Golf Cart Small-Group Guided Tour: Rome City Highlights

About this experience

With our small group electric golf cart tour, in only 2.5 hours, you’ll see the Colosseum, Trevi Fountain, Spanish Steps, Piazza Navona, and other highlights of Rome! It’s fun, convenient, comfortable, and engaging. Gelato stop and water included.

Itinerary

English information from the provider

1. Stop 1

   Duration: 5 min

   Meet your guide and hop on an electric golf cart at our central Rome Office.

2. Stop 2

   Duration: 5 min

   Brief stop at the Pantheon, the best preserved ancient Roman building in the world. It still stands after 1900 years!

3. Stop 3

   Drive through the historic city center and see Piazza Colonna with the magnificent Column of Marcus Aurelius, one of only 2 preserved triumphal columns in the city and is 1800 years old!

4. Stop 4

   Duration: 10 min

   Stop at the Trevi Fountain and throw in a coin... or three! Possibly the most famous fountain in the world, after it appeared in Roman Holiday, the Trevi Fountain is designed by architect Nicolo Salvi its name derives from its predecessor Aqua Virgo, which was constructed by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa in 19 BC.

5. Stop 5

   Duration: 10 min

   Admire the famed Spanish Steps and Piazza di Spagna. The 138 steps were originally built to link the Spanish embassy to the Holy See at the base, to the church of Trinità dei Monti at the top.

6. Stop 6

   Duration: 5 min

   Reach Piazza del Popolo the northern gateway of the city. This was the starting point of the Via Flaminia, the road to Ariminum (modern-day Rimini) and the most important route to the north.

7. Stop 7

   Drive past the Mausoleum of Augustus. The Mausoleum of Augustus (Italian: Mausoleo di Augusto) is a large tomb built by the Roman Emperor Augustus in 28 BC on the Campus Martius in Rome, Italy.

8. Stop 8

   Duration: 5 min

   Take in the magnificent Piazza Navona. Piazza Navona is built on the site of the Stadium of Domitian, built in the 1st century AD, and follows the form of the open space of the stadium. The ancient Romans went there to watch the agones ("games"), and hence it was known as "Circus Agonalis" ("competition arena"). It is believed that over time the name changed to in avone to navone and eventually to navona.

9. Stop 9

   Drive through Rome's historic center cobblestone streets. The We will drive along via Giulia, a street of historical and architectural importance in Rome, which is about 1 kilometer long and connects the Regola and Ponte Rioni

10. Stop 10

    Duration: 5 min

    See the ancient Roman temples of Largo di Torre Argentina. Between 1926 and 1929, the demolition of an old neighborhood within Via del Teatro Argentina, Via Florida, Via San Nicola de 'Cesarini, and Corso Vittorio Emanuele II for the construction of new buildings, unexpectedly brought to light one of the most important archaeological sites of the city: a large paved square with the remains of four temples from the Republican era.

11. Stop 11

    Duration: 5 min

    Brief Stop in front of the Campidoglio grand staircase. The first square to be built following Michelangelo’s criteria of a uniform design, in modern Rome, stands on Capitoline Hill (Capitolium), where a very ancient village was located and where numerous temples were dedicated to Roman gods.

12. Stop 12

    Duration: 5 min

    Take in Piazza Venezia with the impressive monument to Victor Emmanuel II, known as the Altar of the Fatherland. The square takes its name from Palazzo Venezia, the 15th-century Palace built by Cardinal Pietro Barbo, then donated in 1560 by Pius IV to the Republic of Venice to make it the seat of the embassy.

13. Stop 13

    Drive through the charming Monti Neighborhood. Rione Monti, Rome’s first ward (rione). The neighborhood for the cool and young, the old and vintage. For those who want a serving of cobblestone, antiques and artisans, with a side order of beauty, great food and some of the bars in Rome.

What's included

English information from the provider

• Electric Golf Cart (7 seats per cart)
• Bottled water
• 1 gelato per person
• Fun English speaking local driver

What's not included

English information from the provider

• Gratuities (tip for your driver guide)
• Hotel pick-up and drop-off
• Additional food and drink

Additional information

English information from the provider

• Wheelchair accessible
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• Please note that there are 7 seats per vehicle and tours are run with up to a maximum of 2 vehicles and 14 participants. Vehicles will travel together (like connected train carriages) on tour and guests all listen to the same tour guide through the use of earpieces. In some occasions guests who book together may be asked to separate between the two vehicles.
• Please also note that it is very easy to get lost in Rome and it can be at times difficult to find a free taxi, especially if you are 5 or more people and need 2 taxis. As this is a group tour, we cannot delay the tour for late participants. Please give yourself plenty of time and arrive early to our office, the tour meeting point. If you know you will be late, please call us so we may find a suitable solution.
• The tour information will be given in English.
• Note on Infants: unfortunately, due to safety regulations, we are unable to accept infants under 2 years of age. Children from 2 to 12 years old are welcome and Biga tours can provide car seats or boosters for free. Please notify us of each child’s age so that we can provide the appropriate seat size.

Cancellation policy

English information from the provider

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.