Tour details

This tour of Secret Rome by Golf Cart will make you discover amazing hidden gems of the Eternal City. If you have already seen the major highlights and are eager to go off the beaten track, this tour will be the perfect choice for you.

Pickup and first churches

Our Secret Rome tour by Golf Cart starts at your accommodation – as long as it is located within the very city centre – from where we set off on a journey to discover the less known attractions Rome has to offer. The very first stop is the Church Sant’Ignazio, a baroque masterpiece with trompe-l’oeil frescos made in the17th Century, sometimes referred to as the “Baroque Sistine Chapel”. From there, we head for the Basilica San Pietro in Vincoli to admire one of Michelangelo’s greatest works: the statue of Moses, fashion out of a single block of marble, an absolute wonder housed in this elegant Renaissance church.

The Papal Basilicas and Saint Sebastian’s gate

Next, there are stops at the two most important churches in Rome beside Saint Peter’s: Saint Mary the Major and Saint John in Lateran. Each of these Papal basilicas, among the oldest in town, houses a holy door, that gets open during the Jubilee year. After that, our tour of Secret Rome by Golf Cart takes you to Saint Sebastian’s gate (porta San Sebastiano), the biggest and best preserved of the Roman gates through the city wall. First erected towards the end of the 2nd Century A.D., the gate was later raised and enlarged, and now comprises two high watchtowers and a single arch. The lower part is covered in marble, on which the victorious Roman troops carved the Archangel Gabriel, to celebrate their victory over Robert of Anjou in 1327.

Caracalla, Pyramid and Aventine

Then, we proceed further to the impressive remains of the baths of Caracalla, the second largest thermal complex of ancient Rome. Realised at the beginning of the 3nd Century A.D. under the reign of Caracalla, it could fit some 1,500 people, and featured a number of pools, saunas, gyms and gardens. From there we reach the Piramide Cestia, a mausoleum in Egyptian style built in I Century B.C. This Golf Cart tour of Secret Rome is not finished yet, as it takes to the Aventine Hill, to visit the oldest church in Rome, the Basilica Santa Sabina, and enjoy a view of the entire city from the Orange Garden.

Pick-up and drop-off service available only in the city centre.

Reduced price for groups of three participants or more. With 4 to 5 people, we may run the tour on one or two golf carts. With 6 to 8 people, we run the tour on two golf carts. With 9 to 10 people, we may run the tour on two or three golf carts.

All our golf carts are equipped with rain cover.

Questions? Check our FAQ section, you might find the answer there. And if you don’t, email us to info@turtletourrome.com