m.touch travel
Travel to Rome
Who we are
Manstouch Travel offers online booking for hotels, apartment rentals and packages in Rome.
But thats not all, we offer scheduled sightseeing tours, dinner cruises, cooking courses, wine tastings and experiences for groups and individuals.
Let us surprise and delight you with our private car or walking tours so you can discover secret places off the beaten path and authentic places where locals like to hang out.
The Manstouch Difference is
hands-on, hassle free travel with the goal to make your holiday
an experience to remember whatever your budget.
Welcome to Rome!
Our Offer
• A stunning range of half and full day tours in Rome and excursions to both the most popular site and places off the beaten path.
• A crackerjack team of courteous, knowledgable and reliable English speaking guides.
• Airport transfer by shuttle, private car, or limousine.
Excellent service and reliability for simple tranfsers or multi day driving excursions.
Pricing
Our tours and transfers are priced right in the middle of the market. In fact we charge the same as our driver guide would charge you. They pay us a commission so our added value for them is to facilitate the reservation by making sure you get the tour you want with the most appropriate guide.
Value
In terms of value we think we are one of the best incoming agenices in Rome because of the high level of service and care we give each client. In this respect we follow an American approach to Customer Service.
Uniqueness
Our tours and transfers have been so sucessfully made that we have developed our own unique tours and experiences which we offer to travel agents and tour operators.
Corporates & Groups
We plan extraordinary events, tours, team-building incentives and transfers in Rome!
Customer Reviews
Thanks larry for organising the wine promenade. We had a great time and tried out our very dodgy french!! It was good to see some great old cafes and get an insight into the french wine psyche. We'll be back in Rome next summer and look forward to using your website again.
This is what we aim for Larry..Good job... Thank you - US travel agent
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The Legend of Rome
The history of Rome, like that of all other ancient peoples, is made up largely of traditions. According to the Roman legends, after the fall of Troy, it is said that the, Aeneas, fled from the ruins with his father Anchises, and his son, Ascanius. He landed on the shores of Italy and was assured by omens that Latium was to be the seat of a great empire. He founded the city of Lavinium, and after his death his son Ascanius transferred the seat of the kingdom to Alba Longa. Here his descendants ruled for three hundred years. The throne was then usurped by prince Amulius.
To secure himself against any possible rivals, he forced his brother’s daughter, Rhea Silvia, to take the vows of a vestal virgin. Instead, she became the mother of twin children, Romulus and Remus; their father was Mars, the god of war. Amulius caused the children to be thrown into the Tiber; but they remained under the guardianship of the gods.
Drifting ashore at the foot of the Palatine hill, they were nursed by a she-wolf, and were brought up at the home of a neighboring shepherd. And when they had grown to manhood, they founded 753BC the city of Rome on the Palatine, where they had been providentially rescued. In a quarrel between the two brothers, Remus was killed, and Romulus became the king of the new city. After his death he was worshiped under the name of Quirinus.
A Sabine named Numa Pompilius was elected as the second king of Rome. Numa is represented in the legends as the founder of the Roman religion and said to have divided the year into twelve months.
Colosseum
The Colosseum or Coliseum, originally known as the Flavian Amphitheatre, is a giant amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome. Originally capable of seating 45,000-50,000 spectators, it was used for gladiatorial contests and public spectacles. It was built on a site just east of the Roman Forum, with construction starting between 70 and 72 AD under the emperor Vespasian. The amphitheatre, the largest ever built in the Roman Empire, was completed in 80 AD under Titus, with further modifications being made during Domitian's reign.
The Colosseum remained in use for nearly 500 years with the last recorded games being held there as late as the 6th century - well after the traditional date of the fall of Rome in 476. As well as the traditional gladiatorial games, many other public spectacles were held there, such as mock sea battles, animal hunts, executions, reenactments of famous battles, and dramas based on Classical mythology. The building eventually ceased to be used for entertainment in the early medieval era. It was later reused for such varied purposes as housing, workshops, quarters for a religious order, a fortress, a quarry and a Christian shrine.
Although it is now in a severely ruined condition due to damage caused by earthquakes and stone-robbers, the Colosseum has long been seen as an iconic symbol of Imperial Rome and is one of the finest surviving examples of Roman architecture. It is one of modern Rome's most popular tourist attractions and still has close connections with the Roman Catholic Church, whose Pope leads a torchlit "Way of the Cross" procession to the amphitheatre each Good Friday.
Roman Forum
The Roman Forum (Forum Romanum, although the Romans called it more often the Forum Magnum or just the Forum) was the central area around which ancient Rome developed, in which commerce, business, prostitution, cult and the administration of justice took place. Here the communal hearth was located. Sequences of remains of paving show that sediment eroded from the surrounding hills was already raising the level of the forum in early Republican times. Originally it had been marshy ground, which was drained by the Tarquins with the Cloaca Maxima. Its final travertine paving, still to be seen, dates from the reign of Augustus.
Let Us Plan Your Trip
We have an extensive network of tour guides, hotels, apartments, transfer vehicles and specialty tours in Rome and the surrounding Castelli Romani. This allows us great flexibilty to custom plan any type of vacation for individuals, groups and travel agents.
We specialize in cultural travel, cooking, culinary and wine experiences, art and photography and experience that will enrich your stay in the Eternal City.
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Popular things to do
Let us help you plan a remarkable stay in Rome. From a wine tasting with a British sommelier to a half day photographic adventure who will help you see Rome throught the eyes of a local.
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Vatican Tour and Papal Audiences
The Vatican City State (Holy See), the seat of the Roman Catholic Church, is located in the center of Rome not far from the River Tiber, and is the smallest sovereign state in the world. It covers St. Peter’s Square, the Basilica of St. Peter, the Vatican Museums and adjacent buildings, and the garden behind. We have a variety of scheduled and private tours.
Rome Half Day Photo Adventures
Imagine yourself spending an exciting week in Rome with a National Geographic photographer making great pictures and visiting beautiful places while enjoying fabulous food and Italian culture.
Anthony Boccaccio leads Adventures thru the Lens, a truly unique experience in an extraordinary setting and a rare opportunity to ask the expert about camera techniques used by world-class professionals.
One Day Excursions
Florence
Historically, it has also been a world centre in terms of
art, architecture, intellectualism, and birthplace of the
Renaissance. The surrounding Tuscan countryside of Florence
was the inspiration for many Florentine masterpieces and the
vitality of this small city, the robustness of its cuisine,
the enduring beauty of the richness of its treasures will
always educate, exhilarate and dazzle those who visit.
Naples
The city was founded by inhabitants of the Greek colony of
Cuma, around the eighth century B.C.. For this reason it was
named Neapolis (from Greek, meaning New City). Its buildings,
museums and even the language spoken by natives bear traces
of all periods of its history, from its Greek birth, until
the present day. Although conquered by the Romans in the 4th
century BC, it long retained its Greek culture.
Art & museum tours in Rome
Discover the many facets of Rome.
Villa Borghese
Capitoline Musuems
In the footsteps of Caravaggio
Discover the Secrets & Symbols in Art
This tour takes its inspiration from the Dan Brown book ‘Angels and Demons' as well as themes from ‘The Da Vinci Code' and builds upon the fascinating themes that he explores. We visit the main sites visited in the book as well as the most famous monuments by the greatest artists of the Renaissance and Baroque periods. We explore question like
Why did Galileo spent the last twenty years of his life under house arrest for his scientific studies based on the ideas of Copernicus which proved that the earth was a satellite of the sun as opposed to the center of the Universe?
Why were Michelangelo's paintings in the Sistine chapel declared by important members of the pope's council to be indecent and in need of severe editing or even destruction?
Rome Segway Tours
Don't miss the remarkable experience of living Rome on a Segway!
• 3hr Segway rental
• 30min Orientation Session
• Headphones so you can comfortably listen to your guide.
• Ponchos in case of rain
• Segway Staff Escort
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A Taste of Rome
You can't come to Rome with a wine tasting experience in the city of close by in the Castelli Romani. Or if you like to cook try our cooking class in a famous Neopolitan restaurant. Pizza anyone?
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Wine Tasting
Wine has been made in Rome and its environs for several thousand years, that is ever since the Romans learned from the Persians to grow vines. Rome's wines, led by Frascati and Marino, were traditionally, pleasingly soft though not so sweet as to overwhelm the flavor of food. Read about our three programs:
• Wine tasting in the center of Rome
• Nectar of the Gods - an escorted group tour
• Castelli Romani private wine tour
Cooking Classes
An eating experience is a return to our to youth when food was natural and the marketing men didn't tell us what to eat - we knew what to eat because it was good.
We also knew how to prepare it and enjoy it. This knowledge is gradually diminishing but at the Scoglio you will find a haven where good, honest, traditional food has been honored since 1928. It is here that you will learn how to make authentic pasta, pizza or go on the market visit and learn to make atraditional dishes.
Package: A Taste of Rome
• 3 overnights with breakfast buffet in Rome at charming 4**** hotel
• Transfer by private de-luxe car from Rome airport to the hotel and back
• Full-day (6 hours) guided visit to Rome with carefully selected English-speaking guide
• Half-day de-luxe car at disposal for the visit to Rome
• Half day excursion by private de-luxe car and English-speaking guide to Tivoli or to Colli Albani (where the DOC wine Colli Albani is produced) and back to Rome after lunch
• Typical light lunch in Tivoli or Colli Albani (main course + dessert – warm or cold - drinks not included)
• Wine tasting and wine cellar visit in case of Colli Albani excursion
• Mini wine course with wine tasting and elegant dinner (4 courses menu + aperitif with combined wines) at the prestigious Wine Academy of Rome
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Accomodation
We have the same hotels you'll find on most sites but we also have a few secrets ones we keep to ourselves.
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Why book through us?
• Online reservation for most hotels.
• Eady search with map locations
• Low prices & Immediate Confirmation
• Nice Photos