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Understanding Rome Tailor-made private tours of Rome. Native Londoner, naturalised Roman.

Fully licensed as a guide by the Province of Rome, I have 20 years' experience giving tours in and around Rome. Let me help you discover why Rome is one of the most enthralling and exciting cities in the world.

11/01/2025
Midnight Roman walks ❤️💛❤️
11/01/2025

Midnight Roman walks ❤️💛❤️

Glorious Pinturicchio at the Borgia Apartments this morning
10/01/2025

Glorious Pinturicchio at the Borgia Apartments this morning

My (free) monthly newsletter has lots of photos of recently completed projects across the centre of town as Rome’s Jubil...
08/01/2025

My (free) monthly newsletter has lots of photos of recently completed projects across the centre of town as Rome’s Jubilee year begins. It's all looking really rather splendid!

December saw a flurry of frenetic activity as restoration projects and roadworks across the city hurried towards completion in time for the beginning of the Jubilee Year (if you’re wondering what it’s all about, here’s my post

This morning’s tour began in Trastevere so we started with a glimpse of Arnolfo di Cambio’s San Tiburzio before contempl...
08/01/2025

This morning’s tour began in Trastevere so we started with a glimpse of Arnolfo di Cambio’s San Tiburzio before contemplating the Empress Helena at Santa Croce and concluding with the place both Tiburtius and Helena were buried: he below ground at the excellent (no photos, amazing frescoes), she at the mausoleum which became known as the “Tor Pignattara”

Ceci n’est pas un amphithéâtre
07/01/2025

Ceci n’est pas un amphithéâtre

Buona Epifania a tutti! In keeping with the holiday this morning’s tour concluded with a look at the nativity scene at S...
06/01/2025

Buona Epifania a tutti! In keeping with the holiday this morning’s tour concluded with a look at the nativity scene at Ss Cosma e Damiano

04/01/2025

Normal service has been resumed!
03/01/2025

Normal service has been resumed!

Vasari in the mist
02/01/2025

Vasari in the mist

Happy new year, kids!
02/01/2025

Happy new year, kids!

It seemed unlikely, but the new piazza San Giovanni in Laterano has been finished in the nick of time for the Jubilee!
29/12/2024

It seemed unlikely, but the new piazza San Giovanni in Laterano has been finished in the nick of time for the Jubilee!

Auguri from just beyond the Roman walls of Londinium. Last night the ‘hood looked like this and I made a rather good ris...
25/12/2024

Auguri from just beyond the Roman walls of Londinium. Last night the ‘hood looked like this and I made a rather good risotto alla Milanese. Not canon for Christmas Eve supper but extremely delicious. Happy Christmas!

Christmas greetings and an unlikely spot of Mannerism in an East Anglian church are the subject of my latest (free) news...
24/12/2024

Christmas greetings and an unlikely spot of Mannerism in an East Anglian church are the subject of my latest (free) newsletter. Link in stories or it’s understandingrome.substack.com. Thanks for reading!

Suffolk photo dump: a Julio-Claudian prince who spent fifteen centuries in the mud of the river Alde; a boat which is pr...
23/12/2024

Suffolk photo dump: a Julio-Claudian prince who spent fifteen centuries in the mud of the river Alde; a boat which is presumably as old as me; oysters and fizz at an old favourite; festive fish; “I hear those voices who will not be drowned”: Maggie Hambling and Benjamin Britten on Aldeburgh Beach. And always contemplating Roman boats sailing far from home and in bewilderment past shifting mud flats.

.."the lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea..."
21/12/2024

.."the lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea..."

Some Missoni wings from my last tour of 2024. Massive thanks to all of the delightful folk who’ve joined me in exploring...
19/12/2024

Some Missoni wings from my last tour of 2024. Massive thanks to all of the delightful folk who’ve joined me in exploring Rome this year, it’s been a blast!

Glimpses of this afternoon’s tour: a delightful wander across the Esquiline Hill in pursuit of mosaics.
18/12/2024

Glimpses of this afternoon’s tour: a delightful wander across the Esquiline Hill in pursuit of mosaics.

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Fully qualified as a guide by the Metropolitan City of Rome, I have 18 years' experience giving tours in and around Rome. Let me help you discover why Rome is one of the most enthralling and exciting cities in the world.