SHORE EXCURSIONS
The best days ashore.
The 15 most popular rome tours for cruise passengers. The trips worth your hours ashore, what each one runs, who operates it and how to be back before all-aboard.
Private Rome shore excursion from Civitavecchia with port pickup, air-conditioned transport, and a customizable highlights day plus lunch.
Most Popular“Marco was an excellent tour guide. We really enjoyed our tour. Marco was a great driver. He personalized our tour and new shortcuts to avoid waiting in traffic.”
7-hour Rome highlights tour from Civitavecchia with pickup, an expert English guide, Vatican photos, Colosseum views, Pantheon, Trevi, and more.
“Our tour guide Elizabeth was wonderful made sure everybody was together stayed with us, answered questions was fun and I would definitely recommend the tour, especially small group PS our bus driver was great too, but I can’t remember his name”
Deluxe Rome shore excursion with port pickup, an English guide, and timed stops at St. Peter’s, Colosseum, Pantheon, Trevi, and Navona.
“If you value your life do not book this tour. Also the guide does not speak English, and you are squished into a small van with 8 other large people. He didn’t tell us we were at the Vatican so we missed it. Almost crashed several time due to aggressive driving. Hit the side wall…”
Private 9-hour Rome and Vatican shore excursion from Civitavecchia with skip-the-line entry, expert driving, and major sights packed in.
“Ricardo was fantastic. he provided a lot of good information on what we were seeing, and his instructions on meeting times/places were very clear. It was a long day, but I left feeling like I had seen and felt the essence of Rome.”
Private Mercedes shore excursion from Civitavecchia to Rome with port pickup, big sights like Pantheon and Trevi, and a 9-hour Rome route.
“Our tour guide Emi, was on time and gave us a very memorable tour of Rome. He showed us many little gems in Rome. Arranged lunch at a little family restaurant, that was amazing.. Was open to our request. The tour exceeded all our expectations”
A 6–7 hour Rome shore excursion from Civitavecchia with Colosseum views, Trevi and Navona, plus Vatican Square—built to beat cruise timing.
“Better taxi hire... it's a total steal. Makes me completely doubtful of viator. One thinking it saves compared to the tours offered by cruise ships but it was an absolute mistakeAuto-translated”
Private Rome pre-cruise tour with hotel pickup and Civitavecchia drop-off. See Trevi, Pantheon and more in about 3 hours.
“A great experience seeing Rome. Our driver/guide was amazing! We told him the places we had already visited so he rearranged the tour to visit sites we wouldn’t otherwise have seen. I would highly recommend this tour for a quick tour of Rome on your way to Covitavecchia!”
Cruise-friendly one-day Rome highlights from Civitavecchia with pickup, an English guide, and fast stops at the Vatican, Colosseum, Trevi, and Pantheon.
“Our guide was not very good. We passed many major landmarks and she did not point them out to us. The Forum was one example. An important landmark and part of the itinerary but overlooked by our guide. Very disappointing”
Private port-to-Rome day with van pickup, major sights from Pantheon to Vatican, lunch included, and skip-the-line options in select private packages.
“Great experience! We had a wonderful time and wouldn’t hesitate to do it again! Tour guide had great knowledge and understanding of Rome.”
Civitavecchia Rome and Vatican shore excursion with private van pickup, Roman highlights, and optional skip-the-line Colosseum and Vatican entry.
“Weeere picked up promptly at the dock. Our drivers and tour guides were great and managed us as a group well. My wife and I walk slower than the others and she a knowledged that fact without issue. We saw places in Tome and learned so much on our tour. It was worth ever penny.…”
Deluxe Rome shore excursion from Civitavecchia with pier or terminal pickup, an English guide, Vatican and classics stops, and free time.
“Fantastic tour with Eliza as our guide. Our driver picked us up right from the ship and we were promptly on our way. We never felt rushed and our guide was so knowledgeable and fun. They picked a great place for us to eat and got us back to our ship with time to spare.…”
An 8-hour Rome highlights shore excursion from Civitavecchia with guided Vatican sights, Castel Sant’Angelo, and the Colosseum.
“On your web site you stated it was an escorted tour. All it was was transportation to Rome by bus and then they put you on a on off bus. Very disappointing/. I would like my money back”
Private Rome shore excursion with gangway pickup, skip-crowd stops (Trevi, Forum, Pantheon), flexible route, return before buses.
“We had 8 in our tour party all family members so we filled out the mini-van and essentially got a private tour. Our tour guide was waiting for us patiently at the dock as we exited the cruise ship. Since it was a holiday, travel time to Rome was faster than expected due to lighter…”
Private Rome highlights from Civitavecchia with van pickup, lunch, and optional guided Vatican/Colosseum skip-the-line access.
“This tour could not have been any better! Cloudia was knowledgeable, patient, efficient, and nice. She was basically the perfect tour guide and we had a marvelous time. Paulo was an excellent driver, courteous, great to be with all day.(I’m sorry if I’ve spelled your names incorrectly) Excellent tour!”
Cruise-port Rome day tour with port pickup, A-list stops from the Pantheon to the Vatican, plus lunch and transport by private van.
“WORTH EVERY DOLLAR!!! We literally saw everything in Rome in one day. My family of 6 (4 Adults, 2 Kids) was greeted at the literal doors of the cruise terminal by a private driver in a very nice, clean Mercedes van filled with cold bottles of water. Since we were picked up at thRead more”
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