Goal: The goal is to give you and your family or friends great walking tours in Rome that can be personalized however you like. Experienced, educated, english speaking,... More than just a Rome tour guide, but your own personal history professor with expertise in Ancient/ Medieval/ Renaissance Roman and European History. I will make the History of Rome come alive! Whether you have only a few hours or several days, my Roman touring options will help make your visit the memory of a life time.
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About Rome Day Tours: Rich Brunn started up this company while finishing up his Masters while living here in Rome. While previously managing to support his own education since 2000 as a professional rome tour guide for a good 3 years. He wanted to give people a professional and also a more personable means of contacting him directly. He has now received his Masters and is very content to have begun putting his education to further use by teaching Roman Topography (Ancient) and Medieval/ Renaissance Roman and European History, which both take advantage of Rome's role as a key documentary city for these phases of History as a member of St. Stephen's high school History faculty in Rome.

Along with this, Rich has also received his official touring license as an "Accompagnatore Turistico", which can be variously translated as "Tourist Companion" or "Tourist Guide". This site is meant to provide a high quality personalized option for people like yourself to cut out the middleman "tour operators" and get to know, contact and work with me personally.
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Why have a guide in Rome? The more time I spend in Rome, the more I realize the truth in saying that “not even one lifetime is enough for Rome.” As the centuries go by in any major city, the ground level will tend to rise about 3 feet (on average) every 500 or so years. With Rome experiencing more than 2,000 years of continual habitation, it’s not all that uncommon to go walking through a modern or Renaissance area and have to look down about 15 feet to see the ancient ground level.

Beyond the physical aspects of Rome’s historical layering, there is Rome’s seemingly endless list of important Emperors, Popes, Artists and Architects that have played some major role in creating this multi-layered topography. The cool thing though with the best Roman tours is to bring together many of these apparently isolated monuments into a logical and memorable whole for the casual visitor/tourist.
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My personal insight: Many people especially appreciate how in walking around to many seemingly unconnected areas, I am able to make interesting analogies and relations to what we’ve already done or what we still have planned. At times people only have one or two days for walking/touring around Rome and a lot of specific things that they want to see, which can be greatly complicated in the midst of thousands of tourists.

We'll see how Rome's monuments are such an interesting reflection of the changing cultural, political and religious dynamics that produced them over the centuries, with it certainly also being helpful that our Rome tours are able to move right past large groups and get tickets in advance at even such crowded places as the Colosseum. I will make your visit to Rome the memory of a life time.

Rome Tours: Some typical walking tour suggestions:

Ancient Rome and the Vatican:
I suggest starting off with at least half-day (4-5 hour) tours to the Vatican (Museums, Sistine Chapel + St. Peter’s Basilica: tour details) and Ancient Rome (Colosseum, Palatine Hill + Forum: tour details). Click here to view an article that I wrote on the Arch of Constantine that may help illustrate some of the dynamism in Rome that you may hear about on any one of my typical Tours in Rome.

Historical Center:
This area is a complex layering of Rome's hundreds of years of history, art and architecture that makes for a fantastic introduction to the city. It is full of hidden treasures such as work by Michelangelo, Caravaggio, Raphael, Bernini etc and is an excellent mix between interiors and beautiful Renaissance and Baroque piazza's, fountains and facade's. The area contains such monuments as Piazza Navona, Trevi Fountain, Spanish Steps, Pantheon, Jewish Ghetto and even the sight of the assassination of Julius Caesar. Click here for more tour details on this site.

Some specialized walking tour options:

Ostia Antica:
It is still possible to feel the pace of everyday life for these working class citizens in this amazingly well preserved archaeological site. Not only does Ostia have a Pantheon like structure, but ...click here for pictures and more tour details.

Baroque Lane:
This tour focuses on some highlights centered on Rome's Quirinale Hill such as Bernini's famous statue of St. Theresa in Ecstasy,... click here for pictures and more tour details.

Hidden Gems:
The Hidden Gems covers some of Rome's most spectacular hidden architectural and artistic gems centered on Rome's Esquiline hill, including San Clemente, Peter in Chains, Santa Prassede, Santi Quattro Coronati. ... click here for pictures and more tour details.

Cruise Ship Full Day:
If you've only got a few hours in the city, this tour covers the main highlights of both ancient Rome (Colosseum and Forum) along with the Vatican (Museums, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter's Basilica).

Click here to send rich your request: rich@rome-day-tours.com

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