SAINT PETER BASILICA - ROME BAROQUE - ROME IMPERIAL.

PROGRAM (3 Tours included).

TOUR 1 - SAINT PETER BASILICA
SAINT PETER BASILICA - POPE'S CRYPT - ST. PETER SQUARE.

Here is an indisputable truth: No trip to Rome is complete without a visit to the Basilica of Saint Peter.
Here is another one: this paramount religious complex and artistic masterpiece is enormous!

We begin the visit of the Basilica of Saint Peter, the greatest Basilica in the World whose total surface overcomes the 15.000 square meters.

We can admire besides the Pietà of Michelangelo, the body exposed to the adoration of Pope Giovanni XXIII's believers, the magnificent mosaics works of great artists and the canopy in bronze, work of Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

We continue with the visit into the Vatican Crypt that constitutes a suggestive monumental complex for the so many historical memories.

Besides guarding the tomb of Saint Peter, it also guards the graves of numerous pontiffs among which John Paul II, the Crypt is rich of works of art coming from the ancient basilica.

We will conclude the visit in the center of the Christianity in Saint Peter Square built by Gian Lorenzo Bernini in 1661.

TOUR 2 - ROME BAROQUE
TREVI FOUNTAIN – PANTHEON – NAVONA SQUARE.

Our tour will start with the Trevi fountain that became famous after the Fellini’s film “La dolce vita”. It was begun in the year 1732 by Nicola Salvi and inaugurated in the year 1762.

Let’s continue on our walking tour through the historical centre crossing Piazza Colonna, so called because of the Marcus Aurelius Column, Montecitorio, the seat of the Chamber of Deputies (House of Commons), Pantheon (visit inside), erected by emperor Hadrian in the II century a.D., that preserve the widest dome in the world.

We continue passing by Palazzo Madama, seat of the Italian Senate, and we reach Piazza Navona (stop) realised on the ruins of the ancient Domitian’s stadium, with the famous Fountain of the four rivers, Bernini’s masterpiece.

TOUR 3 - ROME IMPERIAL
COLISEUM - ROMAN FORUM - CAPITOLINE HILL - VENICE SQUARE.

The Coliseum, whose real name is Flavian Amphitheatre, was built by two emperors of the Flavian family; Vespasian began it on 72 a.D. and his son Titus ended it on 80 a.D.

On the same square we can admire the Arch of Constantine erected in the IV century a.D. and the Arch of Titus in the I century a.D.

We will continue walking through the Roman Forum, the biggest archaeological area in the world just in the heart of Rome.

Arriving on the top of the Capitole hill, nowadays seat of the City Hall, we can admire the beautiful square designed by Michelangelo Buonarroti with the Palazzo Conservatori and the Palazzo Nuovo which are important Museums.

After that, going down the Capitole Hill we'll get directly into Venice Square where we will be astonished by the Vittoriano, the biggest EuEuropean monument.

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