Rome Tours

The Aventine Hill is one of the mythical seven hills on which ancient Rome was built. Today it belongs to the Ripa rione and it offers to visitors of the Capital wonderful landscape views through flower gardens, churches, villas and ancient ruins.
Transfers Rome NCC company has thought to let you have a tour with private car to discover this magnificent area punctuated with green spaces. It’s a good idea to take a tour in spring, especially in May when the enchanting Roseto di Roma Capitale (Rome Rose Garden), located at the slopes of the Aventine Hill, open its gates to visitors (till October). The garden, situated near the Circus Maximus, hosts very precious collections of ancient and botanical roses, as well as exceptional “modern” varieties coming from all over the world to participate in the Concorso Internazionale Premio Roma (that takes place in May).
During the landscape tour organized by Transfers Rome, you’ll be taken to Sant’Alessio Garden, placed between the church dedicated to the saint and the church of Santa Sabina, and to the Giardino degli Aranci (the Garden of Oranges), where you can enjoy an unforgettable panoramic view of Rome. The other name as which this famous Roman belvedere is known is Parco Savello, made in 1932 by the architect Raffaele De Vico. Once out of the garden, turning right you arrive in the neoclassical Piazza dei Cavalieri di Malta (Piazza of Knights of Malta), designed in 1765 by Giovan Battista Piranesi. From the keyhole of the front door of Villa del Priorato you’ll be able to notice Saint Peter’s dome framed by the hedges of the gardens.
You can complete the private driver tour adding other interesting destinations like Forum Boarium and Pons Cestius.

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The tour is recommended especially during spring, when the Garden of Ninfa is at its highest splendor.
Sermoneta is a characteristic Medieval borough, that claims the acknowledgment of “European Destination of Excellence”. The town, located in the Province of Latina, is about 60km from Rome, thus the car transfer to Sermoneta takes around 1 hour and 30 minutes on the A1 highway.
The drivers of our NCC company will welcome you in elegant vehicles at Fiumicino Airport, Termini Station, your hotel or any other point of interest. Once arrived at destination, you’ll start the tour of Sermoneta, visiting its historical center. The ladscape is dominated by the two towers, the Maschio and Maschietto, of the 13th centuryCaetani Castle.
Thanks to the guided tour inside the ancient manor, you’ll be able to discover its history and admire the various rooms, like the immense “Sala dei Baroni” and the “Camere Pinte” frescoed in 1470 by a student of Pinturicchio. After the visit to the fortress, you’ll stop in a restaurant to taste delicious local products.
In the afternoon you’ll be accompanied by your Transfers Rome driver to the Garden of Ninfa, a natural and historical park of extraordinary beauty. There you can admire 1300 species of plants, including roses, magnolias, aquatic iris, Japanese cherry trees and maples. Since its origins, when the Romans built the Temple of the Naiad Nymphs, till the 19th century when it was transformed in a romantic English garden, the Garden of Ninfa has always been a magic place, that continues to fascinate its visitors. At the end of the day tour: transfer by car to Rome.

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This tour is designed for tourists who have arrived by boat at the port of Civitavecchia and have only one day to visit Rome’s most famous monuments and landmarks.

Departure is at 8.00 am from the port of Civitavecchia, where you’ll find a driver ready to welcome you in the splendid car you have rented.

You will travel on the A12 in the direction of Rome and during the drive you can stop at a service station for a coffee break.

Once in Rome, you will visit the area of the Fori Imperiali to see one of the most representative monuments of Rome: the Coliseum founded in 75 AD by Emperor Vespasian. This monumental amphitheater measures 22,000 square meters and was formerly in the Flavian Amphitheatre (the real name of the Coliseum). It held gladiatorial games, and naval battles when the whole structure was filled with water. Another interesting aspect to the history of the Coliseum was that a huge velarium or a sheet was erected to protect the public from the sun. The structure is open to the public and guides and audio guides will provide more detailed information during the visit.

The second leg of your tour will be the unforgettable Trevi Fountain. Located in the square of the same name, this spectacular Baroque fountain of travertine marble was designed by Nicholas Salvi and completed in 1762. At the center you can admire the monumental statue of the Ocean, surrounded by other mythical figures related to the marine world. Throwing a coin into the Trevi Fountain has become a rite of good luck and a promise to return to Rome.

Later you visit the nearby Piazza di Spagna, another location of international reputation, both for artistic and cultural reasons as a symbol of Italian fashion. The most famous fashion shows in the world are held on theSpanish Steps and in the nearby streets, including Via dei Condotti, you will find boutiques of the most famous Italian and foreign fashion houses. The square owes its name to the Palace of Spain, the Iberian State’s Embassy to the Holy City of the Vatican. At the bottom of the stairway of Trinità dei Monti (the Spanish Steps) you can see the famous Fontana della Barcaccia carved in the baroque period by Pietro Bernini and his son, the more famous Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

Your next stop will be Piazza della Rotonda, where you’ll find another of Rome’s landmark buildings: thePantheon. Built in 27 BC during the reign of Emperor Augustus, it was twice destroyed by lightning and rebuilt by Hadrian between 118 and 125. The temple with its characteristic hemispherical dome, with a diameter of 43 meters and a skylight of nine meters, was dedicated to all the gods. In time it became a Christian church, but is now disused. It houses the tombs of famous Italians, including Raphael, Queen Margaret, the king of Italy Vittorio Emanuele II and Umberto I.

You will now have an hour break for lunch, which you can eat at a snack bar, or one of Rome’s characteristic taverns or pizzerias.

In the afternoon the tour continues with St. Peter’s and the Vatican Museums. Inside the Basilica, the center of Christianity, you can see “La Pietà” by Michelangelo, the Baldacchino – the gilded bronze canopy by Bernini, and other important works of art. You can visit the graves of famous people, popes and the tomb of Saint Peter, preserved in the Vatican Grottoes.

Your tour continues at the Vatican Apostolic Palace, home to the Vatican Museums. The first part of the museum was established by Pope Julius II (1503-1513), who gathered several masterpieces of classical sculpture in the courtyard of Palazzo del Belvedere, including the famous “Lacoon”, a work from the 1st century BC, the Apollo Belvedere and the Venus of Cnidus. Over the centuries, the museum has expanded to include various collections, such as the Gregorian Egyptian Museum, the Ethnological Missionary Museum, the Museum of Modern Religious Art, commissioned by Pope Paul VI and the Carriage Pavilion, which houses the “popemobile”, the cars used by the popes. You can enjoy audio guides or take guided tours with experts. You will find many shops where you can buy souvenirs, books and postcards. Inside the Gallery you will see important examples of Italian art, including the Deposizione (1604) by Caravaggio, l’Incoronazione della Vergine (1503) and the Trasfigurazione (1520) both works by Raphael, and San Girolamo (1480) by Leonardo da Vinci. During your visit to the Vatican Museums you will see what is considered the greatest masterpiece of painting of all time: the Sistine Chapel. In 1506 Pope Julius II commissioned Michelangelo’s monumental fresco. The work took four years, from 1508 to 1512, to complete. On the ceiling of the vault, which covers 520 meters, nine episodes from Genesis are depicted, the most famous of which is the story of the Creation of Man. The numerous figures of prophets and biblical sibyls cover an additional 500 square feet. From 1536 to 1541 Michelangelo painted theLast Judgment, the huge fresco on the altar of the Sistine Chapel. The work, on 226 square meters of wall, has 314 characters, including Michelangelo depicted as St. Bartholomew located near to Christ.

If you do not wish to visit the Vatican Museums, the Civitavecchia to Rome tour will begin by taking you to theBasilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls, the second basilica in size after St. Peter’s Basilica. It is situated near the bank of the Tiber on the Via Ostiense, about two kilometers outside the Aurelian walls of the Porta San Paolo, hence its name. According to tradition, the basilica stands on the burial place of the apostle Paul, whose grave was then placed under the main altar or “Papal.” At the center of the courtyard is a marble statue of the saint, by Giuseppe Obici Carrara. Worthy of note are the beautiful mosaics that decorate the facade, made between 1854 and 1874, based on designs by Agricola and Consoni and inspired by the original tenth-century decorations. The basilica is divided into five naves separated by four rows of 20 monolithic columns of granite. The nave and transept are decorated with medallions containing portraits of all the Popes from St. Peter to the current Pope Benedict XVI.

After visiting the Basilica of St. Paul, the tour will continue to Fori Imperiali, the Coliseum, continuing with the previously proposed route to finish in the Piazza Navona, which is dominated by its famous fountain: Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi (Fountain of the Four Rivers) by Bernini (1651) at the center of square. It represents the personifications of the four major rivers that were known in the seventeenth century, the Nile, Danube, Ganges, and Plate. There is also the Fontana del Moro (the Moor Fountain, 1576) designed by Giacomo della Porta which derives its name from an Ethiopian who had been sculpted by Antonio Mari in 1654, based on a sketch by Bernini, and finally the Neptune Fountain.

Your driver will then return you to Civitavecchia or to hotel accommodation in Rome.

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 The Rome by night tour is a romantic and exciting tour in a luxury Transfers Rome private car, in the most spectacular places in the city under the stars. Departure from your hotel, Rome-Fiumicino “Leonardo da Vinci” Airport or other previously agreed location. A chauffeur of our NCC (limousine service) company will be ready to welcome and accompany you, maybe in a limousine, to one of the most beautiful cities in the world. The tour is particularly suggested if you are on a honeymoon and you desire to amaze your loved one.

Before beginning this exceptional night trip around the Capital, you can decide to be accompanied to a tavern or a refined Italian restaurant for a dinner of local wine and food specialties. During the booking process or with your chauffeur, you can consult with us to decide the place best suited for you.

A must-see stop of all the Rome tours by night is the Janiculum Hill, the location of the first sequence of the Academy Award-winning movie “The Great Beauty” by Paolo Sorrentino. From the panoramic terrace, dominated by the monument dedicated to Garibaldi, you will be able to admire an unforgettable panorama: Rome illuminated by the Moon, by the stars and by the countless lights that make its monuments shine. St. Peter’s Cathedral and Castel Sant’Angelo, with their imposing architecture, statues of saints and archangels, are even more spectacular by night.

In a limousine you’ll be able to follow the Lungotevere (the Tiber Waterfront) and see Roman buildings mirror themselves in the waters of the Tiber. Once in Piazza Navona, you will be enchanted by the beauty of the Baroque fountains designed by Bernini, made even more exceptional by the play of light reflected by jets of water. Not far from the large piazza you will find another illuminated important building: the Pantheon, the Roman temple dedicated to all the gods and converted into a church in the 7th century. If you have seen “The Da Vinci Code” (2006), directed by Ron Howard and adapted from Dan Brown’s best-seller of the same name, you will find many locations where the movie was shot, among which the ancient temple.

Another place of exceptional beauty, related to the film world and that you will certainly visit during your Rome by night tour, is the Piazza of the Trevi Fountain, in which Marcello Mastroianni and Anita Ekberg have a swim in a famous scene from the movie “La Dolce Vita” (1960) by Federico Fellini.

Then you will reach the beating heart of Rome by night: Piazza di Spagna with its famous Fontana della Barcaccia (Fountain of the Old Boat) and the steep stairway that leads to Trinità dei Monti. The piazza is always crowded, both by day and by night, and going up to the church you’ll be able to admire a wonderful view of the city. You’ll have the possibility to walk through Via dei Condotti and admire the illuminated shop windows. There are also many venues that have night openings, where one can listen to live music, have a drink or eat some delicacies.

Your night tour will carry on in the area of the Imperial Fora.

You will admire the Vittoriano, a massive monument commemorating the Italian Unification, pass through Via dei Fori Imperiali entirely illuminated, as well as the ruins of the ancient Roman buildings, until you will arrive in front of the Colosseum. You won’t resist the temptation to take some photographs of such a beautiful scene.

At the end of the Rome by night tour, return journey to the hotel/airport or transfer to another destination in Rome.

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