Piazzas of Eternal City: Small Group Sunset Tour

Meet your tour guide in Piazza del Popolo, formerly used for prominent games and also public executions, and currently a lively area for shows. Discover the vision of its architect: Giuseppe Valadier.

Continue to Pincio Terrace to see the sundown over the roofs of Rome. Marvel at the broad sweep of the Spanish Steps and Barcaccia’s fountain to a half-sunken ship. Next off, most likely to the Trevi Fountain on Piazza di Trevi, and throw a coin in the pool according to tradition.

Discover the historic Pantheon on Piazza della Rotonda, constructed in 27 BC as a holy place to all the gods of Rome. Wander over to Piazza Navona, founded on the site of a Roman amphitheater. Experience “La Dolce Vita” of Rome around Bernini’s splendid 4 Rivers  fountain in its center.

Upright Campo de’ Fiori, dominated by the sculpture to the poet and philosopher, Giordano Bruno. Learn about his trial for heresy, and exactly how he was burned at the stake at the middle ages market in the 16th century.

Trevi Fountain

The most famous of Rome’s fountains is the work of Nicolo Salvi who started it in 1732, more than a century after the project was abandoned by Bernini, and was completed by Gianpaolo Pannini in 1762. Its name is thought to derive from the tre vie (three roads) which converge here, and it is the fountainhead of the Acqua Vergine aqueduct which has brought water to this site since 19 BC. Neptune, at the center, is flanked by Tritons, one struggling to control his horse, symbolizing stormy seas, while his conch-blowing companion represents the ocean in repose. In the niches on either side of Neptune are Health and Abundance and above are the Four Seasons. People throw coins over their shoulder into the fountain to ensure a speedy return to Rome.