SHOPPING TOUR Boutiques. Appointment only tailors. Leather goods. One of our most popular tours. With the expertise and the knowledge of all the backstreets in Rome, and the local family run boutique institutions that have stood the test of time for generations. This tour culminates with cappucino’s and cocktails. MORELLINO AND MOZARELLA TOUR Take a […]Read Post ›
Where to begin. If you want to walk down memory lane and taste of slice of daily Roman life, then the port city of Ostia Antica, 30km South West of Rome, ticks all the boxes. Bigger than Pompeii, with minimal crowds, this is where the visitor can enter another world. Bakeries, fishmongers and restaurants dating […]Read Post ›
When tourists visit Rome and book a tour, one of the most asked questions we get asked is ‘Where did they film Roman Holiday?’ Why? Because Audrey Hepburn is to Rome what Jackie O was to Capri or what Elizabeth Taylor was to Acapulco. She was the epitome of elegance without excess. Little did she know […]Read Post ›
The Mausoleum of Augustus, was built in 28BC for Augustus, the first Roman Emperor (from 27 BC-14AD) and is now being restored with the financial assistance of the Italian mobile phone company TIM. A whopping 6 million Euros has been donated towards the project and an estimated 10 million will be needed to complete the […]Read Post ›
Images © zaha hadid architects 2016 was an exciting year for architecture and 2017 looks set to be no different. We here at Minerva Tours are looking forward to the construction later this year of the long awaited Naples-Afragola train station, a sculptural cobra-like steel structure, which will interlink Naples to Rome. The London based […]Read Post ›
What was in the make up bag of an ancient Roman woman? Diva or Empress, what was in your make up bag two thousand years ago, in ancient Rome, pre Benefit and Mac? Keeping up appearances in ancient Rome must have been a real mission. Think less au natural, and more, ‘wow, that sounds like […]Read Post ›
Just when you thought Rome couldn’t get any more magnificent, you turn the corner and see the Trevi fountain being used as a catwalk, with models ‘walking on water’, across the glass runway built into the water basin of the fountain. Fendi chose Rome, its hometown, to celebrate its 90th anniversary and show their spectacular […]Read Post ›
Virginia Raggi made history today by becoming the first ever female mayor of Rome in 3000 years. The 37-year-old lawyer and former member of Rome’s city council has emerged as the favourite. She says: “Our vision is of a city that is liveable, first of all, which it is not at the moment, for all […]Read Post ›
