{"id":12945,"date":"2013-07-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freeareaguide.com\/italy\/blog\/city-sightseeing-rome-bus-tours\/"},"modified":"2013-07-02T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-07-02T00:00:00","slug":"city-sightseeing-rome-bus-tours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freeareaguide.com\/italy\/blog\/city-sightseeing-rome-bus-tours\/","title":{"rendered":"City Sightseeing Rome Bus tours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[wptabs][wptabtitle] Description[\/wptabtitle] [wptabcontent]<\/p>\n<h2>City Sightseeing Rome Bus tours<\/h2>\n<p>Hop on &#8211; hop off Rome<\/p>\n<p>City Sightseeing Rome Bus Tours are quite famous because you have them in most all European cities! In Italy the City Sightseeing bus is present in Florence, Milan, Naples, Palermo, Torino, Verona and many more! In fact, if you show a recent bought ticket to the staff in any of the other tours Worldwide, you&#8217;ll automatically get a 10% discount on the ticket you&#8217;re buying! When you hop-on, you&#8217;ll get disposable ear phones so you&#8217;ll have the chance to listen to<strong> informative commentary\u00a0in eight different languages; Italian, English, French, German, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese and Russian,<\/strong> while passing by famous monuments.<\/p>\n<p><strong>City Sightseeing Rome\u00a0Bus Tours<\/strong>\u00a0has a <strong>Visitor Center<\/strong> in Via IV November, 147 near Piazza Venezia in Rome. They offer other tours; like buses going to the famous outlet <em>Castel Romano<\/em> <em>Outlets<\/em>, Excursions of all kind or simply providing you with tickets for the Vatican Museum\/Sistine Chapel and for the\u00a0Colosseum without having to stand on line.<\/p>\n<p>Even if the bus frequency is every 20 minutes, traffic can get quite bad in Rome. On Saturday mornings or Sundays, traffic in Rome is better because many locals are out of town. Saturday afternoon it gets crowded again because many people from the outskirts come to the city center for shopping! For this reason you might like to consider taking any bus tour when traffic isn&#8217;t so heavy. During the summer months it can get very hot sitting on top of the bus without air-conditioning and an open roof top! I strongly recommend sun tan lotion and something to cover your head. There is no air-conditioning in the bottom part either. The stops have no sun shades and the wait can be a little longer during high tourist season. Sometimes it\u2019s hard to follow what monument is being described because you could be stuck in traffic for a while but the commentary goes on\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>Time tables:\u00a0<\/strong>The buses go every day, all year round.\u00a0City Sightseeing bus tours\u00a0only have one route which start out at two different Terminals. The reason for this is because they don&#8217;t want to have large crowds waiting in one point and they&#8217;d like the customer to have two choices on what area is better for them to reach.<\/p>\n<p>The first bus starts at 9.00 at the Termini Train station in the street\u00a0Via Marsala 7 and the last ride goes at 8.15PM from Piazza Barberini (Via Barberini 2) near the famous Via Veneto! The\u00a0<strong>official bus<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>frequency<\/strong>\u00a0is every<strong>\u00a020 minutes if the bus starts out at Terminal A<\/strong>; Termini Marsala &#8211; Via Marsala 7 or\u00a0<strong>45\/60 minutes if the bus starts out at Terminal B;<\/strong>\u00a0Largo di Villa Peretti &#8211; Largo di Villa Peretti 1.<\/p>\n<p>[\/wptabcontent]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p>[wptabtitle] Tour Stops[\/wptabtitle] [wptabcontent]<\/p>\n<h2>City Sightseeing Rome Bus Stops<\/h2>\n<p>During weeksdays the bus starts out at 2 Terminals with are Terminal A and B. Terminal A is\u00a0named Termini Marsala,\u00a0which is in the street\u00a0Via Marsala 7 near Termini station. Bus\u00a0stop Terminal B, named Largo di Villa Peretti, is\u00a0in the street Largo di Villa Peretti\u00a01 near Termini station as well. Bus stop Nr. 2 is Santa Maria Maggiore (Basilica of Saint Mary Major), bus stop Nr.\u00a03 is\u00a0Colosseo (Colosseum), bus stop Nr.\u00a04 is Circo Massimo (Circus Maximus), bus stop Nr. 5 is Piazza Venezia, bus stop Nr. 6 is Vaticano (Vatican), bus stop Nr. 7 is Fontana di Trevi (Trevi fountain)\u00a0and Bus stop Nr. 8 is Piazza Barberini.<\/p>\n<p>On weekends starting from Saturday at 3.00PM and Holidays, the \u00a0City Sightseeing Rome\u00a0Bus Tour doesn&#8217;t stop at the Trevi Fountain.<\/p>\n<p>[mapsmarker layer=&#8221;5&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>[\/wptabcontent]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[wptabtitle] Pricing[\/wptabtitle] [wptabcontent]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where to buy the tickets<\/strong>:\u00a0 you can buy them directly on-line, authorized agencies\u00a0or on the bus when you board!<\/p>\n<p>For any questions you can call: 0039 06 69797554 or fax: 0039 06 69797554<\/p>\n<p><strong>How much do the tickets cost for the City Sightseeing Rome Bus Tours?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>one day<\/strong> ticket starts from 20.00 Euro\u00a0for adults, Children from 6-15 years old pay 12.00 Euro.<\/p>\n<p>The<strong> 2 day<\/strong> ticket costs 25.00 Euro for adults and \u00a0Children from 6-15 years old pay 15.00 Euro.<\/p>\n<p>The<strong> 3 day<\/strong> ticket costs 32.00 Euro for adults and \u00a0Children from 6-15 years old pay 18.00 Euro.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The family tickets are also convenient<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>2 Adults +1 Child pay 60.00 Euro for a 48 hour valid ticket<\/p>\n<p>2 Adults + 2 Children pay 70.00 Euro for\u00a0a 48 hour valid ticket<\/p>\n<p>2 Adults +3 Children pay 80.00Euro for a\u00a048 hour valid ticket<\/p>\n<p>2 Adults + 1 Child pay 76.00 Euro for\u00a0a\u00a072 hour valid ticket<\/p>\n<p>2 Adults + 2 Children pay 88.00 Euro for a\u00a072 hour valid ticket<\/p>\n<p>2 Adults + 3 Chidren pay\u00a072.00 Euro for a 72\u00a0hour valid ticket<\/p>\n<p>Children under 6 years old are free. Vouchers can be used within 5 days from the date chosen!<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are valid from the moment you start using them and not\u00a0calendar days! For further information and special offers it\u2019s better to check out their website because even itineraries can change during certain periods. Please note:\u00a0Disabled people\u00a0will have no problems and\u00a0have easy access to get on\u00a0the buses.<\/p>\n<p>[\/wptabcontent]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[wptabtitle] Special Notes[\/wptabtitle] [wptabcontent]<\/p>\n<p><strong>What to expect from a\u00a0City Sightseeing Rome bus tour:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In my opinion City Sightseeing Bus Tours give you one of the best, understandable\u00a0maps when you get on the bus! It explains where you have to walk too and what&#8217;s important to see. The map also has little pictures of the monuments on it to make it easier to understand.<\/p>\n<p>Open Bus tours can be quite fun depending on the time of the year you\u2019re visiting and the weather conditions. The Metro may be quicker to get from point A to B and you\u2019ll have more time for your monuments but at the same time you\u2019ll always be underground \u2026maybe a good solution would be to through a day in for an open top bus ride!<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes it can happen that routes get diverted because of demonstrations or strikes.<\/p>\n<p>[\/wptabcontent][wptabs mode=&#8221;horizontal&#8221;] [\/wptabs]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>This is the route the City Sightseeing Rome bus Tour takes\u00a0 on Weekdays: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Terminal A near Termini train station<\/strong>:\u00a0Termini Marsala &#8211; Via Marsala 7<\/p>\n<p><strong>OR<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Terminal B near Termini train station:<\/strong> Largo di Villa Peretti\u00a0&#8211; Largo di Villa Peretti\u00a01<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Santa Maria Maggiore (Basilica of Saint Mary Major) <\/strong>&#8211; Via dell&#8217;Esquilino 8<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Colosseo (Colosseum) <\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; Via di San Gregorio<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. Circo Massimo (Circus Maximus)<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; Piazzale Ugo La Malfa<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. Piazza Venezia<\/strong> &#8211; Via di Teatro Marcello 12<\/p>\n<p><strong>6. Vaticano (Vatican)<\/strong> &#8211; Via della Conciliazione 4<\/p>\n<p><strong>7. Fontana di Trevi<\/strong> (Trevi Fountain)- Via del Tritone 59<\/p>\n<p><strong>8. Piazza Barberini<\/strong> &#8211; Via Barberini 2<\/p>\n<p><strong>This is the route the City Sightseeing Rome bus Tour takes\u00a0 on Saturdays beginning at 3.00PM, Sundays and Holidays: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Colosseum stop is moved to another Street and the stop Nr. 7. Trevi Fountain is not operated!<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Terminal A near Termini train station<\/strong>:\u00a0Termini Marsala &#8211; Via Marsala 7<\/p>\n<p><strong>OR<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Terminal B near the Termini train station:<\/strong> Largo di Villa Peretti &#8211; Largo di Villa Peretti 1<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Santa Maria Maggiore (Basilica of Saint Mary Major) <\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; Via dell&#8217;Esquilino 8<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Colosseo (Colosseum)<\/strong> &#8211; Via Nicola Salvi (the stop is moved to another street)<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. Circo Massimo (Circus Maximus)<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; Piazzale Ugo La Malfa<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. Piazza Venezia<\/strong> &#8211; Via di Teatro Marcello 12<\/p>\n<p><strong>6. Vaticano (Vatican)<\/strong> &#8211; Via della Conciliazione 4<\/p>\n<p><strong>7. 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