Independent Rome Day Trip from Florence by High-Speed Train
Florence, Italy
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Trip Type: Day Trips
Duration: 11 hours
See Rome on this full-day tour from Florence, which includes a pass for the hop-on, hop-off bus tour. This is an easy way to see the Eternal City, taking away any stress of booking train tickets and bus passes. After the high-speed train ride from Florence, get on the hop-on, hop-off bus and explore famed sites like the Colosseum, the Circus Maximus, the Vatican, Capitoline Hill, and the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore. At the end of the day, return to Florence by high-speed train.
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See Rome on this full-day tour from Florence, which includes a pass for the hop-on, hop-off bus tour. This is an easy way to see the Eternal City, taking away any stress of booking train tickets and bus passes. After the high-speed train ride from Florence, get on the hop-on, hop-off bus and explore famed sites like the Colosseum, the Circus Maximus, the Vatican, Capitoline Hill, and the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore. At the end of the day, return to Florence by high-speed train.
Rome wasn’t built in a day, but you can see a lot of this ancient city in one day. Don’t believe it? Try it. This full-day from Florence is a highlight reel of world-changing historical events, sites and monuments.
Meet the tour agent at the Florence train station to pick up your train tickets and your bus tour passes and then get escorted to the train. After the high-speed train ride to Rome, board the hop-on hop-off tour bus. Spend the whole day on the tour, getting off where you please and choosing when to break for lunch (own expense).
Some of the sites you’ll have the option to further explore via the hop-on, hop-off bus include:
• The Colosseum, where gladiators famously fought against each and against exotic beasts, much to the amusement of the masses in attendance.
• The Roman Forum, the erstwhile center of ancient Rome that is today an impressive collection of ruins from millennia past.
• The Via Veneto, the posh stretch of street that was the haunt of famed filmmaker Federico Fellini and his posse of celebrities and is today home to some of the city’s most upscale hotels and eateries.
• Santa Maria Maggiore, a basilica dating back to the 4th century.
• The Vatican, a country-within-a-country and home to majestic St. Peter’s Basilica.
• St Angelo Bridge, a short span across the Tiber River that is flanked by ornate Baroque-era sculptures.
At the end of the day exploring Rome, get back on the train to Florence feeling like you conquered the Eternal City.
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