About Us
Antiqua Tours offers guided private and group walking tours and wine tours in Rome as well as customized eno-gastronomic tours of the surrounding countryside and Italy. We have a passion for Rome’s history, art, wine and food and weaving all four together with the objective of trying to make the complex 2,700 year history of the Eternal City become easier to navigate. We have developed our tours for both the first time visitor and those that would like to have a deeper understanding of the complexities of this city. We at Antiqua Tours understand that the rich cultural history of Rome can be monumental and overwhelming at times so, we would like to take out the frustration of gauging the sheer complexity of the city and lead you through the most engaging city in the world. We are a diverse group of people with backgrounds ranging from art history professors, archeologists and historians to wine and food experts and a certified Sommelier. We bring out the best of what Rome has to offer by only using guides with a background that suits each tour. We want you to love Rome as much as we do.
Rome in a Glass
Enjoy the tastes of Rome in this 3-hour wine tasting: Taste 5 Italian wines and sample local foods that compliment them. Our trained sommelier will lead you through the complexities of wine making, tasting and Italian wine culture; You will experience the real Rome by tasting its wine and food. In this evening wine tour, we invite you to indulge and experience real Rome in a relaxed setting away from the hustle and ..Read More
Trastevere and Jewish Ghetto
This tour will take you through two of the oldest and authentic neighborhoods in Rome: Trastevere and the Jewish Ghetto. From Campo de Fiore we will trace the roots of the Empire, Christianity in Rome, the fall of Rome, and the reurbanization of Rome since the Renaissance. Once in ..Read More
Romantic Rome: Fountains and Piazzas
This tour lets you discover, through a pleasant walk, the most elegant squares of Rome. Rome is the most elegant city for a stroll in the evening. In fact, the evening walk is a Roman pastime know as the evening passegiata. The tour begins in Campo de ‘Fiori, which now...Read More
Vatican Museums and St. Peter’s Basilica tour
The Vatican City is the smallest state in the world, while having its own postal service, newspaper, radio and its own army, consisting of the famous Swiss Guards.Despite its small size, it is the greatest concentration of art treasures in the world! The guide will explain the history and evolution of the architectural sites, explaining how poor the tomb of a humble fisherman -Peter-has become the global center of Christianity..Read More
Ancient City and Colosseum Tour
We begin our three hour tour on the Palatine Hill to discover the roots of Rome. We start with its foundation in the 8Th century BC and finish with its demise in the 5Th century CE. Rome was founded as a small pastoral settlement on the Palatine Hill by the legendary King Romulus, near the Tiber river. The Palatine Hill offers the best setting to begin our historically rich tour. It was the ideal spot for future Romans. Its vicinity. .Read More
Galleria Borghese
Join our resident art history professor as she guides you through this stupendous collection and palace that was once the property of the princely Borghese family and now belongs tothe state of Italy. It is one of the richest single owner art collections in the world. It is the foremost collection of Baroque art in Rome. A must visit site, this property is part of the Villa Borghese, a park that is six miles around and that was created for the pleasure of ..Read More
Ostia Antica:Daily Life in Ancient Rome
The Tour to Ostia Antica will take you back in time to a typical day in the life of a Roman citizen; on the original streets, places of entertainment, veliving premises in a virtually intact city of the Roman Empire.While Pompei offers a snapshot of a Roman countryside retreat for upperclass citizens, Ostia Antica represents the..Read More
