Rome: 20 Highlights with Expert Tour Driver - Private Tour

The Palatine Hill, which relative to the seven hills of Rome is the centremost, is one of the most ancient parts of the city; it has been called "the first nucleus of the Roman Empire".

The Temple of Hercules Victor, dating from the later 2nd century BC, is a Roman temple, the former Forum Boarium, in Rome, Italy. It is a tholos, a round temple of Greek peripteral design completely surrounded by a colonnade.

The Temple of Portunus is an ancient Roman temple located beside the Forum Boarium, the Roman cattle market associated with Hercules, which was adjacent to Rome's oldest river port. It was probably dedicated to the gateway god Portunus. The temple is one of the best preserved of all Roman temples.

The Theatre of Marcellus is an ancient open-air theatre built in the closing years of the Roman Republic (17 BC). At the theatre, locals and visitors alike were able to watch performances of drama and song.

The Capitolium or Capitoline Hill is one of the Seven Hills of Rome. The Capitoline Hill contains few ancient ground-level ruins, as they are almost entirely covered up by Medieval and Renaissance palazzi (now housing the Capitoline Museums) that surround a Piazza, an urban plan designed by Michelangelo.

Piazza Venezia is the central hub of Rome. One side of the Piazza is the monumental site of Italy's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the Altare della Patria, part of the Monument to Vittorio Emanuele II, first King of Italy.

Navona Square is one of the most spectacular and characteristic squares of Baroque Rome, built on the remains of the Stadium of the Emperor Domitian.

The Piazza Campo De' Fiori is a square with the most famous daily open market in the old center of Rome. Free time for a Typical Roman Lunch (your own expense).

Immediately behind the lively Campo de’ Fiori, from which it differs both in origin and tradition, it is one of the city’s most elegant squares, aristocratically isolated and dominated by two large fountains that lead the eye to the palace that has been home to the French Embassy since 1874. It is precisely to the imposing Palazzo Farnese that the history of the square is connected, starting from the 16th century when Cardinal Alessandro Farnese (the future Pope Paul III) purchased several houses in this area to demolish them and create a space suitable for a new refined residence. Its building history involved some of the most prominent Italian architects of the time, including Michelangelo.

The Mausoleum of Hadrian, also known as Castel Sant'Angelo, is a cylindrical building. It was initially commissioned by the Roman Emperor Hadrian as a mausoleum for himself and his family. The Popes later used the building as a fortress and castle, and it is now a museum. The structure was once the tallest building in Rome.

Designed principally by Donato Bramante, Michelangelo, Carlo Maderno and Gian Lorenzo Bernini, St. Peter's is the most renowned work of Renaissance architecture and the largest church in the world.

From Janiculum Promenade you can enjoy one of the most evocative views of the historic centre of Rome.