- This walk is an in-depth examination of the Galleria Borghese taken in the company of an art historian who can unfold for you the layers of meaningsocial, political, and artisticof one of the... >>
- 2.5 hours
List of Walks: Architecture
Baroque Rome: The Age of Bernini
PRICE: 60 per person or 300 per group
From the mid-17th century, the blossoming of Baroque art and architecture in Rome transformed the nature of the city. Used as a tool of the Counter-Reformation, the style often emphasizes the... more >>Architecture of Rome
PRICE: 55 per person or 270 per group
Roman architecture is a constantly evolving and dynamic aspect of city life, with an illustrious past and exciting future. Edifices dating back millennium can flank those just erected months ago and... more >>Architectural Drawing Workshop
PRICE: 40 per person or 195 per group
Context:Rome's Architectural Drawing Workshop is a hands-on tutorial in the basic method of architectural sketching. It is led by one of the professional architects in our network and uses Rome's... more >>Architecture of Fascism (EUR)
PRICE: 55 per person or 270 per group
In 1936, at the height of his power, the Italian dictator Mussolini began planning an international fair that would showcase the accomplishments of Fascism in Italy to the world. War intervened in... more >>Villa Lante Daytrip
PRICE: 460 per person or from 1010 per group
In the 16th century, the area around the small bishopric of Viterbo, 45 minutes north of Rome, became the summer destination for a series of Popes. As a result, the small medieval hamlets in the... more >>Tivoli
PRICE: 205 per person or 902 per group
Since thermal waters were discovered in the hills east of Rome in the late republican period, Tivoli has been the retreat of the city's rich and famous. Set upon a mountain promontory overlooking... more >>Drawing Rome: Castel Sant' Angelo
PRICE: 80 per person or from 345 per group
Drawing Rome: Castel Sant' Angelo, is a hands-on tutorial on how to engage and hone your powers of observation and expression. Under the auspices of one of our professional artists, we will begin... more >>Imperial Rome: Architecture and History of the Archaeological Center
PRICE: from 55 per person or 270 per group
Context:Rome's Imperial Rome Architecture is a three hour walk in the archaeological core of the city. Your walk will focus on the history and development of Rome during the Imperial period. We will... more >>Renaissance Art and Architecture
PRICE: 55 per person or 270 per group
This walk explores Rome the heart of Rome during the heart of the Renaissance: The east bank of the Tiber River, near the Campo di Fiori, which became a beehive of life and activity in the Middle... more >>Power and Propaganda in Roman Art and Architecture
PRICE: 55 per person or 270 per group
We commence this walk atop the Capitoline Hill, the religious apex of ancient Rome, just steps from the temple of Jupiter--symbol of the empire. With the Roman Forum behind us, we begin with what... more >>Classical Rome
PRICE: 65 per person or 330 per group
During the reign of Augustus the city of Rome began a period of significant expansion, moving beyond the confines of the Forum into the Campo Marzo, or what is today the center of Rome. This walk... more >>Roma Antica
PRICE: 75 + tix pp or 385 per group + tix
Context:Rome's popular Roma Antica itinerary begins on the Palatine Hill, where, according to legend, Romulus founded the city in 753 B.C. (on April 21, to be exact). After covering the founding... more >>Ostia Antica
PRICE: 75 per person or 400 per group
After the fall of Rome, Ostia Antica, the city's port on the Mediterranean, was buried by centuries of river mud. As a result, like Pompeii much farther south, it is today one of the best examples of... more >>Fall and Rise of Rome
PRICE: 55 per person or 270 per group
Our three-hour "Fall and Rise of Rome" walk is a thematic exploration of the changes that gripped Rome during the late antique period, when it "fell" from the cultural heights of Empire, to its... more >>St. Peter's Symposium
PRICE: 55 per person or 270 per group
This three-hour itinerary, led by either a theologian, art historian, or architect, is designed to give you an in-depth knowledge of Saint Peter's Basilica, principle Church of the popes. As we walk... more >>Vatican Collections
PRICE: 60 per person or 290 per group
Our Vatican Collections itinerary was spun out of our enormously popular Arte Vaticana itinerary. It is a shorter version of that walk that focuses solely on the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel,... more >>Etruscan Excursion
PRICE: 250 per person or from 1,013 per group
Before Rome there was Etruria, a civilization that dominated central Italy during the 6th and 7th centuries BC. Although vanquished by Rome in later centuries, several important Etruscan (from which... more >>Gardens of Rome
PRICE: 60 per person or 300 per group
This itinerary, led by either an architect, garden historian, or art historian, covers the Villa Medici and Villa Borghese, including the recently restored secret gardens that flank the Galleria... more >>Arte Vaticana (with reservation)
PRICE: Small Group: 70 pp+ tix/Private: 350 + tix
"We were all so enormously impressed with your Vatican tour on the 19th. I simply can't imagine a guide more able, more informative, or more personable than [your docent]. I've visited the Vatican... more >>Jewish Ghetto & Trastevere
PRICE: 55 per person or 270 per group
This walk looks at two neighborhoods of Rome which have traditionally been the realm of cultures outside of the power-wielding majority: the Jewish ghetto and Trastevere. Our itinerary covers the... more >>Medieval Basilicas of Rome
PRICE: 55 per person or 270 per group
Crowned by the regal basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, the Esquiline Hill (yes, one of the seven) is home to several important early Christian churches in Rome. The artwork contained within often... more >>Categories
Galleria Borghese
Wines of Italy, an Introduction
- Our Wine Walk is led by a trained sommelier who, in the course of visiting 2 different, very characteristic wine bars, or enoteche, in the center of Rome, will explain the history of Italian... >>
- 3 hours