Hop-On Hop-Off 24h + the Velabrum Valley Guided Walking Tour

 

Experience one of the most beautiful cities in the world in a very original and exclusive way! Get on board the Gray Line I Love Rome open bus and visit Rome from a unique point of view! This is a combined solution that will get you enjoy a 24-hour ride of our open bus through the city, plus an exclusive new guided tour dedicated to the Valley of Velabrum in Rome! Our open-top panoramic buses allow you to enjoy a spectacular view of the most iconic monuments of the Eternal City. All you have to do is jump on board and relax, listen to the audio commentary and get on and off at any of the eight stops available along the route. The bus ticket included in the deal will be valid for 24 hours. The bus will make eight stops and will provide you with an on-board audio commentary in 13 languages. The combination with one of the four available walking tours (description below) we offer makes it the ideal way to unveil much of the city centre in a day. Rome is full of mysteries, but being able to see with our own eyes the exact spot where it was born is certainly an incredible experience. Our tour of the Velabro is a journey through time that starts from around 3000 years ago to the last century, to the places and stories that marked the creation of the capital city of Italy. But where does the word "Velabro" come from and what does it mean? It is said that the valley going from the Roman Forum to the Tiber was often submerged by the river water and became, over time, a swampy area. The word 'velus', that is 'marsh' in Latin, was used, and was then changed to 'velabrum', describing the peculiarity of this area. The main characteristic of the valley is that it is considered to be the area where the brothers Romulus and Remus, founders of Ancient Rome, were found in a basket along the river. Legend has it that they were found by a she-wolf who took them in and looked after them. However, it is said that it was not an animal, but a poor courtesan woman named "Acca Larentia" who seems to have frequented the place to earn her bread and consequently found the two abandoned brothers. The guided tour starts from Truth Mouth and you will visit all the important monumets around walking into a "magic circle" so the visit will end where it began .