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Duration : Approximately
9 hours including lunch time. Lunch Break in a typical restaurant ( drinks
are not included )
Includes : Hotel Pickup, Transport by deluxe coach, lunch (drinks
excluded), and guide service
We apologize for eventual delays due to traffic conditions.
Pickup from Hotels within the greater Rome area only
We
recommend you wear comfortable shoes as there is some walking involved.
No shorts or sleeveless shirts allowed.
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Trevi Fountain
Navona square
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Spanish Steps, Trevi Fountain, Pantheon, Navona
Square, St. Peter’s Basilica Our tour will leave from Piazza San
Bernardo, adorned by Moses’Fountain, heading to Piazza della Repubblica,
previously known as “dell’Esedra” as its central area also called Esedra
of the Diocletian Baths is hidden now by the Fountain of Naiadi. We will
continue towards Via Sistina where we’ll leave the bus to start our
walking trough the ages, starting from the Spanish Steps and reaching
Piazza di Spagnawith the famous fountain “la Barcaccia” realized from
Pietro Bernini. Then the guided tour will lead you to the Trevi
Fountain, a baroque jewel, and to the Pantheon (meaning "Temple of all
the Gods"), a building in Rome which was originally built as a temple to
the seven deities of the seven planets in the state religion of Ancient
Rome. It is the best preserved of all Roman buildings, and perhaps the
best preserved building of its age. At the end of the tour we will
finally reach the gorgeous Piazza Navonabuilt on the ruins of the
Domitian’s Circus adorned by the famous Fountain of the Four
Rivers, masterpiece of Gian Lorenzo Bernini realized in 1651. Tour will
end reaching the church of St. Peter with a description of his
marvellous square.
Leaving from Piazza San Bernardo, crossing Piazza
della Repubblica, we will reach and visit the Basilica of St. John in
Lateran (internal visit), cathedral of Rome and of the world, famous for
its baroque and medieval masterpieces kept intact inside of it. Hence,
we will go to the Holy Stairs, consisting of twenty-eight white marble
steps, now encased by wooden steps. According to tradition, the
staircases were part of the praetorium of Pilate in Jerusalem, hence
were sanctified by the footsteps of Jesus Christ during his Passion.
Leaving the Basilica and skirting along the Mura Latine, the tour will
pass through the Porta di San Sebastiano to arrive on the Ancient Appian
Way, where we will find the Chapel of “Domine Quo Vadis” there St.Peter
supposedly met Jesus while the former was fleeing persecution in Rome.
We’ll reach the Catacombs and after the visit we will continue walking
along the Ancient Appian Way up to the Mausoleum of Cecilia Metella,
built around 50 B.D. On the way back, from the coach you will enjoy the
view of the Caracalla Baths: they were Roman public baths, or thermae,
built in Rome between 212 and 216 AD, during the reign of the Emperor
Caracalla. |
St.John in Lateran
Catacombs St Callixtus |
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Booking
Information
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payment in advance. After inputting information into the appropriate
below form, you will then submit the form for processing. We use a fully
automated reservation system, simply fill out the forms, Visa,
MasterCard, Discover and Amex credit cards are accepted on-line,
please note that all the transactions are managed by INTERNETSECURE for your total security. All the
information is encrypted, state of the art encryption to keep your
credit card information secure, we will not know your card number. Your
order will be processed on-line in less then 1 minute, you also receive
a receipt of the deposit and the confirmation of your reservation, note
that your order is not complete until you have received via e-mail the
receipt of payment that is automatically generated at the end of the
reservation process. For further information we strongly recommend to
look at the
travel contract..
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