Castel Sant'Angelo: tour guidato con vista panoramica su Roma

Our tour guide, Inti, was very knowlegeable about Rome in general, as well as the film Angels and Demons. He was funny, dramatic when called for, engaging and a pleasure to be with for the duration of the tour. He was so friendly to the locals as we walked to the various locations, calling out a greeting or shaking hands, which put you right at ease. The tour itself was fantastic ..... we even got to see The Pope at The Vatican!!😁 We travelled in an air conditioned van which saved our feet, communication was done through wireless headphones which were great quality and the gelato halfway through was a nice touch. We thoroughly recommend this tour, as you get so much information that you wouldn't know by yourself. A great way to spend half a day in Rome!!

Vanwege een overgang naar een ander busmaatschappij (aldus de gids) kwamen de busjes 45 minuten later. Dit hadden ze van te voren wel mogen communiceren, dan hadden we niet zo vroeg aanwezig hoeven te zijn. De gids was vriendelijk, maar als je het boek hebt gelezen en de film hebt gezien, zoals wij, heeft de gids geen toegevoegde waarde. Ze vertelde alleen maar het verhaal na. Wij hadden gehoopt op wat diepgang, meer informatie over de achtergrond. Helaas kwam dat niet. Daarnaast gaat de tour heel snel. Je komt aan, kan 5 minuten kijken en gaat dan weer in het busje door naar de volgende locatie. Alleen bij de Engelen burcht heb je na afloop van de tour tijd om te blijven. Al met al vonden wij het geen toegevoegde waarde. Je kan de locaties ook zelf bezoeken. Kost meer tijd maar is ook een stuk goedkoper .

The tour was fantastic Andreas was so engaging, funny and knowledgable not just about the book and movie but also shared so much fascinating information about Rome as well and was happy to answer any questions he could about the beautiful city. We weren’t able to access some of the sites as intended as our tour was on a Sunday but as a happy consequence we ended up seeing the new Pope deliver part of his first Sunday mass and saw him from about 10metres away which we never would have experienced if not for the tour. A real once in a lifetime moment, that somehow fit well into the story of angels and demons. We’d happily take a tour from Andreas again!

One of the vans didn’t arrive on time so it delayed the tour by 20 minutes at least. That 20 minutes meant we were caught in a thunderstorm at the end. And also that we had yo stand around and wait. Otherwise, the tour was great! Finally a guide who didn’t over talk and add a bunch of minutia! We actually got to see the sites included in the your. Our guide was great! Knowledgeable and measured, so he didn’t talk too much and annoy everyone like so many of them do. There as no Roman cream bun as promised in the promotional materials.