Top Rome Private and Luxury

This was one of our favorite things we did on our trip- our guide was amazing and great with our kids (9 & 11)- keeping them engaged, pacing it so we got to see it all and gave them space to explore. She shared so much great knowledge with all of us with so many wow moments. Thank you so much!

This was a great way to see the Vatican if you have limited time. We literally had about 3 hours for a tour before we needed to leave for the airport. I was able to book an early morning tour and we met Patrizia at a cafe across the street. Patrizia was awesome!’ She has been leading Vatican tours for 20 years and knew absolutely everything. We explained that we didn’t have much time and she was able to customize the tour to finish right when we needed to. She was absolutely delightful! Highly recommend!!

I really appreciated What a Life Tours giving advance notice about St Peter’s Basilica being closed in the morning for my booked day (liturgical celebration) as soon as they found out and providing a modified version/partial refund. It was a couple days before the free cancel deadline, giving me flexibility to change my whole schedule with no penalty if I wanted - not many places would have done the same. Not sure if it’s standard for the company or was just my phenomenal guide (Cinzia), but the provided handouts were awesome and a great reference (in fact, when other visitors saw mine they all said wish they had one). The guide also had a book with all the visual aids as she expertly referenced things while telling the stories. The pre tour information provided beforehand was also helpful. My guide Cinzia was amazing - She knew all the historical details and did a masterful job of providing context to set the stage, weaving everything together, and telling the stories in a fun and engaging way. I especially appreciated her thoughtful pace and navigation, walking fast to beat other visitors/ troublesome groups, weaving through crowds, warning us ahead of time of any tricky spots, verbally cueing where she was going, and picking positions so that our whole group was comfortably seeing what there is to see while being out of the way of others. Her experience and practice with the material really shines. Her perspective as an artist and Italian living in Rome was also interesting and valuable. I thoroughly enjoyed this tour and have already recommended it to others, would love to go on other tours with What a Life Tours in the future :)