Rome Day Tour: the Vatican and the Colosseum

Giuly’s Café on Via Santamaura

Not accessible for people with impaired mobility

• Guided Tour in English, Japanese, Korean or Chinese
• Admission to the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel
• Admission to St. Peter’s Basilica
• Admission to Colosseum (level 1, 2 and Arena)
• Admission to the Roman Forum and Palatine Hill
• Licensed guide and radio devices to follow the explanations

• Transportation
• Food and drinks

1. Meeting point: Giuly’s Café on Via Santamaura
Our meeting point is just a few meters away from the access point to the Vatican Museums. Meet us in front of Giuly’s Café, a quiet spot 5 minutes away from the Ottaviano Metro station (line A).

2. Vatican Museums
Be prepared to stroll through the corridors of the Vatican Museums surrounded by paintings, sculptures and artifacts from across the globe. From Egyptian mummies to Raphael’s frescoes, the Pope’s collection welcomes visitors from all over the world.

3. Sistine Chapel
At the end of your itinerary through the Vatican Museums, you’ll reach the Sistine Chapel. Before accessing the room, your guide will prepare you to take in one of the biggest and most important works of art on the planet.

4. Square of Saint Peter
After the Sistine Chapel, your guide will lead you around the museums to join a special line with fast-track access. Thanks to this, you will skip a line that usually takes between 1 and 2 hours of waiting.

5. Saint Peter’s Basilica
Finally, be ready to explore the center of the Vatican, St. Peter’s Basilica, in the company of your guide. After a good dose of art at the museums, it’s time now to take in some of the best of Renaissance architecture (and yes, even more art!).

6. Lunch break
After visiting St. Peters Basilica, you will have two hours of free time to have lunch and commute to the afternoon meeting point.

7. Meeting point afternoon:Meeting point: Snack Bar Illy
Our tour starts at the Snack Bar Illy, on Largo Corrado Ricci, 30. Here you can get some refreshments before the tour starts.

8. Via dei Fori Imperiali
The terraces of this avenue offer outstanding views of the Roman Forum and the Palatine Hill. Here your guide will make an introduction to ancient Rome.

**9. Colosseum **
Few monuments in the globe are as impressive as Rome’s Colosseum. After almost two thousand years, this amphitheater still stands to marvel at the millions of people that visit it every year.

10. Roman Forum
Walking through the Roman Forum, you may have the feeling that an earthquake just shook the foundations of ancient Rome. This used to be the heart of ancient Rome political and institutional life, which set the basis for Western modern democracies.

11. End point: Palatine Hill
This is the actual spot where the history of Rome began. According to the legend, it is in this hill where Remus and Romulus were fed as babies by the capitoline wolf, and where later Romulus founded the city in the year 750 BC. Not only Romulus, but then many great emperors built their houses on this hill in the center of Rome, where we can still appreciate their remains.

It is highly recommended to wear a cap and bring water during summer months.

Dress code at the Vatican premises: all visitors are required to wear clothes covering knees and shoulders. The staff at the entrance may prevent visitors from accessing if their outfit is not appropriate for these religious environments. In those cases, no refund is applicable as this is out of our control.