Rome in a Day: Colosseum - Pantheon - Trevi Fountain - Spanish Steps**Skip-the-Line**

This tour is perfect for visitors who only have a short time in Rome and see the very best of city past and present! Visit the Colosseum, Rome's most famous site where gladiators once battled lions in a fight for their lives, subject always to the whims of emperors and the turn of a thumb. Then set off on a journey through the winding streets and picturesque piazzas of the city, exploring Rome as it is today - a city where iPhones bleep inside ancient ruins and where modern life plays out on a stage set centuries ago. See all the highlights of Rome's historic center on this "Rome in One Day" tour, that shows you the Ancient City's most famous sights along with some lesser known gems - a true taste of Rome. Our tour starts with a bang at the Colosseum. We'll skip the long lines to get inside this magnificent structure where your English-speaking guide will tell you the stories and point out the details that bring this important slice of history to life. Then it's on to the Palatine and the Roman Forum for a walk through other periods of Ancient Roman history. See the spot where Remus and Romulus, the legendary founders of Rome were raised by their wolf mother. March down the same paved road once graced by victorious Roman armies and explore the easily discernible remains of the banks, temples and homes of Ancient Rome. We'll take a well-deserved break next for lunch in the historical center of the city. Your guide will recommend a spot or you can follow your nose to one of the countless trattorias and pizzerias around the area. Soak up the atmosphere before the next leg of our tour, a journey through the best of modern Rome. We'll wander the picturesque streets and piazzas of the city, seeing the most famous sights, from the Spanish Steps to the Trevi Fountain, the Pantheon and splendid Piazza Navona with its incredible Bernini fountain. Again your guide will bring old sights (from Ancient Roman times through to the Renaissance) to life with the stories and myths that make Rome quite unlike any other city in the world. Want to know why Raphael died so young? Or why there is one spot by the Trevi Fountain from where your view is completely obscured? Listen to your guide as they lead you on a trek that takes in the length and breadth of Rome's historical center. Join this "Rome in One Day" tour for a true taste of Rome that will leave you hungry for more. Sites visited may include, but are not limited to a Skip-the-Line entrance and visit inside the Colosseum, the Roman Forum and Via Sacra, Palatine Hill, Piazza del Popolo, Santa Maria del Popolo Church, the Spanish Steps, Trevi Fountain, Piazza Colonna, Palazzo Montecitorio, the Pantheon, Palazzo Madama (Senate of the Italian Republic), Piazza Navona and Campo de Fiori.

Ongoing restoration of the buildings surrounding the Spanish Steps will affect viewing and photo opportunities at this attraction for a period of time. Ending point morning tour: inside the Roman Forum, at the end of the "Via Sacra" near the Senate House at 1:00pm. Ending point afternoon tour: Piazza Navona at 6:30pm.