Rome Tours
Rome Tours - Tours of Rome, by walking, bus or boat
Best time to go: Apr-Jun, Sep-Oct
Avoid: July-Aug , (crazy heat, crowds and closed businesses due to Italian holidays).
During the winter it can get a bit chilly but often sunny so not as cold as many other european cities, and crowds and prices are both down... you can always wrap yourself up against any chill and save money by visiting off season.
Walking Tours
Rome Walks (website: www.romewalks.com) offers a wide variety of group tours. Guides speak English and are experienced in history of art. Departure points vary, depending on the tour. They also arrange personalised tours covering ‘off the beaten track’ sights. Group tours are offered several times a week and include the ‘Vatican City Walk’, which takes four-and-a-half hours and costs €35 (excluding €10 museum entrance fee) and the highly informative ‘Colosseum and Ancient City Walk’ (€25 excluding €8 Colosseum entrance fee). They can also arrange a variety of private tours (for groups of one to four), such as ‘La Dolce Vita’ in Rome, the catacombs or Nero’s Golden Palace.
For those wishing to sample some Roman nightlife, the ‘Colosseum Pub Crawls’ (website: www.walksofeurope.com) leave every night from both the Colosseum Metro and the Spanish Steps at 2000. The €15 ticket includes free shots, drinks and entrance to a disco-bar at the end. Also Enjoy Rome (see Tourist Information) offers a number of walking and bike tours around Rome that start at €13.
Bus Tours
The number 110 ATAC bus (tel: (06) 4695 2252, bookings and information) departs every half-hour (daily 0900-2000 Apr-Sep or 1000-1800 Oct-Mar) from Piazza dei Cinquecento for a two-hour tour (with commentary in English) around Rome’s main sights (there are 11 stops en route). Tickets and a leaflet outlining the itinerary are available in English at any tourist information office. The tour costs €7.75 or €12.91 if you want to get on and off the bus. There are also night tours.
Boat Tours
Tourvisa Italia, Via Marghera 32 (tel: (06) 446 3481), provides a 100-minute round trip boat tour from the bridge Ponte Umberto 1 (Piazza Navona) to Ponte Duca d’Aosta. Boats depart at 1100 and 1630 Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday (March to October), depending on weather conditions. The air-conditioned Tiber II sails past the Vatican, Castel Sant’Angelo and under Rome’s bridges. The cruise costs €13 per person.
Battellia Di Roma / River boats of Rome
SINGLE TICKET - Price: 1.00 Euro
It may be used for one ride only.
DAY TICKET - Price: 2.50 Euro
It may be used throughout the day on which it is bought, for an unlimited number of rides.
MONTHLY PASS - Price: 30.00 Euro
It may be used throughout the month, for an unlimited number of rides.
SPECIAL RIVER BOAT LINES
TOUR BOAT EXCURSION - Price: 10,00 Euro leaving from (and returning to) Ponte S.Angelo, at: 9:00 am 10:30 am 3:00 pm 4:30 pm. The ride lasts approximately 1 hour 15 minutes.
GUIDED TOUR OF ROME BY BOAT AND MINIBUS - Price: 32,00 Euro
leaving from (and returning to) Ponte S.Angelo, at: 9:00 am 10:30 am 3:00 pm 4:30 pm
The ride lasts approximately 2 hours 30 minutes.
BOAT TOUR WITH DINNER ON BOARD - Price: 43,00 Euro
leaving from Ponte Sant'Angelo at 7:30 pm every evening. The ride lasts approximately 2 hours 30 minutes.. A reservation in advance is required.
Tickets can be bought on board except the dinner cruises.
