Rome Classic Itinerary + Off The Beaten Path Experiences

• Meet and greet with English-speaking driver at FCO airport's terminal and transfer to centrally located Rome hotel • Check-in and free time to relax • Meet and greet with tour guide at hotel lobby and begin walking tour of Rome highlights: Spanish steps, Trevi fountain, Pantheon and Navona square. • Pickup from Navona square and transfer to restaurant for a pizza-making experience. Enjoy how to make pizza with the guidance of a professional Napoletan chef. Learn the technique to make pizza in the traditional Napoletan way and sit down to enjoy the results! You will prepare the dough with your own hands, season the pizza and bake it inside a wood-fired oven. An unforgettable culinary experience. 

• 8:15 AM - Hotel pickup with professional English-speaking driver and deluxe vehicle  • Transfer to the Colosseum to meet your tour guide • Enter the Colosseum with your skip the line tickets and tour the iconic monument of Rome. • Walk through the archaeological site of the Roman Forum and learn about the history of ancient Roman temples and mausoleums. All beautifully preserved!  • Transfer to the Vatican city and walk past the huge entry line, directly to the security check point with your VIP tickets. • Tour the most important galleries of the Vatican musems, enter and gasp at the beauty of the Sistine Chapel and admire the greatness of St. Peter's Basilica. • Once the tour is finished, you will be accompanied, by one of our colleagues, to have lunch in a traditional Roman restaurant. You will enjoy 2 courses and 1 desert of authentic Roman cuisine. 

• 9:00 AM - Hotel pickup and transfer to Piazza Sonnino, where you will meet the archeologist/tour guide that will walk you accross the Tiber island, to visit the great Synagogue in the Jewish ghetto, as well as the beautiful Piazza Mattei famous for the turtles fountain. • After the Jewish ghetto, you will visit the undergrounds and dungeons of ancient churches in Trastevere (one of the oldest and authentic neighbourhoods in Rome). This is where the early Christians gathered to pray and where you can admire ancient underground cemeteries that are unknown to most of the locals in Rome! Most of these cemeteries are closed to the public and are accessible only with special permissions that are issued to archaeologist that work for the ministry of tourism and cultural heritage. You will be among the lucky ones to participate in this unique experience.  • Once the undeground tour is finished, a local food expert will meet you in Trastevere and take you on a food tour around the most important neighborhood of Rome in terms of gastronomy and food culture. In true Roman style, you will stand behind food counters and taste our signature dishes such as: Suppli, fried artichokes, thin crust pizza, different types of pasta, coffee and delicious deserts! At the same time, the local expert will explain the most important attractions of Trastevere as well as the history of its traditional dishes.