Keats-Shelley House Tours and Activities

See Rome’s beautiful piazzas and landmarks on this walking tour through the historical center. With an insider guide, explore the Eternal City on a route that takes you along Via Veneto, past Villa Borghese, down Via Nazionale and by the Roman Forum area. Soak up the sights and atmosphere of five city piazzas: Repubblica, Quirinale, Barberini, Spagna and Popolo.

Rome’s historic monuments and romantic piazzas have inspired many of the world’s literary greats. On this tour, venture off the typical tourist trail with a local guide and follow in the footsteps of Byron, Keats, Goethe, and more. Your tour itinerary can be personalized to match your literary tastes, but popular stops include the Keats-Shelley Memorial House, Goethe’s House, Antico Caffè Greco, and the Protestant Cemetery.

Discover the fountains and piazzas of Rome including the Spanish Steps, Trevi Fountain, Navona Square, and more with a fun and informative walking tour. With this tour, you’ll skip the hassle of navigating Rome’s maze of streets on your own and see all the top sites with a guide. You’ll hear fascinating stories and legends about Rome’s most famous monuments and enjoy a gelato tasting at the end of the tour.

Join this 2-hour walking tour at night "hunting" some ghosts from the past, among roman streets in company of a local guide, listening to stories about mysterious legends and interesting myths...

We'll start this self guided audio tour in the beautiful Piazza di Spagna. We'll stop to throw coins in the Trevi fountain and look through the oculus of the magnificent Pantheon. Along the way you'll learn how to order a coffee and clues for finding the best gelato shops. We'll end at the famous Piazza Navona admiring one of Bernini's masterpieces.

Between the 18th and 19th centuries, the Grand Tour was a common habit for European higher class members, who desired to explore and understand other countries culture and art. Italy and Rome soon became most popular destinations for such journey and, in the years, artists like Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Percy Shelley and John Keats were among the most known and outstanding of guests. A private guided tour, away from the most usually visited places, will allow you to discover where these geniuses used to live and work - places that have become museums dedicated to their art. You will feel like a real Englishman or woman in Rome, sipping an exquisite cup of tea in the most ancient tea room in Italy. Finally, you will feel the peculiar, inimitable atmosphere of the place where some of these personalities have found their rest: the non-Catholic Cemetery near the Cestia Pyramid.

Discover the dark side of Rome on a 2-hour evening walking tour that introduces you to the Eternal City’s most famous eternal wandering spirits. Hear tales of resident ghosts and haunting legends about the unlucky royals, poets, artists and ancient citizens who are said to still wander the city streets. Along the way, admire some of Rome’s most iconic monuments illuminated in a ghostly glow.