Holiday Velvet partners up with Viator to offer you exclusive Rome tours. Here are the top 3 Rome tours booked by our guests: Rome Angels & Demons Half-Day TourIn a word: Unravel Rome's secrets on the 'Angels and Demons' morning tour, inspired by the novel by Dan Brown.Customer Review: "I have been in Rome three times since 2003, but I must admit that this was the highlight of my three trips to the city! Our guide made the historic sites and the relevance to the book come alive...." Skip the Line: Vatican Museum TourIn a word: Take a small group walking tour of the Vatican Museums and St Peter's Basilica, and jump the queue by booking ahead. Customer Review: "I'm so glad we did this tour. There was such a long line to purchase tickets and we were able to bypass the long wait..." Classical Rome Morning TourIn a word: Explore Rome's classical attractions on a morning tour that combines a little walking with relaxed sightseeing by coach. Customer Review: "Worth doing the tour in the morning to miss the crowds that gathered at each site during the day. Mostly a walking tour, but not arduous or too hot even in ...

The beautiful Piazza Navona, with its fountains by Bernini, takes its oval shape for a very good reason: underneath it lies the remains of the Stadium of Domitian. The buildings that line the piazza are build over the Stadium's original seating arrangements. Wandering this peaceful piazza it is hard to imagine that 2000 years ago a crowd of 30,000 Romans were here, cheering loudly at extremely cruel "games". The Stadium was built in 86BC by emperor Domitian and some of its remnants can be admired north of the square. Also known as the Circus Agonalis (Agone being the origin "agony" ) over time the name changed to 'in agone' to 'navone' and eventually to 'navona'. The obelisk that is now part of the quattro fiumi fountain, has always been here (although it broke into 5 pieces during the 6th Century and was repaired)- it is called the obelisk of Domitian and has hieroglyphs related to the cult of Egyptian gods Isis and Serapis. Holiday Velvet offers unique Rome vacation rentals and Navona holiday apartments

Choose the "Colosseum" from the menu inside the video screen to get some useful information of Rome's most famous landmark: the Colosseum. Looking for accommodation in Rome? Choose a Colosseum apartment rental.