Shore excursion from Civitavecchia port

Sightseeing in Rome from its port of Civitavecchia is becoming every year more popular due to the increased numbers of passengers arriving at the piers of Rome.

The northern harbor of Rome is located one hour and half approximately far from the city center of Rome with a good connection through the highway that intersects the main way to go the Rome airport Leonardo da Vinci also known as Fiumicino.

Ships from Rome cruises arrive early in the morning and customers are ready to pick up their limousines and minibuses for their day tours of Rome and shore excursions.

What you can see in Rome having one day at disposal? Many monuments can be discovered in one day but what you need first is a local expert english speaking driver who can allow you to save more time and energy because the knowledge of our territory is our best pride and makes our tours of Rome more efficient every time we perform them.

Recently the major of Rome adopted restrictions to the traffic of Rome for the zones of archaeological interest and in those zones a cleaner air breathes too.

We, driver guides of Rome, can make your day tour of Rome very interesting and knowledgeable because we can switch quickly from the south, where the Appian way is located, to the north, where the Vatican is established since 2000 years and the pope lives with the cardinals.

If you will have the occasion to visit Rome with me, you will have the pleasure of a show that only Rome can offer you in only one day.

Your driver guide will come to pick you up at the ship for the beginning of your excursion. After a pleasant tour through the Etruscan countryside (about 1,5 hour), you will be directly in the heart of Rome, where your visit will start sightseeing across the Capitol Hill, seat of the actual Mayor of Rome and ancient public library in Rome (called Tabularium) from the I° century before Christ, and the Roman Forum (testimony of the presence of kings, republican magistrates, and Empires that have known how to conquer the world) from the Capitol Hill loggia.

Your shore excursion of Rome will continue to Piazza Venezia where you will see the Monument to Victor Emmanuel II (being also the Tumb of the Unknown Soldier) hilariously called "the wedding cake" or the "typewriter" by the Romans, a visit to the Colosseum, theater of great battles with gladiators, fierce beasts and Roman ships, the Circus Maximus, the greatest arena with its spectacular chariot races that the world has ever seen and the Mouth of Truth, proof of fidelity from the times of the middle ages.

Driving through the time you will then admire the Trevi Fountain, where millions of tourists dream to come back to Rome throwing three coins in this 18th century's architectural masterpiece, and the Spanish Steps, center of elegance, fashion and shopping with the famous stairs of Trinità dei Monti and the near via Condotti.

After a standstill for the lunch (following your wishes) in a traditional restaurant of the Roman cuisine, the tour will continue with two options:
- Vatican Museums and Sixtine Chapel (where the Popes are elected in the smallest State of the world)
OR
- Piazza Navona (the ancient Circus of the emperor Domitian in the first century AD transformed today in a Roman Montmartre), the Pantheon (a pagan temple of 27BC transformed in a Christian church during the sixth century AD which is still intact) and a final view of Saint Peter Basilica and its square.

In the late afternoon your driver-guide will bring you back to the ship located in Civitavecchia or to the airports of Rome, following the agreed schedule and time.

The rates are in Euros. They include the driver tour guide for all the duration of the tour and don't include gratuities, lunch and entrance fees. And of course you have your private minibus at disposal for all the duration of the tour in Rome.

Colosseum entrance fee is 12 euros per person (possibility to avoid the lines) and Vatican Museums 14 euros.

For the Vatican Museums, the Sixtine Chapel and St.Peter's Basilica a private guide for a tour of 2 or 3 hours is available at a cost of 50 euros per hour. Please note that in St.Peter's Basilica shorts, sleeveless tops and short skirts are not admitted. For the men even the short pants must arrive under the knees.