Tours in Rome

From bus tours to walking tours, gladiator lessons to private guides, sidetrips to Pompeii and tours of the Vatican, here are the best guided microtours in Rome

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surviving ancient Roman aquaduct near the Appian Way
Tours can show you the storybook bits of Rome that are hard to find on your own, like this stretch of surviving ancient Roman aquaduct near the Appian Way on a Catacombs and Roman Countryside Half-Day Walking Tour.Even if you're a die-hard solo traveler and scoff at the folks being herded from one sight to another in the big tourist clots of a tour group, you can get a lot of mileage out of sightseeing guides once you're in Rome.

Bus tours of the city, escorted day trips to outlying sights and nearby towns like Tivoli (Hadrian's Villa and the Villa d'Este) and Naples & Pompeii, walking tours around town, guided tours through museums or cathedrals, Christian tours and events like papal audiences and touring the great churches of the city, private guides—these are all what I call microtours (as opposed to the macrotours of fully escorted bus trips).

Segways on the Campidoglio in Rome
Seeing the classic sights on a Rome Segway Tour.Local guides who concentrate only on one city or sight are usually experts, not tour bus escorts who’ve merely memorized a canned spiel for each town, stop, and sight along the way.

By combining do-it-yourself planning and travel with microtours, you can get the best of both worlds. The best microtours are packed with more information (history, background, anecdotes, details, and explanations) than any guidebook has room to print.

A tip: On any tour, be a head-of-the-class nerd and stick next to the guide. Walking from stop to stop on the tour, you’ll be able to chat on your own with her and ask questions, and you’ll also get to hear her answers and explanations to everyone else’s questions.

There are essentially Seven kinds of microtours, each covered on its own section:

  • Bus tours
  • Walking tours
  • Sight & museum tours
  • Fun & offbeat experiences
  • Christian tours
  • Sidetrips from Rome
  • Private guides

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