Social Activities
TOURS
TERMS & CONDITIONS
Fees are in Euro (€). Invoice will be issued for every fee paid and e-mailed to your e-mail address.
Tours must be purchased by using the form below not later than 10 JUNE 2015. After this date, tour bookings will be accepted only if places are still available. Tours will take place only if a minimum number of participants is reached. If not enough reservations are made before 10 JUNE 2015, tour will be cancelled and refunded. Tours itineraries are subject to change without notice due to organizational reasons or unforeseen circumstances.
We will send e-mail confirming the selected tour, the total amount paid, and all the tour details such as timetables, pick up points, guide’s name and other useful info not later than 10 June 2015. There will be no penalty for cancellations of tour bookings communicated in writing to registration@sistemacongressi.com at least two months before the beginning of the Conference. After that, payment of the entire amount will be due and no reimbursement will be granted.
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TOUR 1 - THE VATICAN - MONDAY 13 JULY 2015 (MORNING) - € 55 PER PERSON
The Vatican City State is the smallest independent Country in the World, though it still boasts its own postal service, newspaper, radio station and army (the famous Swiss Guards). In spite of its size, the Vatican contains the largest number of masterpieces in the World! Your guide will tell you the story of the architectural development of the site, explaining how the lowly tomb of a humble fisherman - the Apostole Peter - became the world centre of Christianity. Our tour starts with the Vatican Museums, that house an incredible collection of works of art, accumulated by the Popes during the centuries of the Papal Kingdom. Our focus will be the Sistine Chapel, but on the way to it, we will admire amazing roman statues, we'll walk through galleries and rooms, once part of the Pope's private apartments, as the Gallery of Candelabra, the Gallery of Tapestries, the Gallery of Maps, the “Raphael Rooms”, painted by the Master and his pupils; and a the end, we'll finally get the Cappella Sistina (Sistine Chapel): inside, you'll have the feeling to be in the centre of the history of italian Art. All around you, frescoes by the most important Renaissance Artists, as Botticelli, Rosselli, Ghirlandaio, Perugino; and, of course, the genius Michelangelo, whose Genesis in the ceiling and the Last Judgment in the Altar Wall are the main attraction.
Inside the Basilica, your attention will be attracted by Bernini’s majestic bronze that stands 29 m high right in the centre, exactly above the main Altar, marking the spot of St. Peter’s sepulchre. Our tour will end in Piazza S. Pietro, Bernini’s masterpiece.
9.30: meet your guide in front of the Musei Vaticani main entrance tour starts from Cortile della Pigna, then Galleria dei Candelabri, Galleria degli Arazzi, Galleria delle Carte Geografiche, Cappella Sistina.
13.30: tour ends in Basilica and Piazza San Pietro
Final tour Programme will be confirmed in due time.
How to get to Musei Vaticani -> http://www.museivaticani.va/3_EN/pages/z-Info/MV_Info_Trasporti.html
Useful Information -> http://www.museivaticani.va/3_EN/pages/z-Info/MV_Info_Consigli.html
DRESS CODE: Access to Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel, Vatican Gardens and Saint Peter's Basilica is permitted only to visitors dressed appropriately (no sleeveless blouses, no miniskirts, no shorts, no hats allowed).
PHOTOGRAPHY: Works of art and surroundings may be photographed. Permission must be given by the Management of the Museum for the use of tripods and other professional equipment. The use of telescopic "selfie sticks" is forbidden. It is forbidden to use flashlight photography inside the Museums. No photography or filming is permitted in the Sistine Chapel. The surveillance is authorized to collect any kind of photography made inside the Sistine Chapel.
The fee (€ 55), per person includes:English-speaking guide, ticket entrance, headphones.
TOUR 2 - GALLERIA BORGHESE - TUESDAY 14 JULY 2015 (MORNING) - € 40 PER PERSON
Cardinal Scipione Borghese collected the most important of antiques and masterpieces of art for all his life. The museum includes the statue of Venere Vincitrice by Antonio Canova, an allegoric neoclassic representation of Paolina Bonaparte, sister of Napoleon.
You will also admire the masterpieces of Gian Lorenzo Bernini: the statues of "David", "Apollus and Daphne" and "The rapture of Proserpina". Many masterpieces of painting are exhibited in the museum: the "Boy with the basket of fruits" and the "Madonna of the Palafrenieri" by Caravaggio, the "Deposition of Christ" by Raffaello, the "Danae" by Correggio, the "Portrait of a man" by Antonello da Messina and "The sacred and the profane love" by Tiziano.
10.30: meet your guide in front of the Galleria Borghese main entrance
The tour includes every major piece of art of the Galleries (Canova, Bernini, Caravaggio)
13.00: tour ends with enchanting stroll through Villa Borghese Gardens
Final tour Programme will be confirmed in due time.
How to get to Galleria Borghese and other information -> http://www.galleriaborghese.it/borghese/en/einfo.htm
The fee (€ 40), per person includes: English-speaking guide, ticket entrance, headphones.
TOUR 3 - WALKING TOUR IN THE Baroque Rome: FOUNTAINS AND POWER - WEDNESDAY 15 JULY 2015 (AFTERNOON) - € 25 PER PERSON
By a pleasant walk, this itinerary will let you discover the most elegant squares of Rome, the breathtaking fountains and the palaces of power.
Our itinerary begins in Piazza del Quirinale which, over the centuries, has in turn been the residence of popes, of the ruling House of Savoy and, since 1946, of the President of the Republic. It is only a short distance walk to The Trevi Fountains. Immortalized in Director Federico Fellini’s Film "la Dolce Vita", the fountain scene has become firmly fixed in the public mind. Conceived as a monumental celebration of the "Acqua Virgine", waters carried to Rome via the aqueduct built by Roman Statesman and General Marcus Agrippa in 19 A.D., this Baroque fountain has been redesigned and restored through the centuries.
14.30: meet your guide at the Fontana dei Dioscuri in Piazza del Quirinale
The tour includes (only from outside) Palazzo del Quirinale, Palazzo della Consulta, Scuderie del Quirinale and Fontana dei Dioscuri. Then Fontana di Trevi, Pantheon, Piazza Colonna and Palazzo Chigi, Piazza Montecitorio, Palazzo Giustiniani and Palazzo Madama
18.00: tour ends in Piazza Navona, admiring the breathtaking baroque style of Palazzo Pamphili, la chiesa di Sant'Agnese del Borromini andBernini’s Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi.
Final tour Programme will be confirmed in due time.
How to get to Piazza del Quirinale -> http://english.scuderiequirinale.it/categorie/categoria-11
The fee (€ 25), per person includes: English-speaking guide, headphones.
TOUR 4 - GHOSTS OF ROME AND…HORA FELIX WITH MICHELANGELO AND CARAVAGGIO - THURSDAY 16 JULY (AFTERNOON) - € 56 PER PERSON
Whether you believe in ghosts or not, do not miss this tour!
Rome, the eternal city, with over 2,700 years of history is a unique concentration of history, art and legends! You wouldn’t believe how many ghost stories and how many characters were transformed into myths by popular imagination and traditions. You will listen to some of the most famous Roman legends: Beatrice Cenci’s sad life and tragic death, Cesare’s murder, the ghost of king Umberto at the Pantheon, Donna Olimpia Maidalchini’ s shameless greed and power mongering, Giordano Bruno declared a heretic and burned at the stake Just to mention a few!
But do not worry! At the end of the tour you will be delighted by a refreshing and unique hora felix: a tasting of some historic recipes will be served.
17.00: meet your guide in front of Palazzo Cenci
The tour includes Piazza Argentina, Area Sacra, Pantheon, Piazza Navona, Campo dei Fiori
20.00: tour ends with a delicious tasting of historic menus based on the tour topics.
Final tour Programme will be confirmed in due time.
How to get to Palazzo Cenci -> https://www.google.it/maps/place/Palazzo+Cenci/@41.8931,12.475755,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x132f604923c124bf:0xf6b460a114d85a5d
The fee (€ 56), per person includes: English-speaking guide, headphones, tasting (beverages included).
TOUR 5 - ANCIENT ROME - FRIDAY 17 JULY (MORNING) - € 47 PER PERSON
The visit will let you discover the valley of Colosseum, the real symbol of ancient Rome and the most grandiose amphitheatre of antiquity, place of terrible gladiators fights, wild animals huntings and sometimes spectacular naval battles and water games (naumachie). We will discover the development of this site, from a residential area to the fire under Nero, from the Golden House (Nero's Domus Aurea), to the costruction of the first permanent Anphitheatre by the Flavian Dinasty. Just in front of the Colosseum, an amazing triumphal Arch still stands: it is the Arch of Costantine, built to celebrate the first ten years of the Emperor's rule and to commemorate his victory in the civil war against his rival and brother - in - low Maxentius.
You will then walk towards the Foro di Cesare (Caesar's Forum), where there are the remains of the Tempio di Venere Genitrice (Temple of Venus Genetrix) and the Basilica Argentaria. Then, we will admire the most important monuments in the Roman Forum, including the Curia, the Arch of Septimius Severus, the Temple of Saturn, the Temple and House of the Vestali Virgins, the Maxentius' Basilica) and the Titus' Arch.
09.00: meet your guide at the Arch of Costantinus
The tour includes Colosseum, Roman Forum, Arch of Titus, Temple of Vesta, Temple of Antoninus and Faustina, Curia, Arch of Septimius Severus.
12.30: tour ends in Piazza del Campidoglio.
Final tour Programme will be confirmed in due time.
How to get to Arch of Costantinus -> http://archeoroma.beniculturali.it/en/archaeological-site/arch-constantine (Metro Linea B - Colosseo stop)
The fee (€ 47), per person includes: English-speaking guide, headphones, entrance tickets.
Fees are in Euro (€). Invoice will be issued for every fee paid and e-mailed to your e-mail address.
Tours must be purchased by using the form below not later than 10 JUNE 2015. After this date, tour bookings will be accepted only if places are still available. Tours will take place only if a minimum number of participants is reached. If not enough reservations are made before 10 JUNE 2015, tour will be cancelled and refunded. Tours itineraries are subject to change without notice due to organizational reasons or unforeseen circumstances.
We will send e-mail confirming the selected tour, the total amount paid, and all the tour details such as timetables, pick up points, guide’s name and other useful info not later than 10 June 2015. There will be no penalty for cancellations of tour bookings communicated in writing to registration@sistemacongressi.com at least two months before the beginning of the Conference. After that, payment of the entire amount will be due and no reimbursement will be granted.
The Vatican City State is the smallest independent Country in the World, though it still boasts its own postal service, newspaper, radio station and army (the famous Swiss Guards). In spite of its size, the Vatican contains the largest number of masterpieces in the World! Your guide will tell you the story of the architectural development of the site, explaining how the lowly tomb of a humble fisherman - the Apostole Peter - became the world centre of Christianity. Our tour starts with the Vatican Museums, that house an incredible collection of works of art, accumulated by the Popes during the centuries of the Papal Kingdom. Our focus will be the Sistine Chapel, but on the way to it, we will admire amazing roman statues, we'll walk through galleries and rooms, once part of the Pope's private apartments, as the Gallery of Candelabra, the Gallery of Tapestries, the Gallery of Maps, the “Raphael Rooms”, painted by the Master and his pupils; and a the end, we'll finally get the Cappella Sistina (Sistine Chapel): inside, you'll have the feeling to be in the centre of the history of italian Art. All around you, frescoes by the most important Renaissance Artists, as Botticelli, Rosselli, Ghirlandaio, Perugino; and, of course, the genius Michelangelo, whose Genesis in the ceiling and the Last Judgment in the Altar Wall are the main attraction.
Inside the Basilica, your attention will be attracted by Bernini’s majestic bronze that stands 29 m high right in the centre, exactly above the main Altar, marking the spot of St. Peter’s sepulchre. Our tour will end in Piazza S. Pietro, Bernini’s masterpiece.
9.30: meet your guide in front of the Musei Vaticani main entrance tour starts from Cortile della Pigna, then Galleria dei Candelabri, Galleria degli Arazzi, Galleria delle Carte Geografiche, Cappella Sistina.
13.30: tour ends in Basilica and Piazza San Pietro
Final tour Programme will be confirmed in due time.
How to get to Musei Vaticani -> http://www.museivaticani.va/3_EN/pages/z-Info/MV_Info_Trasporti.html
Useful Information -> http://www.museivaticani.va/3_EN/pages/z-Info/MV_Info_Consigli.html
DRESS CODE: Access to Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel, Vatican Gardens and Saint Peter's Basilica is permitted only to visitors dressed appropriately (no sleeveless blouses, no miniskirts, no shorts, no hats allowed).
PHOTOGRAPHY: Works of art and surroundings may be photographed. Permission must be given by the Management of the Museum for the use of tripods and other professional equipment. The use of telescopic "selfie sticks" is forbidden. It is forbidden to use flashlight photography inside the Museums. No photography or filming is permitted in the Sistine Chapel. The surveillance is authorized to collect any kind of photography made inside the Sistine Chapel.
The fee (€ 55), per person includes:English-speaking guide, ticket entrance, headphones.
Cardinal Scipione Borghese collected the most important of antiques and masterpieces of art for all his life. The museum includes the statue of Venere Vincitrice by Antonio Canova, an allegoric neoclassic representation of Paolina Bonaparte, sister of Napoleon.
You will also admire the masterpieces of Gian Lorenzo Bernini: the statues of "David", "Apollus and Daphne" and "The rapture of Proserpina". Many masterpieces of painting are exhibited in the museum: the "Boy with the basket of fruits" and the "Madonna of the Palafrenieri" by Caravaggio, the "Deposition of Christ" by Raffaello, the "Danae" by Correggio, the "Portrait of a man" by Antonello da Messina and "The sacred and the profane love" by Tiziano.
10.30: meet your guide in front of the Galleria Borghese main entrance
The tour includes every major piece of art of the Galleries (Canova, Bernini, Caravaggio)
13.00: tour ends with enchanting stroll through Villa Borghese Gardens
Final tour Programme will be confirmed in due time.
How to get to Galleria Borghese and other information -> http://www.galleriaborghese.it/borghese/en/einfo.htm
The fee (€ 40), per person includes: English-speaking guide, ticket entrance, headphones.
By a pleasant walk, this itinerary will let you discover the most elegant squares of Rome, the breathtaking fountains and the palaces of power.
Our itinerary begins in Piazza del Quirinale which, over the centuries, has in turn been the residence of popes, of the ruling House of Savoy and, since 1946, of the President of the Republic. It is only a short distance walk to The Trevi Fountains. Immortalized in Director Federico Fellini’s Film "la Dolce Vita", the fountain scene has become firmly fixed in the public mind. Conceived as a monumental celebration of the "Acqua Virgine", waters carried to Rome via the aqueduct built by Roman Statesman and General Marcus Agrippa in 19 A.D., this Baroque fountain has been redesigned and restored through the centuries.
14.30: meet your guide at the Fontana dei Dioscuri in Piazza del Quirinale
The tour includes (only from outside) Palazzo del Quirinale, Palazzo della Consulta, Scuderie del Quirinale and Fontana dei Dioscuri. Then Fontana di Trevi, Pantheon, Piazza Colonna and Palazzo Chigi, Piazza Montecitorio, Palazzo Giustiniani and Palazzo Madama
18.00: tour ends in Piazza Navona, admiring the breathtaking baroque style of Palazzo Pamphili, la chiesa di Sant'Agnese del Borromini andBernini’s Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi.
Final tour Programme will be confirmed in due time.
How to get to Piazza del Quirinale -> http://english.scuderiequirinale.it/categorie/categoria-11
The fee (€ 25), per person includes: English-speaking guide, headphones.
Whether you believe in ghosts or not, do not miss this tour!
Rome, the eternal city, with over 2,700 years of history is a unique concentration of history, art and legends! You wouldn’t believe how many ghost stories and how many characters were transformed into myths by popular imagination and traditions. You will listen to some of the most famous Roman legends: Beatrice Cenci’s sad life and tragic death, Cesare’s murder, the ghost of king Umberto at the Pantheon, Donna Olimpia Maidalchini’ s shameless greed and power mongering, Giordano Bruno declared a heretic and burned at the stake Just to mention a few!
But do not worry! At the end of the tour you will be delighted by a refreshing and unique hora felix: a tasting of some historic recipes will be served.
17.00: meet your guide in front of Palazzo Cenci
The tour includes Piazza Argentina, Area Sacra, Pantheon, Piazza Navona, Campo dei Fiori
20.00: tour ends with a delicious tasting of historic menus based on the tour topics.
Final tour Programme will be confirmed in due time.
How to get to Palazzo Cenci -> https://www.google.it/maps/place/Palazzo+Cenci/@41.8931,12.475755,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x132f604923c124bf:0xf6b460a114d85a5d
The fee (€ 56), per person includes: English-speaking guide, headphones, tasting (beverages included).
The visit will let you discover the valley of Colosseum, the real symbol of ancient Rome and the most grandiose amphitheatre of antiquity, place of terrible gladiators fights, wild animals huntings and sometimes spectacular naval battles and water games (naumachie). We will discover the development of this site, from a residential area to the fire under Nero, from the Golden House (Nero's Domus Aurea), to the costruction of the first permanent Anphitheatre by the Flavian Dinasty. Just in front of the Colosseum, an amazing triumphal Arch still stands: it is the Arch of Costantine, built to celebrate the first ten years of the Emperor's rule and to commemorate his victory in the civil war against his rival and brother - in - low Maxentius.
You will then walk towards the Foro di Cesare (Caesar's Forum), where there are the remains of the Tempio di Venere Genitrice (Temple of Venus Genetrix) and the Basilica Argentaria. Then, we will admire the most important monuments in the Roman Forum, including the Curia, the Arch of Septimius Severus, the Temple of Saturn, the Temple and House of the Vestali Virgins, the Maxentius' Basilica) and the Titus' Arch.
09.00: meet your guide at the Arch of Costantinus
The tour includes Colosseum, Roman Forum, Arch of Titus, Temple of Vesta, Temple of Antoninus and Faustina, Curia, Arch of Septimius Severus.
12.30: tour ends in Piazza del Campidoglio.
Final tour Programme will be confirmed in due time.
How to get to Arch of Costantinus -> http://archeoroma.beniculturali.it/en/archaeological-site/arch-constantine (Metro Linea B - Colosseo stop)
The fee (€ 47), per person includes: English-speaking guide, headphones, entrance tickets.