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Tick off the highlights of Rome during this full-day, small-group shore excursion from Civitavecchia. Travel comfortably by regional train, taxi, and metro to explore the city. Enter St. Peter’s Basilica with your guide, throw a coin into the Trevi Fountain, and enjoy a tasty sit-down aperitivo and meal in trendy Monti.

Before the days of Ancient Rome, there were the Etruscans—and this private, half-day tour offers an immersive way to discover the secrets of this lost, ancient civilization. Meet your guide in the morning in Tarquinia or the Civitavecchia Port and set off to explore UNESCO-listed marvels like the Necropolis of Tarquinia. You can also visit the Etruscopolis theme park and explore the National Etruscan Museum before a lunch break.

Enjoy a tour of Rome and the Vatican Museums in style. A luxury car/minivan will pick you up at the port, and be at your disposal for the entire day. With Vatican Museums skip-the-line tickets, you will avoid the long lines and maximize your limited time in the Eternal City. This 6-hour private sightseeing tour will bring you to the most fascinating sites in Rome, and the Vatican. You’ll have your own personal driver who will take you exactly where you want to go. The most popular areas of the city with the most history and charm will be on the itinerary, including St. Peter’s Square and Basilica, the Vatican Museums, the Sistine Chapel, the Colosseum, Roman Forum (from outside), the Pantheon, and wherever you’d like to go.

Cerveteri’s Necropolis of Banditaccia, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, lies roughly an hour northwest of Rome and is nearly impossible to reach on public transportation. This day trip takes care of the driving, visiting the Etruscan necropolis, more Etruscan tombs and churches in Cervi, and the 15th-century Castello Orsini-Odescalchi on the shores of volcanic Lake Bracciano.

Travelers should book this tour because all our drivers are professionally skilled to make our customers enjoy an unforgettable experience! This tour, combined with a brand new Mercedes vehicle and a professional English-speaking driver, born and residing in Rome, is the best way to discover the beauties of the Eternal City, Rome, that you will love and never forget. All the places will be visited with no stress or compulsion and our customers are free to decide where to spend most of their available time. You will be explained all the listed monuments and sites, helped with the local language, food and shopping and much more!!!

When stepping off your cruise ship at the Civitavecchia port, rest assured knowing that you already have a tour of Rome booked. This private tour includes round-trip private transportation as well as a tour of Rome and the Vatican Museums, must-sees when in Rome. Traveling with a private guide means you'll get to move at your own pace and there's no waiting for large groups. Learn everything there is to know about the city's top highlights and enjoy the chance to ask questions.

Tivoli is more than an hour-long drive away from Civitavecchia Port, making it hard to explore if you don’t rent a car in advance. Prebook this Tivoli private full-day shore excursion from the port and leave the details up to someone else for a hassle-free adventure. See Tivoli highlights such as the UNESCO-listed gardens and musical fountains of Renaissance-era Villa d’Este and a little-known waterfall commissioned by a Pope.

Specially designed for cruise ship passengers, this private, attraction-packed six-hour excursion covers the highlights of Rome. Departing from Civitavecchia Port, you’ll ride comfortably to the Eternal City by luxury minivan. Enjoy get-down photo stops at the Pantheon, Trevi Fountain, and the Spanish Steps, plus skip-the-line tickets to the Vatican Museums and St. Peter’s Basilica.

Ideal for cruisers wanting to discover rural Italy when their ship is at Civitavecchia port, this private tour spotlights two hilltop Umbrian gems—Orvieto and Civita di Bagnoregio. Swap independent transport for the ease of a chauffeur-driven minivan, and visit Orvieto to discover its medieval streets, cathedral, and views over Umbria’s plains. Then, delve into ancient Civita, a tiny village perched high on a rock, before returning to your ship.

Make the most of your time docked at Civitavecchia with this all-inclusive shore excursion that covers the highlights of Rome in a single day. Enjoy pick-up directly at your ship and transportation to central Rome, skip-the-line Colosseum and Vatican Museums tickets (for private tour options), and lunch at a traditional Roman restaurant. Choose a private or shared tour to fit your travel budget.

A professional English-speaking driver will pickup you up from the port of Civitavecchia, outside the ship, with a sign with your name on. Private one-way transfer and a three-hour Panoramic Tour of Rome. Enjoy Rome highlights like: • Colosseum • Roman Forum • Trevi Fountain • Spanish Steps • St. Peter’s Basilica Square At the end of the tour you'll be dropped off at your accommodation in Rome. Worry-Free and Safe Private Tour Experience, operated only with: • Expert Professional English-Speaking Drivers • Welcoming by private licensed fully-insured air-conditioned comfortable Vehicles

In one day you will see the most significant and beautiful sights of Rome and the Vatican with a professional guide. We want to not just tell you a lot of information, dates and historical characters, but to give you the emotion of this city, to tell you why Rome is one of the most iconic places in the world, to show you the city through the eyes of a local: its history, traditions, its treasures, and to talk about modern Rome and Italy. The important thing is that an official licensed tour guide will be with you the whole time, from the port in the morning until you return to the port in the evening.

If you only have one day to visit all of Rome this is definitely the tour for you! You will be accompanied by an expert tour leader the entire time, you will skip the long queues and see all the most important monuments of the city passing through the streets less traveled by the tourist fleets. You will save time and stress and you will be back at the port in time to continue your journey!

Visiting Rome is a once-in-a-life time experience you cannot miss during your Mediterranean sea cruise vacation. You’ll have the opportunity to enter the world-wide famous Museums of the Vatican and discover the most important sites of the Eternal City.

An old mule track that runs between the village of Caira and Monte Cassino Abbey became one of the most strategically important roads of the Apennine peninsula during World War II. With this tour, follow the track with a guide who illuminates the history of the allied campaigns of Monte Cassino and the Gustav Line during the war.

Villa Farnese in Caprarola is one of the best examples of late Renaissance mansionin Italy: it is an imposing pentagonal fortress, while the interior is decorated with splendid frescoes and grotesques from the 16th century. You will admire the architectural masterpiece designed by Vignola, great architect of the Italian Renaissance and also author of the frescoes that embellish the majestic Scala Regia, the great staircase used by Cardinal Alessandro Farnese to reach the apartments on the main floor. Enjoy then the splendid decorations of the state rooms and reception hall, the echo that resounds in the Sala degli Angeli (Hall of the Angels) and the impressive Italian Renaissance garden, enriched by statues, fountains, chestnut woods and cypress trees. The tour will end in the Renaissance gardens of the Villa, called Orti Farnesiani like the gardens of the Farnese family on the Palatine Hill in Rome!

Traveling between Rome and Civitavecchia Port can require trains, buses, and a public shuttle. This private full-day city tour saves travelers the trouble by providing round-trip transportation from their port cruise terminal. Highlights include seeing Colosseum, Pantheon, and St. Peter's Basilica. Travel in air-conditioned vehicles with onboard Wi-Fi.

Time is of the essence when you’re only in port for a day. Make the most of every minute with this shore excursion that includes round-trip transportation directly from the Civitavecchia port and a fully customizable itinerary. Discover the best of Rome in just hours, including its A-list archaeological ruins, world-class art, historic squares and fountains, and even best spots to sample classic Roman dishes—all via a luxury air-conditioned vehicle.

Our tours are designed to be able to see all the beauties of Rome in just one day. In each place we will stop for about 30 minutes. The places we're going to visit will be: The Vatican City, the Colosseum, the Trevi Fountain, Piazza Venezia, Piazza di Spagna, the Pantheon, Castel Sant'Angelo, Piazza Navona, Circus Maximus, panoramic view of the Janiculum.

Take a tour of Viterbo with your own private guide, and discover the historic corners of the stately Lazio city. Focusing on the sights that interest you most, the private tour takes in the neighborhood of San Pellegrino and landmarks linked to the city’s papal history. You’ll visit the palace where the first recorded conclave took place, and hear fun facts about Viterbo’s numerous movie locations.

Make the most of your time on shore during this full-day private tour of Rome, specially designed for cruise ship passengers. Relax with front-door pickup from Civitavecchia cruise port. Enjoy the services of an English-speaking chauffeur as you ride comfortably between locations. Tours are completely customizable; optional highlights include the Colosseum and the Vatican Museums.

Tarquinia was the most important Etruscan city in the seventh century BC and it is particularly famous for the Monterozzi Necropolis, an ancient cemetery from pre-Roman times which houses more than two hundred painted tombs beneath its green mounds. You will explore imposing halls carved into the rock copying Etruscan houses (Necropolis literally means “City of the Dead”) to admire the bright colors used by the ancient Etruscans to paint landscapes, exotic animals and scenes of everyday life. Thanks to our knowledgeable and passionate guide, you will discover the secrets of the most beautiful and fascinating tombs: the tomb of the Leopards, with its banquet scenes that show the incredible freedom of Etruscan women, the tomb of Hunting and Fishing, which represents the typical activities of the aristocracy, the tomb of the Warrior, where funeral rites are represented (including the cruel games that inspired the subsequent gladiator fights)…

Join The Red Road Tour for a once-in-a-lifetime hike, followed by a wine, cheese, and cured meat tasting with a local and fully licensed guide. We will walk in the footsteps of the Etruscans, the ancient people who inhabited the ancient lands of Marrema, immersing ourselves in the vie cave (ancient streets dug into the tufaceous rock that reaches a depth of 25 meters) and following a circular route of about 6 km (3.7 miles.) Experience the secret walkways, caves, and tombs of these people who dug the paths to connect with the necropolises, also known as the ancient cities of the dead. The tour will end with a visit to a private historic cellar (featured in National Geographic) with a wine tasting and sampling of local cured meats and cheeses. The entire excursion will be an experiential journey that will involve the 5 senses, allowing you to experience and savor all the history and uniqueness of a territory.