Recent Traveler Reviews
Here is a selection of the most recent reviews of the Civitavecchia Shore Excursion: Rome in One Day Private Tour submitted by actual travelers. Read what travelers liked, what they loved, and what they thought could be improved.
Well what can I say the day was wonderful. We saw so much in a short time. The guide we had knew so much and nothing was to much trouble for her. We were returned to our ship on time as well. I can't talk highly enough about Viatour's tour's. We will definitely use them again.
Reviewed by: Lyn, May 2012
We couldn't asked for anybody better than our guide.
Reviewed by: DARRYL H, May 2012
I would highly recommend the trip. We got picked up immediately at the airport, had a private van to ourselves, got to customize our own time and itinerary - allowing us to see things really quick and efficient. We also had personal listening devices in the Vatican.The tour guide was so knowledgeable and familiar with everything - it was absolutely great!
Reviewed by: charmaineyip, May 2012
The tour and guide were great. Franchesca was informative and charming, especially considering that the political protests changed our tour itinerary. Also, Marco, the driver was fantastic, getting us incredibly close to our destinations and navigating very difficult traffic. Only concern is that it would have been nice to be re-booked or refunded for the tours that we missed due to the protests (we were not able to go to the Colosseum or forum).
Reviewed by: Jennifer H, October 2011
We came into port on a cruise line and booked this trip privately. It got off to a rocky start by us spending our first hour trying to find our driver and bus. Our group was 11 and followed the directions to take the shuttle bus from the ship to the port building (This port is HUGE). We got off the shuttle thinking our driver would be somewhere in sight with the lead travelers name, not the case. We questioned everyone we saw that had a bus/car or coach waiting, they all spoke VERY LITTLE English which added to our frustration. Finally we were about to give up when one the men pointed to around the backside of this building and said "maybe back there". Our entire group set off to walk behind the building and low and behold we found our bus - the very last one parked empty but the lead travelers name in the window. As we all stood by the bus figuring the driver must come back at some point he finally showed up about 10 mins later. He didn't speak English either. We loaded the bus and he took us into Rome to meet our guide, which was an excellent guide - Valeria, she was an expert in all the history. Next came our 2nd disappointment of the day, we had paid extra to skip the que (lines) to get into the Vatican, for some reason it took us over an hour to get into the Vatican, which cut short time at other places. It seems our driver had issues with parking and there was more walking than we imaged on this tour. Only made it to the Coliseum and Trevi Fountain after the Vatican and back to the ship.
Reviewed by: gveidel, October 2011
