Tour of Imperial Rome with private guide
A tour exploring Trajan's Market and the Museum of the Imperial Forum will show you the beauty of the Rome of emperors with a stroll along the Via dei Fori Imperiali past the Colosseum.
Tour of Imperial Rome with private guide
A tour exploring Trajan's Market, Rome's ancient shopping center, and the Museum of the Imperial Forum. The importance of Trajan's Market is linked to the multiple purposes which it was built: more than just a market, it was also a bureaucratic, administrative, and economic center.
The Museum of the Imperial Forum, located inside this complex, holds original architectural fragments of some of the major buildings of Ancient Rome as well as reproductions of the entire Imperial Forum in its age of glory. This full immerses you in Roman life at the time of the great emperors. You will stroll through Rome's most fascinating ruins, passing the Colosseum and the Roman Forum, up close and personal the power and wealth of Imperial Rome.
Details of the Imperial Rome tour with a private guide
Duration: 3 hours
Available times: From 9:30 am to 4:30 pm every 30 minutes. From November to March, due to lighting issues, the last available time is 3:30 pm.
Price includes: Guide service, special skip-the-line admission. Headsets are provided for groups over 10 people.
Tour of Imperial Rome with private guide
The private guided tour starts at Trajan's Market, the great shopping center built by Emperor Trajan. His goal was to change the face of Rome. The famous architect Apollodorus of Damascus was put in charge of the immense project It will be an unparalleled thrill to walk down the same corridors and cross the same passageways taken centuries ago by emperors, citizens, and illustrious Romans. Though most of the external decorations are no longer visible today, we can see remains of the major buildings inside the Museum of the Imperial Forum. The museum will be the second part of the tour.
The guide will explain the importance of the fragments found in the Forum of Caesar and the Forum of Augustus and will explain how Rome has always been an exemplary city of innovation! Rome has a great many monuments that attest to its greatness as a Capital, such as the Colosseum, which you will get to admire from the outside, the largest amphitheater left (almost) intact to the present day. The Imperial Forum is another major example of the wealth of Imperial Rome. Construction started under Domitian and was completed under Trajan. The Imperial Forum square was used for military camps, for managing trade funds, and it was the place of "manumission," the public act of a master freeing a slave.
This dip into Imperial Rome will give you a glimpse of its fascinating monuments and exciting history.
Our guides
All Italy Travels guides are licensed by the Province of Rome, have extensive experience, and work at the highest levels of professionalism, skill, and excellence. Our staff is always committed to providing top-notch service to our clients. We provide the best guides working in Rome, most of whom are art historians and teachers in the humanities. Private tours with admission to Roman museums always include booked tickets to avoid waiting in ticket lines.
NOTES: Disabled visitors: Tour inside the Trajan Market is not recommended for those with limited mobility. For disabled visitors, please make a note on the booking form so the tour route can be modified with a different option.
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