• Private Tour
• Family Friendly
• Carbon Neutral

Rome is a history lover’s paradise. Impressive ruins and historical landmarks are around every turn. But did you know that there is an ancient city buried underneath the streets? Escape the crowds and take a trip underground. You’ll discover a whole new side to the eternal city.

Destination

Rome, Italy

Category

Off The Beaten Track

Duration

2 hours

Transport mode

Walking tour

Available languages

English, Italiano

Included

• Private guide

Excluded

• Personal expenses
• Tickets

What you can expect

This is the plan

Check out the plan below to see what you'll get up to with your local host. Feel free to personalize this offer with Cecilia.

1. Meeting point

   Meet at Piazza Navona - Rome to start your journey

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2. Itinerary

   This is what our experience could look like, but it’s not set in stone! Once you book, you can chat directly with your host to make small tweaks to suit your preferences.

3. Stadium of Domitian

   Explore the ruins of Rome’s first masonry stadium

4. Secret City

   Discover hidden passageways & learn about the city’s history

5. City of Water

   One of the underground city’s most interesting spots

6. Ancient Ruins

   Uncover the underground city’s ancient buildings

7. Trevi Fountain

   Rome’s most famous fountain is not to be missed!

8. Local Recommendations

   Hear my local insights and suggestions for more must-see spots in Rome

9. Make it yours

   Want to tweak the itinerary? Book directly & chat afterwards with your host to adjust highlights, skip stops, or make small changes to fit your preferences.

   Book risk-free: Cancel within 24 hours for a full refund.

   Need something special? Personalize your experience for more time, alternative locations or a completely tailored plan.

I can personalize this tour for you

• Tell me your preferred date and group size
• Tell me your preferences and wishes so I can customize the tour for you
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Flexible cancellation policy

• Feel confident booking

  Cancel within 24 hours for a full refund. Even up to 7 days before your experience, you’ll receive a refund, minus the service fee.

• Change of plans?

  Reschedule your experience to a date and time that works best for you.

• Loved by travelers worldwide

  Simple and flexible – your plans, your way.

Reviews from guests

Bill🇨🇦 Canada

16 April 2024

Cecilia is obviously very knowledgeable and passionate about historic Rome. She was very accommodating with my wife who had been having health issues our first few days in Rome. In fact, it was the first time she had been out of the hotel in two days. Cecilia Mede sure to keep the place slow. Definitely would recommend Celcilia to others.

Nicole🇦🇺 Australia

13 February 2024

We really enjoying seeing some sights of Rome that we never knew existed. Cecilia was amazing - thank you Cecilia.Great experience off the beaten track

Gary🇺🇸 United States

12 October 2022

Cecilia is terrific. You'll enjoy your time with her!Very friendly and knowledgeable

Ioana 🇷🇴 Romania

25 April 2022

We booked this tour because we wanted to learn more about the ancient unseen Rome. It was very interesting… things you find our only from local guides, with lots of experience. All in all we enjoyed the tour and recommend it (also our 13 old years kid enjoyed the tour)! Lovelly time!

Daryl🇸🇬 Singapore

25 December 2021

The two visits to the underground museums were interesting and definitely off the beaten track, as we were the only ones visiting and had the whole place to ourselves. Cecilia made a conscious effort to engage the kids asking them questions and sharing information on gelato! Off the beaten track Underground Tour

Marla and Jim 🇺🇸 United States

8 December 2021

Cecilia showed us a look at ancient Rome unlike any other that we have seen. We were able to see early Christian Rome, archeological excavation and ancient art In one site of an active Roman church. Highly recommend a visit with her.

Julie🇺🇸 United States

12 August 2021

This was such a unique tour and our guide Cecilia was absolutely wonderful. She spent several hours with us and she is perfectly charming and so knowledgeable. Cecilia has a passion about Rome that shines through during the entire tour. My husband and I absolutely recommend this tour of the hidden parts of the city and can’t say enough about how wonderful Cecilia is!!Fabulous!

Siegfried-A.🇨🇭 Switzerland

13 September 2020

Cecilia was wonderful. She is very knowledgeable and she took us to places that gave us a different perspective about Rome, showing us the layers of multiple civilizations. A good activity to take refuge from the sun on a hot day.visiting less popular paths

James🇺🇸 United States

20 February 2025

Very knowledgeable and extremely passionate about art. Great session!!Excellent!

Bob

12 February 2025

Cecilia was very knowledgeable and very pleasant. She really tried to help us conceptualize what we were looking at.VERY THOROUGH TOUR

David🇬🇧 United Kingdom

26 January 2025

Cecilia was a wonderful tour guide with expert art history knowledge who brought everything to life for us. We were able to beat the crowds and see all the artwork and sculptures and more in this very enjoyable and informative tour. Cecilia was amazing and we highly recommend her tour. Fantastic Vatican and Sistene Chapel Tour

Tiel

15 January 2025

We had the most amazing tour with Cecilia in and around the colosseum. The experience would not have been the same without Cecilia‘s wealth of knowledge. The tour was not rushed which is incredible given the amount we managed to pack into the time we had. Thanks so much CeciliaThank you so much Cecilia!

Joshua

9 January 2025

Very much enjoyed our tour of the coliseum and the forum. Cecilia is a wonderful guide with a lot of history and details about the monuments. Highly recommend. A great day

Nicky

26 December 2024

We toured the Colosseum and Roman Forum with Cecilia. She was excellent from booking and communication on tickets and meeting ahead of the tour. I had my 13 year old son with me for the tour and she was perfect at pitching everything - content and pace to both of us. He loved it and she was excellent. Our favourite experience in Rome. Cecilia waa excellent

Bill 🇺🇸 United States

1 December 2024

My family and I recently visited Rome and had the pleasure of doing a tour of the Borghese museum. Even prior to our visit Cecilia kept in contact with usto make sure we be sure we the appropriate tickets. Her knowledge of the museum And its priceless works was extraordinarily helpful. Going to the museum without her would have been confusing and we would’ve not learned nearly as much. I highlyrecommend Cecilia as a tour guide for this museum and likely other? Thank you for a memorable and informative visit.Great experience, great museum & guide

Michiel

25 November 2024

Cecilia is an outstanding guide, she made the tour for me (Colosseum and Forum) and my son (10) an unforgettable experience!Fantastic experience!

Sadie🇺🇸 United States

22 November 2024

Cecilia is great! She communicated with us leading up to our trip to ensure a smooth tour of the Colosseum, helping to make sure we bought the right tickets. She was always quick to respond to any message. The tour itself was fantastic. Cecilia is very friendly and knowledgeable, and she really brought things to life. She was so engaging with our children and struck a perfect balance of entertaining and informing them, while keeping the tour interesting for us adult, too. We really couldn’t have asked for a better guide than Cecilia!Fantastic tour with Cecilia!

Robert🇨🇦 Canada

17 October 2024

Cecilias knowledge and care for our needs was excellent and most appreciated. Terrific

Kim🇺🇸 United States

1 May 2024

We toured the Colosseum and Forum tour with Cecilia as our guide. She is very knowledgeable and it was a pleasure to tour the sights with her. We especially enjoyed the Forum where there are so many layers of history. Both sites were very crowded, so we appreciated the private tour. Excellent Tour

James🇺🇸 United States

31 March 2024

We learned so much about the Colosseum from Cecelia. I felt like I was there in ancient times watching gladiators. Unexpectedly we learned more of the surrounding areas from Forum ruins to churches. I highly recommend Cecelia.Cecelia Knows the Colosseum

Lisa🇺🇸 United States

27 March 2024

Cecilia was an excellent knowledgeable guide. We would definitely arrange another tour with her when in Rome! Excellent!

Hiram🇺🇸 United States

9 March 2024

We had a great time with Cecilia. She brought Castel Sant Angelo to life for us. Very knowledgeable and took her time to explain a lot of stories about its history. Great tour!

todd🇺🇸 United States

20 February 2024

You are in Rome so that in and of itself is lovely - taking a private tour of the colosseum and forum makes it so much better. Our guide was amazing and by the time we were done was one of the family. Watching the big groups get herded around like cattle made all of us so happy we had an our guide created a custom experience for us. Would highly recommend!!So glad we did it

Ian🇬🇧 United Kingdom

8 February 2024

Clearly one visit to the Vatican, never mind Rome, will ever be enough to understand its history (we've been many times now) but spending time with highly knowledgable people makes the experience SO much more valuable. Cecilia clearly knows her stuff and was great company. I didn't want it to end!So much to learn!

Leann🇬🇧 United Kingdom

10 January 2024

We visited the Vatican Museums and St Peters Basilica with Cecilia in December. Old buildings and iconic art is fascinating to my husband and me, but no so much to our 3 children (age 12, 11, and 8). Cecilia tried to make things interesting for the kids as well, which is not an easy feat. She was knowledgeable and friendly, and adjusted the tour based on our needs. I would highly recommend this experience to anyone!Great tour with the family

Tyler🇺🇸 United States

21 September 2023

We hired Cecilia for two tours while we were in Rome. One for the Colosseum and one for Vatican City. Cecilia was a great communicator, both prior to the tours and during. After booking, she reached out immediately to plan our tours and she was always quick to respond to any of our questions. Both tours were amazing. Cecilia provided insightful information and perspective. Her english was fantastic and she is incredibly knowledgeable about Roman history. We moved at a perfect pace, making sure to see everything we wanted, while not causing any delays. She even made sure to find stationary electric fans for us to stand by during her explanations as it was unusually hot for September. I would 100% recommend her to anyone who wants a private local and accommodating tour of Rome! Bravo!Amazing Day in Rome

Mike🇺🇸 United States

22 June 2023

Cecilia did an excellent job of presenting the Vatican, Sistine chapel and St Peters to our family. She managed to make it interesting to the children as well as the adults. Thank you Cecilia.Wonderful Experience

Rick🇺🇸 United States

7 May 2023

Cecilia is a wonderful guide, who works with you to make sure your tour is formulated with you in mind. I will always book Cecilia whenever I am in Rome!!!I will book with Cecilia again

Rick🇺🇸 United States

6 May 2023

Thoroughly enjoyed our tour, would definitely use Cecilia on any future tours!Cecilia is wonderful

Rick🇺🇸 United States

5 May 2023

Loved Cecilia’s personality as well as her knowledge of Rome and it’s architecture and antiquities!!!Cecilia is awesome!!

Mark🇺🇸 United States

21 April 2023

Cecilia gave a group of six friends a great tour. Very easy to plan our tour and responsive to our requests. Very detailed explanations of what we were observing and reconstructions of what it looked like. A couple of us had nagging injuries and Cecilia accommodated our pace and still packed a lot into our tour. Colosseum and Forum Ramble

Mark🇺🇸 United States

18 April 2023

Cecilia gave us an awesome tour of the Vatican. Great explanations and answered all of our questions. She made it a very enjoyable and insightful tour. I would like to give her more than ten stars. Exceptional Vatican tour

Lessa🇺🇸 United States

27 February 2023

We had a lovely experience touring the Colosseum, Palatine Hill and Roman Forum with Cecilia! She is very knowledgeable and friendly. She was able to answer all our questions, was careful to help us avoid the crowds from the big tours for our private experience. The price was very reasonable as well, compared with what other private tour companies were charging.Wonderful morning with Cecilia

Brandi🇺🇸 United States

12 January 2023

A few days before our tour, Cecilia messaged me to let me know that she had tested positive for COVID so she arranged for our family to have a different guide. Before this, however, Cecilia helped us to get reserved tickets for the day we wanted the tour. This was no simple task because they were sold out at one time and we weren't sure we'd be able to have the tour. Cecilia watched for when new tickets were released and quickly sent a message to jump online asap to purchase the tickets. We were sorry that Cecilia was not able to guide us, but we wre very grateful that she arranged a different guide for us rather than cancel. Our new guide was fantastic! Excellent experience!

Scott🇺🇸 United States

23 December 2022

Cecilia Was a great host for our Vatican visit. Her depth of knowledge and her relatable explanations were perfect for our family of four. Cecilia shared insights about places to visit in Rome, including a top notch dinner spot, de Enzo. Art with an Art Historian

Lee🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates

27 November 2022

Cecilia was a delightful guide. She was knowledgeable and attentive to the needs of our group. As a little older bunch, we needed a little flexibility. She looked after us! Cecilia is very informed as to the history of Rome. She was able to explain the locations from a historical and modern perspective. We enjoyed her very much!Awesome Tour of the Colosseum

David🇦🇺 Australia

19 October 2022

We thoroughly enjoyed our tour of the Colosseum with Cecilia. So many hidden gems of information, I would definitely recommend doing this tour. Perfect amount of time spent. Excellent tour, lovely guide

Gregory🇺🇸 United States

13 October 2022

Thanks, Cecilia, for a marvelous tour of the Colosseum and surrounding area! Our group had a fantastic time with many amazing historical facts and efficient guiding to some of the most fascinating areas we've seen on this trip! This three-hour tour with her was our final of 3 on this trip, and the most fun. Highly recommend Cecilia and we would love to work with her again on future trips, and will certainly recommend to friends/colleagues coming to Rome! Amazing Tour

Jared🇺🇸 United States

3 July 2022

Cecilia was awesome! We (family of 4) spent the morning with Cecilia touring the colosseum and surrounding area in the scorching heat! She was very knowledgeable and had great personality, which made this one of the highlights of our trip! I would highly recommend Cecilia…Colosseum, Palatine Hill & Roman Forum

Unknown🇺🇸 United States

3 July 2022

Cecilia was a great tour guide. Knowledgeable, kind, always made sure we were comfortable and had water and shade. Great tour - I’d recommend her highly!!Cecilia was amazing!

Lidia🇨🇦 Canada

27 June 2022

Cecilia was very patient, informative and enthusiastic. She was able to secure tickets for us and we enjoyed seeing the museum pieces as well as the Sistine chapel. We were then able to enter the Vatican church with no line! Definitely a must while in Rome! Great experience

burnsteam🇬🇧 United Kingdom

20 June 2022

We are a family of five, all adults and we went with Cecilia for tour of the Vatican Museum ending up in the Sistine Chapel! Her knowledge is very impressive and as we go through the tour Cecilia answers questions or stops to point something out. We had a fantastic time with Cecelia, she was a great guide and a very nice person to spend time with.Cecilia the fantastic Guide!

Unknown

18 June 2022

Cecilia was a very pleasant knowledgeable guide. I enjoyed the tour and Cecilia explained everything so interestingly. Thank you xEileen

Bernadett 🇺🇸 United States

14 June 2022

Cecilia is a wonderful guide, very nice and helpful. We did a Colosseum tour with our two boys, ages 7 and 12. Cecilia engaged with them immediately and answered any questions they had (and they had many). She also kept it interesting for the adults. We got so much more out of the tour than if we had done a large group tour or a self-guided tour. We recommend her wholeheartedly.

Marcy🇺🇸 United States

12 June 2022

Very good guide. A great way to see the Colleseum and Roman Forum. She gave us a great restaurant recommendation for after our tour.Lots of History Knowledge

Susan🇺🇸 United States

9 June 2022

We really enjoyed our Express Tour of the Vatican with Cecilia! It was so nice to have her handle all the details—she purchased the tickets beforehand and guided us past the lines. It would have taken us forever to figure out where we were going. Once inside the museum, she was a wealth of information, very knowledgeable about the Vatican itself and all the pieces of art and architecture. She explained Michelangelo’s masterpieces in the Sistine Chapel before we entered and it was fun to be able to pick out the things she had pointed out to us. She gave us an overview of what to see and look for in St. Peter’s Basilica, which we toured on our own after our time with Cecilia was up. We only had a short time in Rome, so this tour was perfect! I would definitely recommend choosing Cecilia as your guide!Excellent Express Tour

Shalom🇺🇸 United States

6 June 2022

Cecilia was great. She was extremely nice and soft spoken. She had vast knowledge of both the art and history of the Sistine Chapel. Cecilia helped us understand the socio-politica situation of the time and shared some of the “back stories” of Michelangelo’s amazing creations. I would definitely recommend, specially for history/art lovers. Hoping to catch up with her again soon !!Great Tour!!!

Brenda 🇺🇸 United States

31 May 2022

Our experience with Cecilia was wonderful! Cecilia was extremely knowledgeable about the history, art and cartography displayed in the Sistine Chapel. I would recommend her to anyone who wants to know details and the story beyond Michelangelo’s frescoes. I will definitely come back and book with her again!

Pat🇺🇸 United States

27 May 2022

Our tour with Cecilia was better than we expected. She is knowledgeable, kind and a pleasure to be with. She imparted the information as a friend would speaking with you, not at you. We would definitely have Cecilia as a tour guide again and highly recommend her.

tess🇺🇸 United States

22 May 2022

We loved Cecilia! She is so knowledgeable of the history and culture of the time of Colleseum, Capitoline Hill, Forum. Loved her book showing what was back in the time centuries ago compared to what is now. Just fabulous time for myself, niece and nephew! Highly recommend! Mille grazie! TMFantastic tour Colleseum and Forum!!!