One of my favourite walks in an authentic and quiet Rome where to breathe its great beauty. This tour includes nature, history and fun. And amazing panoramic views!

We'll start climbing from Trastevere, talking about the history of this district within the centuries that Romans consider the heart of the city. We'll reach the Tempietto, a little temple designed by Donato Bramante between 1502 and 1510 which has become a model for several Renaissance architects. We'll see the memorial for the italian soldiers who died during the Unification years and the busts of the war heroes. Finally We reach the top of the Janiculum Hill, the second tallest in town, which offers a breath-taking view over the unique skyline of Rome, dominated by domes and its iconic monuments, including the Pantheon and St Peter's dome. Every day at 12, following an old tradition, an historic cannon here shoots blanks adjust the watches of the churches for their bell ringing that tells the Midday time to Romans!

On the way down, by a different pathway, we'll enjoy more views and we'll discover some hidden corners of Trastevere, almost untouched since the Middle Age endind at Ponte Sisto, one of the most charming bridges of the Eternal City, inaugurated for the Jubilee year of 1475 by Pope Sixtus IV, the commissioner of the Sistine Chapel.

• Private walking tour: 3 hours
• Tour is mostly uphill and downhill but it is possible to take a bus up and walk only downhill

Between the 17th and 19th century Europe was scholars' and artists' favourite destination, an educational journey for the artists and the young members of aristocratic families. The Grand Tour, as it was known, mainly included cities where to see artistic works, ruins and traces from the ancient civilizations so that Rome was one of the most important stops for generations of educated people. Henry James, John Keats, Percy Shelley, Stendhal, Charles Dickens, Wolfgang Goethe and several others spent months and years in the Eternal city writing here accounts of their passages as well as important works. More recently famous contemporary painters such as Picasso and Giorgio de Chirico established their workshops in this part of the city that has still today a bohemien atmosphere. This tour wants to show you the streets, the buildings and the coffeshops where they lived and gathered. Piazza del Popolo, the Spanish Steps, Via Margutta and romantic panoramic views are some of the stops included in this original and charming tour for art and history lovers.

• Meeting at Piazza del Popolo by the Egyptian obelisk
• Tour lasts 3 hours and includes a standing coffee in a historic café and the visit of Keats & Shelley house

Half a day discovering one of the most important sites of the ancient and modern city, 'il Campidoglio'. Since the 6th century BC, here stood the most important temple, dedicated to Jupiter, where all the military parades ended. In the modern times, Michelangelo designed an elegant square and Palace for the Senators of the city where nowdays is the office of our mayor. In the same square are the buildings of the oldest public museum in the world (1471) opened by Pope Sixtus IV, the same man who built the Sistine Chapel, who brought over the famous She-Wolf, an ancient etruscan piece symbol of the city. It is possible to see ancient statues in marble and bronze, the equestrian Marcus Aurelius, 16th century frescos about the origins and history of Rome and important paintings such as Caravaggio's Good Fortune.

• 3 hour tour including museum, capital square and panoramic view of the Roman Forum
• Meeting in Piazza del Campidoglio by the copy of the equestrian statue of Emperor Marcus Aurelius

Half a day discovering the life and works of the revolutionary Michelangelo Merisi from Caravaggio (1571-1610), one of the most skilled artists who lived in Rome between 1594 and 1606 where he left some of his best paintings visible inside unique churches. His talent was combined with a wild nature who brought him in trouble several times. During a duel he killed Ranuccio Tomassoni in via della Pallacorda and was exiked by Pope Paul V Borghese.

We'll see the places where he used to spend his roman days including Via dell Scrofa; the facade of Palazzo Madama, residence of the Cardinal Del Monte who was his Patron and where the painter lived between 1595 and 1601; Via della Lupa where was the Osteria della Lupa, the tavern where he used to go; the street of the fatal duel; vicolo del divino amore 19 where he lived between 1603 and 1605; the churches of S.Maria del Popolo (Cerasi chapel), S.Luigi dè Francesi (Contarelli chapel) and Sant'Agostino with a total of six paintings. 

• 3 hour tour
• Meeting in the centre of Piazza del Popolo by the Egyptian obelisk
• tour ends in Piazza Navona