This full-day shore excursion to Rome hits the city’s celebrated historical landmarks like the Roman Colosseum, the Pantheon, Trevi Fountain, and the Spanish Steps. Skip-the-line tickets to the Colosseum and Vatican Museums, lunch, and a licensed guide are included with the private tour option. This is a great way to see the highlights of Rome with limited time.

Day trip to Rome from Civitavecchia Port
Additional upgrades available
See Rome’s historical and cultural landmarks
Port pickup and drop-off included

What's Included

Port pickup and dropoff
Worry-free Shore Excursion
Air-conditioned, fully insured and licensed legal vehicle with professional English-speaking Driver
PRIVATE Tour Options include: SkipTheLine Tickets to the Colosseum
PRIVATE Tour Options include: SkipTheLine Tickets to VaticanMuseums,Sistine Chapel,St.Peter Basilica
PRIVATE Tour Options include: Dedicated Licensed Tour Guide, 2 hours or Full Time
Lunch in a Typical Roman Restaurant
LIGHT TOUR-NO GUIDE NO TICKETS Option includes Driver and Lunch.

Tipping is not included in our service fees, It is never mandatory although it is always appreciated

Meeting And Pickup

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Start time

07:30 AM

Pickup details

Pickup and Dropoff: Civitavecchia Cruise Port, right outside your ship. • English-speaking Driver with a private vehicle will be waiting for you right outside the ship, holding a sign with your name on to be easily recognized. • No need to take Bus Shuttle from ship since our permits allow us to enter in the Cruise Port.

What To Expect

Trevi Fountain

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Spanish Steps

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Piazza Venezia

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Roman Forum (Pass By)

Colosseum

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Arch of Constantine (Pass By)

Circus Maximus (Pass By)

Clivo delle Mura Vaticane

45 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Vatican Museums

2 hours • Admission Ticket Free

Sistine Chapel

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

St. Peter's Basilica (Pass By)

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Air-conditioned, fully insured and licensed legal vehicle with professional English-speaking Driver
Pickup Cruise Port: Your Driver will be waiting for you right outside the ship, holding a sign with your name on to be easily recognized
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In Rome Vans are better than Buses: Van = up to 8 seats, Bus = from 9 to 50 seats. Note that Buses are not allow in the historical areas of Rome (official ship excursions from Cruise Companies are operated with Buses). This mean that the Bus will drop you off and you will walk for the entire duration of the tour (6/7 hours) to the other side of town at the end of the tour to be picked up. Best Viator’s Rome excursions are with private Vans. Bus in Rome has only a small number of authorized spaces dedicated to pickup/dropoff travellers so, usually, during the city tour you had to walk for about 4/6 miles. In a big group chance are that you'll have to wait much longer for people lingering at the sights and stand in line longer for the toilets or at the snack counter. You will also have much less one on one time with your driver and guide or time to ask questions, because you'll have to share them with a lot more people.
Vans and their drivers will be at your complete disposal for the entire duration of the tour and can take you and stop where Buses cannot go, very close to all attractions, you will walk definitely less and see more!
Our fleet is comprised of Mercedes, Volkswagen, Ford, FCA, Sedans, MPVs and Vans. Many Italian cities have restricted the areas where certain vehicles can circulate, so in order to offer you the best service possible and to let you reach your destination as comfortably as possible, we will arrange your vehicle accordingly
Above 8 passengers please make multiple bookings and we will provide the service either with multiple Vans/SUVs, according to our availability and local regulations. The multiple vehicles will make the tour together with the same stops. The Guests can switch as they prefer in the available vehicles
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Most travelers can participate
PRIVATE - ALL INCLUSIVE Option includes: Driver and vehicle full time. Skip-The-Line Tickets Colosseum, Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel, Entrance to St. Peter's Basilica. Dedicated Local Licensed private Tour Guide Full Time in Rome. Lunch in a Typical Roman Restaurant
PRIVATE - VATICAN GUIDE INCLUDED Option includes: Driver and vehicle full time. Skip-The-Line Tickets Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel and entrance to St. Peter's Basilica. Dedicated Local licensed Tour Guide 2 hours for Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter's Basilica in a small shared group. Lunch in a Typical Roman Restaurant
LIGHT TOUR-NO GUIDE NO TICKETS Option includes: Driver, vehicle full time and Lunch in a Typical Roman Restaurant. Solution with a lower price. Not included Tickets, Tour Guide.
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PRIVATE Options only important information: ==>VATICAN MUSEUMS and SISTINE CHAPEL CLOSURES: every Sunday, Easter Days (Sun-Mon), 1 and 6 January, 11 February, 19 March, 1 May, 29 June, 15 August, 8 - 25 and 26 December. Instead Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel, you will visit one of the Ancient Catacombs in Rome (tickets included). No refund is due. ==> COLOSSEUM SKIP-THE-LINE: for safety reasons the official Colosseum Management could lead delays in access to the site, even for pre-booked visitors. When closed (1 January, 1 May, 25 December) or in rare occasions, if Colosseum Skip-the-Line tickets to be sold out on official website, you will enjoy the Colosseum from outside and we will refund to you the corresponding tickets cost (15 Euro per person)
St Peter’s Basilica: on rare occasions could be closed or inaccessible or with a long line wait time to enter. It is over our control, so no refunds or discounts will be issued.
One Infant seat available on request
This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.

Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.

Traveler Tips

Perhaps not for everyone, but a convenient way to see the major sites with a limited amount of time.

If you want to see Rome in a day this is the way to do it.

Reviews

4.5

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Full day of Rome

uwecart, Oct 2019

We took the "Civitavecchia Cruise Port Shore Excursion with Full Day Rome with "Skip-the Line" Vatican Museums (including the Sistine Chapel) & Colosseum" tour offered by Viator with "Italy Best Excursions" providing our driver, Govani and our personal Rome guide, Francesco. We had only one day in Rome and knew it more than likely be our one shot deal to visit Rome. In the days time we had we were able to see and do everything on our list and much more. Although our ship offered extra tours to individual locations in Rome, we wanted to do much more....and we did! Many thanks to our driver, Govani, and expert/knowledgable Rome Guide, Francesco, for making our visit to Rome so enjoyable with memories to last a lifetime.

Rome Private Tour

John_M, Jun 2019

Tour was excellent. Perhaps not for everyone, but a convenient way to see the major sites with a limited amount of time. Our driver Valentino was superb - knowledgeable, friendly and helpful. His recommendation for lunch, delicious and perfect. Ask for him if possible.

This tour was Awesome. Our driver...

burnsbee, Oct 2018

This tour was Awesome. Our driver Giovanni was excellent. If you want to see Rome in a day this is the way to do it. We saw everything we wanted to see and Giovanni was so knowledgeable abut everything. We learned so much about Rome and have beautiful pictures and memories. If I could give it a 10 I would. Do not hesitate to book this tour.

What a way to see Rome! Our driver...

SANDRA_H, Aug 2018

What a way to see Rome! Our driver had only the 4 of us and made sure we got to see everything there was to see in Rome! Plus hooked us up for a fantastic local lunch!

Fullday Rome Excursion

Donna_M, Aug 2018

Our guide was friendly and knowledgeable and accommodating for the things we wanted to see. However, our big complaint is that he took us to the Colosseum one and a half hours before our scheduled time and they would not honor our

Great way to see Rome

hollingers12, Jul 2018

Paolo knew all the ins and out to wisk us from our cruise ship to more sights in Rome than I can count. What a great experience.

Memorable Tour

Diane_L, Jul 2018

We had such a great day visiting all the locations described in our tour. Our driver was a great guy who was very knowledgeable. He even made lunch reservations at a delightful Italian Restaurant. We ended our tour by meeting our private tour guide at the Vatacian. This is the only way to see the Vatacian and learn so much about it.

Highly recommended

Claudia_R, Jul 2018

My family and I had a great time in this tour. I would recommend to get a tour guide specially in the Vatican museums.

Nice trip after confusion

Peter_Y, Jun 2018

We ended with a nice day in Rome. Mauro our drive we excellent. Very knowledgeable and knows Rome like his background. He weaved around the narrow streets and getting to places in great time. Lunch, next to the UN building, was good and reasonably priced. The disappointment was we didn’t get to go into the St. Peter Basilica. It was a Wednesday, a day when the Pope was doing his weekly blessing over the St Peter Square. So the Basilica was closed in the morning. When we booked the excursion, Viator should have mentioned it. Furthermore, the big screw up was that they cancelled our earlier reversation when we only asked for a change in our plans. Luckily we were still able to get this excursion and see most of the highlights. You might get a better price from others, but not with a private van as we did. Note that buses are not allow in the historical areas of Rome (ie: ship excursions are with Buses). This mean that the bus will drop you off and your will walk the 6 hours to the other side of town at the end of the tour to be picked up. Viator’s Rome excusions are with private vans. Just don’t make changes and confuse the agents and you will be fine. Got back to boat on time for all 3 days excursion with Viator.