Trastevere & Ghetto Tour
Tour Overview
Traversing centuries of art, history and culture, this cocktail type of tour, mixed with tangy flavours, winds through characteristic streets, enters churches that are not only significant but diverse, even rare, concluding with a climb to a blasting summit.
We start in the central market of Rome, Campo di Fiori - the field of flowers - and progress to where Julius Caesar was assassinated, then, towards the Ghetto we see the most charming fountain in Rome.
The tour starts early 8:00/15 and lasts for about 4 to 4.5 hours definitively ending by 12:30pm.
Includes the Jewish Ghetto, Tiber Island, Trastevere, and Gianicolo Hill. One can also do an in-depth tour of the Jewish Ghetto alone.
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The Roman Ghetto (a very safe place) is immensely important as it preserves, in its confined quarters, an unknown and fascinating window into Rome's history, the flip side: revealing rigorous challenges endured by Jews in bygone days and displaying its uniquely Roman character, with some Kosher delicacies.
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Tiber Island endows Rome with a rarely found landscape that simultaneously literally reflects its legendary history.
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Trastevere is a medieval neighborhood - the only surviving one in Rome. Crossing the river onto the other bank opens a different side of Rome, in fact a character known for its pride, piety and customary yet innovative peasantry. Apart from the charm of cobbled streets and medieval palazzos featured are some of its immemorial highlights: The Basilica of St. Cecilia, built upon the house where the saint lived and died; the confining cell of St. Benedict where he was inspired to start a religious order; S. Maria in Trastevere, the oldest church in Rome, parading extraordinary mosaics, frescoes, tombs and chapels, a visual passing of Roman art and architecture over time.
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Gianicolo Hill is a picturesque peak with a panoramic view of Rome. With style and stature the hill celebrates with an impressive layout Italy's modern victories, remembered with a surprise at noon.
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Stories, untold in books or audio guides, are related with warmth and humor not found in cold tapes and stiff leaves. A worry-free guided tour through the Museum will make your experience memorable, meaningful and marvelous.