St Peter's and the Squares of Rome - Skip the line

General information

Destination	Category
Rome, Italy	Sightseeing Tours

Program details

Walk with us through the Piazzas of Rome and take a journey through history. Visit ancient meeting places with stories to tell of love, adventure, tempest and torment.Relax with us as we invite you to take a tranquil approach to appreciating the Squares Of Rome and join our multilingual docent who will guide you with great care and courtesy as you visit:

- St Peters Basilica
You may concur that this is the architectural achievement of the Renaissance. A church of immense physical dimensions, covering more ground than several premier division football grounds, with a dome, that frankly puts other domes to shame.

Completely resurrected in 1626, the artists Bramante, Raphael, Peruzzi, Antonio Sangallo the Younger, and Michelangelo all pitched in to put together a showpiece that even Emperor Constantine, who had built the first church in 349 AD, would be proud of.

- Piazza Navona
Totally rebuilt from the original 1st century Stadium of Domitian now you can lose yourself amongst classical and majestic Baroque Roman architecture and art.
- The Palazzo Pamphili , the family palace of Innocent X, who reigned in 1644-1655 and which is now the Brazilian Embassy.
- Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi or Fountain of the Four Rivers (1651) by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, topped by the Obelisk of Domitian, brought here in pieces from the Circus of Maxentius.
- Sant'Agnese in Agone by Francesco Borromini and Girolamo Rainaldi.

Meeting/ Pick up point: Risorgimento square in front of Footlocker sport store , corner of Via Ottaviano.

Duration: Approx 3 hours.

Start/opening time: At 8.20am.

Languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian (min 6 pax) and Portuguese (the tour is carried out in several languages at the same time.
Others: The visit inside of The Basilica of St. Peter will be not possible anymore- This change is due to some decisions taken from the Vatican City. Please be at the meeting point 15 min before the start of the tour. End point: Navona area.