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KIDS FRIENDLY TUOR Explore the best of Rome comfortably and efficiently! The panoramic Hop-On Hop-Off Open Bus tour allows you to run far and wide in Rome for 24,48, or 72 hours, according to your chosen option. Onboard you'll find 8 languages audio commentary that will guide you through Rome and its wonders. Besides the comfort of the panoramic sightseeing tour, discover the origins of Rome with an exclusive Colosseum, Roman Forum, and Palatine Hill Skip the line small group tour. A professional guide trained in art and history will lead you through the history and secrets of the prominent landmark in Rome. Afterward, visit the Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel, where you will marvel at the best artworks ever realized in the world. Galleries, statues, busts, masks, and even impressive collections of paintings by Da Vinci, Bellini, Titian, and Raphael are just a sample of the incredible treasures you'll find inside one of the most prominent museums in the world.
What's Included
Meeting and pickup
Itinerary
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Rome (Pass by)
Enjoy Rome with the exclusive Hop-on Hop-Off Formula. Onboard you'll find 8 different languages commentary Stops on this route 8 1-Roma Termini. Here you can find TERMINAL A and TERMINAL B 2-Piazza di S. Maria Maggiore 3-Piazza del Colosseo. You can get off here to join your Colosseum Tour. 4-Circo Massimo, 00153 Rome, Metropolitan City of Rome, Italy from there, you can easily reach some points of interest in Rome, like the Mouth of the Truth or Trastevere Area on the opposite side of the river bank. 5-Piazza Venezia, Roma RM, Italy Here you have the central Rome City Center hub. You can easily reach any place in the city center, near Capitole Hill or Trajan's Market. But also the most significant areas in the city center like Trevi Fountain or the Pantheon. 6-Castel Sant'Angelo, Lungotevere Castello, 50, 00193 Roma RM, Italy 7-Vatican Museums, Viale Vaticano, 00165 Roma RM (This stop is the closest to the Vatican Museum Tour. 8-Via Veneto, 9-Piazza Barberini
Admission ticket free -
1Colosseum
Learn the story of tRome and its most important monuments on a half-day tour of Ancient Rome. Enjoy skip-the-line privileges at the Colosseum, Palatine Hill, and Roman Forum. Next, go to Palatine Hill to see where the elite emperors took residence. Admire the views of the Circus Maximus on one side and the Roman Forum on the other. See the ruins of the Temple of Julius Caesar, built in the same spot where his body was cremated. Look at the Arch of Titus, House of the Vestal Virgins, Senate House, Basilica of Maxentius and much more.
1 hour • Admission ticket included -
2Vatican Museums
Reach Vatican City, home to some of the most famous tourist destinations in the world, to attend your Vatican Museum Guided Tour. Throughout history, wealthy and famous visitors have presented the Popes with some of the most important works of art in Western history. These include multiple sculpture museums with unique galleries dedicated to statues, busts, and masks. Even more impressive is the collection of paintings with works by Da Vinci, Bellini, Titian and a suite of rooms dedicated to the frescoes of Raphael. Thoroughly educated in the history of these masterpieces, our guides will take you on an intimate tour of the Vatican Museums, leading you directly to the most important works and offering valuable information along the way. Continue to the Sistine Chapel.
1 hour 30 minutes • Admission ticket included -
3Sistine Chapel
The Sistine Chapel ceiling, painted in fresco by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512, is a cornerstone of High Renaissance art. The Sistine Chapel is the large papal chapel built within the Vatican between 1477 and 1480 by Pope Sixtus IV, for whom the chapel is named. The ceiling was painted at the commission of Pope Julius II. The ceiling's various painted elements form part of a larger decoration scheme within the chapel. Before Michelangelo's contribution, the walls were painted by several leading artists of the late 15th century, including Sandro Botticelli, Domenico Ghirlandaio, and Pietro Perugino. After the ceiling was painted, Raphael created a set of large tapestries (1515–1516) to cover the lower portion of the wall. Michelangelo returned to the chapel to create The Last Judgment, a large wall fresco behind the altar. The chapel's decoration illustrates much of the doctrine of the Catholic Church, serving as the location for papal conclaves and many other essential services.
20 minutes • Admission ticket included -
4Roman Forum
The Roman Forum, also known by its Latin name Forum Romanum (Italian: Foro Romano), is a rectangular forum (plaza) surrounded by the ruins of several important ancient government buildings at the center of the city of Rome. Citizens of the ancient city referred to this space, originally a marketplace, as the Forum Magnum, or simply the Forum. For centuries the Forum was the center of day-to-day life in Rome: the site of triumphal processions and elections; the venue for public speeches, criminal trials, and gladiatorial matches; and the nucleus of commercial affairs. Here statues and monuments commemorated the city's great men. The teeming heart of ancient Rome has been called the most celebrated meeting place in the world and in all history.[2] In the small valley between the Palatine and Capitoline Hills, today's Forum is a sprawling ruin of architectural fragments and intermittent archaeological excavations, attracting 4.5 million or more sightseers yearly.[3]
45 minutes • Admission ticket included -
5Palatine Hill
The Palatine Hill (/ˈpælətaɪn/; Latin: Collis Palatium or Mons Palatinus; Italian: Palatino [palaˈtiːno]), which, relative to the seven hills of Rome, is the centremost, is one of the most ancient parts of the city and has been called "the first nucleus of the Roman Empire."[1] The site is now mainly a sizeable open-air museum, while the Palatine Museum houses many finds from the excavations here and other ancient Italian sites. Imperial palaces were built here, starting with Augustus. Before imperial times the hill was occupied mainly by the houses of the rich. The hill originally had two summits separated by depression; the highest part was called Palatium and the other Germalus (or Cermalus). Using the Forma Urbis, its perimeter enclosed 63 acres (25 ha); while the Regional Catalogues of the 4th century enclose 131 acres (53 ha).[2]
45 minutes • Admission ticket included
Additional info
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Bus ticket will be sent on your Viator extranet the day before your booking date.
- 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 Roman Forum.
- Panoramic Bus Ticket is valid for 24/48/72 hours from the first use.
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
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Additional info
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Bus ticket will be sent on your Viator extranet the day before your booking date.
- 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 Roman Forum.
- Panoramic Bus Ticket is valid for 24/48/72 hours from the first use.
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Each traveler must present a valid passport or ID document that matches the name provided at the time of booking for successful entry to the Colosseum and Roman Forum.
- Child discount is applied only with a valid ID card
- To get inside the Colosseum it is used group ticket and not individual one. It cannot be asked just the ticket entrance.
- Guided Tours have a mandatory meeting time stated 20 minutes prior to the scheduled departure time due to managing and organizational reasons.
- Please note that for safety reasons the Coliseum can accommodate up to 3.000 people at once. This could lead to delays in access to the site, even for pre-booked visitors.
- The activity can suffer 20/30 min variation due to organizational resons
- For security reasons all visitors and their luggage shall be screened.
- To facilitate the security checks please insert any object (including mobile phone) in the bag/backpack or in the tray to be included in the X-ray
- Forbidden objects inside the Colosseum: bottles and glasses containers, alcholic beverages and aerosols, backpacks, camping, bulky bags and luggage / trolley
- Can be introduced medium and small size backpacks to shoulder, which must be checked, as any other bag, with metal detectors, opened and visually inspected by the Urbe Security Institute, responsible for the entrance inspection
- Please notice that the Colosseum Administration, which depends on the Ministry of Cultural Assets and Activities has the faculty to close the Colosseum, or parts of it, with or without notice, for events, strikes, heavy rain, or any other reason. In which case, we will offer an alternative itinerary as it seems fit and offer a partial refund
- A dress code is required to enter places of worship and the Vatican Museums. No shorts or sleeveless tops allowed. Knees and shoulders must be covered for both men and women. You may risk refused entry if you fail to comply with these dress requirements
- Note: tour will not operate on religious holidays
- WILL NOT BE POSSIBLE TO VISIT THE BASILICA DURING RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS AND CEREMONIES (Audiences, Beatifications, Masses of the POPE). The Basilica is often subject to sudden closures. In these cases it is not possible to guarantee access to the Basilica.
- Estimated time entrance in the museum is 45 minutes after tour departure, because you will have to pass the security check.
- No change on a booking can be accepted after 24hrs to the starting time of the tour. In that instance, no refund will be issued.
- For the safety of all guests, the tour operator reserves the right to refuse service to passengers who are intoxicated or show signs of intoxication. If, as a result, your tour is canceled, you will not be entitled to a refund.
- PETS ARE NOT ALLOWED
- Please note that it is strictly required to print your bus tickets. No mobile tickets will be accepted on the Panoramic bus.
- The itinerary may vary depending on weather conditions (ice, rain, or high temperatures) or other events beyond the travel agency's control.
- We kindly inform you that any kind of disability (visual impairment, hearing impairment,... ) or anything that might prevent you to regularly join the tour, MUST BE communicate in advance to our staff.
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This experience is non-refundable and cannot be changed for any reason. If you cancel or ask for an amendment, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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