A number of companies run
organized
trips around the city
centre, though these are, for
the most part, quite pricey
and not really worth the
money. Probably the best
value, for general orientation
and a glance at the main
sights, is the ATAC-run
#110
bus tour , which in summer
leaves Termini Station at
10.30am, 2pm, 3pm, 5pm, 6pm
and costs L15,000 for a
three-hour jaunt, with
twenty-minute stops at the
Vatican, in Via dei Fori
Imperiali and in Piazza
Venezia. The air-conditioned
grey coach, with pictures of
Rome's monuments on the sides,
stands out against the ocean
of orange buses.
Of several companies that
organize all kinds of tours,
one of the best is Enjoy
Rome , Via Varese 39
(06.445.1843), which runs
inexpensive walking and
cycling tours of Rome given by
native English speakers, as
well as day trips to Pompeii. Il
Sogno , Viale Regina
Margherita 192 (tel
06.8530.1758, fax
06.8530.1756), runs all kinds
of tours, and is perhaps the
best one-stop place to go if
you're not sure what you want.
Finally, for the
ultra-personal touch, Norman
Roberson (tel 06.
5820.3105), one of the
contributors to this guide,
specializes in tours of the
ancient sights and some of the
larger galleries, as well as
the Etruscan sites north of
the city; contact him by
phone, or get details from www.agora.stm.it/n.roberson/home.htm
