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Ancient Rome & Capitoline Museums Walking Tour

See the best of Ancient Rome

See the best of Ancient Rome

How was Rome born? Find out on this tour that explores how the city began through the Capitol Museums, Capitol Hill and surroundings.

You will go inside the Capitoline Museums, the oldest public museum in the world!

Visit the famous "Vittoriano" or "Wedding Cake of Rome" for unparalleled views of the city center.

This tour is ideal for those who want to see more of Ancient Rome, beyond the Colosseum and Forums.

Ancient Rome & Capitoline Museums Walking Tour
Length: 3 hours
Prices - including tax

Our Adult Telephone Rate : $53.20
Our Adult Internet Rate"Internet Rate" is the Alcatraz Media Inc. rate for orders placed online. : $48.20
Your Internet Order Savings: $5.00
Our Child Rate
(ages 4-14):
$42.01
Time: 9:30 am Thursday & Sunday
-late March through late October 
Summary: Tour does not include hotel pick up. Rates are per person and in US Dollars. Please reserve online, or call us toll-free at 800-719-6391. There is a $3.95 processing fee per order. This is a flat fee regardless of the number of tickets or tours purchased on an order.
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A discovery of the art and famed location that defines the beginning of Rome, this tour of the Capitoline Museums, Capitoline Hill and surroundings illustrates the legendary past of the Eternal City. From Trajan’s Column in the Imperial Fora your guide will put the Capitoline into context with the modern Victor Emmanuel II Monument (Il Vittoriano), a major monument of Italy commemorating the Italian Revolution and unification. From the Vittoriano you will walk Michelangelo’s Renaissance staircase to Piazza Campidoglio atop the Capitoline Hill where the ancient bronze statue of Marcus Aurelius awaits you. One of the seven hills of Rome the Capitoline’s history characterizes it as the first capitol of the Roman World and in fact it is from this very hill that we derive the word “capitol.”

With a thorough tour inside the Capitoline Museums you will explore the oldest public museum collection in the world. Founded originally by Pope Sixtus IV in 1471 the Capitoline Museums now house some of the most famous and definitive pieces of art such as the Dying Gaul, Capitoline Venus, original colossal bronze sculpture of Marcus Aurelius, Capitoline She-Wolf, Bernini’s Medusa, and the colossal statue remains of Constantine.

Enjoy the best view of the Roman Forum from the Tabularium underneath the Capitoline Museums before re-emerging to Michelangelo’s Piazza Campidoglio. You will end your visit of the Capitoline hill overlooking the skyline of Rome upon the terraces of the Victor Emmanual Monument- the modern tribute to the Italian Republic and memory of the Italian Risorgimento.

This walking tour of Rome’s mythic origins and legendary beginnings up to its modern grandeur encompasses the center of the civilization created and cultivated by the Romans leaving any visitor in awe of the humble beginnings which evolved into the most famous of empires.

Inclusions:

~ English speaking tour guide
~ Groups no larger than 25 people
~ Ticket to the Capitoline Museum and all reservation fees

Sites visited:

~ Trajan’s Column (Forum)Piazza Venezia
~ Victor Emmanuel II Monument (Il Vittoriano)
~ Piazza Campidoglio (Michelangelo’s Staircase & ancient bronze statue of Marcus Aurelius)
~ Capitoline Museums (Palazzo dei Conservatori, Tabularium, Palazzo Nuovo)

Tour does not include hotel pick up. Rates are per person and in US Dollars. Please reserve online, or call us toll-free at 800-719-6391.

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