If you're planning to be in Rome, don't miss the unique opportunity to absorb the history and true ambiance of the Eternal City on a tour with Michael or Dennis, Americans who have lived in Rome for almost forty years. Dennis, an artist who has exhibited his works throughout the world, is also the head of the high school art department at one of Rome's most prestigious schools. Michael is the co-author of National Geographic's Guide to Rome, and teaches history at another of Rome's exclusive international schools. Here's what they offer their guests:

"Seeing the city from our insider's point of view, stroll with us along cobblestone streets, through spacious piazzas and past world-famous monuments. We'll introduce you to equally beautiful piazzas, streets, buildings and churches that are usually visited only by Romans.

If you're in the mood for an espresso, cappuccino or tramezzino (the uniquely Italian version of the sandwich), we'll stop at a top-notch coffee bar known only to neighborhood residents. We might strike up a conversation with our fellow patrons, or stop to chat with the lady selling wild cicoria in the open-air market, or get some ageold tips from the furniture restorers who hold forth in a picture-perfect alley few foreigners ever stumble across.

As we stroll, we'll tell you the area's history, its scandals, even the pernicious rumors it may have inspired over the ages (for Romans have always loved rumors!). And we'll tell you how each neighborhood fits into modern-day Rome. We'll also be happy to help you plan your own self-guided itineraries, shopping trips, museum visits and so forth. And we'll give you a complimentary copy of our own Rome restaurant guide.

What we offer is an entertaining, personalized way to feel as though you actually live in Rome. If you're traveling with your kids, this is a great way to introduce them to the fun of history and art. Walks are for individuals and groups of no more than six people.”

ON THE TRAIL OF DAN BROWN'S "ANGELS & DEMONS"

Trace the footsteps of Dr. Robert Langdon and Vittoria Vetra across Rome, visiting the spellbinding locations of Dan Brown's best-selling Angels & Demons , prequel to The Da Vinci Code. As you locate the sites associated with the four primordial elements of all things in existence -- Earth, Air, Fire, and Water -- you'll see where the scenes for the Tom Hanks movie were filmed. You'll stop at the Renaissance chapel where one preferito is suffocated with earth; the ornate manhole cover symbolizing air; the exquisite Bernini statue where the heroes discover the Hassassin in the act of burning a third preferito alive; the world-famous fountain that represents water. You'll visit the Pantheon, where Langdon and Vetra rush after leaving Vatican City. You'll cross the Tiber and see where the camerlengo landed after parachuting out of the helicopter. From outside, you'll see where the secret passage leads from the castle to St. Peter's, and where Janus met his untimely end. Luckily, your walk will be far less breathless and terrifying than Langdon's frenzied chase, and along the way you'll see and learn about countless masterpieces by Raphael, Bernini, Caravaggio and the other arists who turned Rome into a magnificent Renaissance jewel.

Walks are for private groups of 2 to 6 people. Each walk lasts about two and a half hours.

2010 Prices
2 People:	217.00 EURO
3 People:	280.00 EURO
4 People:	331.00 EURO
5 People:	388.00 EURO
6 People:	417.00 EURO

FROM THE SPANISH STEPS TO THE PANTHEON

Rome's cobblestone streets have been trod for centuries by rich and poor, unknown and famous as they became enamoured of the Eternal City. Gian Lorenzo Bernini's gate at Piazza del Popolo (built to celebrate the triumphal entrance of Queen Christina of Sweden in the 17th century into the city) was the northern, and principal, entrance to Rome (before airplanes and trains). Kings and queens, intellectuals (Goethe and Keats), young lords on the "Grand Tour" of the continent and artists frequented the area clustered between the Porta del Popolo and the Spanish Steps.

• Spanish Steps
• Trevi Fountain
• Via Margutta (the street of the artists)
• Piazza.del Popolo
• St.Maria dell'Popolo (with the Chigi Chapel of Angels and Demons fame)
• Ara Pacis
• St.Lorenzo in Lucina
• Pantheon

Walks are for private groups of 2 to 6 people. Each walk lasts about two and a half hours.

2010 Prices
2 People:	217.00 EURO
3 People:	280.00 EURO
4 People:	331.00 EURO
5 People:	388.00 EURO
6 People:	417.00 EURO

THE FOUNTAINS OF ROME This especially popular walk features a late afternoon stroll from piazza to piazza, where the noise of traffic is replaced by the soft gurgle of cascading water Triton Fountain in Piazza Barberini Quirinale Fountain in front of the presidential palace, and the statue of Castor & Pollux in a setting that overlooks all Rome Trevi Fountain Pantheon Piazza Navona

Walks are for private groups of 2 to 6 people. Each walk lasts about two and a half hours.

2010 Prices
2 People:	217.00 EURO
3 People:	280.00 EURO
4 People:	331.00 EURO
5 People:	388.00 EURO
6 People:	417.00 EURO

POPES AND PRINCES Bernini's Angel Bridge Castel Sant'Angelo (from outside) Via della Conciliazione The Borgo Piazza San Pietro and Bernini's Colonnade St. Peter's Basilica and Crypt

Castel Sant'Angelo

Walks are for private groups of 2 to 6 people. Each walk lasts about two and a half hours.

2010 Prices
2 People:	217.00 EURO
3 People:	280.00 EURO
4 People:	331.00 EURO
5 People:	388.00 EURO
6 People:	417.00 EURO

MEDIEVAL AND IMPERIAL ROME Church of San Clemente with its 3 archaeological levels Church of Santi Quattro Coronati with its secret chapel and hidden cloister A stroll along the aqueduct built by Nero St. Stefano Rotono - modelled on the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem Villa Celimontana with its lovely Renaissance gardens Santa Maria in Domnica (terrific mosaic) and the Navicella

Walks are for private groups of 2 to 6 people. Each walk lasts about two and a half hours.

2010 Prices
2 People:	217.00 EURO
3 People:	280.00 EURO
4 People:	331.00 EURO
5 People:	388.00 EURO
6 People:	417.00 EURO