Rome to Pisa transfer by Transfersrome
07 Apr
Transfers

Rome to Pisa Transfer

The Rome to Pisa transfer service offered by our company allows a fast, safe and comfortable transport from the Italian capital to the city of the Leaning Tower. Your Transfers Rome private driver will be waiting for you at Civitavecchia Port, Fiumicino or Ciampino Ariport, or in any other point of interest of your desire. The journey from Rome to Pisa will take about 3 and a half hours. On client’s request there’ll be a stop at a roadside restaurant. To reach Pisa by car there are two alternative routes, depending whether  you prefer travelling faster on a highway (A1 from Rome to Florence and A11 from Florence to Pisa), or you desire to admire the Tyrrhenian coast, taking about 30 minutes more. If for your fast transfers you’re interested in the first option, please consult the page relative to the transfer to Florence, in which it’s described this stretch of the Autostrada del Sole. On the contrary, if you’re interested in the second journey, you’ll travel in a wonderful car or limousine, through the SS 1 or Via Aurelia, built following the consular road formerly planned by the Romans to go from the Urbe to France. You’ll be able to admire from your car window some of the best Italian landscape views. In the Latial Maremma, on the top of a hill about 132 meters high you’ll be able to see Tarquinia, an ancient Etruscan settlement. Once in Tuscany, looking toward the right you’ll find many towns perched on heights surrounded by the countryside, such as Capalbio and Montepescali, while looking toward west you’ll be able to see some stretches of the Tyrrhenian Sea that touch the coast. From the windows of the luxury car rented for the Transfer Rome to Pisa you’ll be able to admire the Lagoon of Orbetello. You’ll sight the city of Grosseto, the wide Maremman countryside till Follonica and the Etruscan Coast. Here you’ll find famous places such as Bolgheri, made famous by its super tuscan wines. After Cecina and Rosignano, you’ll arrive in Livorno, the city of Modigliani, Mascagni and Fattori. From the road overlooking the sea you’ll enjoy a wonderful panoramic view. The journey following the Via Aurelia will carry on along the American military base of Camp Darby. Finally you’ll sight the city of Pisa, unmistakable for its soaring Leaning Tower. You’ll be accompanied to the “Galileo Galilei” Airport, your hotel or any other destination chosen during the booking process. With the Rome to Pisa transfer it is possible to combine the tour to Pisa, to discover the beauties that this Tuscan city has to offer, having at your disposal your chauffeur-driven car hire service for the whole day.

 

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Hadrian's Villa Tour by Transfersrome
07 Apr
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Hadrian’s Villa Tour

Your driver will be waiting at Rome’s Fiumicino airport “Leonardo da Vinci”, your hotel or other agreed starting point, to take you to Tivoli, one of the most popular resorts of the province of Rome, where you will visit the great archaeological complex of Villa Adriana.

On the way, if you wish, you can stop at a bar for a coffee break.

Villa Adriana was built between 118 to 134 AD by Emperor Hadrian as his imperial residence outside of Rome. It covers an area of 100 hectares, and is the largest and most important surviving Roman villa. Over the centuries many artists, including Andrea Palladio, Raphael, Michelangelo, Leonardo, Borrormini, Piranesi and Antonio Canova da Sangallo, visited the ruins of the Villa for inspiration, copying its forms and attempting to discover the technical secrets that made this ancient structure so durable. We know from reliable historical sources that it was the same Hadrian who chose the location and design of his villa between the Via Prenestina and Via Tiburtina on the vast plain of Tivoli, at the foot of the Tiburtini mountains, only 17 miles from Rome. The area had rich quarries, and still does, of materials such as travertine, pozzolana and tufo that were used in the construction of the Villa. In addition during that period four aqueducts (Anio Vetus Anio Novus, Aqua Marcia and Aqua Claudia) converged to provide sources of water for drinking, a sewage system and the baths of the Maritime Theatre. The Maritime Theater was one of the first buildings to be constructed near the villa and was particularly unique. One floor contained a portico, of which nothing remains today, but traces of mosaic floors can be seen at the threshold of the atrium. Inside is a circular portico with Ionic columns, which overlooks a canal and at whose center lies a small island of 45 meters in diameter which was accessible by a causeway.

The first archaeological excavations of Villa Adriana were ordered in the second half of the sixteenth century by Cardinal Ippolito II d’Este, lord and governor of the Tivoli Villa d’Este. This can be visited during another of our tours devoted entirely to the villa.

Slabs of marble from various locations of the Mediterranean, completely covered the floor and walls up to the ceiling of this magnificent Roman villa. Unfortunately, only a few traces remain today because many valuable decorations were removed over the centuries, especially during the Middle Ages, and later in the eighteenth century, when Villa Adriana was a favorite destination of the wealthy English nobles on the Grand Tour.

About 400 statues, mainly Roman copies of Greek originals, adorn the interiors and exteriors of this grand residence, and some are preserved today in the biggest museums of Rome and the world, such as the famous “Myron’s Discus Thrower” which can now be seen in the Vatican Museums. These beautiful sculptures, inspired by Greek and Egyptian originals, were reflected in the waters of the attractive basin known as Canopus. It ended with a semicircular architectural Ninfeo, which was used as the triclinium (dining room) during summer and was conceived as a cave-shaped shell, a wall divided into nine niches and originally covered by an enormous vault. At the heart of one of the long sides of the channel four Caryatids can be seen, copies of famous statues of the Erechtheion in Athens, along with two Sileni. The originals are now preserved in the adjacent museum, which contains a collection of sculptures found in this area, including copies of the Amazon of Fidia and the Amazon of Phidias Policleto as well as a copy of the fourth century BC Venus of Cnidus.

Several other interesting architectural remains can be seen inside the Villa Adriana. These include the Piccole Terme, decorated with great wealth and used by the imperial family, and, in addition, the Grande Terme used by the Villa’s staff. Villa Adriana was structured as a fortress, surrounded by high walls. It was divided into areas that were allocated to the various inhabitants of the building based on their social class. Using the large branching network of underground paths slaves could move from one building to another without being seen.

Of particular note is the large square known as Pecile, a reconstruction of the famous “painted porch” of the agora of Athens, a city loved by Hadrian. Indeed the emperor conceived the suburban residence of Tivoli as an exclusive collection of all the knowledge of art he had accumulated during his travels in the ancient world.

You will be pleasantly surprised by the exceptional nature of Villa Adriana and in and around the archaeological site you will find many restaurants where you can enjoy typical Roman culinary specialties.

After the tour our driver will return you to your hotel or the airport at Rome Fiumicino.

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History of Rome Tour by Transfersrome
07 Apr
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History of Rome Tour

The History of Rome tour is an unforgettable tour to discover the most beautiful and important monuments of the Italian Capital City. Departure from Rome-Fiumicino Airport, your hotel or any other previously agreed location. During the car transfer toward the center of Rome there will be a stop for a coffee break on your request.

During the tour you’ll be able to admire the precious artistic and cultural remains of the glorious period of the Roman Empire, but that’s not all; in fact it’s important to remember that all the best artists of the 15th and 16th centuries lived in Rome, leaving here their most significant traces. First among all, Michelangelo. The artist designed Piazza del Campidoglio, where he placed the Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius, which originally stood in the Lateran Palace. The Capitoline Hill is the most important of the seven hills of Rome. Here you’ll start your tour.

On the left you’ll find the steep staircase that leads to the Basilica of Santa Maria in Aracoeli (Saint Mary of the Altar of Heaven) (1348). Behind the Campidoglio, on a slope of the Capitoline Hill, stands the huge monument celebrating the Italian Unification: the Vittoriano or Altare della Patria (Altar of the Fatherland). The work, inspired by Hellenistic references, dates back to the end of the 19th century. In the center of the monument, on top of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, you’ll be able to admire the Equestrian Statue of Victor Emmanuel II King of Italy (1888-1901), a work by the sculptor Enrico Chiaradia. On the right of the Vittoriano there’s the Forum of Trajan, with the historiated column that celebrates the conquer of Dacia by the Romans. In front of the Altare della Patria stands Palazzo Venezia, built between 1455 and 1467 following the design of Leon Battista Alberti. It’s the first Renaissance work built in Rome. The ancient building, residence of the popes until 1564, and then of the ambassadors of the Republic of Venice, is now a museum. The History of Rome tour carries on in Via dei Fori Imperiali. In the background you will notice the most famous monument in Rome, which has become a symbol of the city: the Flavian Amphitheater (75 AD), or the Colosseum. On the left you’ll be able to admire the great Forum of Augustus, the ruins of the Temple of Mars Ultor and the Forum of Nerva. Instead, on the right you’ll find the Roman Forum, which is accessed from Via Salaria Vecchia. The complex was formerly the center of Rome’s political, commercial and judicial life. Worthy of mention are the Arch of Septimius Severus, the ruins of the Temple of Saturn, the Basilica of Maxentius and the Arch of Titus, which commemorated the victory over the Judeans and the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD. Once arrived at the Colosseum, you can choose whether to visit the structure inside it or continue the History tour in Rome. Near the amphitheater you will find the Arch of Constantine, built in 316 AD and dedicated by the Roman Senate to the emperor for his victory over Maxentius at the Milvian Bridge in 313. With this victory Constantine made Christianity the official religion of the State.

After the lunch break, you’ll be taken by your Transfers Rome chauffeur near Piazza Fontana di Trevi, dominated by the scenographic Baroque fountain made of tuff and travertine (1762, designed by Niccolò Salvi). Throwing a little coin in the fountain’s water brings good luck and it’s a promise to return.

You will then move to Piazza della Rotonda, where you will find the Pantheon. Built in 27 BC under the Empire of Augustus, it was destroyed twice by lightnings and rebuilt by Hadrian between 118 and 125. During the Christian era it became a church, now desecrated, but which still preserves the tombs of illustrious Italians, among which Raphael, the Kings of Italy Victor Emmanuel II and Umberto I, the Queen Margherita of Savoy.

Behind the Pantheon there’s Piazza della Minerva, popular for its 2500-year-old Egyptian Obelisk supported by an elephant created by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. It’s the smallest monument in Rome, known as the “pulcino della Minerva”. In Piazza Navona you’ll be able to take some pictures of the wonderful Roman fountains, such as the Fontana dei Fiumi (Fountain of the Rivers) by Bernini (1651), with the personifications of the four major rivers know in the 17th century.

At the end of the History of Rome tour overnight stay in a hotel in Rome or return journey to the airport.

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Ancient Ostia Tour by Transfersrome
07 Apr
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Ancient Ostia Tour

To fully understand the Roman civilization you have to go and visit Ancient Ostia, its first colony.

Reaching it from Rome is extremely easy. You just have to get on a little train, and the journey takes a bit more than thirty minutes. From here, getting to the center of the excavations is just five minutes by foot. The Ancient Ostia tour can be also done in a half day, but it’s recommended to stay some hours more, to have a better view even of the less well-known places.

This site, founded according to the tradition by the king Ancus Marcius, seems to date back to the 4th century BC. Born to protect the many salt pans scattered along the coast, it became very soon the port of the Urbe, in which continuously arrived various and different kinds of goods from all the provinces.

Its inhabitants were mostly merchants, ship-owners, craftsmen, workmen and people employed for fluvial and terrestrial transports.

Unfortunately, this place followed the decline of Rome and was slowly abandoned around the 9th century.

For this reason, all of the buildings, houses, baths, temples, frescoes, mosaics, sculptures and, because of the presence of many foreigners, even many sanctuaries dedicated to various oriental cults, disappeared for hundreds of years buried under the sand and the earth.

That’s why the visit to Ancient Ostia is unique in its kind: it gives the opportunity to see a photograph of the Rome of the past, because nothing got overlapped to its ancient ruins.

By visiting it, we can understand what was the appearance of Rome in the past, since Ostia was built with the same architectural and material criteria.

If you choose the shorter Ancient Ostia tour, you will only need about three/four hours. In fact, this is enough time for visiting the main places of the site, such as the Via Ostiensis and the Decumanus Maximus, the main road of the ancient colony, more than a kilometer long and that leads to the sea. Also not to miss are the wonderful mosaics portraying the god of the sea, nymphs and marine subjects of the Baths of Neptune, the Firemen’s Barracks, the Theater and the Forum of Corporations, in the middle of which stands a temple. The three fullonicae are characteristic, small workshops where fabrics and wool were washed and treated. The Mithraeum of Felicissimus, the Domus of the Fortuna Annonaria, the Forum with its baths, the public latrines, the Thermopolium, the Via di Diana and the Molini can then conclude the visit.

Having a whole day available, it is possible to extend the Ancient Ostia tour, and in addition discover the market, the Temple of Hercules, the House of Cupid and Psyche, the underground Mythraeum, the Insula of the Aurighi, the Bath of the Seven Sages, the Garden Houses, the Synagogue, the Cardo and the Temple of Cybele.

Finally, we suggest a visit to the Museo Ostiense, located on the ground floor of a building known as “Casone del Sale”, because related with the use of the near salt pans by the Pontifical government, which under the guidance of Pius IX turned it into a museum in the second half of the 19th century.

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07 Apr
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Civitavecchia to Rome Tour

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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Rome to Siena Transfer by Transfersrome
07 Apr
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Rome to Siena Transfer

The NCC (chauffeur driven car hire) service offered by Transfers Rome lets you reach in a short amount of time the beautiful city of Siena, leaving from any part of the Italian capital city, from the hotel, from the airport of from the near Civitavecchia Port. During the motorway journey there will be in any case a stop in an autogrill motorway café for a coffee break. On the luxury car taken from our selection of vehicles, chosen by you at the time of reservation, you’ll travel on the Autostrada del Sole or A1, that goes right through the heart of Italy, showing some of the most charming landscapes in the world. While admiring the Colli Laziali scattered with villas and ancient buildings, you’ll pass through the green Valle del Tevere and you’ll be able to admire from your windscreen the high tufa cliff from which Orte stands. Once arrived in Umbria, looking at the defensive buildings standing on the nearby heights, you’ll be able to see the city of Orvieto, another beautiful destination of our transfers by private car or limousine. Continuing your journey, you’ll go into the land once populated by the Etruschi, reaching the Val di Chiana and being able to admire a hilly landscape of rare beauty. Here stand the cities of Chiusi, Chianciano, Sarteano, Citta’ della Pieve and not very far from these the ones of Castiglione del Lago, Pienza and Montepulciano. In a short time you’ll arrive in the land of the Chianti, where Siena stands. The city looks like a wide terracotta colored stain, spaced by campanili and enclosed by majestic walls. We remind you that the main event in the city takes place during the summer: it’s the Palio of Siena (2nd July and 16th August), an excellent occasion to choose the Transfers Rome NCC service.

 

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Rome to Portofino Transfer by Transfersrome
07 Apr
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Rome to Portofino Transfer

 Our company is specialized in private car transfers from/to major Italian destinations. The transfer from Rome to Portofino, an enchanting seaside location where take place international-level sports events (sailing trophies, regattas, etc.), couldn’t miss from our travel selection. During the booking process you can agree with us the starting point of the NCC service (limousine service), which can be for example Rome Fiumicino Airport, Termini Railway Station or the Port of Civitavecchia. Your Transfers Rome private driver will welcome you when you arrive, helping you put the luggage in the chosen luxury car (sedan, limousine or minivan), and you will then travel toward Portofino, a tourist center famous all over the world. During the transfer to Portofino from Rome there will be a stop at a roadside bar for a coffee break. The seaside tourist resort is about 500 Km from Rome and is located in Liguria, in the western part of the Tigullio Gulf, in a bay at the foot of the homonymous promontory. Traveling in the direction of Genoa you will follow in the footsteps of ancient people, who traveled from the capital toward north. The old village of Portofino, quoted by Pliny the Elder in his Ligurian “Itinerarium”, was probably founded by the Romans, who called it “Portus Delphini” for the presence of many cetaceans in the gulf’s waters. If you have some free time to spend, we suggest you visit the Aquarium of Genoa (about 50 minutes journey from Portofino), where you’ll be able to admire wonderful examples of marine flora and fauna coming from every part of the world. The natural scenery of Portofino is among the most evocative ones of the whole Italian peninsula and further, since the village is proudly known as the “World’s Pearl”. To reach this refined and “precious” destination you’ll have to cross a large part of Central Italy, passing through Lazio, Umbria and Tuscany. During the Rome to Portofino transfer, which will take about 5 hours in total, you will come across some of the most well-known Italian cities, such as Arezzo and Orvieto. If you are interested in visiting these wonderful cities of art, our company organizes daily tours from Rome to both of these tourist destinations of Central Italy. Traveling on the Autostrada del Sole (A1), you will arrive in Florence. Here you’ll be able to have a break in a roadside restaurant, to then carry on the journey toward Prato in your private car. Continuing along the A11 you will arrive in Lucca, a famous Tuscan city surrounded by medieval walls. The last highway stretch of your transfer will take place on the A12, which spans along the Tyrrhenian Coast from Livorno to Genoa. Admiring the sea from your car window, you will first see the beaches of Versilia, Viareggio and Forte dei Marmi, then the typical houses perched on the steep cliffs of the Ligurian Riviera. You’ll leave the A12 highway at Rapallo and go toward the city center to take the Strada Provinciale 227 for Santa Margherita Ligure and Portofino. Once arrived at destination, you will be accompanied to the address of your choice, like for example your booked hotel. Besides the transfer Rome to Portofino, if you are interested in visiting Liguria and the Cinque Terre by taking advantage of our NCC services (limousine services), feel free to contact us for a quote.

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Rome to Orvieto Transfer by Transfersrome
07 Apr
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Rome to Orvieto Transfer

Orvieto is one of the most beautiful Italian cities, rich in history and monuments of great artistic and cultural value. The Rome to Orvieto transfer will let you reach this Italian city fast and safely, without giving up the comfort of traveling in an elegant private vehicle, sedan or limousine.

Orvieto is easily reachable from the near regions of Lazio and Tuscany. In fact, the city is situated close to the boundary between the Province of Terni, in Umbria, and the one of Viterbo in Lazio. To reach it with your Transfers Rome private driver, you will travel on the Autostrada del Sole (A1), that spans across the Italian peninsula from Naples to Milan. Leaving from Fiumicino Airport, the Port of Civitavecchia or any other starting point in Rome, in your luxury private car, limousine, mercedes or minivan, you will head toward north. You will pass through the Province of Viterbo, renowned for its evocative landscapes, which present a wide variety of sceneries: from the mounts of volcanic origin, Cimini and Volsini, to lakes, among which Lake Bolsena and Lake Vico, to plains lapped by the Tiber. The river, third in length in Italy, flows just across the boundary with Umbria. During the Transfers Rome to Orvieto there will be a quick break for a coffee in a roadside bar.

After having passed the town of Fiano Romano, you will see the high tuff cliff on top of which stands the town of Orte, surrounded by a bend of the Tiber. Following the famous waterway you will get closer to your destination: Orvieto. The Umbrian city is situated 325 meters above mean sea level, on the top of a dark tuff height, which dominates the valley where the rivers Paglia and Chiani flow, tributaries of the Tiber. The landscape is particularly evocative, especially during springtime, when the surrounding plains and hills get adorned with flowers and flourishing plants. At the end of the Rome to Orvieto transfer, going up to the top of the “Urbs Vetus”, the old city, you’ll be able to admire from your car window an enchanting scenery. The 13th and 14th centuries represented the height of the Umbrian city, which saw the birth of magnificent religious and civic buildings in its urban center. Witness of this unquestioned richness is the Cathedral of Orvieto, an architectural masterpiece in perfect Italian-Gothic style, that you’ll be able to admire once arrived at destination.

Our NCC (limousine service) company is available for transfers from Rome to Orvieto in any period of the year. Here we suggest some characteristic feasts and celebrations that you can join if you decide to visit the Umbrian city: the Festa della Palombella on the day of Pentecost, the Palio dell’Oca, held on the Sunday after Pentecost, and the Procession of the Corpus Domini, which commemorates the Miracle of Bolsena. We remind you that it’s also possible to book the Orvieto tour, which lets you visit this tourist destination and then go back to Rome, having at your disposal a vehicle and chauffeur for the whole travel time. The Rome to Orvieto transfer, instead, is intended just for the car journey from the Italian Capital to the Umbrian city.

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Rome to Venice Transfer by Transfersrome
07 Apr
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Rome to Venice Transfer

Venice is easily reached by car. Starting from Rome and traveling on the highway takes about five hours, in the absence of traffic and adverse weather conditions. Unlike other means of transport, traveling by car allows you to get to your destination at your leisure, especially if you make use of an NCC service, or even a luxurious limousine with “full options”, which gives you the opportunity to make stops and to visit the places you come across along the way. To get from the capital to the Laguna you cross the whole of central Italy, from Lazio to Umbria, Umbria to Tuscany, Tuscany to Emilia Romagna, and finally to Veneto. You will pass Roman and Etruscan ruins, castles and medieval forts, Renaissance palaces, immersed in the green plains, in the hills in bloom, or perched at the top of the mountains: a boundless backdrop of beautiful scenery and historical and artistic jewels to be admired.
Leaving Rome with your own private driver, who can meet you wherever you choose – be it Fiumicino airport, Civitavecchia port, or your hotel – you take the “autostrada del Sole” (A1) in the direction of Florence. From the windows you can admire the villas and the Lazio countryside; after passing the town of Orte you enter the region of Umbria, where you pass the splendid city of Orvieto, perched on a stone cliff. If you so wish, you can choose to visit Orvieto by booking a day tour with Transfers Rome.
Continuing the transfer in the direction of Venice, you cross the Chiana Valley, enclosed in the hills and the mountains of Cortona, to get to the Valdarno then Florence. Here you can stop in a roadside restaurant to refresh and buy some typical products from Tuscany.
To get to Bologna you cross the Appennino Tosco-Emiliano, walking in the footsteps of ancient peoples. On the Flaminia military road you can still find parts of the Roman road, which crossed the Apennines even in medieval times, to follow Via Francigena and visit the main religious Christian sites.
After exiting the A1 you cross the Adriatica highway (A14) to get to the A13 in the direction of Padua, which is famous for the majestic cathedral of Saint Anthony, and the Scrovegni Chapel, illustrated by Giotto at the beginning of the third century. You will find yourselves immersed in the natural environment of the Po Valley, passing the city of Ferrara, another rich centre of history and tradition. Then, having arrived in Veneto and passed the city of Padua, you enter the A4 highway, which is also called la Serenissima – the river crossing which leads to Venice. You can choose to have your limousine take you in comfort right up to piazzale Roma, the furthest point reachable by car, or to stop at Mira or another town on the Brenta Riviera. Across the river, admiring the marvelous Villas built on its banks, you can get to Venice Lido by either private boat or ferry.

 

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