Our Tour: Our tour begins in one of Rome’s most attractive residential area’s known as Trastevere (“Across the Tiber”). Its still visible Medieval towers are curiously integrated into later and earlier constructions.

This upscale neighborhood boasts several famous churches from the Middle Ages, such as San Bartolomeo all’Isola, Basilica di Santa Cecilia and Rome’s crown jewel of sacred Medieval architecture, Basilica di Santa Maria in Trastevere, with its golden mosaics and stunning iconic art.

Our tour goes into the heart of Trastevere, to Piazza Santa Maria Trastevere. This square still acts as a major hub for young people to meet and socialize at its sun-bathed cafés. Here, too, artists exhibit their colorful works in front of the square’s decorative fountain as florists haggle roses and bright colored daisies to young couples.

Further down the river…
Further south down the Tiber banks we will arrive at the Roman Temples of the Vestal Virgins and Fortune. Just across from this monuments is the 6th century church of Sta. Maria in Cosmedin, where tourists stop to place their hands in the Bocca della Verita (“Mouth of Truth”), a long time tradition for visitors coming to Rome.

Our riverside tour will not be complete without a stop by Castel Sant’Angelo, a refuge to Rome’s popes in times of war, as well as Hadrian’s Mausoleum , Ponte Sant’Angelo (lined with marble angels chiseled by the great sculptor, Bernini) and the Augustus’ Ara Pacis, the altar of peace constructed by Rome’s first emperor.