We offer several itineraries especially for cruise passengers- experiences designed to offer all the best of Rome and her surrounding areas through full-day shore excursions. Whether you wish to spend your day exploring the must-see sights of Rome, or want a different experience among the ruins of Ostia Antica or the beautiful villas in Tivoli, our itineraries allow you a rich and fascinating day in the heart of Italy.

Each of our itineraries begin with a private luxury car waiting for you as you disembark at the Port of Civitavecchia, which will return you there at the end of the day to board your departing cruise ship.

Civitavecchia-Rome: Our private car will take you to the heart of Rome where you will meet your personal guide for a day of touring the essential sights of the Eternal City. In normal traffic, the journey takes approximately one hour and 15 minutes. Once in Rome, you may choose from among our many private itineraries [Rome private tours] that offer in-depth looks at the various artistic and historical treasures in the city, or allow us to customize a special day of touring for you that meets your particular needs and interests. However, for most cruise passengers new to Rome or for those wanting to revisit her most famous areas, we recommend our “Essence of Rome” tour described below as the perfect way to explore the major sights before returning to your cruise ship in the evening.

Civitavecchia-Ostia: Just outside of Rome and along the coast of the Tyrrhenian sea lies the ancient port city of Ostia Antica. Your private luxury car will pick you up from the port of Civitavecchia and take you on the roughly hour and a half journey to this beautiful archeological park that holds many secrets of early Roman civilization. Here, you and your private guide will spend the day exploring this incredibly well-preserved site, full of the vestiges of a once thriving Imperial-Age port. Ostia Antica offers a vivid glimpse and intriguing perspective on the commercial and social lives of ancient Romans, and is a perfect way for those already familiar with Rome to spend their day away from their cruise ship. Please click here for a deeper look at our Ostia Antica excursion.

Civitavecchia–Tivoli: Beautiful gardens, splendid villas, unparalleled artistic and architectural grandeur- all of this lies just two hours away from the port of Civitavecchia in the striking ancient city of Tivoli. This day-trip is a perfect shore excursion for those interested in the rich history and natural beauty that lies outside of Rome. Your private driver and personal guide will take you to the villa of the Roman emperor Hadrian, where you will stroll among the palaces, porticos and statues still reflecting the magnificence of this 2nd Century A.D. estate, world-renown for its extraordinary beauty. We will then reach the hillside town of Tivoli and the splendid Villa D’Este, exploring this late Renaissance villa which captures the cultural and artistic reawakening that defined the period, and once saw the intrigues of such great and infamous families as the Borgias. Built in 1550, the villa is an architectural masterpiece with its vast gardens and more than 500 fountains. Please click here for a deeper look at our Tivoli excursion.

The first place we will visit is the Vatican Museums, where our primary aim is to see and experience the museums' most famous objects of art. We'll stop by the octagonal courtyard which holds some of the greatest statues in the world and then take a walk through the many halls of the museum to reach the Raphael Rooms and the Sistine Chapel. After a detailed explanation of the beautiful frescoes in these rooms by some of the greatest artists of the Renaissance, we'll exit the museums and take a look at the world's largest basilica. Walking through St. Peter's you'll see the highlights of this enormous church and hear many anecdotes of popes, saints, and artists. This should take about 3 hours , finishing in time for lunch. Our guides have many good suggestions for restaurants in the area.

After the lunch break it will be time to see the great ancient symbol of Rome, the Colosseum , and to learn about the games , the gladiators and the emperors that animated this structure more than 2 millennia ago . Then it's off to the ancient city center of Rome, the Great Roman Forum , a beautiful and mysterious place where in front of ancient temples and basilicas we will recount to you the fascinating lives of famous men from Cicero and Julius Ceasar's time. You will learn about the growth and the fall of the biggest empire of the ancient time as well as about the ideas, the religions, and the multiethnic societies they developed and that are still the basis of our common western world.

Then we will take a stroll around some of the most beautiful squares of the Renaissance and Baroque time. We can admire the fantastic fountains at the heart of these picturesque squares and enjoy their magical atmosphere. We will take you through some of the famous fountains and piazzas of the city, such as the Trevi Fountain, Pantheon, and Piazza Navona, while you learn about famous artists and popes of the time. This is a wonderful time to take a stroll because Rome has cooled off from the heat of the sun and the temperature is quite refreshing. This 1 day tour should be enough to give you a good taste of this magnificent city, and to cover the main tourist attractions.