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What Emperor Hadrian Lost: A Self-Guided Audio Tour of Ancient Rome
- 35 minutes
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- Guided in English
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
My name in Antinous, and you may think of me as a two-thousand-year-old tour ghost. I will show you my favorite haunts, if you'll forgive the pun. On this self-guided GPS audio tour, we shall go back in time and take a stroll through Ancient Rome, a most important piece of today's historical center. I will tell you tales of how the mighty Emperor Hadrian influenced this city, and made her even more grand. I am a ghost who holds a deep respect for edibles, so during our adventure I will be pointing out two places where you can enjoy coffee and gelato: coffee in Piazza Sant'Eustachio, and gelato at Grom near Piazza Navona. Never fear, I shall not only prioritize our stomachs: we will also be stopping at quite a few grand places of historical importance. The tour is ready whenever you are and the audio plays automatically at exactly the right time and place using your smartphone's GPS and the VoiceMap mobile app, which also works offline.
Inclusions
What's included
- VoiceMap Application
- Offline access to audio, maps, and geodata
- Flexibility to explore at your own pace with a self-guided GPS tour
- Directions to the starting point so that when you’re in the right place, the tour will start
- Lifetime access to What Emperor Hadrian Lost: A Walk Through Ancient Rome tour
What's not
- Smartphone
- Transportation
- Food/Drink
- Personal expenses for admission fees not included during the tour
Itinerary
Piazza Navona was paved in 1485. The fountain in the middle of the square, in front of the huge church is Bernini’s Fountain of the Four Rivers, which dates back to 1651.
The Pantheon was commissioned by Marcus Agrippa, the son-in-law of Emperor Augustus, in the first century BC. Hadrian rebuilt and re-dedicated it about 200 years later. The huge inscription on the very front of the Pantheon says, “Marcus Agrippa, son of Lucius, consul for the third time, made this”.
Piazza Venezia is one of the hubs of the city, and several important roads meet in this busy spot. The imposing structure at the end of the square is the monument to Vittorio Emanuele II, first king of Italy.
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Know before you go
- Meeting point
- Starts in front of Castel Sant'Angelo, facing the bridge. Before arrival, install the VoiceMap app and use the code provided on your ticket. This is a self-guided audio tour that you can start, pause, or restart any time and complete at your own pace. Directions to the starting point are in the app.
- Pickup
- Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Operated by
- VoiceMap Audio Tours
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
How it compares in Rome
- Its from-price is 96% below the median of the 610 city tours we list in Rome.
- It is shorter than most of them.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Rome
Rome layers nearly three thousand years of history into one walkable city, from the Colosseum and Forum to Baroque piazzas and Vatican art.
Ancient Rome is still in plain sight. The Colosseum, the Roman Forum and the Palatine Hill sit together at the city's heart, the Pantheon still stands with its open oculus, and fragments of temples and aqueducts turn up between apartment blocks. Across the Tiber, Vatican City holds St Peter's Basilica, the Vatican Museums and Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling.
Top-ranked sights in Rome: Colosseum, Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel.
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