Rome: Velabrum Valley Walking Tour – The Legends of Rome Morning Tour in Spanish

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ID: GYG402318-O-730582
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Country: Italy

Duration: 01:30 hours


Description

Discover the places and stories that marked the creation of the capital city of Italy. Explore the low valley where the brothers Romulus and Remus, founders of Ancient Rome, were found in a basket along the river.
Visit the places and stories that marked the creation of Rome together with monuments and legends that still remain unknown to most people. Discover the Velabrum Valley, a small part of the city that hides an amazing concentration of beauty, history, and myth. Learn from your guide many local traditions, popular sayings, and formulas for good luck that the more daring can even try to invoke to tempt fate.

Start from Piazza Bocca della Verità and discover the legendary mask which was once a wellhead and understand why it is still feared so much today. Continue your journey towards the great four-sided arch known as the Arch of Janus. Marvel at the thousand-year-old church of San Giorgio in Velabro, next to which the highly decorated Arch of the Argentari will reveal its mysteries.

The tour continues along Via di San Giovanni Decollato and its church. Then, reach Piazza della Consolazione, where the Tarpeian Rock awaits. Next, visit the sacred area of S.Omobono and the Church of San Nicola in Carcere, whose structure is imprisoned among the ruins of three different Roman temples. Finally, go back to the starting point to observe the Foro Olitorio and the Foro Boario, with their temples incredibly well preserved until today.

Highlights

  • Go back to the origins of Rome in the Velabrum Valley
  • Discover the legendary Bocca della Verità
  • Marvel at the well preserved ruins of Roman buildings

Guiding languages

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

All areas that customers touch are frequently cleaned
You must keep social distance while in vehicles
The number of visitors is limited to reduce crowds
You are required to bring and wear a mask
You will receive a mandatory temperature check
Please be at the Meeting Point 15 minutes before the start of the tour. Meet your guide at Stop N°4 Hop On Hop Off Gray Line - I Love Rome City Tour (Piazzale Ugo la Malfa, Monument to Giuseppe Mazzini).
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When should I book?

To guarantee availability book as soon as possible. Early booking is worth consideration especially if you planning the trip during high season like public holidays or weekends.


Cancellations

This excursion you can cancel with no cost up to 48 hours before the start of the trip. If you cancel it after 48 hours or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity. Being late on pick-up or departure will be considered as not showing up.