Rome: the Eternal City Tour - Vatican City and Ancient Rome in a Full Day

Dec. 8, 2009 - PRLog -- Visit the Vatican city in the morning and make it a once-in-a-lifetime experience as, besides being an incredible showcase of art, you will learn about the history and stories of this holy and mysterious Christian Kingdom, with St. Peter's Basilica and the Vatican Museum. Marvel at Michelangelo's frescoes in the Sistine Chapel and hear about the new discoveries on the original messages in his painted "code", stroll were only Popes, and crown heads used to walk.

The afternoon will be dedicated to the discovery of the ancient heart of the city, as Rome is also Cesars, gladiators, chariots, centurions, emperors. In the Roman Forum and the Colosseum I'll make the daily life and times of ancient Rome come to life with enthusiasm and humor. You'll relive life , while visiting the archeological sites, as a gladiator, emperor, slave, Vestal Virgin, senator, merchant and goddess!

WHAT YOU VISIT

St. Peter's Basilica, its vast dome of St. Peter's visible from everywhere in the city its impressive Square, fountains and semicircular colonnades crowned with statues.

Vatican Museums – The world's greatest art collection with over 65.000 masterpieces: Bernini Staircase, Galleries with frescos and statues, Tapestries, Historical Maps, Roman and Greek sculptures, tombstones, and sarcophagus.

The Sistine Chapel – With Michelangelo's masterpieces of the "Creation" and the "Last Judgment", and other important frescoes from Botticelli, Perugino and Ghirlandaio .

The Colosseum – A great monument built to the magnificence of the Roman Empire with its enormous arena, marble seats and subterranean passages and where Gladiatorial combats took place.

The Roman Forum – It was the political, religious and commercial center of the ancient City with the most important temples and halls of justice. As Roman Empire expanded, this few acres of land became the center of the civilized world.

Meet up location: At Civitavecchia port, under your ship if you are cruise passengers, at the airport, or different location outside the city.

End location: Same location it started unless otherwise specified.

Duration: 9 hours

The duration of the tour, if tour starts/ends at Civitavecchia or elsewhere outside the city might vary according to the city traffic.

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