelo's "Pietà" and other highlights.
20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Additional Info
- Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
- Wheelchair accessible
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Please provide any mobility and wheelchair access requirements. Also note that visitors with limited mobility can contact us for special requirements, such as wheelchairs or walkers. Ancient Rome area and Vatican Museums visits involve significant walking. Please note that the pathway from the Sistine Chapel to St Peter’s Basilica has 50 steps and is not wheelchair accessible. We would like to inform you that the tour will continue to the Basilica only if all members of your private group can walk down the stairs; If the group includes participants with reduced mobility, the tour will end without accessing the Basilica. Please also note that other participants in your group will have to take charge of pushing the wheelchair and/or carry it down the stairs. However, visiting the Basilica in a wheelchair is still possible: we will have to go back to the exit and reach the site from the outside. This requires about one hour extra time and an extra charge of €50,00 for the additional tourist guide service.
- Please provide the full names of all travelers when booking. Failure to present a voucher with all travelers' full names at the ticket office prior to entry may result in denied entry to the Colosseum and Vatican.
- Kindly note that the tour might start with the Colosseum or with the Vatican, depending on tickets' availability and other variants.
- Each traveler must present a valid passport or ID document copy or picture on the mobile phone that matches the name provided at the time of booking for successful entry to the Colosseum and Vatican.
- SUNDAY AND RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS VATICAN CLOSURE: The tour will include another site on such occasions; Capitoline Museums, Castel sant'Angelo, St.Clemente Underground site; let us have your preference.
Frequently Asked Questions
(6)Q: What is the cancellation policy for the Visit Rome Highlights in 1 Day: VIP Coliseum and Vatican Tour, lunch & transfers?
Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the tour for a full refund.
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Activity code: C-86375P14
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Frequently Asked Questions (6)
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Q:
What is the cancellation policy for the Visit Rome Highlights in 1 Day: VIP Coliseum and Vatican Tour, lunch & transfers?
A:Apr 2025
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the tour for a full refund.
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the tour start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the tour start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the tour start time will not be accepted.
- Cut-off times are based on the tour local time (CEST).
Q:
What's included in the price?
A:
Apr 2025
The following is included:
- Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel Admission.
- Intermediate transfers between the sites.
- Colosseum, Forum and Palatine Admission.
- Hotel Drop off.
- Certified multilingual Kindly ask for languages that are not listed.
- Typical lunch in a selected restaurant (starter, main course, water).
- Hotel pick up.
- St. Peter's Basilica: your guide will optimize your time by explaining all the features outside.
- Guided Tour of Colosseum, Roman Forum and Palatine.
- Guided Tour of Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter's Basilica.
The following is NOT included:
- Spirits and extras at the reastaurant ( starter, main course and water included).
- Car At Disposal is on request.
Q:
What is the minimum age for this tour?
A:
There is no minimum age for this tour, so bring your wee one along for an adventure..
Apr 2025
Q:
My date is not available in the calendar, I am just checking to see if it is available?
A:
If a date or time is not listed on the calendar, it’s sold out or unavailable for another reason. Support cannot assist further if a date or time is not on the calendar.
If you find a date and time that works for you, book it NOW because things always sell out at this time of year.
Apr 2025
Q:
Is this an accessible tour?
A:Apr 2025
Accessibility information for the Visit Rome Highlights in 1 Day: VIP Coliseum and Vatican Tour, lunch & transfers is as follows:
- Wheelchair accessible
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Q:
Where is the meeting point for this activity?
A:
Detailed check-in instructions – including meeting point address, Google map, and parking information – for Visit Rome Highlights in 1 Day: VIP Coliseum and Vatican Tour, lunch & transfers will be included in your confirmation email from City Boat Tours. Please be sure to double and triple check your email address is correct at checkout so this important email makes its way to you!
Mar 2024What's Included
- Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel Admission
- Intermediate transfers between the sites
- Colosseum, Forum and Palatine Admission
- Hotel Drop off
- Certified multilingual Kindly ask for languages that are not listed..
- Typical lunch in a selected restaurant (starter, main course, water)
- Hotel pick up
- St. Peter's Basilica: your guide will optimize your time by explaining all the features outside
- Guided Tour of Colosseum, Roman Forum and Palatine
- Guided Tour of Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter's Basilica
- Spirits and extras at the reastaurant ( starter, main course and water included)
- Car At Disposal is on request
Additional Info
- Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
- Wheelchair accessible
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Please provide any mobility and wheelchair access requirements. Also note that visitors with limited mobility can contact us for special requirements, such as wheelchairs or walkers. Ancient Rome area and Vatican Museums visits involve significant walking. Please note that the pathway from the Sistine Chapel to St Peter’s Basilica has 50 steps and is not wheelchair accessible. We would like to inform you that the tour will continue to the Basilica only if all members of your private group can walk down the stairs; If the group includes participants with reduced mobility, the tour will end without accessing the Basilica. Please also note that other participants in your group will have to take charge of pushing the wheelchair and/or carry it down the stairs. However, visiting the Basilica in a wheelchair is still possible: we will have to go back to the exit and reach the site from the outside. This requires about one hour extra time and an extra charge of €50,00 for the additional tourist guide service.
- Please provide the full names of all travelers when booking. Failure to present a voucher with all travelers' full names at the ticket office prior to entry may result in denied entry to the Colosseum and Vatican.
- Kindly note that the tour might start with the Colosseum or with the Vatican, depending on tickets' availability and other variants.
- Each traveler must present a valid passport or ID document copy or picture on the mobile phone that matches the name provided at the time of booking for successful entry to the Colosseum and Vatican.
- SUNDAY AND RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS VATICAN CLOSURE: The tour will include another site on such occasions; Capitoline Museums, Castel sant'Angelo, St.Clemente Underground site; let us have your preference.
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