We opted for Eternal City Tours to tour the Vatican because they offered the best price for our group of 11, and because previous groups seemed to enjoy it so much. Having done the tour, the most important reason for choosing Eternal City Tours is that the tour was so fabulous. Bruno, our guide, was very patient, very knowledgeable, and had a great sense of humour. He was able to show us the highlights in such an interesting way, and was excellent at moving us through at the right pace to see everything important. Still, we spent at least 4 hours, so he was very generous with his time. I strongly recommend this tour company and Bruno, our guide.

Mary Wong-Moon

Thanks again for taking us around the Vatican. We greatly appreciated all of the information and insights you provided. In the end, Marianne and I were surprised how much we remembered after walking through everything and we think it's a tribute to your knowledge and storytelling. We look forward to getting back to Roma and hitting more stuff with you.

Noah Ross

 

We had a great time in Europe. Thank u so much for the amazing tour. Bruno was so helpful and nice. We would like to recommend Eternal City Tours to anyone who is considering booking a tour for their trip to Rome.

Effie Rallakis

We had "Bruno" for our Vatican tour and it was worth every penny to have the peace of mind that comes with having such a competent guide show us past the long lines and into this remarkable tour.
Bruno was very polite and helpful and made sure he explained the most important highlights every Vatican visitor should understand.
He always waited for our entire party of six to be in place before starting to describe what we were looking at.
We highly recommend Eternal City Tours!
Thanks again, Bruno!
Chris and Nancy Luedke and family

 

"We just got back home from our trip and I wanted to thank Simona
who was a fantastic guide for our Vatican Tour. You can tell she loves
her job and is very knowledgeable in her presentation on the various
areas around the Vatican. Our guests said they learned a lot they never
knew about the Vatican and also want to send a thanks to the company
and Simona. I will definitely recommend your Tours to anybody visiting
Rome.

Cyril & Sandra Honz

 

We had an excellent tour of Ancient Rome with Bruno. He was very
knowledgeable and we also asked a lot of questions that where not only
related to architecture, it felt like he could answers most of our questions
on Rome! I am definitely going to recommend the tour to friends visiting
Rome!

Louise Bergman

 

Thank you again for a wonderful tour! we enjoyed every minute of it and wish it could have lasted longer...

Your stories and anecdotes made the tour even better and everyone had a really good time!

Merav Shahaf

 

In a word the tours were...Fantastic!
I actually don't know how we could have seen what we did without Simona.

I never even thought about organizing a tour until a friend suggested it. By the way, I found the name of eternal city tours by reading reviews on trip advisor.

I'm not sure how many other tour guides you have but Simona was amazing.

She was extremely friendly, warm, and very comfortable to be with. Her knowledge of everything that we saw really helped us understand what we were looking at.

She brought along literature to help explain things in more detail which was especially helpful for my 13 year old daughter.

What I found fascinating was that she didn't seem to care about the amount of time the tour took. It wasn't a 4 hour tour of the Vatican rather it was a tour of the Vatican which finished whenever we were done.

It was the same experience with the Ancient Rome tour. We never felt like we were rushed to finish. She made sure that we were completely satisfied and fulfilled with what we had seen.

Based on this experience with your tour group and especially Simona we are hooked on tours. My family will definitely recommend you to others and will definitely contact you again when we plan a return visit.

Please send our best to Simona and thanks for making our trip memorable.
Best regards,

Rich Retallick

 

"The tour of Rome made the vacation a trip of a life time. Bruno delivered the information in a fun manner.

My youngest son age 14 and my mother age 75 both loved his presentation.

That is a huge gap in age that he was able to reach and keep interested. I will be recommending you and your company to my friends, relative, and co-workers.

Thanks again for the history lesson it was most enjoyable."

Joe Reynolds

 

What a fantastic day. Bruno worked hard at keeping us all happy. I appreciated his knowledge of the crowd flow. He knew that the colosseum would be less crowded later and saved us a long wait in line by being flexible enough to adjust the tour to deal with the crowds. He moved at a good pace and kept everyone's attention. He was very knowledgeable and pointed out things that I would have walked right past. I guess the biggest compliment I can give him and the tour is that it kept my husband entertained the entire time!! Wow.
Laura Gidley

 

Very enjoyable tour. Robert made the history more interesting and more easy to understand than expected. Would definitely recommend you to others.
Christina Woodward

 

Very clear and Robert certainly bought the ruins to life
Bill Randall

 

This was an excellent tour, made so very, very special by our guide Bruno. He was interesting, amusing, personal and so knowledgable. I just loved this tour, the images he brought to us made us really feel that we were right back all those years ago. Just the most amazing experience. The organisation of these tours are just superb, not to be faulted, though the temperature was 37 it was an experience I will never forget. Wonderful!
Liane Gates

 

This was a fantastic tour, highly recomended. Me and my wife travelled all over Italy from Venice to Sorrento in just under two weeks and our stay in Roma (with an 'a' as Bruno kindly pointed out) was our main tour stop. We were not too sure what to expect but it was great. As a local person, Bruno was able to give us a clear and highly fun and informative walking journey from the Colosseum to the Palatine Hill and the namesake of all Palaces where we got fabulous views over Roma and it's 7 sorrounding hills with a view across to Circus Maximus and the love (amor)/ Roma church. For the girls, he's a good looking young gentlemen and very professional but mind he is a fast walker (as are most Italians). We went on a hot August day (2008) and despite our tiredness we still went to see the Vatican museums and Sistine Chapel in the afternoon, but this really is too much for one day in my opinion. Please try not to put your kids though two tours in one day, esspecially if it's in the middle of August (Italian Summer with temps from 32-37 dgrC). (Tip: St Peters Basilica is the church next to the Sistine Chapel in the Holy Vatican City, that can be entered free on some days, you'll need to check but it is not part of the Vatican Museum tour or vice versa, we in fact booked the 'Four Thrones Tour' and then had to book another tour to get to see the Vatican Museums and the famed Sistine Chapel)
Laura & Sean, Warwickshire UK

 

Bruno is a friendly, helpful, knowledgable person. He took us on a journey through Ancient Rome. We enjoyed it a lot. Thank You We also took 2 other tours with a different company. Your guides had better English and they did not have to translate into two other languages like the others. Great job.
Jodie Buller

 

Our tour was amazing. Robert had a wealth of information and hit on all the highlights, plus gave us added information about the area that I don't think we would have received on another tour. He made learning about ancient Rome interesting and interactive. I would definitely recommend this tour to other tourists. Ancient Rome was one of my favorite parts of my entire trip, and I think the tour was part of the reason!
Julie Solakian

 

We covered a huge amount of ground, however, I did not feel that adequate detail was given to much of what we saw. Bruno was engaging, and knowledgeable, however, he had certain talking points, and he walked past sections of the Domitian Palace without comment, and I do not believe that he did justice to the detail and history of the fora. I would want to tour the areas again in order to fill in information that I did not gain.
Jonathan Neeno

 

Bruno was great! Liked his style, it made the tour very interesting and fun too. It's been a week since we've come home and Bruno's tour to the Colosseum is the one tour that stands out to both of us and the most information and facts we recall. Thanks for a great tour, Bruno
Elaine Sandy

 

Bruno was informative and lively. He had a great sense of humour and when the tour itinerary was interrupted because of " The Race for a Cure" he was able to quickly amend his tour plan to provide an alternative route round. Definitely to be recommended.
Cathy Dilworth

 

I thoroughly enjoyed the tour on Monday morning and found Robert very knowledgable and entertaining. My daughter (who is 9) was kept amused and found all the facts incredibly interesting, especially as she has recently been doing Roman history in school. It really brought everything to life for her. The beautiful sunny weather helped of course!! Thank you very much for a wonderful experience. Grazie!!
Gillian Williams