Rome Vacation Tips brings our considerable expertise about visiting Rome to select nothing but the absolute best tours and providers for you. This curated collection reveals new sides to classic sights, and unlocks parts of the city that most tourists never see.
All of the tour operators that we promote in our Tours section are personally known to and endorsed by us, based on our years working in the Rome travel business.
By booking tours with the operators we recommend, more of the fee goes to the people who deserve it, and much less to the middlemen.
Rome and its cuisine are intimately entwined. On this Rome food tour in the city’s quaintest ‘quartiere’ of Trastevere you will learn the city’s culinary history and get to sample the delicacies. You will literally eat history!
Learn painting techniques in Rome with an expert guide, local nibbles, and several glasses of fine wine!
Wander the romantic streets of nighttime Rome in the company of a charming and enlightening guide.
Meet a bunch of like-minded visitors for this raucous – and slightly outrageous – exploration of the sights, scandals, and drinks of Rome, which ends up in one of the city’s authentic, locals-only hotspots.
One of the most astonishing things you can see on your visit to Rome, this is the starting point and the beating heart of the Catholic church. Even if you aren’t religious you need to see this place.
Stand where the gladiators stood as part of your Colosseum tour, then walk where senators and plebes walked in the Forum, before gazing out over Rome from the emperor’s palace.
In our fantastic two-for-one class, an expert mixologist will explain how to make the famous tipple, then our chef will take you through the surprisingly rigorous methods of making the perfect plate of pasta.
The symbol of Rome and the one thing you must not miss, the Colosseum sits alongside the ancient Forum and palaces of the emperors, and this fascinating tour of both sites gives you a sweeping understanding of the history.
Wander the beautiful cobbled streets of Baroque Rome in the company of a charming and enlightening guide.
Learn to cook the three timeless Roman classic pastas, then eat what you just learned to make and follow it with fresh, light tiramisù – that you made too!
The Vatican Museums are one of the world’s greatest collections of antiquity. This tour will bring you to the masterpieces and avoid the crowds.
This night walk will take you to the creepiest, spookiest, most haunted parts of the entire city so you can have your skin crawl as you thrill to the legends that have kept Roman citizens lying awake for centuries.
When we recommend specific tours, we use our considerable expertise about visiting Rome to select nothing but the absolute best tours and providers for you.
We do not work with companies such as Viator, GetYourGuide, or TripAdvisor, as they all charge a huge commission to independent operators, severely denting livelihoods in a sector that has already suffered significantly during the pandemic.
Instead, we go direct: all of the tour operators that we promote in our Tours section are personally known to and endorsed by us, based on our years working in the Rome travel business. By booking tours with these providers, more of the fee goes to the people who deserve it, and much less to the middlemen.
The small print: Rome Vacation Tips endorses our tour providers, but any transaction carried out between you the client and a tour operator is a relationship between you and the specific operator. Any issues or queries about a specific tour should be addressed directly to the operator with whom you booked using the contact details they have provided.
Cancellation policy
For most of our tours you can cancel or amend your booking right up to 24 hours before the start of your tour, by calling the number provided on the email voucher you will receive after booking. However, because we work with more than one provider this is not a universal policy: please check the details on the voucher for the specific tour you have booked.
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