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Semi-Private Vespa Tour | Rome City Highlights

What to expect

LivTours Semi-Private Vespa Tour Rome is the quintessential Roman experience. This semi-private tour is full of surprises and you see the highlights in the company of a local expert guide. Good at any time of the year, this is a great way to discover Rome in all its unique colors.

You will feel like you are filming your very own version of Roman Holiday , as you explore the winding streets and stunning architecture of the Eternal City. This quick and easy way to see the city makes it the perfect panoramic tour. So, when in Rome…act like a Roman by hopping onboard your iconic scooter to experience Rome as the Romans do!

Please note: you will be driving the Vespa on this once-in-life-time adventure, so we advise that you already have some experience with scooters or motorcycles.  However, if you have never driven a scooter and still want to join, or have more than riders than drivers in your group, just choose our Vespa Driver add-on and you’ll have a backseat all to yourself from which to take in the sites.

Why book this tour

• Visit all the major sites & sounds of Rome on this half day semi-private tour
• Enjoy a classic Roman experience driving around on a Vespa with your local guide
• Drive through the historic center & visit Rome’s largest square - Piazza Navona
• Feel the hustle & bustle of Italy’s capital city as you see the highlights on wheels
• Maximize your time in the Eternal City as you zip from place to place on your Vespa

Semi-Private tours and experiences are guaranteed six participants max.

Our prices always include tickets and reservations fees (no waiting in lines!)

Our tour guides and staff are selected experts and speak perfect English

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Eco-sustainable tourism, designed to respect and support local culture, art and traditions

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Your LivTours Vespa Tour of Rome is a semi-private tour that begins in the center of Rome where you will strap on your helmet and get a chance to test your Vespa before the tour begins. You and your group will be led across the Eternal City by a local guide, where you will be led to a less-trafficked area of the city, full of history and hills to explore both your driving skills and stunning panoramic views from above.

LivTours has taken the time to study the best route allowing you to discover the most of the Eternal City and its awe-inspiring panoramic views. You are sure to be the envy of your friends as you zip around the city, visiting more places in three hours than you could visit in an entire day on foot.

Feel like a local as you drive past the Colosseum, a route and ride you are sure to remember. LivTours prides itself on having a maximum of six people per tour group. Our semi-private tours allow you to communicate directly with your tour guide throughout the tour.

This tour allows you to truly experience Rome and maximize your time in the city. Your guide will stop from time to time so you can get in plenty of snapshots to remember your day of adventure driving around Rome on a Vespa! If there is time enough left from exploring, you and your group can choose to stop for gelato to make the day even more memorable.

This Tour Includes

• Basilica Saint Mary Major
• Colosseum (from the outside)
• Circus Maximus
• Palatine hill (from the outside)
• Romes secret keyhole
• Aventine hill
• The mouth of truth
• Theatre of Marcellus
• Gianicolo hill
• Piazza navona
• Temple of Hadrian
• Trevi fountain
• Spanish steps
• Piazza del popolo

Know before you go

• The rental company requires a €500 (per Vespa) security deposit to be blocked on the driver’s credit card for insurance purposes. Please bring an active card which will be held throughout the duration of your tour.
• A driving license is required with a minimum of 1 year’s experience.
• Please wear comfortable clothes and prepare to wear a helmet the entire ride.
• You must have experience driving a scooter on busy roads to take this tour.
• In order to book this experience, you must be at least 2 participants.
• Each Vespa has two seats, one for the driver and one for a potential passenger.
• Each adult/student booked will be given a Vespa to drive themselves
• You may not book more “passengers” than drivers
• The guide will drive his/her own Vespa and will not carry any passenger.

Our Sustainable Tourism Promise

LivTours’ group size of max 6 participants is and always has been based on sustainable travel, and we are proud to be at the forefront of change and innovation in the industry.   LivTours is committed to providing travelers with truly sustainable tours with the lowest possible environmental impact, all while supporting the local industries and people of each unique destination. To learn more about how you can actively support sustainable tourism  and how LivTours is contributing, click here .

About our Semi-Private tours

All LivTours Semi-Private Group Tours are limited to 6 guests per tour guide. Our commitment to maintaining our uniquely tiny group sizes can sometimes be a little tricky, mathematically speaking. For example, we want to ensure that traveling families and friends can tour together so on rare occasions we may add one or two guests in order to not split groups. On that same note, you may also find yourself on tour with less than six people! We thank you for your understanding and flexibility .

Additional options

Make your experience even more unique by upgrading your LivTours experience. Please note: add-ons are non refundable.

Super fun time seeing the city

This was the greatest way to see the highlights of Rome! It's exciting to maneuver the streets and alleyways. We went fairly early in the morning on a Saturday so traffic wasn't an issue. Our guide Thomas was a kick and showed us not just the major points of interest but also some places not in the regular tour books. If you like scooters or motorbikes, this is the tour for you!!!

Had an awesome time

Really fun tour!!!!!! Super guide, amazing sites, awesome scooters! We felt sooo Roman!

Just LOVED this experience!

This was the most fun tour!! We absolutely LOVED seeing Rome on a scooter -- no less, the famous Vespa! Such an icon of Italy!! We went on a Saturday norming so there wasn't quite the madhouse traffic that there is on weekdays. Our guide was very attentive of us and made sure we understood the possible pitfalls (gotta be careful on those cobblestones!) so it was enjoyable and fun! We saw all of the main sites and our guide even gave us hints on other places to check out and good restaurants too. We were so happy that we booked this tour and highly recommend it to everyone!

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By selecting Choose Dates Later / Buy as Gift at booking, any tour can be purchased without fixed dates. This is the perfect option if you want to purchase your tour as a gift for a loved one, or if you are in the pre-planning phase of your vacation. After booking, you will receive a Travel Voucher Code and full instructions on how to schedule your tours when ready. Once your travel plans are confirmed, you can easily use the Travel Voucher Code on the LivTours website to formally schedule your tours. You can find out more here .

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Episode #214: rome’s best kept secrets – explore the eternal city with liv tours.

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Ditch the tourist crowds and embark on a journey through the Eternal City with a twist! Rome is a city that you can return to again and again as there’s always something new to discover, with layers of history and stories, but whether it’s your first time or tenth time, there are ways to experience Rome that work to provide you an unforgettable experience and leave a gentle footprint on the city. We’ve teamed up with Liv Tours founder Angelo Carotenuto, to reveal a whole new way to approach visiting Rome. Discover ways to visit the main sights away from the crowds and with a different tilt and about unique itineraries and fascinating combinations that go beyond the well-trodden paths.

We welcome back Angelo Carotenuto, co-founder of Liv Tours , a family-owned Italian tour company with guides who all share an unbridled passion for Italy. Liv Tours offer 350+ tours in over 22 cities in Europe. Their expert guides will help you fall in love with Italian history, culture, and food. It’s no secret, that Liv Tours are one of our favorite tour companies, offering wonderful experiences for private and very small groups across Italy from Rome to Venice, Florence to Milan, and also across Europe.

Liv Tours are based in Rome where Angelo was born and raised. What we love about them is that they’re constantly innovating and finding ways to pay respect to the cities they operate in – especially Rome where things have never been busier. They are such a creative and passionate team full of wonderful ideas and new ways to experience Italy. We talk about embracing the unique ways to experience Rome and exploring the city with a gentle tourism touch. Whether it’s your first time or a return visit, find inspiration on what to explore on your next Roman adventure – from art to archaeology, architecture to religious artifacts, to the joys of being outdoors, as well as sometimes being indoors (enjoying the air-conditioning)!

Liv Tours special new off-the-beaten-path tours include National Etruscan Museum and Villa Giulia – Private Tour , Major Basilicas of Rome – Private Jubilee Tour , Capitoline Museums – Private Tour and Palazzo Massimo & Diocletian’s- Baths – Private Tour .

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About our guest – Angelo Carotenuto

In 2012 a world-renowned Italian-American tour guide and classically trained opera singer meets Swedish logistics expert Kristin in Rome. They fell in love and then created what they love – an eco-tourism company focused on the country where Angelo was born and the same country that brought them together. 

Liv Tours rapidly grew to be a leader in the industry thanks to the high-quality services, unique small group tours of max 6 people and private experiences that allow the traveler to not just visit Italy, but to live it! Sustainability has always been a key factor for Liv Tours and the company is now a member of  GreenStep Sustainable Tourism , a GSTC-accredited certification body. Where large group tours are exploiting the country’s heritage, Liv Tours’s small group tours are exploring it and always give back to the local community. 

For over 10 years travelers have loved the huge selection of tours and experiences, the intimacy of the small groups, and the extraordinary tour guides. And after a lot of requests, Liv Tours has expanded to France, Spain, and England.

You can find Liv Tours on these channels:

• Website:  www.livtours.com
• Instagram:  www.instagram.com/liv.tours
• Facebook:  www.facebook.com/livtours
• Twitter:  www.twitter.com/LivTours  
• YouTube:  www.youtube.com/user/LivItalyTours

Check out their unique and exciting new tours tours: National Etruscan Museum and Villa Giulia – Private Tour , Major Basilicas of Rome – Private Jubilee Tour , Capitoline Museums – Private Tour and and Palazzo Massimo & Diocletian’s- Baths – Private Tour .

What you’ll learn in this episode

• Angelo was born and raised in Rome, though his mother is from California, he was raised bilingual and he has a couple of degrees from a US University. After finishing college he returned to Rome and started tour guiding by chance. After 6 or so years of being a guide, he realized that he was experienced in catering to more or less all types of clients – visitors from cruise ships, big tour operators, small private tours, B.A.P clients and even high school kids who are seeing 12 cities in 8 days. After gaining that experience, he realized how fast the activity side of tour guiding was going and how it also can make or break somebody’s vacation – perhaps more so even than hotels or restaurants. People really count on the guides to give them a great experience
• At Liv Tours they talk about the ‘Dreamers’ – those who explore or wish to explore Italy in all of its many facets – be it food, wine, culture, art, fashion, Ferrari, soccer, mountains, islands – even volcanoes. Italy has a lot to offer
• The original name of the company was Liv Italy, but as it has expanded across many countries, it became Liv Tours
• At livitaly.com, the site was set up to cater for activity seekers, but to begin with, Angelo was treating the business almost like a hobby because he was tour-guiding for other companies during the day to pay the rent. A couple of years later into this project, he met Kristin, who would later become his wife, and together they decided that they were going to risk putting every last penny and all of their efforts into making Liv Italy the success it is today
• Thanks to a mix of Kristin’s input, instinct and networking and some of Angelo’s creativity the company expanded and they found they could provide for the dreamers – not just the boat trips, cooking classes and Ferrari test drives but the major sights like the Colosseum, Vatican, Doges Palace, Academia and Pompeii. Even though these places are tremendously crowded at times and hard to appreciate, they wanted to make a visit to them as close as possible to somebody’s dream so an important part of their business model is that they limited their group sizes to just 6 people
• When you daydream about your first visit to the Sistine Chapel – you’d likely picture yourself standing inside the Chapel surrounded by Michelangelo’s beautiful, fresco ceiling admiring everything around you. That dream probably does not include trying to make out what your tour guide is saying through a dirty headset, with static – or having to chase that tour guide in the back of a 30-people group, to ask a question. You are probably wanting to have a conversation  – to hear the stories, clearly and in detail and to be transported by the guide’s knowledge and passion but also to engage about it with a back and forth of questions
• Angleo and Kristin have found that 6 people have provided the perfect number to enable the tour guides to perform at that level. That group size, along with the variety of services and quality control on these tours (as well as the private tours) – it’s proved a winning formula and is why Liv Tours gets such great reviews, has great customer retention and is an Untold Italy favorite
• They have grown organically
• Katy will certainly vouch for the wonderful, creative, passionate guides on Liv Tours team. She’s done many Liv tours and finds the guides have so much enthusiasm and knowledge and are also noticeably adaptable too. Katy has been on tours in many different contexts. – with her young children, with her father, who has mobility issues and with a younger crowd – it always works well. A personal favorite of Katy’s was Marco on the Borghese Gallery Tour !

Visiting Italy

• There is no getting around it – post covid, travel has changed. The demand, for whatever reason, is extraordinary. Whether it’s because people got a travel itch during lockdowns or they changed their mentality and realized to seize the moment and take the trip they’d always dreamed about – the number of visitors to Italy’s main destinations (which were already huge) increased
• It is pretty much impossible for travel to be done in the traditional way to these places – it’s just not sustainable. Anybody who is really interested in caring for a place and cultural traditions will evangelize the importance of protecting the treasures but also about how much more a destination can offer

Visiting Rome

• Some rather mind-blowing stats – Rome sees 230,000 tourists a day. Rome has 2.3 million inhabitants, but phone records tell us that every day in the city, there are 4.6 million people. The city’s capacity literally doubles
• In the winter, there are a lot of Italian-local travelers but for the rest of the time, on average, half of the 230,000 are foreigners
• The average night stay in the city of these 115,000 foreigners is only 2.4 nights. Angelo likes to say that “Rome wasn’t built in a day and not even in 2.4 days”
• The reason why stays are so short is that the majority of visitors believe they only need to stay 1 or 2 nights because they have frequently been told that you can do Rome in 2.5 days – the Vatican, the Colosseum, have a couple of meals, wander around a bit, have some gelato – bang you’re done! But that doesn’t really scratch the side of Rome and whilst you can never really have  done Rome, adding a couple more days will open up so much to you

Visiting the Vatican and the Colosseum

• Each of these two sites has a capacity of only 20,000-25,000 people a day – so straight away there’s too much demand
• Angelo’s advice for first-time travelers – is if you’ve only booked a couple of days in Rome and wish to have a chance to go see the Vatican or the Colosseum, do consider extending your stay. Statistically speaking, to find an opportunity to go see the Vatican and the Colosseum, you need at least 4 or 5 days of probability
• If you’re a second-time traveler, perhaps consider not visiting the Vatican or the Colosseum at all and experience one of the myriad of other things you can see or if you are really keen to go again – experience it differently/in an alternative way
• You could do an early entrance to the Vatican , or the very special, first entry – with the Keymaster experience of the Vatican. You could do a visit that includes secret rooms. You could do an evening tour. You could not do the Vatican museums and just do St. Peter’s Basilica which generally speaking, is under-visited in comparison to the Vatican museums
• Similarly for the Colosseum. At the Colosseum they have just reopened the beautiful terraces at the very top –  the 4th and 5th tiers (the lodges) where servants, slaves and women would stand to participate to watch the games of the arena at the Colosseum. If the night tours become available again in 2024, they are a great experience. Or visit the archeological park of the Colosseum – spend some time in the Roman Forum, which has 5 Super Sites. Super Sites are places that have recently been restored and reopened to the public –  temples, secret passages, underground areas, or parts of ancient homes
• Katy has been to Rome for about two weeks this year – spread out through different trips. She’s been back to both sites and finds there’s always something new to discover even though she’s been many, many times
• She particularly loves going to the Roman Forum because you are just surrounded by the places where so much history happened. A guide can tell you stories that can bring it to life and get you hooked on the history and stories of the Roman Empire
• With the Vatican museums she sometimes swears she’ll never go back because it is so crowded – but then when you find the right way to do it and you can perhaps go into the Raphael rooms and you have an intimate experience, it’s amazing

Away from the Colosseum and the Vatican

• These sites are must-sees for a reason, but if you have seen them once or a few times, then definitely consider diverting away from these and trying other things. Try and explore a destination like Rome, with everything that it has to offer at 360 degrees, not just focussing on the same sites
• Angelo is obviously speaking as Liv Tours , but there are very many options out there from other providers too. Look at a company’s portfolio and see how much they support different ways of doing things. If a company only concentrates on 2 or 3 sites within a city, it probably means that they found a golden egg and they’re literally putting everything into that, and their tour guides are probably great and knowledgeable at doing that one place
• But once you decide to be a little different, maybe those standard companies can’t fulfill that, and maybe you need someone who can provide the outside of the box options
• The Golf Cart Tour has become a well-known thing in Rome and has been extraordinarily successful for Liv Tours who came up with it. Katy has done the Golf Cart Tour and despite initially thinking it was only suited for people who couldn’t get about – but absolutely loved it and realized it is for everyone and is a great way to get to places you can’t access usually
• It’s a tour that is great for everybody – it can be for people with walking difficulties, youngsters, families, those who just want to relax and have fun or those who are jet-lagged. It allows you to see angles of the city you would not see and cover ground that you would not be able to cover with a mix of off-the-beaten-path sites with on-the-beaten-path sites. You will see the Pyramid of Cestius in Rome and the Pantheon, you will see the Janiculum Hill or perhaps the Keyhole at Aventine Hill and toss a coin in the Trevi Fountain – all in the same tour
• A similar tour that Katy and some of her Untold Italy team have done is the fabulous Vespa Sidecar Tour or if you want to be a bit more active you can do a bike tour . Kristin and Angelo even used to do jogging tours
• You can find a way to taste your way through the local culture of Rome. There are food and wine tours and those that combine trying the local food to give you perspective, with doing it in amazing sites
• The Liv Tours Food Tour  goes from the Jewish Quarter to the Pantheon to Largo di Torre Argentina to Piazza Navona. You’re hitting the sites while enjoying and tasting food!
• The advantage to some other sites/museums in the city as opposed to the Vatican and Colosseum is that they have air conditioning. You get to experience and learn with the added bonus of staying cool. There’s the Modern Art Museum, The Etruscans Museum at Villa Giulia explores the true origins of Rome, pre-Romans. One of the new Liv Tour offerings is a Private Tour of the National Etruscan Museum and Villa Giulia
• If you want to learn more about gods, goddesses, empresses, and generals, you can go to the Capitoline Museum and see amazing works of art on their Capitoline Museums – Private Tour
• The Palazzo Massimo is next to Termini station, right in the center of the city. On the top floor of Palazzo Massimo there is a part reproduction/part imported reconstructed of the home of Livia, wife of Emperor Augustus. You get to be stood in an aristocratic home at the top floor of a museum – you can’t really have that feel/experience at the Roman Forum or Pompeii. Liv Tour’s Palazzo Massimo & Diocletian’s- Baths – Private Tour offer an in-depth dip into these past worlds
• In Angelo’s opinion, the number one museum in Europe is the Borghese Gallery. Katy is a fan herself and thinks if you’re interested in art, go there and not the Vatican museums because you’ll get a much richer experience
• It’s a tiny museum and they only allow you two hours inside – but you don’t really need more. You could not find such a concentrated art collection of Canovas, Berninis, Rafaels, etc elsewhere. It’s right in the middle of the beautiful Borghese Park, which is Rome’s  Central Park. You can combine beauty and arts with nature and outdoor activities. Enjoy what Romans would enjoy on their jogging trip or evening walk. Enjoy this treasure with Liv Tour-s Masterpieces at the Borghese Gallery Tour
• You can do many things for free or cheaply. There are churches in Rome that are free, open museums. Inside San Luigi dei Francesi between Piazza Navona and the Pantheon, there are two Caravaggios. There are churches that have both Berninis and Caravaggios inside. If you want to spend a little money, there are the catacombs , there are the baths – the ancient Roman baths of Caracalla and Diocletian – Liv Tours offers tours of all these unique places
• In 2024 and the upcoming 2025 Jubilee year, Liv Tours are looking to concentrate, not on the Vatican and Colosseum, but in trying to prove that there are a lot more opportunities to see amazing things and unique things around Rome. There’s a lot less crowds if you spread yourself out
• If you are someone who cares about the impact that trip is going to have upon your and your family or friends, whether it’s an educational or relaxing trip or a once-in-a-lifetime because you come so far and you doubt it’s ever going to happen again – then you need to do it the right way
• A good friend of Katy’s was in Rome in September. She’d dreamt of going to Italy her whole life and is obsessed with Julius Caesar. She made up her own little tour to go around some major sites in Rome to see the places that were significant in his life – ended up in Largo di Torre Argentina which has only recently reopened for people can access and is where he died. She was very emotional and Katy was so pleased that she’d set her own path focusing on what she was really interested in
• There’s so much in Rome – it’s almost overwhelming and people tend just to go down the same beaten paths because it’s what they know, but do consider seizing the day and trying something new or different

A unique cocktail of a tour

• Angelo and Liv Tours have used their experience and network to come up with ideas for tours that will incorporate many of the different aspects that make Rome so special. They have a newly created and very unique tour that mixes religious sites with art, the underground world of ancient Rome and views to die for
• There are four major basilicas in Rome: St. Peter’s at the Vatican, St. John the Lateran (old headquarters of the Pope), St. Paul Outside of the Walls (built on top of where St. Paul’s head was decapitated and rolled down) and Santa Maria Maggiore in honor of the Holy Mary – all explored in the Major Basilicas of Rome – Private Jubilee Tour
• Santa Maria Maggiore is on the Esquiline Hill between Termini train station and the Colosseum
• Santa Maria Maggiore, it’s an amazing complex and inside of Santa Maria Maggiore, there is the tomb of Gian Lorenzo Bernini, one of the greatest artists, and contributors to what Rome looks like today
• Under the high altar is a piece of the crib of Jesus Christ kept in an urn
• Beneath the Santa Maria Maggiore,  there is an entire underground area of a Domus – an ancient Roman home that you can walk through and see the rooms. You can see the roof tiles under this basilica and on the top floor, the tour allows you to access this beautiful balcony overlooking the square of Santa Maria Maggiore, with a gorgeous mosaic
• Further, there is a square room with doors to the apartments of the priests and cardinals that live and work there – the grand Papal Room. In this room, there is a beautiful, tiny spiral staircase, which would have led the clergy from the Church to their apartments and all the way up to the bell tower of the church to ring the bell. This spiral staircase was built by Bernini himself so is a complete treasure – a hidden gem that nobody gets to see
• Also in the Papal room is a tiny little door which in March is going to be opening to those accompanied by only partnered guides like Liv Tours and from there you get to a terrace over the main aisle of the church and at the very end of that terrace you access a dome which leads to a very tight, narrow staircase, taking you all the way to the roof of Santa Maria Maggiore – one of the four major basilicas of Rome with a panoramic view and angle to the city like no other. You’re behind the Colosseum, you can see the river, St. Peter’s Basilica, the hills – it’s a very special, unique opportunity
• This is a church that is not visited by the mainstream, with at least 4 or 5 things that anybody in their right mind would want to experience once – religious connections, the staircase and tomb of Bernini, ancient Rome in the underground Domus and to (literally) top it off, rooftop views to die for
• You need someone to take you on this kind of tour – firstly, you’re not going to find out about all the elements in any guide book and even if you did, you would not have the understanding or the access. There’s so much history and so many layers – it just takes the historians, archeologists and professionals at companies like Liv Tours, to pull out those stories and that details and package them in a way that becomes exciting
• You need somebody to give you the context, to entertain you. You need to rely on local resources to access these things and back it up with the knowledge and also know the way to respectively visit these very special places
• Find out more about the Major Basilicas of Rome – Private Jubilee Tour which encompasses all these unique experiences with a talented story-teller guiding your way

An evening in the catacombs

• There are a number of catacombs around Rome and some of the daytime catacomb visits can get pretty crowded. By their nature, they are narrow spaces underground, and all you need to do is have a couple hundred people there trying to enter at once, and it gets messy. It can also be hard to enjoy the catacombs on a tour because due to the narrow hallways, you can end up at the back of a group, unable to hear your guide – with a group behind you
• Liv Tours decided that in order to give people a quieter, more relaxing and intimate experience why not visit these after hours? So they have created an amazing evening tour of the catacombs by entering a unique partnership with the Basilica di Sant’Agnese
• There are a lot of catacombs in Rome: San Callixtus, San Sebastian, Domitilla, Priscilla, etc – the well-known, mainstream catacombs. Very few people know or understand about the catacombs of Sant’Agnes, which are not on the Appian Way as most others are, but on the ancient Roman road – Nomentana
• The reason why they have chosen this very special location for their Small group Catacombs night tour is not only does it have the amazing catacombs, but the Basilica di Sant’Agnese is a huge, monumental complex. The church itself is gorgeous. As you cross the complex, you’re in the middle of a school environment with a playground, a bocce ball, because people live in the area – it has a neighborhood context
• There is the mausoleum of Costanza, the Mother of Emperor Constantine. Her mausoleum is a big, beautiful octagonal room that you visit as part of this tour – they open the door for the group, you go inside and they lock you into this church dedicated to Emperoress Costanza. These experiences you feel in your heart and soul – it’s not just about information and history
• When you head home and look back at the list of things you wanted to do  – you’re going to look at that list as not things just to be ticked off but knowing that an experience has brought a fulfillment and happiness that you should always feel after you travel

Do it properly and do it in the most fulfilling way you can!

• When thinking about what you want from a trip to Rome, you just really have to follow your heart because you can’t do everything, but there’s something for everyone
• You can’t do everything in Rome but do your best to extend a 2-night trip to at the very least 3/4 and try and divert your attention from the usuals
• Wherever you travel – look out for companies with local knowledge that are resourceful and are providing unimaginable, usually unreachable opportunities
• Angelo and Katy both work in travel – and in a world where the impacts of travel are having major effects on the environment eco-friendly – they are both aware that the culture of tourism has to change as it’s not sustainable as it is. But they know if people change their travel course from the ‘norms’ – in terms of where they go and what they do, not only will have a lesser impact, it will be a much more rewarding experience. Angelo’s advice is to ‘Do it properly and do it in the most fulfilling way you can!’
• A great goal as you travel is to want your experiences to give you a different perspective – so when you go back to your life at home it has had an effect on the way you think about things. Open your eyes to these unique experiences that really talk to you and feed your interests and passions

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• At Untold Italy, we love partnering with Liv Tours , because we have similar values and goals. In a country like Italy and a city like Rome, there are endless wonders and it simply can’t be explored in a couple of days. And it’s always best discovered with an expert who’s passionate about the history and culture and knows how to uncover those stories to make their places come alive. Katy has done many tours with Liv Tours and always finds the tour guides exceptional – no matter the make up of the group or the location their storytelling engages all
• You can find all their tours at their website livtours.com . Angelo and Kristin and are very lucky to be surrounded by an extraordinary team of great humans who are passionate, knowledgeable, resourceful. If you don’t find what you’re looking for, aren’t sure what might be of interest to you or have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact them through the website or by emailing [email protected] . Alternatively give them a call, text or What’s App them (details here ) – they are available most hours of the day and night

Liv Tour’s new, off-the-beaten-track experiences

• Their special new and unique tours, now available, are National Etruscan Museum and Villa Giulia – Private Tour , Major Basilicas of Rome – Private Jubilee Tour , Capitoline Museums – Private Tour and Palazzo Massimo & Diocletian’s- Baths – Private Tour
• Vatican Museums – a whole complex of museums attached to the Vatican, including the Sistine Chapel
• Raphael Rooms – the four rooms known as the Stanze of Raphael formed part of the apartment situated on the second floor of the Pontifical Palace worked on by Raphael between 1508 and 1524
• Pyramid of Cestius – a Roman Era Pyramid mausoleum built in the middle of Rome
• The Pantheon – former Roman temple and, since 609 AD, a Catholic church in Rome
• Trevi Fountain – iconic monumental fountain
• Aventine keyhole – unique scene and line of sight through the rooftops of Rome to St Peters
• Janiculum  – ancient site on Janiculum Hill in Trastevere, Rome
• Piazza Navona – beautiful, central piazza in Rome
• Largo di Torre Argentina – the spot in Rome where Julius Caeser was murdered. Now a cat sanctuary
• Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna (National Gallery of Modern Art) – created in 1883, housing contemporary works of art 
• Palazzo Massimo – former palace now containing a museum of classical art
• Capitoline Museum – a single museum containing a group of art and archaeological museums in Piazza del Campidoglio, on top of the Capitoline Hill
• National Etruscan Museum – museum at Villa Giulia all about the Etruscan civilization
• Borghese Gallery – art gallery in Rome, Italy, housed in the former Villa Borghese Pinciana
• Villa Borghese – the largest park in Rome 
• San Luigi dei Francesi – church near Piazza Navona
• Roman Catacombs – around 40 ancient catacombs, underground burial places in and around the city
• Baths of Caracalla – Rome’s second largest Roman public baths first built in early AD 200s and operated until the 530s
• Baths of Diocletian –  public baths in ancient Rome, built between 298 CE and 306 CE and named after emperor Diocletian
• St Peter’s Basilica , St John in Laterano , St Paul Outside the Walls and Santa Maria Maggiore (Mary) –   Rome ‘s four  major papal basilicas
• Esquiline Hill – one of the Seven Hills of Rome
• Catacombs of St Agnes – Catacombs in Rome where the young Roman martyr Agnes was buried in the 3rd/4th century
• St Calixtus , St Sebastian, Domitilla, Priscilla – mainstream catacombs in Rome
• Via Nomentana – ancient road  which leads North-East from Rome to Nomentum (modern Mentana)
• Santa Costanza – a 4th-century church around the reign of Constantine I as a mausoleum
• Etruscan civilization – civilization of Italy, with the earliest evidence of a culture dating from about 900 BC
• Antonio Canova – sculptor, famous for his marble sculptures
• Gian Lorenzo Bernini – architect, city planner and sculptor who helped shape Rome as we know it
• Caravaggio – amazing painter who mostly worked in Rome, who died in 1610
• bocce – a gentle ball sport similar to boules and petanque

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“ I booked three tours with Livitaly for my husband and I for our Roman Holiday and we enjoyed every minute! ” in 15 reviews

“ Rome ( colosseum , Roman forums, palatine hill and Vatican city) and Florence (walking tour with Dome access)! ” in 13 reviews

“ We booked a transfer from FCO to our hotel, a private 3 day tour, and a transfer from Rome to Civitavecchia. ” in 18 reviews

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Bottom line, I highly recommend it if you like informative tours like I do. We are a family of 4 plus my in-laws and I booked 3 different tours: the Colosseum evening tour, food tour and early Vatican entry tour, all excellent! I have visited the Colosseum many years ago in the daytime but the ambiance in the evening with the lights was just magnificent! Deborah was our tour guide. We started at Pizza Venezia and walked a short distance to see the ruins before entering the Colosseum. Debra was very friendly, informative and knowledgable throughout our tour. At first, I felt the price of the tour was a bit high but after finishing the tour, I feel it was a great value because we really got to see more than just the Colosseum itself. It was well worth it! The second day we took a food tour with Jill as our guide. We went to five different restaurants and sampled a variety of local foods. What made this tour special was that we sampled the most well known dish from each of the places and during our walks from one restaurant to the next, Jill gave us the history of the neighbourhood and why some dishes became a delicacy in Rome. The food and experience were all excellent! We had tried some restaurants on our own through yelp and trip adviser but many of the recommended places were very hit and miss, depending on what you order, so the food tour took all the guesswork out! The area where the food tour took place also had many sites to experience afterwards like the Trevi fountain and Spanish steps was just a short walking distance nearby. Our last day we toured the Vatican and was reunited with Deborah as our guide. Everything was better than we had imagined because Deborah was very knowledgeable and it just made our experience so memorable. The Vatican was huge and there's lots of walking, but my youngest 10 year old son just loved it! The 6 of us, from age 10 to 70 had an amazing experience with this tour company and it's hardworking guides! Highly recommend it!

Our family toured the Roman Forum and Colosseum last Friday the 14th and Rebecca was our guide. We were a party of seven and she was top notch and completely knowledgeable with the facts and details concerning the history of the colosseum and surrounding area. We had a wonderful experience on our three hour tour and would definitely book with this company again.

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We were paired with Luciana, who was an absolute joy. We toured the Vatican, which included the various hallways on the way to the Sistene Chapel, then through the Raphael rooms, and on to St Peters Basillica. Luciana was so knowledgeable about every little detail, and gave us the backstories on the paintings and sculptures, plus gave us a long time alone to view the Sistene Chapel. Apparently Michaelangelo was a bit of a diva! Who knew?So far I've been on 5 guided tours in Italy and this was the best by far.

Lori in St Peters

First let me say that this company Liv Tours had the technical right to treat us the way they did. But, that does not make it morally right. Their actions clearly indicate they do not care about the customer. My wife became very ill and we were unable to attend a scheduled tour. I contacted customer support one day before the tour and requested it be rescheduled due to her illness. My request was denied and I was told i had no right to reschedule since i had purchased a non refundable tour which i acknowledge. But, i was not asking for a refund...i was making a reasonable request to reschedule due to the illness. And, providing sufficient advance notice. So buyer beware....yes this company has many good reviews which is why i selected it. But, they have no compassion or common sense...to accomodate an extenuating circumstance. I will not do business with companies like this. And offer my experience for you to consider when selecting a tour company.

If I could give zero stars I would. I chose a tour with them and booked it months ago. Approx. one month from my travel date I received an email from them explaining that they were discontinuing a special element of the tour (this element was what made it unique from others). No offer for a discount, just a list of excuses. Of course being so close to my travel date I had a hard time finding a replacement. Luckily one was found, but at double the price. Terrible customer service and not dependable! Avoid!

Excellent!!! We booked a transfer from FCO to our hotel, a private 3 day tour, and a transfer from Rome to Civitavecchia. We're a couple from Florida, one of us had been to Rome before. Both of us couldn't believe the great experience we had. It's as though we had friends that took days off to walk us around the city. We had three guides over our 3 day tour, and each one was an absolute delight ( I apologize to Francheso, I can't find a photo). I've read many reviews online and I take each with a grain of salt. I will certainly be recommending LivTours to my friends, and I hope I've expressed our honest feelings about how great our experience was. I'll be contacting LivTours for a future tour in different locations in Italy.

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My wife and I did a semi-private tour (party of 6) of the Vatican with AnnaLisa during the morning of 7-23-21. AnnaLisa spent over 4 hours with us, explaining the back stories of the artists, architects, sculptors, and Popes for St. Peter's Basilica, Sistine Chapel, and a number of the Vatican Museums. One needs a full week to go through it all, but we came away with a real appreciation of the history of the Church and the Vatican after our time with AnnaLisa. She knows the shortcuts to minimize waiting time and how adjust the tour when Vatican Officials change the rules or close of a section with no notice. When the tour was done, AnneLisa took the extra time to show us a great restaurant where locals eat. Finally, the owners were great at communicating with us and it is obvious that they have a love for travel, education, and history. LivItaly Tours also arranged a nice coffee and snack break (no cost) half-way through the tour. If there were a 5 Star+ category, AnnaLisa and LivItaly Tours definitely earned it!

The 6 of us on Tour

This review is for their early entrance Vatican tour. We also did a private Venice tour which was amazing. Unfortunately, the Rome experience was totally different. The experience on these tours are completely dependent on who you get for a guide. This morning we were assigned Annalisa. Our group included my wife, her mother (79) and myself. All of us are very mobile however my mother in law uses a walker which doubles as a wheelchair for longer distance. We discussed and disclosed to Angelo as he advised would be fine as long as she was good with stairs. Issue came as Annalisa was slyly but purposely trying to discourage and leave us stranded. If watching the setup unfold wasn't so obvious (my wife understands and speaks Italian) it would have been concerning. As we took a different path and Annalisa set up a meeting spot for us and purposely avoided/snuck by us 3 minutes later we had to laugh. The crescendo of the disastrous experience was being left stranded inside the Sistine Chapel and being told we wouldn't be allowed to accompany her to the Basilica but was more than welcome to walk back outside the walls and wait in 3 hour line with the general public. We group separated from there but thankfully a guide from a competing company (The Tour Guy) saw the events unfold and was able to guide me. Please be aware if you are older and use a walker or walking sticks Livitaly may not be the best choice......from reading reviews we weren't Livitaly's only victims. Would help if they just disclosed upfront that they don't cater to older or slower persons as we saw plenty of older persons with competing tour groups. As far as the Venice tour earlier in week, 5 stars all the way!!!

My wife and I did Colosseum + Forum semi private tour (less than 6 people, we had 4 total people). Rafaella was our tour guide who was great. We did the underground tour as well which had amazing sites and we learned a lot. Great experience! Highly recommend it.

We booked the Early Entrance Small Group Vatican and St Peter's tour with LivItaly for 12/21/17. From the time we were greeted outside a cafe across the street from the Vatican entrance until our guide Luca left us on the steps of St. Peter's Basilica, we felt like valued members of the family. We very much appreciated Luca's time, knowledge and good humor. Luca was BY FAR the best tour guide we had during our 19 days away from home. It would be impossible to see the whole Vatican in a day, but Luca was able to share the highlights with us. We covered a lot of territory in a short amount of time, but at no time did we feel rushed or feel that Luca would be burdened to answer our questions. He has an incredible amount of knowledge about both buildings and also provided handouts for us prepared by LivItaly to enhance our time in the Sistine Chapel. We would not hesitate to book another tour with LivItaly Tours!

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DP World Tour chief executive Guy Kinnings insists Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton will not be exploiting a “loophole” to remain eligible for the Ryder Cup.

Rory McIlroy’s immediate reaction to Rahm joining LIV Golf in December was to call for the rules to be rewritten to ensure the two-time major champion could represent Europe at Bethpage in 2025.

McIlroy later admitted the rules did not need to be changed as Rahm and Hatton were eligible as long as they maintained their DP World Tour memberships by playing four regular events per season.

The pair will also earn points towards qualification through major championships, but face fines and suspensions for playing in LIV tournaments without the required “conflicting event” releases.

However, it was not widely understood that suspensions are automatically applied to the next DP World Tour event for which the player is eligible and for which entries are still open, even if they had no intention of playing that event.

“It’s not a loophole because that’s the rules we’ve always had and those are the rules we are going to continue to apply,” Kinnings said.

“All suspensions will count and you have to serve them. And the guys who’ve analysed this in detail have said if they do it the right way, there is no reason why they can’t play in the Ryder Cup.

“We’re not going to change anything on that basis. Rules are rules and they apply for every member. We’re not in a position to be changing rules that we’ve had to go to court to defend.”

In April 2023, an arbitration panel ruled that the Tour had the right to sanction players for “serious breaches” of its code of behaviour, a case sparked by 12 players appealing against fines of £100,000 and suspension from the Scottish Open for playing LIV’s inaugural event in June 2022.

Sergio Garcia, Ian Poulter and Lee Westwood resigned their memberships in the wake of the arbitration panel’s decision, while Henrik Stenson was sacked as Ryder Cup captain after joining the Saudi-funded breakaway.

Asked if such players were aware of how the tournament suspensions worked, Kinnings added: “I have no idea what they thought.

“To be perfectly honest, this isn’t new news because, as you know, I had an extremely thorough Ryder Cup captain and a brilliant assistant.

“For the last Ryder Cup they were analysing every player who was eligible and that was players on whatever Tour they were on.

“And had certain players played well enough, like Brooks [Koepka] did, then they could have been in the Ryder Cup team. As it is, they didn’t.”

Koepka, who finished second in the 2023 Masters and won the US PGA Championship the following month, slipped out of the automatic qualifying places in the final event but was given a wild card by United States captain Zach Johnson.

It is understood that the DP World Tour’s members handbook does not go into specifics of suspensions as they are assessed on a case by case basis, but that sanction letters sent to players do make it clear from which tournaments they will be suspended.

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LIVTOURS (Rome) - All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go

Liv Tours Review 2024

By: Author Ashley Brown

Posted on Published: January 24, 2024

Liv Tours (or LivTours) is a company headquartered in Rome , Italy, that provides small group tours and private tours throughout Europe . A family-owned company, LivTours is known for exceptional customer service and top-notch experiences.

With a rating of 4.8 on Google, LivTours reviews are almost entirely positive. Read on to learn all about this company in our comprehensive Liv Tours review.

Liv Tours Review: What It Is

As we mentioned above, LivTours is an Italian-based tour provider that specializes in very small group (max of 6 people) and private tours. Who owns LivTours? LivTours is owned by a former Italian tour guide and his Swedish wife, who met in Rome. Originally named LivItaly Tours, the company was renamed when they expanded their offerings to other European countries.

LivTours prides themselves on their high quality, fun, service-oriented, sustainable approach to tours. They have a guaranteed refund policy and are recommended by top travel media like Fodor’s, Conde Nast Traveler, and National Geographic.

Liv Tours Review: What They Offer

LivTours offers a huge variety of experiences in Rome (including the Vatican), Florence and Tuscany , the Amalfi Coast including Pompeii and Capri, Venice , Milan, Ferrari test drives in Maranello, Sicily , Bologna, Verona, Modena, Cinque Terre, Paris , Barcelona , Andalusia, London , and Austria.

They have more than 350 tours available all over Europe (Italy, France , Spain , England, and Austria), and each is either private or semi-private. The semi-private tours are all very small groups with a maximum of six people, and private tours are customizable.

Tours include a variety of top tourist sites as well as activities like wine tastings, boat cruises, and bike rides. They also have shore excursions available for travelers on cruise ships . In addition to providing expert professional guides, LivTours offers exclusive access and “skip the line” tickets for the best possible experience. They’re also committed to responsible tourism practices.

You can choose tours by destination and by type of category, including food and drinks, museums, archaeology, walking, sports/action/adventure, full day tours, day trips, off the beaten path, outdoor activities, family, women’s history, VIP, and honeymoon and romance.

Some of the most popular LivTours for honeymoons and romantic trips are the Amalfi Coast Private Boat Tour, the St. Mark’s Basilica at Night tour, the Golf Cart & Drinks Evening Tour of Rome, the semi-private Borough Market Tour and Brunch Experience in London, the Private Evening SoHo London Food Tour, the Sunset Barcelona Bike Tour, the Semi-Private Tapas & Flamenco Tour of Barcelona, the Semi-Private Food Tour in Florence, the Private Florence Tour & Drawing Class, the Private Montmartre Tour and Ile de la Cite Tour in Paris, the Private Evening Gondola Ride and City Stroll in Venice, the Private Cooking Class in Rome, the Private Chianti Wine Tasting and Tuscany Experience, the VIP Lake Como Tour from Milan, and the Private Full Day Ferrari & Food Experience.

Over 60 choices for Liv Tours Rome include the very popular golf cart tour of the city; tours of all the top neighborhoods and attractions like the Colosseum, Forum, Catacombs, and Trastevere; museum and gallery tours; food tours and cooking classes; night tours; walking, Vespa, and e-bike tours; private tours of Ostia Antica, Orvieto, Castel Sant’Angelo; private day trips to Tivoli, Assisi, and more; and a private helicopter tour of the city.

Liv Tours Paris options include more than 30 choices such as exclusive access to the top tier of the Eiffel Tower; Louvre tours; tours of top neighborhoods like Montmartre and Ile de la Cite; walking tours and bike tours; food tours; museum tours; family experiences; a private Eiffel Tower tour with a cruise on the Seine; Paris in a Day; private tours of Versailles Palace and Gardens by golf cart; a private full day excursion to the Champagne region; and a private tour of Versailles plus Monet’s gardens at Giverny.

There are about 25 Liv tours in Venice including city highlights, St. Mark’s Basilica at night, a private rowing experience in a Venetian lagoon, food and wine tours, walking tours, private tours of the Doge’s Palace with exclusive access to secret rooms, private evening gondola rides and city strolls, family experiences, private Murano glass blowing tours with water taxi, private ghost tours, private tours of the islands around Venice, and a private day trip to go hiking in the Dolomites.

Liv tours in Florence include 30 choices such as a gelato-making class; museum tours including the Uffizi Gallery (with first access); food tours; walking tours; artisan tours; evening tours; full day tours of the city; a Rome to Florence tour by train a private city tour and drawing class; a private Palazzo Pitti tour with access to the Boboli Gardens; family experiences; private day trips to Lucca, Pisa, Siena, and San Gimignano; and private day trips into Tuscany with wine tasting and horseback riding.

There are more than 20 Livtours London options, including a gin tasting experience, a private chauffeured visit to the Harry Potter Studio, a full day tour of the city’s highlights, a private visit to Windsor Castle, a private full day excursion to Bath and Stonehenge, private museum tours, food tours, walking tours, family experiences, and more.

Semi-private tours have a minimum of two people and a maximum of six. If you have a larger group, you can book a private tour for up to 15 people. While semi-private tours don’t include pick-ups, you can add a pick-up from your hotel to any private tour for a small fee.

Liv Tours Review: Ratings

LivTours has a rating on Google of 4.8 and a rating 0f 5 on TripAdvisor. Most Livtours reviews are extremely positive, praising the high quality of the experiences and the knowledgeable, friendly, and professional guides. Many people did multiple tours during one trip and were happy with all of them.

Livtours Rome reviews especially rave about the Liv Tours Rome by golf cart excursion and the Liv tours Colosseum tour. Livtours London reviews repeatedly compliment the Highlights of London Full Day Guided Tour, saying how well-organized it is and how well-informed, personable, and accommodating the guides are.

Liv Tours Review: How to Book

You can easily browse the various Liv Tours available in the destination you’re going to on their website, livtours.com, or in the LivTours app. Real-time availability is shown up to three hours before departure so you can book last-minute tours.

After booking, you’ll receive a confirmation email and voucher which you don’t need to print out. Those will include all the necessary information such as when and where to meet, what to wear, etc. When you arrive, your guide will just need your name and LVO number.

You can cancel for free up to 24 hours in advance.

If you don’t know your exact travel dates yet, you can prepurchase tours by using the “choose dates later” option when booking. LivTours also offers Gift Experience Vouchers (which make excellent wedding presents—put them on your honeymoon registry !).

Liv Tours Review: Cost

The prices of tours vary depending on the location and duration, as well as whether they are private or semi-private. Currently prices range from under 100 euros per person to multiple thousands of euros, but most tours are between 100 and 1500 euros.

For example, the semi-private Colosseum Tour with Underground and Roman Forum starts at 159 euros ,the semi-private LivTours Golf Cart Rome Tour starts at 258 euros, the private Chianti Tasting and Half-Day Florence Experience starts at 869 euros, and the private Exclusive VIP Capri Private Boat Tour starts at 1129 euros.

Prices are all-inclusive. Children under 3 are free. You can get a Liv Tours promo code for 5% off your first tour if you sign up for their email newsletter.

Now that you’ve read our Liv Tours review, what do you think? Would you book a tour with them? Have you used LivTours before? Let us know in the comments!

Ashley has always loved to explore new places and indulges her passion for travel whenever she can. She has been to 12 countries and 32 states so far.

Ashley has worked as a freelance writer for more than 20 years, specializing in the areas of travel, marketing, personal development, and the pursuit of happiness.

Favorite destinations include Sorrento and Capri, Italy; Haarlem, Netherlands; Paris; Sydney and K’gari, Australia; Rotorua and Waiheke Island, New Zealand; the American West; Palm Beach; the Florida Keys; and her hometown of New Orleans. Ashley has a goal of visiting every state plus many more international destinations.