Private Vespa Tour in Rome with Expert Guide: Discover the Eternal City

Highlights

• 100% Private Tour
• In-depth Cultural Discovery
• Personalized Itinerary

What's included

Itinerary

1. 1

   Piazza del Popolo

   20min

   If you don't need me to pick you up at your hotel/location, we will meet in Piazza del Popolo. Here we will retrace the various eras characterized by the domination of the 7 kings of Rome. From the first "Romulus" to the last one "Tarquinius the Superb" (VII-V century before Christ). We will also briefly see the various monuments in the square like the obelisk and the 2 twin churches, one renown as "the artists' church". And now, we'll take my scooter to reach the second stop of our tour.

2. 2

   Vatican City

   20min

   We'll park close to the Vatican and will walk to the St. Peter's Basilica. This is located in the Vatican State is the official Papal Major Basilica. It’s a masterpiece of Italian art with its giant colonnade and its 140 statues. Walking down the street Borgo Santo Spirito, we reach Castel Sant’Angelo that was built under emperor Hadrian because he wanted a funerary mausoleum for himself and his family. Passed then, in the hands of Pope Urban V in 1367, this castle has also been used as prison until 1901. Ready? Let's jump on the scooter again.

3. 3

   Castel Sant'Angelo

   10min

   I'll briefly explain you about the tomb of emperor Adrian that then, became a fortress and prison. (Just outside visit, the entry is not included)

4. 4

   Piazza Trilussa

   30min

   This sqaure reveals a lot about Rome, let's discover it together

5. 5

   Basilica di Santa Maria in Trastevere

   20min

   We'll visit this beautiful basilica while I'll explain you its story

6. 6

   Isola Tiberina

   10min

   We'll park on a side of the road and will walk on the bridge that leads to Isola Tiberina, a real Island in the midst of the Tiber river. It’s famous for a beautiful Basilica of San bartolomeo and the Fatebenefratelli, an ancient hospital (dating 1583) still open nowadays and point of reference of the Pop for all his medical visits. At the other side of the road, the Jewish Ghetto, among the oldest ghettos in the world where Jewish people were obliged to live in 1555 by Pope Pail IV. Nowadays here many Jewish families still live and the restaurants here still carry on the Jewish culinary tradition with ancient recipes. Let's get back and let's jump on the scooter again now.

7. 7

   Ghetto

   10min

   A brief explanation of the history of the ghetto

8. 8

   Circo Massimo

   5min

   Without getting off the scooter, I'll show you the Circo Maximo, an ancient circus that likewise the Colosseum, hosted many shows at the era of the Romans. Here the famous scene with the chariot-race in the movie Ben Hur (1959) with Charlton Heston was shot. Nowadays it’s still used to do concerts since it can accommodate 250.000 people (anciently 300.000).

Before you go

Location