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ROME TOUR - A DRIVING TOUR OF ROME: 4
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ROME PRIVATE TOURS: BAROQUE ROME TOUR, A DRIVING TOUR OF ROME
 Includes: Private transportation,
service of English speaking driving guide,
tolls, parking, taxes.
Not Included: Entrance fees to sites you decide to enter.
Note: Sites in Rome are spread out. This private
tour of Rome allows you to see sites easily
and quickly. This is one of our Rome tours
that is great for families travelling with
children and the elderly.
On this Rome private tour, you will embark
on a driving tour of some of the most important
sights of Rome including its famous squares:
Piazza Venezia (Venice Square), Navona Square,
Farnese Square, Campo dei Fiori, Pantheon,
Colonna Square, Fontana di Trevi, Spanish Steps
Square, Popolo Square.
You will start your private driving tour of Rome at the largest
square in Rome, Piazza Venezia. Here you will
see Palazzo Venezia, the headquarters of the
Fascist party and Mussolini, as well as the
Vittoriano, a huge monument dedicated to the
first Italian King, Vittorio Emanuele II.
Your guided tour of Rome will continue to
elliptical Navona Square which was built over
the ruins of the ancient Domitian Stadium.
Here you will see one of Bernini’s most celebrated
works: the Four Rivers Fountain, representing
the four most important rivers known in the
17th century. Your Rome tour continues with
your private tour guide on to Farnese Square.
The elegant palace of the same name here has
been the seat of the embassy of France in Italy
since 1874.
You will continue on to Campo dei Fiori, today
known for its morning flower and vegetable
market and lively restaurants and bars at night.
A philosopher was burned here at the stake
for heresies against the Catholic Church.
Your private tour guide in Rome will next
show you the Pantheon, Italy’s best-preserved
dome and the biggest in Europe until the Renaissance,
and Piazza Colonna (Place of the Column). The
Palazzo Chigi, the residence of the Prime Minister,
is located off Piazza Colonna.
Next you will reach the enchanting Trevi Square,
home to the famous Trevi Fountain, where you
can toss a coin for good luck. Time permitting,
your driving guide can give you some time at
your penultimate stop, the Spanish Steps square,
to enjoy some of the best shopping in town.
The last stop of your private tour of Rome
will be Piazza del Popolo, one of the most
elegant squares in Rome, with its obelisk,
the Twin Churches, and the famous Trident formed
by the three streets converging here: Via del
Babbuino, Via del Corso, and Via di Ripetta.
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