Custom Rome Italy Vatican City Tours

Meet your English speaking licensed driver in front of your cruise ship at Civitavecchia Rome port of call. Your private tours begins with a scenic driven in the comfort of a private fully licensed insured a/c deluxe Mercedes Benz vehicle through the enchanting Lazio countryside to the historic hill top town of Tivoli to meet one of our licensed professional tour guides who leads you to the Roman Hadrian Villa and the Renaissance Villa d’Este, both listed by UNESCO as World Heritage Sites.
This private guided tour offers Italy art lovers the opportunity to compare the best architectural heritage of Egypt, Greece and Rome as designed by Emperor Hadrian at Villa Adriana three times bigger than all the Vatican itself, with the Italian renaissance architecture, made of impressive gardens and endless fountains, found at Villa d’Este designed in 1550 for Cardinal Ippolito II d'Este.
The natural beauty, architectural creativity, history and art of UNESCO World Heritage site of Villa Adriana come together in such a way that make this spectacular villa like no other in Italy, or, for that fact, Europe. While UNESCO World Heritage site of Villa D'Este is a Renaissance gem that hosts one of the most spectacular gardens in all of Italy where water is the major theme and like many other forms of art, are designed in a way to encourage exploration, stimulate imagination, and elicit suprise. The spectacular gardens have over 500 fountains spurting water out of everything from flowers to gargoyles. Film goers will recognize many of the garden's features in the opening scenes of Three Coins in the Fountain.
At the end of your day your personal driver transfers you back to Civitavecchia Rome port of call in time to board your cruise ship.
Please Note: Hadrian's Villa is open daily while Villa d'Este is closed on Mondays.

* Private guided chauffeured Rome shore trip
* Multilingual licensed professional tour guide
* English speaking licensed driver
* Deluxe Mercedes Benz vehicle at disposal for the whole lenght of the shore trip
* Cruise ship pick up & drop off
* Tivoli Villa Adriana tour
* Tivoli Villa d'Este tour
* Suitable for Children & Seniors
* Length of the Shore Excursion: 10 hours (traffic pending)