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Rome Tour: Private 9-Hour Van Experience
4.8
37 Ratings
Civitavecchia
Experience Rome like a local on a private shore excursion from Civitavecchia. Enjoy a 9-hour guided tour in a comfortable Mercedes van, with a native English-speaking driver guide. Visit all the major sites and skip the lines with pre-purchased tickets.
Experience Rome like a local on a private shore excursion from Civitavecchia. Enjoy a 9-hour guided tour in a comfortable Mercedes van, with a native English-speaking driver guide. Visit all the major sites and skip the lines with pre-purchased tickets.
Duration:
9 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Colosseum - The tour will stop at the Colosseum, where after your driver provides historical explanations, you will have free time to explore the exterior and take pictures (recommended) or you can pre-purchase tickets for a 09.45 / 10.00 am entry.
- Roman Forum - Enjoy a view of the Roman Forum from the top of the Imperial Forum Street, with a…
- Colosseum - The tour will stop at the Colosseum, where after your driver provides historical explanations, you will have free time to explore the exterior and take pictures (recommended) or you can pre-purchase tickets for a 09.45 / 10.00 am entry.
- Roman Forum - Enjoy a view of the Roman Forum from the top of the Imperial Forum Street, with a 10-minute explanation and photo stop.
- Circus Maximus - Take pictures from Aventine Hill, overlooking Palatine Hill with the Emperor’s Palaces and the Circus Maximus race track below.
- Piazza Venezia - Drive by the Victor Emanuel Monument and Mussolini Palace with a 5-minute stop for explanations and photos.
- Pantheon - Visit the interior of the Pantheon after your driver guide’s explanations. You will need to make an online reservation in advance (cost Euro 5 each, not included). The total stop is 20 minutes.
- Trevi Fountain - Stop for explanations and photo opportunities, then walk on your own to the fountain to throw a coin inside.
- Spanish Steps - Stop and walk around to see the Spanish Steps, with opportunities for shopping and photos.
- Vatican Museums - Enjoy a 2.5-hour visit to the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel with pre-purchased “Skip the line” tickets for a 01.45 / 02.00 pm entrance.
- Civitavecchia Port - Roundtrip transfer time from Civitavecchia Port to Rome and back (2 hours).
What's Included
- Private transportation
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Surcharges on fuel
- Parking fees
- Private transportation
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Surcharges on fuel
- Parking fees
What's Not Included
- Lunch
- Colosseum Entrance Ticket
- Gratuity
- Entrance fees
- Entrance fees
- Lunch
- Colosseum Entrance Ticket
- Gratuity
- Entrance fees
- Entrance fees
Additional Information
Experience Rome like a local with a private 9-hour tour in a brand-new Mercedes van. This tour includes round-trip transportation, picking you up and dropping you off right at your ship, ensuring timely return (we have never missed a ship in 27 years of service). Enjoy a delightful guided tour of Rome with an English-speaking driver who is a native of…
Experience Rome like a local with a private 9-hour tour in a brand-new Mercedes van. This tour includes round-trip transportation, picking you up and dropping you off right at your ship, ensuring timely return (we have never missed a ship in 27 years of service). Enjoy a delightful guided tour of Rome with an English-speaking driver who is a native of the city. The driver will share fascinating historical insights and offer tips as you travel. Once you arrive at each site, you can explore independently. For those interested in visiting the Colosseum and Vatican Museum, pre-purchase entrance tickets on Viator for a 9:45/10:00 am entry to the Colosseum and a 1:30/2:00 pm entry to the Vatican Museum. This allows you to skip the lines, except for security checks, and enjoy all the other highlights of Rome.
- Colosseum and Vatican museum will be partly weelchair accessible
- Baby seats available Upon request at Reservation
Location
3QVH+PH Civitavecchia
At the port, In front of the ship, at the end of the "Arrival Lounge" (if any at the dock), NO shuttle bus, your name written on a sign.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.8
(37 Ratings)
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Reikodus
Sep 29, 2025
Great experience and good company - we had a great time during our time in Rome. Our driver had great skills for communicating the history of the different places we were visiting. He adjusted to our needs and planned with us the trip. He would tell us amazing facts about the places and he truly liked to guide people around the city. Would recommend him 100%.
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Seaside490666
Sep 26, 2025
Perfect Day in Rome - This private tour was everything I had hoped for! Riccardo met us at the boat with a sign with our names. We rode in luxury in a new Mercedes van. He got us to every destination on time and made sure that we were in the right line and had ample time to sightsee. We had a short time to see all of Rome and we did everything. It was absolutely amazing and worth every penny!
I highly recommend this tour and this company!
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Sandral_c
Sep 26, 2025
This exceeded our... - This exceeded our expectations because of our driver, Ricardo. He made our day just perfect! We were able to see all that we asked and also have the best recommendation for our lunch which was amazing! Thank you Ricardo!!
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Melissa_d
Sep 26, 2025
Great day on the Amalfi Coast - Excellent private tour. The driver was nice and very accomodating to our requests. We had an excellent day!
The drive is rough. Very tight and winding. The driver was excellent. It might have been nice to have more opportunity to see the beautiful views and take photos, but so hard to stop along the way. Boat tour may be a better option.
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Passenger27046933226
Sep 19, 2025
Just perfect - My sister and I took a 9 hour private tour from Civitavecchia to Rome and Riccardo make it perfect. Is nice to hear from him the history of Rome and every place. It was worth the price, we get to saw so much of important landmarks of Rome, we even went to Vatican Museums (tickets bought separately). We even squished a little shopping. Riccardo recommended some places to eat and the place we select was incredible (I wish I remember the name). The van is beautiful and comfortable and just for your party. This was truly the best tour.
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Jcofidaho
Sep 18, 2025
Rome in a day! - Riccardo took us from the port at Civitavecchia to Rome for a day. We’re had my one year old granddaughter as part of our group. He took around Rome, made sure we saw all the key sites, and gave a non-stop narrative of the history of the places we visited. And got us back to the ship in plenty of time. He was an outstanding guide.
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Caroline_y
Sep 6, 2025
Wonderful Tour of Rome - Our family of 5 enjoyed an amazing tour of Rome, hitting all of the top sites — the Colosseum, Spanish Steps, Vatican museums, and the Trevi Fountain. It was a whirlwind tour but we wanted to see as much as we could in the one day we were in port from the cruise. It was about a one hour drive from the cruise port to Rome but well worth it see the capital city of Italy.
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Warick005
Sep 1, 2025
A Perfect trip - Have done abt 12 or so shore excursions on this trip Our trip into Rome from ship was superb We were collected right out the front of the ship on time with a spotless clean driver and Merc Van Special mention to Ricardo who spoke perfect English was very knowledgable and delivered close to every attraction guided we here needed helped with tickets etc Could not hv asked for a better day Also a huge Thankyou tk Monica from Shore Excursions who was so helpful understanding efficient and she made the booking details so easy Thankyou so much
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Brooke
Aug 23, 2025
Great day with Ricardo! - Ricardo was a very knowledgeable guide and safe driver! He helped us successfully visit every place in our itinerary for the day, made suggestions on the best way to approach and navigate through the sites, and shared a lot of knowledge along the way. All of the this while getting us back to the cruise port with plenty of time to board. Highly recommend for one day in Rome!
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Steven_d
Oct 14, 2025
Poor Viator communication and customer support - The guide from Shore excursions Italy was great. He tried to get us tickets for inside the Colloseum and Vatican, but was unable to. The reason for this was the confusion with my initial phone conversation with Viator, as I asked if they could book both of these skip the line tours. The agent gave me the price and a reserved time for both. He said that with my reserved times I just needed to inform our driver and he would take care of ticketing. The driver said he is not responsible but would try. Communicating with Viator was difficult. The rating for the driver would be 5. Viator would be 1. When I first talked with Viror and told them what I wanted for the Rome tour, I believed the price included the tickets.
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