Food Tour, Wine Tasting & Hidden Secrets Rome

It is now time for a wine tasting in a cosy wine-bar of Rome. We taste three great Italian wines and compare the difference between them. We accompain the wine with some taralli and coppiette, typical Italian snacks. 

We say hi to the talking statue of Pasquino and take a stroll in beautiful Piazza Navona passing through narrow streets near Palazzo Madama, the Senate Office Building. Piazza Navona is a lovely square that hides many folktales, you will find out more about the most famous baroque artists Bernini and Borromini.

On the way to the Pantheon we stop at Piazza della Minerva with the Elephant of Bernini, in front of Santa Maria della Minerva’s church. This place offers interesting anedoctes and amusing stories that most of the tourists passing by cannot even imagine. The Pantheon is an Ancient Temple built to honour all the Gods. Today it is a christian church, Chiesa di Santa Maria ad Martyres.

Only a few steps from there we can visit the church St’Ignazio, decorated with a fake cupola and the temple of the emperor Hadrian. Rome is like an open museum full of history and hidden statues, if you know where to find them. Very interesting are some curious decorations from an ancient Egyptian temple such as the obelisk, the little cat, the talking statue and the big foot marble.

We finish the tour with a delicious Italian dessert, perfect finish for a unique tour.