Always ask for a licensed Rome and Vatican guide the main reason is that in Italy tourism is a profession just like being an attorney or physician. If you have a licensed Rome and Vatican guide you will be escorted around Rome with the most knowledgeable individuals around that take extra special care to ensure that your visit to Rome is a pleasant experience that will let you feel the passion of Rome instead of just looking at the sights.
All licensed Rome and Vatican guide have passed an array of oral and written tests to become leaders in the industry with majors in Roman History, Foreign Languages, and Art History. As well as having degrees, the tour guides live and work in the area and are passionate about their job as well as their home. They know how to avoid tourist traps, gypsies, and even safeguard you against pickpockets.
In Italy, another thing to remember is that a driver is a driver and a tour guide is a tour guide. By law, a driver cannot perform the duties of a tour guide.
We at Official Rome guide guarantee all of our staff including tour guides are licensed and have authorization to be tour guides before they are offered a position in our team.
A licensed Rome and Vatican guide knows all there is to know about Rome and Vatican City including the dates of the various monuments, the history, the culture, and even hidden secrets. With our licensed Rome and Vatican guide, you will be able to discover Rome and Vatican City along with all the treasures it holds without standing in long lines, and the chance to lounge around and breathe in the beauty and passion.
Along with providing you a safe and enjoyable private tour, a licensed Rome and Vatican guide will be able to answer all your enquiries while giving you an in-depth tour of such attractions as the Coliseum, Appian Way, the Catacombs, St. Peters Square, the Vatican Museums, palaces, and the Vatican Gardens.