Ancient Rome Half Day Extended tour led by an archaeologist

We had a wonderful tour of the Vatican with Francesca. She provided a wealth of knowledge about the history and all the various sights within the walls of the Vatican City. There is so much to see in the Vatican, it can be overwhelming to visit and know how and where to focus your limited time. Francesca is excellent in taking you through this majestic place and showing you the exceptional highlights, while also listening to your interests and pointing out things that are important to each individual tour guest. We also appreciated the convenience of this tour in obtaining specific admission advance tickets to ensure we were not in long queues for extended time. We highly recommend this tour and greatly appreciate Francesca as a knowledgeable and friendly guide who made this experience one we will never forget. Thank you, Francesca!

If you want a guide with deep, personal knowledge of both Roman history and the science of the archeology being done to study it, Francesca is it! She laid out 1000 years of history in a comprehensible way, and brought pictures and illustrations to help us envision what the Coliseum, Roman Forum, etc would have looked like for the people actually living and working there. She patiently and thoroughly answered all of our million questions. Great guide for families and hard core Roman Empire nerds alike. Worth every penny. Thank you!

Francesca Maria was a wonderful guide! My family was only in Rome for one day and she went out of her way to provide a tour schedule that let us see all the things we wanted to see. She is knowledgeable and friendly. Her communication prior to the tour was responsive and helpful. We loved our day with her! Highly recommend!

Francesca was a wonderful guide. She was knowledgeable, flexible with the plan and fun to spend the day with. When the family changed their minds and wanted to add seeing the Colosseum, she was able to get tickets quickly and add it on to our tour at the last minute. She was great! I highly recommend her as a guide and her tours.

Our tour of the Colosseum and surrounding areas with Francesca was excellent. Our group included our mother who is vision impaired, and Francesca paced the tour to our needs. She was enthusiastic, engaging and very knowledgeable. She was able to guide us around the long lines and knew the best locations to see things away from the crowds. We highly recommend Francesca if you plan to take the Colosseum tour.

Francesca did a great job of delivering on everything we asked to see & adapted to the physical challenges one of our friends had with stairs. She'd give us the choice & told us the with or stairs. We really appreciated it! It was a lot of walking & we were tired from our travels plus had to catch another tour so had to slightly shorten our tour. We could not have asked for anything more from us. She shared her perspective as a former archaeologist which was very interesting. Highly recommend!!