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Skip the hassle of navigating Rome’s busy streets and piecing together transportation with a flexible sightseeing pass that brings top landmarks like Vatican City, the Colosseum, and the Pantheon into one easy route. With the freedom to explore at your own pace and onboard insights to add context, these flexible sightseeing tickets make it easy to see more of the Eternal City, with the 72-hour option also including a panoramic night tour.

Avoid wasting time waiting for a taxi or navigating unfamiliar public transportation with this hassle-free private transfer service. Meet your driver as you exit the arrival terminal at Fiumicino airport, and relax on the journey to your city hotel while you leave the tricky traffic to an expert. Enjoy the ease of drop-off directly at your hotel or other accommodation in Rome's city center.

Get to know Rome's popular Trastevere neighborhood through its food and wine—and find bites and restaurants you'd otherwise miss—on this half-day walking tour. In a small group, visit local-favorite venues for multiple tastings, including cheese, ham, pizza, pasta, and aged balsamic vinegar. Explore Trastevere’s cobblestone streets between sampling local wines and beers. Save room for the tour’s final bite: traditional gelato.

Most tours of Ancient Roman ruins offer one sightseeing option or, at most, two. This tour option offers different packages to explore the Colosseum, the Roman Forum and Palatine Hill. Choose the package that best suits your travel plans, whether it's the small-group option, access to the arena floor or underground dungeons, or an express-length exterior stroll around the Colosseum to capture photos.

Avoid the endless queues at one of Rome's busiest landmarks and spend more time steeped in its history. Navigate the many rooms of the Vatican Museums with a tour guide, explore the frescoes of the Sistine Chapel, including Michelangelo's masterpiece, and finish in St. Peter's Basilica (optional) with free time to explore its tombs or pay on the day to climb its dome.

Make the most of your time at Rome's Colosseum with exclusive access to the Arena Floor—something most visitors miss out on. Explore the site independently as you listen to a behind-the-scenes history of fighters, spectators, and more with an audio guide. Next up, join a guide to visit the Roman Forum and Palatine Hill, and learn more about daily life for the ancient Romans.

Reaching Pompeii from Rome on your own means sorting trains and connections, and the ruins are vast enough to lose your bearings once you arrive. Join a guided tour to handle both, with transportation from Rome and a route straight to the site's highlights. From there, you can shape the day: add a crater hike, a walk at Mt. Vesuvius, extend your time in Pompeii, or upgrade to include lunch.

The Vatican Museums are filled with hundreds of important artworks, making the sprawling galleries tough to navigate on your own. Ideal for travelers looking to hit the highlights in limited time, this guided tour heads straight to masterpieces from Bramante, Bernini, Perugino, Botticelli and Michelangelo—including his fresco-painted Sistine Chapel. Plus, skip-the-line entry saves you up to hours of wait time.

Maximize your time in the Vatican Museums on a guided group tour that takes you straight to the highlights of the enormous collection. Spend time admiring the artistic treasures of the Sistine Chapel, Belvedere Courtyard, Gallery of Maps, and more. Learn the history and legends behind the masterful frescoes, sculptures, maps, and relics from your guide, and then head to St. Peter's Basilica to explore on your own.

No one should leave Rome without visiting the Colosseum, Roman Forum, or Palatine Hill, where the city began—yet understanding the history behind the ruins can be challenging when you visit independently. Enrich your visit with crucial context on this guided tour, which includes admission tickets. If you prefer the freedom of visiting alone, opt for entry with an audio guide and listen to recorded insights as you wander.

Taste your way through Rome like locals do on this small-group food tour of the Trastevere neighborhood. Your guide will take you to four carefully selected eateries in the historic neighborhood where you can sample authentic Roman dishes, from street food and cured meats to baccalà and gelato. You'll also sit down for a meal at a restaurant and drink wine and beer.

Few visitors to the Colosseum see all its areas, but this guided tour gives you access to parts of this ancient arena that are usually off-limits. Choose to explore only the main levels, or upgrade to the Arena Floor or Underground chambers to walk in the footsteps of gladiators. After your visit, continue your tour at the Roman Forum and Palatine Hill and gain deeper insight into Ancient Roman life.

Enjoy an introduction to Rome’s most significant ancient landmarks on this tour. Enter the Colosseum through a back entrance and explore areas that are typically off-limits to visitors, including the arena floor. Then, follow your guide to the Roman Forum, where you see ruins ranging from the Temple of Julius Caesar to the Senate House, and continue to Palatine Hill.

After a great stay in Rome, arrange for a stress-free ride to Rome Fiumicino Airport with a private, customizable transfer service. Meet your driver at your Rome city hotel and relax on the journey to the airport without worrying about rental car drop-off or hauling luggage onto public transport. Receive personalized attention in a private vehicle for up to eight passengers.

Tuscany is renowned for its food, wine, and scenery, but exploring the region on a limited schedule isn’t easy. Enjoy a stress-free sampler of locations in the captivating Val d’Orcia region on this full-day tour from Rome. With a guide at your side, visit the wine town of Montepulciano, have lunch surrounded by vineyards, and explore the historic center of Pienza, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Skip the tourist trap restaurants and taste your way through Rome's street food scene on this small-group gourmet walking tour. Sample a variety of street foods, such as zucchini flowers, suppli (fried rice croquettes), pastries, and pizza, and enjoy tastings of wine and beer, while taking in the impressive scenery of historic Rome all around you.

The Vatican Museums and St. Peter’s Basilica are must-visit attractions in Rome, but navigating the vast collections alone can be daunting. With this guided tour, save hours of time with skip-the-line admission tickets. A guide ensures you see the gallery highlights in just a few hours. View major works by Raphael, Michelangelo, and other masters, marvel at the Sistine Chapel, and also get access to the enormous St. Peter’s Basilica.

Spend your time in the exhibits, not waiting in long lines, with skip-the-line entrance tickets for the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel. Get in quickly so you can linger before Michelangelo's masterpieces, explore the sprawling complex at your own pace, and see works by Raphael, Caravaggio, and Leonardo da Vinci. Upgrade to a guided tour for deeper insights and skip-the-line admission to St. Peter's Basilica, too.

Sample food from spots that locals love, and few tourists know about, on this small-group food tour. Head off the tourist trail to visit eateries in Campo de Fiori, the Jewish Ghetto, and Trastevere—including hidden locations you'd otherwise miss out on. As you explore, learn how food shapes Roman culture and sample food and wine from vendors across the city.

Most Colosseum tours take you only into the stands and don't offer a second perspective of the amphitheater. Step onto the Arena Floor with a guide, then head up to the first and second levels for views across the ancient structure. The tour finishes at Palatine Hill and the Roman Forum, with stories of Rome’s games and battles throughout.

Visit St. Peter's Basilica and the Papal Tombs without having to wait in long lines with a skip-the-line tour. Your guide will show you celebrated art, such as Michelangelo’s sculpture, "La Pietà", and Bernini's "Baldacchino." Then head underground to pay your respects as you visit papal tombs and the final resting places of royals and revered dignitaries from centuries past, wrapping up with an optional Dome visit.

Take a Rome hop-on hop-off tour by open-top bus, and spend time city sightseeing as you travel past attractions such as the Colosseum and Vatican City. Relax aboard the double-decker Rome tour bus, listen to the audio commentary, and hop on and off at any of the stops. Select a sightseeing ticket that’s valid for the same day, 24, 48, or 72 hours, or two panoramic night tours.

Don’t let the Pantheon be just another architectural wonder. On this tour, step inside and experience a blend of art, history, and spirituality, all demystified by your guide. Discover details of the building you might miss on your own. Marvel at the marble floors, ornate statues, gold-starred ceiling, the tombs of Raphael and other notable figures, and more.