WALKING TOUR
Rome Historic Center: behind the scenes tour with Underground Piazza Navona
🕔 2.5 hours 💭 English
WHY THIS EXPERIENCE
- Discover a 2000-year-old stadium underground the most famous square of Rome, Piazza Navona
- Experience the optical illusions hiding inside the churches
- Marvel at Caravaggio’s masterpieces and learn about the artist behind them
- Uncover how Rome became a “lasagna” of history, where layers of ancient ruins lie hidden beneath the modern city
Intimate group size guaranteed
Intimate group size guaranteedExplore in a small group of up to twelve people — personal, relaxed, and never rushed
👋 Hosted by a knowledgeable and friendly local guide
Semi-private option
Small group — maximum 12
€65 per person
Private option
€469 for the first 2 people —
€49 per additional person
📅 Free cancellation
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WALKING TOUR
Rome Historic Center: behind the scenes tour with
Underground Piazza Navona
🕔 2.5 hours – 💭 English
WHY THIS EXPERIENCE
- Discover a 2000-year-old stadium underground the most famous square of Rome, Piazza Navona
- Experience the optical illusions hiding inside the churches
- Marvel at Caravaggio’s masterpieces and learn about the artist behind them
- Uncover how Rome became a “lasagna” of history, where layers of ancient ruins lie hidden beneath the modern city
Intimate group size guaranteed
Explore in a small group of up to twelve people — personal, relaxed, and never rushed
verified by Trustindex
👋 Hosted by a knowledgeable and friendly local guide
📅 Free cancellation
SEMI-PRIVATE option
Small group of no more than 12 people
* Child: 4-14 years old
€469 for the first 2 people – €49 per additional person
WHAT WE’LL DO
- During this walking tour we’ll discover the hidden gems of the center of Rome, including the underground site that most tourists miss, beneath Piazza Navona
- We’ll start in Piazza di Pietra, where where you’ll see the incredible ruins of the temple of Hadrian. This is where we’ll get to know about the emperor Hadrian and his heartbreaking love triangle
- After this “ancient gossip” we’ll continue by discovering perspective illusions inside a church. This will be one of the highlights of this walking tour, because you literally won’t believe your eyes! Incredible how something made 400 years ago, still fools our eyes so much
- Then we’ll move to the Pantheon, which we’ll see from the outside. We’ll learn the incredible urban legends tied to it, and the unbelievable light effects set up 2000 years ago, that we can still witness today
- And what about that odd elephant right behind the Pantheon? That is a story of a “revenge” at the expense of a friar (fun true story!)
- We’ll then see the incredible paintings of Caravaggio, casually hanging in a church. These painting are what made Caravaggio’s famous in Rome. You don’t know who Caravaggio is yet? After this, you will not forget him.. After making our heads spin so much, after all these jaw-dropping wonders, we’ll end up in Piazza Navona, one of the most beautiful squares in Rome. Here you’ll learn stories of legendary rivalries, propaganda campaigns of the Popes, and at some point you’ll realize that.. This square has a peculiar shape
- While most tourists stop on the surface, we’ll take a narrow alley and end up into the underground world of Rome. Here we’ll discover what lays below the surface: and ancient Roman stadium!
- This experience is for you if you don’t want to confine yourself to the obvious landmarks and want to live a different and more authentic experience of Rome made also of tidbits and urban legends that you don’t find in the guidebooks
SIGHTS INCLUDED
- Piazza di Pietra
- Piazza Sant’Ignazio
- Church of St Ignazio and the optical illusions of Andrea Pozzo
- Pantheon (outside)
- Piazza della Minerva and the elephant of Bernini
- Sant’Eustachio square
- Caravaggio’s paintings in St Luigi dei Francesi
- The Fountain of the Books
- St Yves at la Sapienza
- Piazza Navona
- Ancient Stadium of Domitian underneath Piazza Navona (ticket is included in the tour)
WHERE WE’LL MEET
Free cancellation:
– up to 24 hours before the start time for semi-private option
– up to 1 week before the start time for private option
Combining storytelling and local expertise is our obsession!
That made us the biggest community on the hidden gems of Rome, with
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social followers
…and we only go in truly small groups because we want you to feel like if you were walking next to a friend!
Combining storytelling and local expertise is our obsession!
That made us the biggest community on the hidden gems of Rome, with
1 Million+
social followers
…and we only go in truly small groups because we want you to feel like if you were walking next to a friend!
Free cancellation
SEMI-PRIVATE option 👇
* Child: 4-14 years old
PRIVATE option 👇
€469 for the first 2 people — €49 per additional person
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