If you have just one day to see Rome, this is the tour that will help you get the most out of your visit and enhance your appreciation of the city’s aesthetic and architectural highlights. For those planning a longer stay, this private walking tour of Rome will provide the perfect introduction to the city.

Private Walking Tour of Rome at Glance

Explore Rome extraordinary historic center with a friendly and knowledgeable guide unveiling the stories behind the buildings, fountains and piazzas that you pass. With thousands of years of history around every corner, you encounter the ancient world, the glory of the Renaissance, the magnificence of the Baroque and understand why Rome is called the Eternal City!

Your Roman experience starts at the monumental Spanish Steps, where generations of world-weary travelers and Romantic poets made their home away from home. You will take in the Bernini’s Barcaccia Fountain and an ancient Egyptian obelisk before walking along the exclusive Via Condotti. Past the boutiques of Armani, Gucci, Bulgari and many other world famous fashion designers.

The Trevi Fountain, the largest baroque fountain in the city comes next. The most enduring - and maybe the quirkiest - legend about Rome is that throwing a coin into the Trevi Fountain will ensure your return to the Eternal City. After learning the history behind the fountain, you'll head to the impressive Piazza Colonna, punctuated by the ancient Column of Marcus Aurelius.

A little further, in Piazza della Rotonda you will find the magnificent Pantheon, the best-preserved and most astonishing ancient Roman building of all. Although refashioned as Catholic Church, this 2,000-year old temple dedicated to all the gods stands as the most stunning example of ancient Roman engineering. Its perfect dimensions and soaring dome have astounded architects and engineers for generations.

Finally, we will wrap up our private walking tour of Rome historic center at one of the city’s most dramatic squares -the colorful Piazza Navona, with its remarkable Baroque fountains, the most famous of which is the Fountain of Four Rivers designed by Bernini.

This unique private walking tour of Rome reveals the city's most beautiful monuments and the secrets of the Roman Dolce Vita. A perfect tour for a first time visitor of Rome in addition to our Vatican and Colosseum private tours for a comprehensive understanding of the Italian capital.