private walking tours of Rome
RAPHAEL and RENAISSANCE ROME
Pantheon
Campo de' Fiori Trastevere Villa Farnesina
Raphael's "Galatea"
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a private 3 hours tour through Rome renaissance district. your private tour starts with the Pantheon to see Raphael's tomb. nearby visit St Agostino with "I Profeti" painted by Raphael strolling along lively backstreets with 15th and 16th centuries poplular housing, passing by the house of Fiammetta, celebrated renaissance courtesan, host to bankers, patricians, scholars, see the charming Bramante's "Chiostro" and Raphael's "Sybille" in Santa Maria della Pace a refined example of renaissance church, with works by Baldassare Peruzzi and Pietro da Cortona. picturesque alleys lined by antiques merchants, vintage trendy garnment shops, craftman workshops, street markets lead to Campo de' Fiori pictursque open air market and Michelangelo's Farnese palace. Crossing the Tiber river at the end of the Via Giulia and its renaissance mansions, enter colorful Trastevere. visit Villa Farnesina, splendid residence of a renaissance banker, and see Raphael sensual Galatea and splendid lodge of "Amore e Psyche". Bohemian Trastevere with its brightly painted housefront, tempting gelati parlours, popular trattorias has its center in the Piazza Santa Maria in Trastevere and a treasure chest of works of art in the Basilica of Santa Maria with the splendid 14th century mosaics by Piero Cavallini
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walking tour includes: tour price per party: serving English speaking visitors to Rome Vatican Italy since 1996
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