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Full Day Panoramic Bus Tour from Civitavecchia Port

A cruise excursion in Civitavecchia (Rome)

Duration: 8 hours
Languages: EN, FR, IT, ES, DE
– Local prices from local partners
– Timely return to your cruise ship
– Cruise friendly cancellation policy

A lovely panoramic guided tour over the eternal city of Rome!!!
You will be welcome by your tour leader at the Civitavecchia Port where your comfortable air-con coach will take you to visit one of the most beautiful, artistic, charming city in the world.

Reaching the first stop a stone away from the Palazzaccio (Justice Palace) in Piazza dei Tribunali, where a few steps away you will be able to admire the most powerful and imposing Castle ever built in Rome, St. Angel Castle. Once the tomb of the Emperor Hadrian that, during the centuries, changed its used from funerary tomb to a Pope residency, to a secured hidden fortress where the popes could refuge during the siege of Rome then, a prison with torture chambers.

Just few yards away, you can look at the magnificent St. Peter’s Basilica from the top of Via della Conciliazione. A perfect perspective view that will blow your eyes. Feast your eyes with one of the most suggestive colonnade that surround St. Peter’s square designed and built by Bernini in the 17th century. You cannot missed out one of the most visited Basilica in world, St. Peter’s Basilica with its Baroque and Renaissance facade style dominating the square and the skyline with its perfectly designed dome. The Basilica itself was designed by the most sought after architects of the 16th and 17th centuries like Michelangelo, Bernini, Bramante and Antonio da Sangallo.
*** Please be advice that, you may experience long lines to enter the Basilica. If you wish to “Skip the Line”, kindly refer to the “NOT INCLUDED” section.***

Meet your tour leader at a designed meeting point for the second part of this fantastic Panoramic tour, the Ancient Rome. Driving through the monument of Victor Emanuell II well known as Venice Square with its white washed marble monument dedicated to the first King of Italy. Then continue to the wonderful Marcello Theatre once used for performaces of drama and songs in the Roman Republic era. Your tour leader will also point you out that, right at the top of the Theatre, still today, you will be able to see the residency of one of the most powerful family of Rome, the Pamphjli. A family that aimed the power and the papacy since early 17th century and gained papacy in 1644 under the name of Pope Innocenzo X.

During your ride, we will pass along one of the most important ancient stadium ever built during the Romans period, Maximum Circus. An ancient Chariot racing and other popular games stadium that held 250 thousands spectators all in one time.
Reaching to Via San Gregorio where you will look at the famous Arch of Costantine and next to it, the imposing, most visited monuments of Rome, the Flavian Amphitheatre well known as the Colosseum built for Vespasian around 70/80 a.D. The inauguration is been told that, lasted for 100 days with gladiators fights for their life vs other gladiators or even animals like lions.

Meet up again at a designed meeting point with your tour leader and heading by coach to the Baroque centre of the city of Rome. You will be visiting Trevi Fountain, built by Nicola Salvi in 1762. This masterpiece is embedded in to a palace and was commissioned by Pope Urban VIII to Bernini. The project was once abbandoned when the Pope died and in 1730, Pope Clement XII commissioned the fountain to Nicola Salvi. Works began in 1732 and terminated 30 years later by Pietro Bracci. Admire the statues of busts and horses with running water filling up the lower pool where millions of visitor, as per legend, throuws a coin while making a wish.
After visiting the Trevi Fountain, you will have lunch break for approx 30/40 for a quick bite or even just an ice-cream in the local delicatessen.

Not to leave behind the most preserved temple with its massive dome, the Pantheon. Dating back to 27 b.C. and 14 a.D. and commissioned by Agrippa during the reign of Augustus and rebuilt in in 126 a.D. by the Emperor Hadrian. You may walk inside to admire the tombs of King Victor Emanuell II and Raphael Tomb but, looking up to the dome, its where all the enormous opening at the top can be seen. Dedicated to the Holy Spirit and today dedicated to Saint Mary and the Martyrs.

At last, the wonderful Piazza Navona (Navona Square) with its lovely side fountains and the centre masterpiece of Bernini, the Four River Fountain. Piazza Navona, as is called today, once was the Amphitheatre of Domitian. The changes came during the centuries and today, is one of the most sought after Piazzas of Rome. With its unique Church of St. Agnes and the most imporntant fountain that reign for centuries the square, Four River Fountain.

Terminated this lovely panoramic tour, you will be boarding the coach again and heading back to Civitavecchia Port.

– MEETING POINT: PLEASE TAKE ONE OF THE FREE SHUTTLE SERVICE FROM YOUR CRUISE SHIP TO THE MEETING POINT (AT THE END OF THE SHUTTLE SERVICE RIDE). THE JOURNEY WILL TAKE ABOUT 5 MINUTES FROM THE CRUISE SHIP TO THE MEETING POINT. YOUR COACH IS SITUATED IN LARGO DELLA PACE, CIVITAVECCHIA JUST OPPOSITE OF THE FIRE BRIGADES STATION (VIGILI DEL FUOCO) WHERE THE CAR PARK IS LOCATED. YOUR ASSISTANT WILL BE THERE WAITING FOR YOU. EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT, YOU ARE AT THE MEETING POINT NO LATER THAN 9:15AM.

– IMPORTANT: Final meeting point will be the “Four River Fountain” at Navona Square (the central fountain with an obelisk). There you will meet your Tour leader and go to the nearby waiting bus. Depart from Rome at 4pm and arrival at the Port of Civitavecchia, in front of the shuttle service bus stop at approx 5:15pm

Why this excursion?

A panoramic tour where you can learn the history from the Ancient Rome to the Baroque style. All in one ride with a professional staff and a confortable air-con coach.
All you need to do, is to seat back and watch all the monuments by coach and foot without getting lost around the city as your tour leader will give you all meeting points and information of what to look at in those monuments.
Discounts for children

Important remarks

Included

Pick up and drop off from to Civitavecchia
Tour Leader
Driver from Civitavecchia to Rome and return
Air-con and confortable coach
Professional staff

Not included

IMPORTANT: entrance to the Colosseum and Roman Forum are not included in the service rate. The panoramic tour will give you only an outside view of those monuments.

Priority antrance to St. Peter’s Basilica it is not included. This can be purchased just before boarding our coach. The rate will be only €15 per person (adults, students and children). The tour inside the Basilica will be carried out by an ufficial guise from the Vatican State. Language for the tour inside the Basilica can be requested when booking the service before boarding the coach. On Sundays, the priority entrance cannot be offered as per VAtican rules. It is EXTREMELY IMPORTANT that, if you wish to enter the Basilica, you must have knees, shoulders, midriff and cleavage covered as the Vatican can refuse your entrance. In special events inside St. Peter’s Basilica, guided tours are not allowed to enter.

Lunch, drinks and souvenirs.

Headsets (€2,50 pp – can be paid directly at the meeting point)

Start location
Piazza della Pace, Civitavecchia

Prices: Panoramic Tour of Rome Visit all the most important monuments of Rome by coach and professional staff.

Children from 3 to 12 yo € 20,00 per person / €29.50 per person

Classical Rome Full Day from Civitavecchia Port

A cruise excursion in Civitavecchia (Rome)

Duration: 8 hours
Languages: EN, FR, IT, ES, DE

– Local prices from local partners
– Timely return to your cruise ship
– Cruise friendly cancellation policy

A fantastic guided tour partly by bus and by foot through the centuries  to admire the highlights and the classical masterpieces of art  and architecture in Rome that will give you the chance to learn the arts and facts of this unique eternal city, Rome.
Departure from Civitavecchia at 9:30am. Your will be escorted to Rome by bus with a coach assistant to the start of the tour where your professional and licensed guide is waiting for you.

Civitatours guide will take you around to discover the untold traditions and art of the most important monumets while making you visit unforgettable.

Once borded the coach, you will have a ride to the centre of Rome. The coach will leave you just a stone away from the Palazzaccio (Justice Palace) in Piazza dei Tribunali. A beauty of building designed by the Italian Architect Calderini in 1889. Then your guide will take you to St. Angel Castle to look at the grand fortress ever built in Rome in honor of  Hadrian Emperor that once supposed to be used as his tomb.

Carry on walking along the Via Conciliazione where you will appreciate the perfect perspective view of St. Peter’s Basilica and its magnificent square surrounded by the famous colonnades designed by Bernini in 1656.

***please be advice that, in case of long line at St. Peter’s Basilica, the guide will explain the Basilica from outside. If you wish to visit the Basilica from inside with “Skip the Line”, please refer to the “NOT INCLUDED” section.***
Crossing the River Tiber we will be reaching Venice Square, the geographical centre of Rome, with its majestic monument to the 1st King of Italy and the Imperial Forums (in the Trajan private one a column with the description of the two wars won in Romania). Before reaching other monuments of Rome, we will pass beside the most famous Capitole Hill designed by the master of all masters, Michelangelo. Not to leave behind, the fabulous Santa Maria di Aracoeli Basilica. Along the ride you will have a fantastic opportunity to look at the Marcello Theatre commissioned by Augustus the Emperor but, the most unique feature is that, on top of this ancient building, you will be able to see one of the residency of the Pamphjli Family, one of the powerful and important family of Rome that aimed and reached the papacy.

Driving along you will be explained the Boario Forum where the Temple of Portuno and Temple of Hercules. Two of the finest smallest Temples situated in the centre of Rome. Your guide also will point you out where to look for the Basilica of St. Mary in Cosmedin with its huge bell tower and the Mouth of Truth where the legend says that, if you have you hand inside of it and you are telling a lie, the mouth will bite your fingers off.

Leaving behind the Mouth of the Truth monument, is the Maximum Circus, the biggest stadium ever built in the ancient Rome that held the race of the Chariots and, could hold up to 250 thousands of guests at one times. 70/74 a.D. and opened by Vespasiano Emperor. A semi circular stadium that hold up to c. 30 thousand spectators. The inauguration was held for 100 days long where all Romans could come and see the Gladiators fights vs gladiators or lions.

At this point, you have terminated the Ancient Rome side of this unique tours.Getting on the coach with your guide, we will heading to the Baroque side of the city where you will truly appreciate the 16th, 17th, 18th centuries that made Rome modern for its time. Starting with the fabulous Trevi Fountain designed originally by Bernini but, the works were never carried out due to the death of Pope Urban VIII. The precious Architect Nicola Salvi started the works of this unique fountain that made Rome evn more famous to the world. And of course the must see – the Colisseum.

Stop for lunch. Your will have approx. 30/40 minutes to have lunch or even just an ice-cream in the local delicatessen.
Walking to the Pantheon, the greatest pagan temple made 2000 years ago and still standing today. The imposing dome with its opening at the top will blow your mind and feast your eyes for the perfect harmony that the building communicate with you. Finish off with what once was called the Stadium od Domitian, Piazza Navona where the greatest architects of 17th century Bernini and Borromini, always in competition, reached their highest perfection with the Church of St. Agnes in Agone designed and built by Borromini and the masterpiece of Bernini, the Four River Fountain.

– MEETING POINT: PLEASE TAKE ONE OF THE FREE SHUTTLE SERVICE FROM YOUR CRUISE SHIP TO THE MEETING POINT (AT THE END OF THE SHUTTLE SERVICE RIDE). THE JOURNEY WILL TAKE ABOUT 5 MINUTES FROM THE CRUISE SHIP TO THE MEETING POINT. YOUR COACH IS SITUATED IN LARGO DELLA PACE, CIVITAVECCHIA JUST OPPOSITE OF THE FIRE BRIGADES STATION (VIGILI DEL FUOCO) WHERE THE CAR PARK IS LOCATED. YOUR ASSISTANTS WILL BE THERE WAITING FOR YOU. EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT, YOU ARE AT THE MEETING POINT NO LATER THAN 9:15AM WITH DEPARTURE AT 9:30AM.
– DEPARTURE FROM ROME AT 4PM. ARRIVAL TO CIVITAVECCHIA PORT AT 5:15PM
– PLEASE BE AT THE DESIGNED MEETING POINT 15 MINUTES PRIOR SERVICE DEPARTURE

Why this excursion?

Are you looking for a transport from Civitavecchia Port to the centre of Rome and a guided tour without waste any time?

We have the all for you:

– Professional and licensed guides
– All main highlights in one day
– Modern, safe, air-con coach for your confortable travel from Civitavecchia Port to Rome and return
– Professional staff
– Discounts for children

Important remarks

It is IMPORTANT that, you wear headsets to be able to hear your guide during the time you are walking through the monuments of Rome. Those can be purchased before boarding the coach or while on the coach. The rate for the headsets are only €2.50 per person (adults, students and children). The headsets must be return once terminated the service to your guide/coach assistant.
It is EXTREMELY IMPORTANT that, if you wish to enter the Basilica, you must have knees, shoulders, midriff and cleavage covered as the Vatican can refuse your entrance. In special events inside St. Peter’s Basilica, guided tours are not allowed to enter.
John Summer – GREAT!!! Thank you for all your help. Your site has the best information available to get prepared for a day trip. Thanks to the information in your guide we were able to make an educated decision. The bus was perfect, on time and comfortable. The guide was great! And we spend only a 1/5of what our friends spent!
JO – EXCELLENT!!! The bus tour went very well, excellent service and great value for money. Will be looking to book again in October and will recommend your service. Many thanks for all your help.

Included

Professional and Licensed guide
Full day guided tour for 8 hours
A modern, safe and air-con coach for confortable travel
Driver from Civitavecchia to Rome and return

Not included

Priority entrance to St, Peter’s Basilica. This can be purchased just before boarding our coach. The rate will be only €15 per person (adults, students and children). The tour will be carried out by an ufficial guide from the Vatican State.
Entrance to the Colosseum.
Lunch, drinks and souvenirs
Headsets (€2,50 pp – can be paid directly at the meeting point)

Start location

Largo della Pace, Civitavecchia

Prices: Classical Rome Full Day Join our fantastic guided tour with professional and licensed guide. Visit with us the ancient Rome to the Baroque period all in one tour.  Children from 3 to 12 yo € 20,00 per person from €35 per person

Rome On Your Own Time

A cruise excursion in Civitavecchia (Rome)

Duration: 8 hours
Languages: EN, FR, NL, IT, ES, DE

– Local prices from local partners
– Timely return to your cruise ship
– Cruise friendly cancellation policy

We are so excited to offer “Rome On Your Own” service to all those independent travellers who wish to visit Rome on their own time.
Rome On Your Own is a fast without fuss service from Civitavecchia Port to Rome city centre. A perfect way to do your own things without a guide in Rome. Your will have 8 hours for your self to visit the monuments of Rome such as St. Peter’s Basilica, St. Angel Castle, Pantheon, Spanish Step, Piazza Navona, Colosseum, Roman Forum, Palatine Hill, Trevi Fountain and many others historical places that Rome has to offer.

Have already been in all those places? So why not choose our service to do shopping on your own time and pase or even to have lunch in the most sought after location like Trastevere Village or by the Colosseum!!!

Rome On Your Own, is serviced with a modern and air-con coach with an assistant who will be very happy to give you tips how to reach places as fast as possible, without loosing a precious time.

Your journey starts from Civitavecchia Port  where Civita Tours staff will be there to welcome and escort you to our bus (Royal Bus is our official company) for a safe travel on pre-booked basis seats on the coach. The journey will stop close by the Palazzaccio (Justice Palace) in Piazza dei Tribunali.

Departure from Civitavecchia at 9:15am

– MEETING POINT: PLEASE TAKE ONE OF THE FREE SHUTTLE SERVICE FROM YOUR CRUISE SHIP TO OUR DESIGNED MEETING POINT (AT THE END OF THE SHUTTLE SERVICE RIDE WHICH TAKES ONLY 5 MINUTES). A MEMBER OF OUR STAFF WILL BE AT THE MEETING POINT TO WELCOME AND ESCORT YOU TO OUR BUS (Royal Bus). YOUR COACH IS SITUATED IN PIAZZA DELLA PACE, CIVITAVECCHIA JUST OPPOSITE OF THE FIRE BRIGADES STATION (VIGILE DEL FUOCO) WHERE THE CAR PAK IS LOCATED.

– DEPARTURE FOR YOU RETURN JOURNEY IS SCHEDULED FOR 4PM FROM THE DROP OFF POINT. YOU WILL BE IN CIVITAVECCHIA PORT AT ABOUT 5:15PM

– MEETING POINT FOR YOUR RETURN JOURNEY IS SITUATED CLOSE BY THE PALAZZACCIO (JUSTICE PALACE) IN PIAZZA DEI TRIBUNALI.

Why this excursion?

No need to search from a train
Your will not waste any precious time
Modern and air-con coach
Professional staff who will escort you
Safe and fast ride to Rome city centre
Important remarks

Included

Pre-booked seats on our coach
Coach assistant
Driver
A modern coach

Not included

– If you wish to enter St. Peter’s Basilica with “Skip the line” system, we can offer you this service too. Priority entrance to the Basilica can be purchased just before boarding your coach and the rate for this service will be only €15 per person (adults, student and children). The tour will be carried out by an ufficial guide from the Vatican State. Language for the tour of St. Peter’s Basilica can be requested when booking the service before boarding the coach. On Sundays, the priority entrance cannot be offered as per Vatican State rules. It is EXTRE​MELY IMPORTANT that, if you wish to enter the Basilica, you must have your knees, shoulders, midriff and cleavage covered. Failing doing so, the Vatican will refuse your entrance. In special events inside St. Peter’s Basilica, guided tours are not allowed to enter.

– Lunch and drinks

Start location
Piazza della Pace, Civitavecchia

Prices: Rome On Your Own Time. An easy way to get in to Rome city center and visiting monuments or even doing shopping around the most sought after streets of the city at your own time and peace. Children from 3 to 12 yo € 12,00 per person from €19,00 per person

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