Rome city center evening tour in vintage Mini Jeep

The Circus Maximus is an ancient Roman circus located in Rome. Located in the valley between the Palatine and the Aventine, it is remembered as a venue for games since the beginning of the history of the city: the mythical episode of the rape of the Sabine women took place in the valley, on the occasion of the games organized by Romulus in honor of the god Consus. The Circus Maximus, the largest spectacle building of antiquity and one of the largest of all time (600 m long by 140 m wide), is linked by legend to the very origins of the city.

The Foro Boario was a sacred and commercial area of ​​ancient Rome located along the left bank of the Tiber river, between the Campidoglio, Palatino and Aventino hills, which took its name from the cattle market held there. In modern Rome it corresponds to the area around Piazza della Bocca della Verità, where only the temple of Portunus and the temple of Ercole Vincitore remain visible.

The Pyramid of Cestius is a Roman pyramid-shaped Egyptian-style tomb built in Rome between 18 and 12 BC. It is located in the immediate vicinity of Porta San Paolo and is incorporated into the perimeter of the rear non-Catholic cemetery, built between the 18th and 19th centuries.

Trastevere is a quaint and original medieval neighborhood with a bohemian atmosphere that has its centuries-old roots in the working class. It is known for its traditional and innovative trattorias, craft breweries and craft shops.

Aventino is one of the seven hills on which Rome was founded, with the superb orange garden and from the Villa of the priory of the Knights of Malta from the keyhole of the entrance door is exactly framed, at the bottom of the garden, the dome of St. Peter

The fountain, or small fountain, of the Acqua Paola, also known as the Gianicolo fountain, is a monumental fountain located on the Janiculum hill, in Rome. Built as a terminal exhibition of the Trajan aqueduct between 1610 and 1614 at the behest of Pope Paul V, the "Fontanone" took on its current appearance with the renovation carried out at the end of the seventeenth century by Carlo Fontana. The monument has also become an important symbol of Rome, appearing in several films, including The Great Beauty.

The Janiculum is a Roman hill, overlooking the right bank of the Tiber, the Together with Monte Mario and the Pincio is one of the most panoramic places in the city with a view of the historic center with the major architectural monuments of the city up to the Alban Hills.

Piazza San Pietro is the square in front of the basilica of San Pietro. Located on the edge of the historic center of Rome, at 19 m a.s.l., the square is part of the Vatican City and is bordered by the border with the Italian state; through the Borgo district which lies to the east, the main accesses are from via di Porta Angelica or via della Conciliazione.

Piazza Venezia is a famous square in Rome. It is located at the foot of the Campidoglio, where five of the most important streets of the capital cross: via dei Fori Imperiali, via del Corso, the via C. Battisti-via Nazionale axis, the via del Plebiscito-corso Vittorio axis and via of the Theater of Marcellus.

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