8 holidays match your criteria.
Behind Closed Doors: Connoisseur's Rome from CICERONI Travel. Exceptional level of private access. Rare opportunity to visit the Sistine Chapel, privately, at night & with no others present. Explore the unprecedented riches of Villa Borghese with its six Caravaggios & the finest collection of Bernini sculptures.
A seven-night self-guided hike from Spoleto to the Sabine Hills, ending at the Abbey of Farfa, near Rome.
Rome & The Grand Tour from CICERONI Travel; Enjoy a remarkable recreation of “The Grand Tour” in miniature. Discover the Roman world of Piranesi, Robert Adam & their contemporaries. Private visits to The Villa Borghese & Vatican Museums when closed to the public. Stay in a comfortable 3* Superior Hotel ideally situated overlooking the Pantheon.
Visit the major Renaissance gardens & villas around Rome including Villas d’Este, Farnese, Lante & Bomarzo. See the most famous modern gardens of central Italy at Ninfa & La Landriana and discover antiquity’s extraordinary ‘villa lifestyle' at Emperor Hadrian’s villa at Tivoli. Remarkable private visits included.
The Golden Age of Ancient Rome from CICERONI Travel , In-depth examination of Rome during the time of the Emperors Trajan and Hadrian. Visit will be led by the Director of the British School at Rome. Exploration of Hadrian’s Villa at Tivoli and his ‘other villa’ at Palestrina. Special access to a number of normally closed sites. Central Hotel.
Themed visit to Rome in celebration of the Baroque. Private visit to Villa Borghese, to include all of Bernini’s early masterpieces & six Caravaggio paintings. An opportunity to see Palazzo Farnese to view Carracci’s remarkable frescoed Galleria Farnese. Private visits to a range of difficult to access churches & palaces.
Rome under Augustus from CICERONI Travel.
Trace Rome’s transformation under the Emperor Augustus.
Visit will be led by the Director of The British School at Rome.
Coincides with remarkable exhibition on Augustus and Rome – AUGUSTO!
Wonderful range of visits to include private access to important sites associated with ancient Rome’s history.
Wonderful opportunity to explore the work of Caravaggio, his contemporaries and followers. Visit to Borghese Gallery for further works by Caravaggio, his teachers & rivals. Two remarkable works by Caravaggio still in private hands seen by special arrangement. Study Day & visit to the National Gallery (30/11/16) is included with the tour.
