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The 15 Best Tours & Day Trips in Italy

807 tours  ·  from $3 a head

Italy hands you more good options than any two weeks can hold. These 15 are the days that survive the cut, each with its price, its length and the city it leaves from, and the rest of the country sits below them.

Vatican Museums & Sistine Chapel Tour with Optional Basilica - Starting in the Pine and Belvedere courtyards
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Vatican Museums & Sistine Chapel Tour with Optional Basilica

1.Vatican Museums & Sistine Chapel Tour with Optional Basilica

★★★★★★★★★★4.3 · 67,413 reviews · from $79Our pick

Tour the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel with fast-track entry, an expert guide, and optional St. Peter’s Basilica access.

“Our tour was excellent. Our guide did a spectacular job guiding us through the many rooms and giving an interesting spin on all that we saw. He was particularly good at helping us navigate the huge maze and getting the highlights in two hours.”

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Colosseum, Roman Forum & Palatine Guided Tour - Entering the Colosseum and understanding the arena
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Colosseum, Roman Forum & Palatine Guided Tour

Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel & St Peter’s Basilica Guided Tour - Meeting at Vatican City and getting inside
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Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel & St Peter’s Basilica Guided Tour

3.Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel & St Peter’s Basilica Guided Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 39,149 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $22

Review of the Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel, and St. Peter’s Basilica tour, with advice on crowds, guides, timing, value, and practical limits.

“I was really looking forward to visiting the Vatican Museums, but unfortunately, the guided tour was a huge letdown. While the guide provided a lot of information, there was hardly any time to explore the museum itself. For example, we barely spent any time in the statue room—just stood at the entrance, listened to another long explanation, and then quickly moved on to the next area without even getting the chance to properly admire the statues. The tour felt rushed, and by the end, I realized I had spent more time listening than actually experiencing the art and history. It felt like a waste of both time and money. I…”

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Rome: Colosseum, Palatine Hill and Roman Forum Guided Tour - Meeting at Santi Cosma e Damiano
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Rome: Colosseum, Palatine Hill and Roman Forum Guided Tour

4.Colosseum, Palatine Hill and Roman Forum Guided Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 32,814 reviews · 2.5 hours · from $52

Explore Rome’s Colosseum, Palatine Hill, and Roman Forum with a lively guide, skip the ticket line, and uncover ancient Rome in 2.5 hours.

“Leo out guide ,was awesome, always sharing his passion for teaching others of the Roman's and their history. Tour was small which made the experience even more special. My hats off to the staff at Rutas Romanas for showing as their professionalism and showing true customer satisfaction, Bravo👏🏼👏🏼”

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Rome: Guided Tour of Colosseum, Roman Forum & Palatine Hill - Entering the Colosseum With a Guide
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Rome: Guided Tour of Colosseum, Roman Forum & Palatine Hill

5.Guided Tour of Colosseum, Roman Forum & Palatine Hill

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 27,897 reviews · 2.5 - 3 hours · from $55

Review of Rome’s Colosseum, Roman Forum, and Palatine Hill tour, with expert guides, timed entry, practical tips, and honest value advice.

“The Tour was excellent our guide was wonderful and very informative. Not a moment was boring and she was very polite and allowed us time to take photos while explaining the history. Would recommend :)”

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Rome: Colosseum, Roman Forum and Palatine Hill Guided Tour - Entering the Colosseum with a guide
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Rome: Colosseum, Roman Forum and Palatine Hill Guided Tour

Naples: Naples Underground Entry Ticket and Guided Tour - A 2,400-year story below the city
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Naples: Naples Underground Entry Ticket and Guided Tour

7.Naples Underground Entry Ticket and Guided Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 21,781 reviews · 1.5 - 2 hours · from $21

Explore 2,400 years beneath Naples on a guided tour of Greek aqueducts, Roman theater ruins, narrow tunnels, and an optional pizza meal.

“We struggled a little to find the location but other than that, this was an excellent experience. Our tour guide shared a lot of great insights and was really funny too. I would not recommend it for claustrophobes. The passages became very narrow. However, if you’re not claustrophobic, I highly recommend this. It was awesome!”

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Pompeii: Entry Ticket and Guided Tour with an Archaeologist - Starting at Porta Marina and the Temple of Apollo
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Pompeii: Entry Ticket and Guided Tour with an Archaeologist

8.Entry Ticket and Guided Tour with an Archaeologist

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 19,459 reviews · 2 hours · from $35

Explore Pompeii with an archaeologist, skip the ticket line, and see the Forum, House of the Faun, brothel, baths, and plaster casts in two hours.

“It was a amazing! So special to be in a site that I have wanted to visit for 30 years. The guide was great, she showed us some really interesting areas and explained what we were looking at on the way. Prior to the tour, we had mixed up our days, and the company sorted it out without a hitch, even telling us which trains to catch (Napoli trains are a nightmare!!)”

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Rome: Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel & Basilica Tour - Finding the meeting point near Ottaviano
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Rome: Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel & Basilica Tour

Rome: Colosseum, Forum & Palatine Hill Tour & Optional Arena - Meeting near the Colosseum at Via delle Terme di Tito 93
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Rome: Colosseum, Forum & Palatine Hill Tour & Optional Arena

10.Colosseum, Forum & Palatine Hill Tour & Optional Arena

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 13,839 reviews · from $58

Explore the Colosseum, Roman Forum, and Palatine Hill with priority entry, an expert guide, and optional access to the arena floor.

“The ear buds were key. It was so nice that our guide could be talking while we walked a bit behind or on our way to the next stop. We got more information. Much more efficient than having to gather around every time he wanted to say something. The communication with meeting time and place was very clear. Check in was fast and efficient.”

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Rome: Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel & Basilica Tour - Finding the meeting point near Ottaviano
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Rome: Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel & Basilica Tour

11.Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel & Basilica Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 13,217 reviews · 2 - 4 hours · from $72

Review of Rome’s Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel, St. Peter’s Basilica, and optional Dome visit with skip-the-line entry and expert guides.

“This was an excellent tour that exceeded our expectations. Our guide Zara was amazing, very knowledgeable, fun, and captivating even for our teenagers (who, as all teenagers, are not easy to impress ;) ). We all loved the tour and agreed that without her explanations we would probably get only 5% out of our visit, because there is just so much to see and it’s a real visual overload, and when you go as a family it is difficult to know what to focus on and you can possibly read all the descriptions. With Zara’s help within 2,5 hours we covered so much and felt so enriched and intrigued by…”

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Skip-the-Line Group Tour of the Vatican, Sistine Chapel & St. Peter's Basilica - Starting in Borgo Pio and walking to the square
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Skip-the-Line Group Tour of the Vatican, Sistine Chapel & St. Peter’s Basilica

Rome: Colosseum, Palatine Hill & Roman Forum Guided Tour - Entering the Colosseum and choosing the Arena Floor
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Rome: Colosseum, Palatine Hill & Roman Forum Guided Tour

13.Colosseum, Palatine Hill & Roman Forum Guided Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 12,703 reviews · from $51

See Rome’s Colosseum, Roman Forum, and Palatine Hill with a guide, priority entry, and three hours of ancient history for $51.

“Our tours were great, very interesting and the guides were very informative, the staff were friendly and helpful, they answered any questions we had whether it was about tickets or general history questions, overall it was a great experience and would recommend this company to book tours with.”

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Colosseum: Underground and Ancient Rome Tour - Starting at the Roman Forum and Palatine Hill
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Colosseum: Underground and Ancient Rome Tour

The Best tour in Florence: Renaissance & Medici Tales - guided by a STORYTELLER - San Lorenzo: starting where Medici Florence took shape
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The Best tour in Florence: Renaissance & Medici Tales – guided by a STORYTELLER

15.The Best tour in Florence: Renaissance & Medici Tales – guided by a STORYTELLER

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 12,316 reviews · 2 hours 15 minutes (approx.) · from $3Best value

Walk Florence’s Renaissance core with a lively storyteller, from San Lorenzo and the Medici to Piazza della Signoria and Ponte Vecchio.

“Chiara did a wonderful job on this tour! We learned so much and had a very good time… Chiara was a very good story teller made it so interesting!”

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