MYTHOLOGY TOUR
Details:
Meeting Point: In front of the Capitoline Museums
Length: 2.5 hours
Wearing a mask is mandatory inside the museums.
This is the Mythology tour which highlights the Roman gods and goddesses. On this Mythology Tour inside the Capitoline Museums, the world’s oldest public museum and one of Rome’s best kept secrets, you will learn more about the great empire and how its people worshipped their deities. To understand the ancient Romans, one must look back and understand not only their grand monuments but most of all, what they believed and how this affected their everyday lives.
This 2.5-hour private tour will take you to see some of the most important ancient Roman sculptures and art masterpieces found all over Rome and beyond. The Capitoline Museums contain very rare ancient artefacts like rare bronze statues and only remaining copies of ancient Greek originals. This tour is a quest not only for the lover of beauty and history, but most of all for those who are big fans of Mythology.
HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS TOUR:
- Get to visit the oldest public museum in the world, the Capitoline Museums
- Meet the Roman gods and goddesses
- Learn more about the ancient religion and cults of Rome
- See up close some of the best ancient Roman art
- Meet the famous She-Wolf, the symbol of Rome
- See the precious ancient bronze statue of Emperor Marcus Aurelius
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ABOUT THIS TOUR
A very important part of Rome’s history is its ancient cults. The Romans believed in gods and goddesses, it was not faith, it was a cultic worship. There are so many written about Greek mythology and yes, the Romans copied most of that as they were a very practical people. On this tour, you will learn why the Romans did what the Romans did with its mythology and most specially, with its foundation myth.
Explore one of Rome’s most beautiful museums, the Capitoline Museums. This museum is one of Rome’s best kept secrets as most visitors focus on the Vatican Museums missing some of the most important artefacts that archaeologists found in very important sites.
On this tour, you will see the very rare, gigantic bronze statue of Emperor Marcus Aurelius. But that is just a start, see the parts of the ancient colossal statue of Emperor Constantine, both in marble and bronze. See the remains of the Temple of Jupiter, the most important temple in all ancient Rome and the whole empire. And meet also the She-wolf, this is the perfect spot to listen to the Roman foundation myth. On this tour, you get to see even the very precious Baroque statue of Medusa, depicted like no other by the famous Bernini. These are only a few of the treasures you get to discover on this Mythology Tour, make sure you are ready for more.
Note:
The tickets are very limited as the Capitoline Museums allow a limited number of visitors and we highly recommend that we book the tickets as soon as possible. Only online booking allowed.
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We did the Percy Jackson Hero Hunt, the Colosseum and Forum tour, and the Vatican and St. Peter's Basilica tour.
All of them were absolutely perfect experiences.
We made... read more it difficult for them, with a teenager, an expert in mythology and a little girl who could have easily gotten bored, but our three guides (Lucilla, Cecilia and Ilaria) knew how to find the right point to make the visit very interesting for adults and very fun for kids.
Without a doubt, hiring our visits with Rome4kids has been the best decision of our trip. We take with us a magnificent memory and we will surely repeat it in Rome or in another city.
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December 9, 2022
Thank you Catalina!!! - Ancient Rome Scavenger Hunt - Super pleased I came across this when trying to figure out a tour of the Colosseum that would suit both my nearly 80 year old... read more mother and my super inquisitive 9-year old daughter. I only started planning a week or so earlier and the staff were great at accommodating us - and a huge THANK YOU to our guide Catalina who was very knowledgeable, patient and entertaining - we all learned a lot and my daughter was ready to take her home as a souvenir 😉
October 23, 2022
We did several tours with Rome4kids after receiving a reccomendation from a friend regarding the tour company. Katja accommodated us despite my contacting her with very short notice to book... read more tours. The logistics were incredibly well organised and felt effortless on our part with the Katja staying in touch to check all was going smoothly along the way. The various guides were highly knowledgeable and able to answer all our 3 children’s questions (age 11,10 &8) however the real bonus was the extra personality that each guide bought to the tours having a real passion for the information they shared. We did heart of rome tour, Percy Jackson, day trip to Pompei and the divine Vatican tour. We would highly recommend the first 3 tours for similar aged children. The Vatican tour although the guide was fantastic & we very much enjoyed our children were much more enthused but the the Roman gods and myths and the ancient ruins then the Art in the Vatican.
June 5, 2022