Tour of Churches of Rome
Tour Culturale

Rome's Greatest Churches — Tuk-Tuk Tour

4 hours Piazza Barberini
€110 per person
The experience

The tour

Rome has more churches than days in the year — but only a handful leave you speechless. This tour takes you to the ones that matter most, moving through the city in your own private electric tuk-tuk: just your group, no strangers, no fixed pace to keep up with. Because it runs on electricity, the tuk-tuk is cleared to enter restricted piazzas and pedestrian zones that coaches and taxis can't reach — which means you'll pull up closer to these places than most visitors ever do. Your driver knows the city and the route well, and is happy to answer questions along the way. The route takes you from Piazza Barberini across centuries of faith and stone: the gilded mosaics of Santa Maria Maggiore, the solemn grandeur of San Giovanni in Laterano — Rome's own cathedral and the oldest papal basilica in the world — the medieval warmth of Santa Maria in Trastevere, and the baroque drama of Sant'Andrea della Valle, whose dome Puccini chose as the backdrop for the opening act of Tosca. Then the Pantheon, still impossibly perfect after two thousand years. The journey ends at St. Peter's Basilica — save some time here, it earns it. Six sites, two thousand years of history, one city that somehow makes it all feel inevitable.
The route

Tour stops

  1. 1
    Piazza Barberini
    Starting point of the tour. Named after the powerful Barberini family, the square is anchored by Bernini's Triton Fountain — a fitting overture to a day of baroque and sacred architecture.
  2. 2
    Santa Maria Maggiore
    One of Rome's four papal basilicas, with 5th-century mosaics that have survived completely intact — older than most of the churches you'll visit today.
  3. 3
    San Giovanni in Laterano
    The oldest papal basilica in the world — and Rome's official cathedral, not St. Peter's. Most visitors don't know that until they're standing in front of it.
  4. 4
    Santa Maria in Trastevere
    One of the oldest Christian places of worship in Rome, in the heart of the city's most authentic neighbourhood — still used, still loved, still worth lingering in.
  5. 5
    Sant'Andrea della valle
    Baroque church with the second tallest dome in Rome — the one Puccini chose for the opening act of Tosca. The scale of the interior tends to stop people mid-sentence.
  6. 6
    Pantheon
    Built in 125 AD as a temple to all the gods of ancient Rome, still perfectly intact — the oldest unreinforced concrete dome ever built, and it has never been surpassed.
  7. 7
    Basilica di San Pietro
    The largest Christian basilica in the world, a Renaissance masterpiece at the heart of Vatican City. Save some time here — it earns it.

What is included

- Private electric tuk-tuk — your group only, up to 4 passengers per vehicle (no shared rides) - Driver who knows the route and the city — happy to answer questions along the way - Access to restricted piazzas and pedestrian zones off-limits to standard tour vehicles - Stops at six of Rome's greatest sacred sites: Santa Maria Maggiore, San Giovanni in Laterano, Santa Maria in Trastevere, Sant'Andrea della Valle, the Pantheon, and St. Peter's Basilica

Additional info

Complimentary city center pick-up available on request.