Rome Vintage Fiat 500 Self-Drive Tour by Convoy
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Rome Vintage Fiat 500 Self-Drive Tour by Convoy
By Rome 500 EXP - Day Tour
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Skip seeing Rome from the back of a tour bus and, instead, cruise the city’s charming cobblestone streets in a vintage Fiat 500 on this self-driving sightseeing tour. Pass by famous city sights as well as lesser-known gems while following a guide in your own candy-colored vintage car. You’ll cruise past famous landmarks like the Colosseum and the Arch of Constantine, stopping occasionally for photo opportunities and the obligatory cappuccino.
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Ages 12-99, max of 2 per group
Duration: 3h
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English, Italian, French, Spanish
Highlights
- Explore Rome in style in a vintage Fiat 500 on a sightseeing driving tour
- Drive yourself through the city as part of a colorful convoy of Fiats
- See landmarks such as the Roman Colosseum and the Arch of Constantine
- Drive streets inaccessible to larger cars and see off-the-beaten-path sights
- Professional guide
- Use of a vintage Fiat 500
What's not included- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Food and drinks
- Gratuities
- Meet your guide in Central Rome where you’ll be paired with one of the many Fiat 500s available on this tour. After receiving a quick safety briefing and lesson on driving a Cinquecento, you’ll take off in a parade of brightly-colored cars. Following a guide car, you’ll cruise down the charming streets of Rome as if you were a star in a classic Italian film passing by such famous sights as the Colosseum, the Arch of Constantine, and Bocca della Verita (Mouth of Truth) as well as lesser visited sites along roads only accessible to small cars. Stop often for photo opportunities in and out of the car, and enjoy a break for coffee or gelato while listening to entertaining stories from your guide. Your tour ends back where it began.
- Departure details
- Palazzo Manfredi, Via Labicana, 125, 00184 Roma RM, Italy
Return details- Returns to original departure point
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Near public transportation
- Infants must sit on laps
If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 6703CONVOY- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Minimum age for children: 5 years
- Minimum age for the driver: 18 years
- The driver must be in possession of a valid European Union driving license or International Driving Permit.
- The cars are equipped with manual stick/clutch, NOT automatic. Drivers must have sufficient experience driving a manual transmission vehicle. The Company reserves the right to refuse renting a car to a person who does not have sufficient experience driving manual transmission vehicles. No refund will be made in these instances.
- Please wear closed-toe shoes only, no sandals or flip flops
- Due to the size of the car, this tour is not suitable for passengers who weigh over 220 pounds (100 kg) or who are taller than 6.2 feet (1.9 meters)
- A minimum of 2 people per booking is required
- Not recommended for travelers with back problems
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Most travelers can participate
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 2 travelers
- For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.
- What you can expect during your visit
- Regular temperature checks for staff
- Temperature checks for tour participants upon arrival
- Guides required to regularly wash hands
- Hand sanitizer available to travelers and staff
- Transportation vehicles regularly sanitized
- Face masks required for guides in public areas
- Paid stay-at-home policy for staff with symptoms
- Face masks required for travelers in public areas
- Social distancing enforced throughout experience
- Face masks provided for travelers
Community- Safety precautions are provided by the property and are not checked by Tripadvisor for accuracy.
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- Rome Vintage Fiat 500 Self-Drive Tour by Convoy cancellation policy: For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience. Discover and book Rome Vintage Fiat 500 Self-Drive Tour by Convoy on Tripadvisor
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- Rome Vintage Fiat 500 Self-Drive Tour by Convoy is hosted by Rome 500 EXP - Day Tour. Read reviews, discover additonal experiences or contact Rome 500 EXP - Day Tour on Tripadvisor. Discover and book Rome Vintage Fiat 500 Self-Drive Tour by Convoy on Tripadvisor
- If you have questions about this tour or need help making your booking, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 6703CONVOY
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Itinerary
- You'll start atPalazzo ManfrediVia Labicana, 125, 00184 Roma RM, ItalySee address & details
- 1Terme di CaracallaStop: 15 minutesSee details
- 2Circus MaximusStop: 15 minutesSee details
- 3Il Buco della SerraturaStop: 15 minutesSee details
- 4Parco SavelloStop: 15 minutesSee detailsPass byTrastevere
- 5Piazzale GaribaldiStop: 15 minutesSee details
- 6Porta San PaoloStop: 15 minutesSee detailsPass byColosseum
- You'll return to the starting point
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Aoneillreddin
00Do not leave this off of your itinerary!
Marco was absolutely fabulous and easily a highlight of our trip. He was so knowledgeable and passionate about Rome…
Giovanna S
00Best Way To See Rome
This is one of the best experiences I had in Rome! My friend and I had a private tour in the pink Sophia Loren vint…
H9037BAtanyab
00A little something special
Touring Rome in a dark red vintage Fiat 500 was my favourite experience of all! I was lucky enough to be blessed …
89arlenee
00Wonderful tour
So much fun! Alvise showed us so many highlights of the city and was very knowledgeable. Best way to tour Roma!
lindatmedina
00SO MUCH FUN!!!
WOW!! Just WOW!! We had SUCH a great time!! This was one of the highlights of our 2-week trip! I HIGHLY recommend…
I5641UMchrisb
00Best tour we did while in Rome
Wonderful, fun, uniquely Italian way to see the best sites in Rome. The cars are fun, but our tour guide Alex was t…
nicolei244
00We recommend this fun tour!!
It was a lot of fun exploring the city in these original (classic) Fiat 500! The tourguides were very Nice. Off co…
Neil M
00An enjoyable and personal way to explore Rome
What an exciting and personal way to enjoy a tour of Rome, we have tons of photos and many memories of our day. Ale…
Tenfield
00Great trip through ancient history
We had a GREAT tour with Alexis/Alex as our lead. It was self driving and he made sure we were comfortable with the…
Lauragrego210796
00Amazing would recommend
What an amazing adventure! We had a great time and our tour guide and convoy leader, Alex, made our tour even bette…
K5147GEdavidc
00Wonderful way to see Rome
This was the highlight of our whistle stop trip to Rome. We all enjoyed the opportunity to see the highlights of Ro…
Vishaal_ps
00500 fiat
The guide was fantastic.. though it wasnt the more popular monuments … they were more of the not so popular spots .…
Brizy64-St_ives
00Funny, informative
Had an amazing time on our tour. Very knowledgeable and funny guide, Alvise. Even the mad halestorm didn't dampen o…
PeterDWool
00Exhilarating & Fun Tour of Rome!
This is by far one of the most exhilarating and fun tours I had taken in a long time. I was a little nervous about …
stephshays
00A surreal way to experience Rome! Bucket-list item!
This tour beat all of our expectations! It was such a surreal way to experience Rome! Alvise is phenomenal-- he's p…
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masucra
Port Washington, NY6 contributions
Alex was amazing. His positivity and professionalism beamed. We had a blast driving these beautiful little beasts through back streets of Rome’s lesser touristed neighborhoods and really enjoyed the family friendly atmosphere. I would 100% recommend for travelers looking to scratch the itch of driving a classic Fiat 500, where they are meant to be driven, in the Eternal City.
Written April 7, 2023
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Chris B
London, UK45 contributions
Booked directly with the company. Very flexible with regards to payment options. Can pay in advance or pay a small deposit with the outstanding balance paid on the day (in cash). Purchased a group tour but on the day became a private tour which made the experience even more unique! Alex was very welcoming and approachable. His instructions to use the cars are very clear and has a wide range of knowledge when explaining the history of Rome (with some added humour along the way). Plenty of opportunities to park the cars and take photos. (Alex is a very willing photographer!). Would highly recommend this method to explore Rome (so long as you can fit in the car - drivers must be able to drive a manual gearbox).
Written May 6, 2023
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Ma Conciergerie Voyage
Toulouse, France4 contributions
Mar 2022
During a company week-end trip, we booked a tour with Rome 500 EXP to make a 17 car convoy. All the participants really enjoyed it, from driving, to exploring the city and the leader comments.
Thank you very much Alvise and the team to make this activity possible for such a big amount of people! Will definitely do it again and advise it to my customers.
Thank you very much Alvise and the team to make this activity possible for such a big amount of people! Will definitely do it again and advise it to my customers.
Written April 8, 2022
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
Doorbar
Stoke-on-Trent, UK27 contributions
What an experience! Definitely 1 of the highlights of our trip to Rome and a must do activity!
We were greeted by Alex who showed us around the car and how it works (it is old so slightly different to driving a modern car) and put us at ease with how the tour will operate driving around Rome. We were also greeted by Fernando who would follow the convoy via a Moped and would assist with any issues you have including if you stall or if cars try to push into the convoy, he would race ahead and block them. This meant that you do
Not have to panic or worry at all about losing the convoy or getting lost.
The cars are manual so if you can drive a manual (stick), you will have no issues. The way the gears work are very 1950s but after you have changed gear once or twice it becomes natural.
The drive was amazing and extremely fun! Alex lead the convoy and ensured any manoeuvres he did we could all do without losing the convoy (examples including turning onto a road or going through traffic lights)
We visited numerous sites that gave us amazing views of the city as well as some historical sites that you wouldn’t visit if you had to make your own way. The highlight for me was the keyhole where you can see 3 countries at once along with the drive around the colosseum!
Everyone on our tour loved it and I was sad when it was over. I can’t stress enough how much fun this was and it was worth every penny!
Thanks to Alex and Fernando for giving us an experience of a lifetime that I will never forget
We were greeted by Alex who showed us around the car and how it works (it is old so slightly different to driving a modern car) and put us at ease with how the tour will operate driving around Rome. We were also greeted by Fernando who would follow the convoy via a Moped and would assist with any issues you have including if you stall or if cars try to push into the convoy, he would race ahead and block them. This meant that you do
Not have to panic or worry at all about losing the convoy or getting lost.
The cars are manual so if you can drive a manual (stick), you will have no issues. The way the gears work are very 1950s but after you have changed gear once or twice it becomes natural.
The drive was amazing and extremely fun! Alex lead the convoy and ensured any manoeuvres he did we could all do without losing the convoy (examples including turning onto a road or going through traffic lights)
We visited numerous sites that gave us amazing views of the city as well as some historical sites that you wouldn’t visit if you had to make your own way. The highlight for me was the keyhole where you can see 3 countries at once along with the drive around the colosseum!
Everyone on our tour loved it and I was sad when it was over. I can’t stress enough how much fun this was and it was worth every penny!
Thanks to Alex and Fernando for giving us an experience of a lifetime that I will never forget
Written June 7, 2022
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Nikos Apostoloudis
3 contributions
Aug 2021 • Couples
I have no words for this. If you have the opportunity, do it. Its one in lifetime experience due to the fact that not only you learn a lot about the history of Rome, but also you have the opportunity to drive a fiat 500 antique. We booked for 7p.m in the evening, so we started with daylight, witnessed a majestic sunset at the garden of oranges and drove through ancient Rome that was lighted during night. We were very pleased with Emanuele, the smiley tour guy, because he just gave us every information we asked about Rome. Except of that, he also took some photos of us in different spots that only locals could know. Needless to say that Emanuele is a guy that we will stay in touch and we hope him the best. He is a professional. Just to mention that driving an old fiat 500 is easy, so dont be afraid to try it. Greetings from Greece.
Written August 20, 2021
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fred b
London, UK3 contributions
Sep 2020
We booked a self-drive tour of Rome in convoy but because of Covid-19 it ended up being just two cars with ourselves and our guide Alessio. The experience was amazing with it being the highlight of our trip!
Alessio was fantastic, taking us to parts of Rome that we might not otherwise have visited and giving us a real local insight into the city that he so clearly loves!
Driving the fiat 500 was a great way to feel like a roman for a few hours and we had plenty of people chatting to us and admiring the car as we drove.
Highly recommend!
Alessio was fantastic, taking us to parts of Rome that we might not otherwise have visited and giving us a real local insight into the city that he so clearly loves!
Driving the fiat 500 was a great way to feel like a roman for a few hours and we had plenty of people chatting to us and admiring the car as we drove.
Highly recommend!
Written September 28, 2020
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stuart h
London, UK33 contributions
Mar 2020 • Couples
While this may initially appear pricey I can assure you that having completed the tour it is just so much fun whizzing about in Rome in a classic Fiat 500 and also ended up in places and with explanations that we would not have seen or heard about otherwise. The guide was an absolute joy, friendly and passionate - the true epitomy of a man who loves his job! His enthusiasm for Rome and for your day out was unrivalled! He was not just going through the motions he wanted us to love Rome and it’s treasures as much as he clearly does.
You should note that the Fiat 500 is a manual drive but this wasnt a problem for us having learnt to drive and owned manual cars most of our lives.
The driving on Rome’s roads felt really safe and the guide drove perfectly to keep us together with him, no danger of ever being lost.
And the tour itself went that bit further out (garden of oranges and knights of Malta) then we might naturally have thought about. And driving through the streets of Rome that are barely walkable because you are in a Fiat 500 is a true thrill.
Would happily do this trip again as it was just a lot of fun!
You should note that the Fiat 500 is a manual drive but this wasnt a problem for us having learnt to drive and owned manual cars most of our lives.
The driving on Rome’s roads felt really safe and the guide drove perfectly to keep us together with him, no danger of ever being lost.
And the tour itself went that bit further out (garden of oranges and knights of Malta) then we might naturally have thought about. And driving through the streets of Rome that are barely walkable because you are in a Fiat 500 is a true thrill.
Would happily do this trip again as it was just a lot of fun!
Written March 7, 2020
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
Beth F
2 contributions
The tour was the highlight of our trip!
Mimmo was very welcoming and showed us how to work the car. Driving was easy and not stressful and Mimmo always stayed close by. He took us to Rome’s famous sights, but also hidden gems! Mimmo’s knowledge of Rome was great and we learnt lots about the city. We stopped for a lovely slice of pizza at a local’s cafe. Mimmo gave us a walki talkie so it was easy to communicate. The fiat was a dream and Mimmo took lots of photos for us to remember the experience!
Would 100% recommend booking this trip for a unique way to see Rome!!
Mimmo was very welcoming and showed us how to work the car. Driving was easy and not stressful and Mimmo always stayed close by. He took us to Rome’s famous sights, but also hidden gems! Mimmo’s knowledge of Rome was great and we learnt lots about the city. We stopped for a lovely slice of pizza at a local’s cafe. Mimmo gave us a walki talkie so it was easy to communicate. The fiat was a dream and Mimmo took lots of photos for us to remember the experience!
Would 100% recommend booking this trip for a unique way to see Rome!!
Written April 4, 2022
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Johnny L
9 contributions
This was by far the most fun I had during my visit to Rome. Alex, our guide, was brilliant, funny, knowledgeable, as well as kind and helpful.
If you're looking for something a bit different to do while you're here, I couldn't recommend this more.
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If you're looking for something a bit different to do while you're here, I couldn't recommend this more.
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Written January 5, 2023
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David C
26 contributions
What a blast !! Booked for a Self Drive Convoy Tour and expected a convoy of Fiat 500’s. And we ended up with just us and Tour guide Alex. We so lucked out. Another large group were out at same time as us and we had Alex to ourselves. It ( and he) was brilliant. The Fiat 500 was so classy ( prepare to get stared at) and in tip top condition. Alex was great ; so informative and personable. Rome was Beautiful. We went at 4 pm and the sun was setting in that Golden Light Hour. The only quibble?? Hard to get to the pick up point and out again. We had a special dinner booking and had hassle getting a taxi back into Rome. If you are tight for time post tour, pre book a taxi. But that was our issue. Didn’t affect the quality of the Fiat 500 tour. Not to be missed!
Written September 17, 2022
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
a J
1 contribution
So does the non driving passenger need to pay full price too? That’s how I’m seeing it, but just want to clarify
JORGE G
1 contribution
Good afternoon: I have a driver license from United States. Will that work for your requirements? Thanks
I have been driving a manual car for 9 months. Is this sufficient experience to drive on the tour?
Thanks
cirujano64
Fresno, CA3 contributions
We are a family of four, two kids. All less than 5'4", can we all fit in one car???? I'm good with manual shift, my wife....not so much.
Carmel R
1 contribution
There is a back seat but small .. depends on how old the kids are...two small kids may fit. Unfortunately we didn’t get a picture of the back seat. For sure one will fit in the back... I don’t know if they’ll allow it but maybe one of the kids or your wife can ride with the guide, so you can have one in the passenger seat and one kid in the back?
Sonali Sinha
Kolkata (Calcutta), India3 contributions
Hello! Wanted to know which all sites do you cover in this particular tour? Since we have only 3 days in Rome, want to see as much as we can.
marionferns54
Southport, UK12 contributions
The tour lasts for 90 minutes and starts at the coliseum. They take you up to the “keyhole” the knights of Malta which is worth a visit and then through to Trastevere, old town for a little way to a wonderful panoramic viewing point by the borghese Park looking down to the river Tiber and across to the city of Rome. It’s a wonderful fun and interesting tour. The tour leader gives good information at each stop. I highly recommend it if you are in a large group. If you are just a couple on your own then I think you are better getting the hop on hop off 24/48 hour big bus city tour ticket as this gives you the opportunity to see all the major sites to view and explore.
Aniosz
Göteborg, Västra Götalands län, Västkusten3 contributions
Hello, my partner weighs about 115kg and me myself around 55kg, does that mean this activity won't work for us?
DGW-03875
Silver Lake, NH19 contributions
These vintage cars are pretty tiny and I think it would be impossible for someone weighing 115kg to manipulate the pedals, etc.
Aniosz
Göteborg, Västra Götalands län, Västkusten3 contributions
Hello, it says you should ideally not weigh more than 100kg, my partner weighs 115kg and me 55kg - would that be a problem?
msauburn
Washington
So driving on the left side of the road in Italy, the driver is on the right side of the car? If so, how does driving a manual transmission work? Is it confusing?
heb999
London, UK4,591 contributions
Italy drives on the same side of the road as the USA. You just need to be able to use a manual (stick shift) car. If not the guide will drive you.
Do you just need an English licence .. my son will be on honeymoon. Is this trip appropriate foe them. Thak you for your help
Richard G
1 contribution
I was told prior to arrival via the company's website that I would need an international driver's license if I wanted to drive my own Fiat. I was also told that I would need my own from state of issue printed in roman lettering. Therefore an English license WITH an international will be needed if your son plans on driving himself. The website was incredibly helpful and the owner of the company is excellent with getting back to you about questions, as I had several.
That being said, my wife and I were given a radio to communicate with our guide (the owner), who was chauffeuring another couple, and it was amazing. I highly recommend doing this tour.
