Welcome to Rome! Trastevere Evening Stroll + Dinner

For those coming into Rome for a pre-trip extension, you’ll head for your hotel after arrival at Rome Fiumicino Airport. You can reach Rome’s city centre via Leonard express train from Fiumicino Airport, cab OR book a private transfer for approx. 85€ per car with a 2-person maximum per car.

For those coming into Rome from Bari, Italy via train for a post-trip extension, you’ll head for your hotel after your arrival at Rome Termini (the main train station).Upon arrival at Rome Termini take a cab or use public transportation to reach your hotel.

You can make your own train travel arrangements from Bari to Rome OR we can book your train trip for you and send you your ticket for approx. €100.

Check in and take some time to relax and refresh. 

In the late afternoon, meet our local guide for a stroll through the charming neighborhood of Trastevere, one of Rome’s most authentic and vibrant areas. As a backdrop to our walk, Trastevere will surprise you, especially because our tour does not only visit the famous squares and streets known and visited by most, but we travel the intricate alleyways and hidden corners known primarily to locals.

Your guide will introduce you to the secrets of the Eternal City and will provide useful tips on what to do and see in your free time, how best to navigate the city and where you can find the best Pasta Carbonara in town. 

Our tour ends with dinner at a local osteria where you’ll savor true local Roman after which you’ll return to your hotel for the evening.

INCLUDED: Accommodation, Trastevere Guided Tour, Dinner

Jewish Ghetto & Testaccio Street Art and Food Market

After breakfast, prepare yourself to discover a more intimate side of Rome, far from the touristic sites. Probably the most satisfying part of this tour is the peace and quiet you’ll experience and the knowledge that you’re seeing a different side to Rome than your average visitor will.

As the oldest Jewish community in all of Europe, this beautiful, thriving neighborhood is as central to the history of the city as it is to the Jewish faith. We'll walk through the Ghetto on foot and learn about its fascinating history. 

Home to some of the city’s best eateries, there’s no better place to see Rome in all its authenticity than Testaccio. You’ll walk the streets of this charming Roman neighborhood with surprises around every corner.

Street art is plentiful in this post-industrial neighborhood and exudes the passion of artists including Blu, Axel Void, Sten&Lex, Roa, Iacurci, and Tellas and others who have made “Street Art” a respected movement in Berlin, London, Paris, New York, and of course, in Rome.

Then stop by the Testaccio market and street food shops where you can try traditional Roman specialties. Furnished with recommendations from your local guide, the hardest thing you may have to do today is decide where to eat, drink and shop next along these storied streets. 

Your afternoon and evening are at leisure

INCLUDED: Accommodation, Breakfast, Jewish Ghetto & Testaccio Guided Tours

Old Frascati Tour

Pick up from your hotel in Rome and transfer to Rome Termini station where we’ll catch a local train to Frascati - a marvelous town known near Rome, known for its villas, castles, white wines and spectacular views of the Eternal City.

Upon arrival in Frascati, your driver will pick you up at the Train Station and bring you to a special place for a special wine tasting.

You’ll be welcomed into the 16th century farmhouse which is now home to the local winemaker in an area surrounded by his vineyards. Here you'll explore an “wine cave” dating back to Ancient Rome & sample three boutique wines accompanied by delicious freshly baked specialties. There will be time to sit and relax while sipping your wine in a beautiful setting with amazing views of Rome in the distance. 

Food Tour in Frascati City Centre

Next, you'll visit Frascati’s town centre where you you will meet local artisans and shop owners are eager to share their stories.

Learn about the history of Frascati while tasting local products like slow-roasted pork and Frascati jug wine. Meet the bakers, the butchers, and the farmers selling vegetables from their fields. Their stalls are full of items such as fresh fruit, vegetables, cheeses, cured meats, balsamic vinegar, sun dried tomatoes, olives and many other Italian food specialties. 

Lunch at a Typical “Fraschetta” Osteria

Enter a ‘Fraschetta’ - a local tavern where the convivial experience is everything! Prepare yourself for a feast of local specialities like sheep ricotta, baked beans with guanciale, salumi, seasonal vegetables followed by homemade pasta with seasonal sauces. The meal is complemented with house wine from the Castelli Romani (Roman castles) 

After lunch, we’ll return to Rome where the rest of the day is your to enjoy.

INCLUDED: Accommodation, breakfast, private transfer from the hotel to Termini train station and back, return regional train tickets to Frascati, Frascati Food & Wine tour including local transportation, lunch

Porta Portese Flea Market, Transfer to Rome Airport

Following breakfast, complete the check out process. For early birds, may we suggest you leave your luggage at the hotel and check out the famous Porta Portese Flea Market, an easy five minute walk from the hotel. At 11.30. meet our driver in front of the hotel for a private transfer by minivan to Rome Fiumicino Airport where you will meet the driver taking you to Abruzzo. 

INCLUDED: Accommodation, Breakfast, Transfer to Fiumicino Airport by Private Minivan for those booked on Abruzzo tours and to Rome Termini train station for those booked on the Venice, Verona and Lake Garda tour