WOW Tour: Coliseum, Vatican, Squares, Luxury Car, Tickets, Lunch
Only 1 day in Rome? There is still time to visit many of the city’s most iconic attractions. The itinerary focuses on the best of Rome: the Colosseum, Roman Forum, Palatine, and the Vatican. Museums, Sistine Chapel, St. Peters Basilica + Driven Guided Tour of Trevi Fountain, Spanish Steps, Navona Square, and Pantheon.
We will take care of everything: tickets, pick up, drop off, all transfers, experienced and friendly guide Everything is included, even lunch, for a hassle-free experience.
It is an Exclusive Private Tour only for your group!
SUNDAY (and religious holidays) SPECIAL: Due to the Wow Tour's high request, we designed a Sunday experience when the Vatican is closed. With your guide and driver, you will explore St. Peter's Square, Castel Sant' Angelo area, and other marvelous sites like the Capitoline hill; from its top, you enjoy spectacular views over the Forum!
- all central hotels/B&B/Apartments/Rome Rail Stations
- Civitavecchia Port
- Fiumicino Airport and Hotels
Options
All-inclusive WOW Tour:
COLOSSEUM, VATICAN & SQUARES: Colosseum, (Roman Forum), Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel and Basilica of St. Peter + Trevi, Navona, Spanish Steps, Pantheon
Duration: 7 hours 30 minutes: Full-time Private CAR AT DISPOSAL - City center Pick-up and dropoff
LUNCH INCLUDED: selected restaurants - two courses and water
SUNDAYS & Religious Holidays:: VATICAN IS CLOSED TO VISITORS: equally enticing alternatives will be proposed
Pickup included
What's included in WOW Tour: Coliseum, Vatican, Squares, Luxury Car, Tickets, Lunch
(Subject to Option Inclusions)Itinerary
Vatican City
You will enter the Vatican Museums overflowing with masterpieces by many of Italy’s most important Italian artists. sitting alongside important works from Ancient Greece, Rome and Egypt. You will walk through famous galleries such as the tapestries and maps ones. You will learn the secrets of The Sistine Chapel, with its enormous Michelangelo’s frescoes. Here you will have time to observe the details of his sublime “Last Judgment”. Your guide will bring you directly from the Sistine Chapel into St. Peter’s Basilica, the world’s largest Church, to admire Michelangelo’s “Pietà” and other highlights
(Not included in the MINI WOW Tour)You will start a driven guided tour with the Trevi Fountain, a secretive masterpiece and perhaps the most spectacular fountain in Rome. This iconic setting attracts many visitors. It was built at the end of one of the famed aqueducts that supplied the Roman Empire with water. Toss a coin into its waters to ensure a safe return to Rome at some stage in the future.
Spanish Steps
Not included in the MINI WOW Tour)You will proceed to the Spanish Steps, one of the biggest tourist spots in the city. As you stand and admire the Church of Trinitàdei Monti, which sits at the top of a famous stairwell with the Fontana Della Barcaccia at its foot, you will wonder how they were ever able to complete it.
Inclusions
- Colosseum entrance ticket (valued at €18 per person)
- Full-day multilingual cetified guide to all the sites
- Vatican Museums and Sistine Chaple admission
- Colosseum reservation fee (valued at €2 per person)
- Note: Colosseum fees are as above. The remaining cost of the experience covers other services
- All central Hotel/Apartment/B&B pick up. Ship's dock pickup & dropoff for the Shorex
- Car with driver at disposal for options: "WOW Tour - 7,5 hours" and "Shore Excursion from Rome Port"
- Admission to Colosseum and Forum, Vatican and Sistine Chapel
- Lunch at a selected restaurant (not included in the Mini Wow Tour)
- Roman Forum from outside. Colosseum tickets allow entrance to the Forum autonomously within 24 hrs
- Guided Driven Tour of Fountains and Squares (NOT INCLUDED IN THE MINI WOW TOUR)
- Guided Tour of Colosseum
- St. Peter's Basilica: your guide will optimize your time by explaining all the features outside
- "Mini WOW Tour" option: Pick up and intermediate transfer (no car at disposal, no lunch, no dropoff)
- Spirits and extras at the reastaurant ( starter, main course and water included)
- VATICAN TOUR on Sundays and Religous Holidays. Vatican is closed on such days
- Car and driver at disposal in the "Mini WOW Tour" option
- Lunch in the mini Wow tour option
- Drop-off in the Mini Wow tour option
- Pantheon
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- LIMITED MOBILITY Ancient Rome area and Vatican Museums visits involve SIGNIFICANT WALKING. At the colosseum, the elevator is at disposal for this purpose. The Roman Forum and Palatine surfaces are uneven, but a considerable portion of the area has wheelchair paths. Please note that the pathway from the Sistine Chapel to St Peter’s Basilica has 50 steps downwards and is not wheelchair accessible. The tour can continue to the Basilica only if all members of your private group can walk down the stairs, but, for safety reasons, it is not possible to carry wheelchairs and walkers down the stairs. If your private group includes participants with reduced mobility, we can still bring you to the Basilica, going back to the Museum's entrance and reaching it from the outside with the car. Although there is a dedicated pathway for wheelchairs, please be aware that there may be a queue to enter the Basilica. Also, note that other participants in your group will have to take charge of pushing the wheelchair.
- VATICAN IS CLOSED ON SUNDAYS (and religious holidays). Due to the Wow Tour's high request, we designed a Sunday experience when the Vatican is closed. With your guide, and your driver you will explore St. Peter's Square, Castel Sant' Angelo area and other marvelous sites like the Aventine hill; from its top, you enjoy spectacular views over the city. As an alternative we will prospose other museums or arcaeological sites!
- STROLLERS: We suggest avoiding strollers and using a baby sling instead. Like wheelchairs and walkers, strollers are not allowed in the passage from the Sistine Chape directly to the Basilica ( 50 steps downward and 50 upwards). Your private tour will end without the Basilica visit. The options with the car at your disposal ( All_Inclusive and Shore Excursion), help us organize the Basilica visit, reaching it by car. The Roman Forum and Palatine surfaces are uneven, but a considerable portion of the area has stroller paths.
- Option 1 - SHORE EXCURSION FROM ROME (CIVITAVECCHIA PORT) 10 hours: this option includes pick up and drop off at the dock of your ship. It also includes the car at disposal during the tour. Nevertheless, transfers are scheduled according to entrance time tickets; if you need to anticipate or postpone a transfer, our staff will do their best to meet your needs.Please note that the Colosseum ticket includes Roman Forum and Palatine that you can enter autonomously you you have spare timebefore going back to the port. The guide will explain it from the outside.
- Option 2 - Mini WOW Tour - 4,5 hours: It is designed for those who are interested in the Colosseum and Vatican Visit and not in the tour of ther squares which is not included in this option.This tour has no car at diposal while you are inside the Vatican and the Colosseum. Nevertheless it icludes pick-up and intermediate transfers. No lunch and no drop off included. Please note that the Colosseum ticket includes Roman Forum and Palatine that you can enter autonomously within 24 hours. The guide will explain it from the outside
- Option 3 - WOW Tour - 7,5 hours: This tour has the car at disposal for the whole time. Nevertheless, transfers are scheduled according to entrance time tickets; if you need to anticipate or postpone a transfer, our staff will do their best to meet your needs. Please note that the Colosseum ticket includes Roman Forum and Palatine that you can enter autonomously within 24 hours. The guide will explain it from the outside
- ST. PETER'S BASILICA TICKETS: Please note that the Basilica stops selling skip-the-line tickets 3 days before the date. Therefore, you will not be able to skip the line directly from the Sistine Chapel to the Basilica. Nevertheless, if the lines are reasonable, the guide will be happy to get you in. We are very sorry for the inconvenience, which goes beyond our control. Instead of the Basilica tickets, according to availability, we will buy you skip-the-line tickets to the Pantheon, trusting that you will be pleased.
- Dietary Requirements: We can accommodate dietary restrictions such as vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, etc. If you have dietary requirements. Please indicate it to the special requirements at the time of booking.
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Pickup and Dropoff
Choose to be picked up from a list of locations
Additional Information
IMPORTANT INFORMATION WE PICK UP FROM ALL CENTRALLY LOCATED HOTELS, B&B, APARTMENTS, RAIL STATIONS! (central: a radius of about 7 km from the Pantheon) ------------------------------------------ WE PICK UP FROM CIVITAVECCHIA, ROME’S PORT! The driver will be waiting at the dock of your ship ------------------------------------------ YOUR ACCOMMODATION IS NOT BOOKED YET: no worries, you will book it later and amend the reservation.------------------------------------------ YOUR HOTEL/APARTMENT/B&B IS **NOT IN CENTRAL ROME**: we will communicate the supplement for the extra distance. ------------------------------------------ PLEASE, Make sure to book the right tour option! ------------------------------------------ Option 1. Shore Excursion From Rome Port. Pick-up at 7:30 or on request, designed for those who are on a cruise trip and need a tour that includes transfers from the ship's dock. Car and driver are at your disposal for 10 hours, including roundtrip port transfer. The time spent in Rome with a private guide is 7 hours. Lunch and tickets are included. Tour of: Colosseum Roman Forum from outside Trevi Fountain, Spanish Steps, Pantheon and Navona Square Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter's Basilica Note that entrance ticket slots cannot be changed last minute. ------------------------------------------ PICK-UP TIME depends on your location and is customizable according to your needs! Kindly share with us a mobile phone (if possible with a WhatsApp connection) and check your e-mail a couple of days before the tour. ------------------------------------------ PLEASE ADD A MOBILE CONTACT NUMBER to your booking (if possible with a WhatsApp connection) and use your primary email address to make sure you receive your confirmation. ------------------------------------------ **If you do not receive further messages, the default pick-up time is confirmed (7:30 from Port and 8:00 from central Rome**------------------------------------------
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Ticket Redemption
Dear Guest, please read carefully: NOTE: Tickets are nominal; if you still need to enter all names, please integrate them ASAP with an e-mail. Kindly bring your I.D. or a copy/screenshot. There must be correspondence between names on the tickets and on IDs CHECK YOUR OPTION: 1- Shore Excursion From Civitavecchia Port. PICKUP AT 7:30 am at your ship's dock CAR AT DISPOSAL; DO NOT TAKE SHUTTLES!!!! 2- Mini WOW Tour - 4,5 hours: PICKUP AT 8:00 am at your hotel. Intermediate transfer included; remember to take all your belongings - NO DROPOFF - NO LUNCH 3- WOW Tour - 7,5 hours: PICKUP AT 8:00 am at your hotel Your driver bring you to meet your private guide as follows: PORT: Drivers wait with a sign with your name at the ship's dock HOTELS: Wait in the lobby and inform the concierge you are waiting for a driver B&B or APARTMENTS: stay in front of the street number Ask for a different pickup/dropoff time/location Kindly share a mobile number, possibly with WhatsApp Inclusions: Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel, St. Peter's Basilica Trevi Fountain, Pantheon, Navona Square, Spanish Steps (Not with Mini WOW) Colosseum, Forum from outside Lunch (Not with Mini WOW) -Drivers might not speak English or your language. Your guide will! -Only small backpacks and foldable umbrellas are allowed -Cover shoulders and knees inside Sistine and Churches. -Pantheon visit from the outside; if lines are reasonable, you can buy entrance tickets (on the spot € 5,00 each) -Take photos for personal use everywhere, except in the Sistine Chapel and of the Swiss Guards -Guides cannot skip metal detectors -Basilica and Sistine might close without previous notice -Basilica: guides explain all the features outside. You can take pictures (no flash) in a peaceful atmosphere while the guide waits outside for you The Colosseum and Vatican do not allow delays to entrance time slots. The guide will follow a schedule to take you to all the mentioned sites. Please ask in advance for customization
