Private Tours

Special Access Areas

Places most visitors never see — special permissions unlock corners of Rome closed to the general public.

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Walking up Monte Testaccio during a tour, the path is made entirely of pot sherds

Special Access Area: Monte Testaccio — Imperial Rome’s Broken Pottery Mountain

In Imperial Rome, you could do a lot with an amphora, like using it repeatedly to store and transport dry…

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the entrance to the Tomb of the Scipios

Special Access Area: The Sepulcher of the Scipios

Our visit takes us to the Aurelian Walls, where a small park nestles between the Via Appia and the Via…

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a view into the Columbarium of Pomponius Hylas

Underground Rome: The Columbarium of Pomponius Hylas

On the Via Latina, near the Sepulcher of the Scipios, is the Columbarium of Pomponius Hylas. Columbarium comes from the…

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Underground Rome: The Fountain of Via Annibaldi

"How can a city be built in layers?" you ask. It is common in Rome! Imagine hundreds, if not thousands,…

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