Awesome food tour with Dario! We loved the integration of food, history and culture shared through Dario’s great storytelling and humour! Totally recommend this tour

Sylvia was on time. She spoke both Italian and English which was perfect for our group. She was friendly and quite knowledgeable and researched information on her tablet. We were very happy with her. Sylvia era perfetta. Lei parla inglesi ed italianio. Lei sa motto cose e a fato on buon lavoro con noi - con tutti i nostri domande. Molto gentile.

I took the Vatican by Night Tour in August 2023 with my two sons, aged 19 and 22. Laura was our wonderful, knowledgeable tour guide for the evening. The tour was perfectly paced, Laura stopping for extra attention in the pieces we found most interesting. The evening tour was special with fewer crowding and a more enjoyable pace and visit. I highly recommend Joy of Rome and will use them for our next visit!

We did the tour for Ancient Roman/Greek mythology at the Capitoline Museum for my son who is a HUGE fan of the books and mythology. Grace was PHENOMENAL at this tour. My son and her would walk through the halls and talk about the different gods and their connection to the Mythology but also their connection to the current beliefs and their place in the history of the city. They did the questionaire about the Mythology and there was a color page attachment as well which my son did later and loved. It was truly one of the best experiences we had in our long trip to Europe (16 days). I cannot overstate how awesome this tour was. Absolutely fantastic. Don't hesitate to book this.

This was an EXCELLENT TOUR...I can't recommend it enough. The Vatical Museums is such a huge place and can be overwhelming if you try to do it on your own, but with this private guide it was an enjoyable and informative tour. It was very busy the day that we were there and the lines to get in were VERY long, so doing the skip the line entry really helped to keep all of us from melting down. Our fantastic guide had nice books and visual aids to help our 7 year old son learn more about the Vatican museums and the Sistine Chapel. She was very patient with all of us and our various ages/interest levels, and we ALL learned a lot and and ALL really enjoyed our guide. The length of the tour was great for all of us to learn a lot, but wasn't so long that we were bored.

This is our first time ever traveling to Rome which was quite intimidating and overwhelming. Our colosseum tour with Serena was a breath of fresh air! We have four young kids aged 9, 7, 5, and 3 and I was so nervous they would be bored out of their mind. Serena showed up with enthusiasm and I automatically knew we were going to enjoy that tour! She kept the kids engaged and excited to learn more! They ended up saying it was their favorite part of Rome! Serena and this company is a blessing especially when you have kids who need that extra patience and excitement! To make it even better, her English was so easy to understand which is always a worry when you’re out of the country! Also to top it all off, she happily took pictures of us as a family! We will definitely book with them again if/when we visit Rome in the future!

Our guide Francesca did a wonderful job taking us around the Vatican Museums. She made the tour enjoyable and educational (but just the right amount of educational or our kids (age 9 and 12) most certainly would have complained). We were very happy to have Francesca lead us on the private tour given how crowded the Vatican Museums are; otherwise, it might have felt overwhelming for the kids. We did a few different family-oriented private tours during our trip with other guides and Francesca was definitely the kids' favourite.

We booked three wonderful tours with Joy of Rome, and Serena was our guide for all three tours including Rome walking tour, Vatican, skip the line tour, and Colosseum tour. She is a wealth of knowledge, super friendly and personable, also flexible with schedule and attentive with all questions. Would highly recommend!

Arianna is everything wonderful about Italy--warm, caring, proud, and very knowledgable about Roman and Italian history. Our tour of the Capitoline museum was the high point of our visit to Rome.

Such a fabulous tour. Excellent way to hear about the Vatican and skip very long lines . Our guide was knowledgeable and entertaining. Marta really knows her business and we highly recommend this professional service

This was my second tour with Joy of Rome and I personally requested Francesca for the second time (we had a family tour of the Vatican and Colosseum with her a year ago)… it was my father’s first trip to Rome and his lifelong dream to see the Colosseum. He asked me to give her 10 stars he loved it so much. Francesca made the tour extra special for him. I can’t thank Joy of Rome enough for making this memory so special for my father.

Francesca and the Joy of Rome team gave us a fantastic tour of Villa Farnesina and have been incredibly helpful. We highly reccommend!

This was a wonderful experience with Maria Libera. We had a tour of Colloseum and cant be a better experience. Our kids aged 8 and 10 have enjoyed the journey and listen to Maria with full interest and while leaving with great experience. Tickets/ skip the line was arranged by Maria and we haven’t felt any burden even it was one if the crowded times. The visit is memorable for all of us. Maria is more than a guide, passionate about what she is doing and this pays off by passing her positive energy to the kids. We strongly suggest this experience to the families with kids who are interested in having a journey to the past. Special thanks to Maria.

Where to start :-) Joy of Rome was an amazing experience for our family. We spent 5 days in Rome and we had 6 different tours with different guides. All of them were spectacular: Serena, Maria Grazia, and Francesca (1 and 2) were extremely knowledgeable, very kind, patient and most of all very funny and entertaining. We could have not been more lucky. We enjoyed our tours but most of all we learned so much. All the guides of Joy of Rome treated us like family and not just clients, because they honestly love what they do. They went above and beyond to teach us and share with us as much as they could about Rome. I would highly recommend this agency to discover this wonderful city. PS: I personally recommend the Musei Capitolini tour. It is a not so well known museum but absolutely magical, full of history and myths. Don't miss it when you are in Rome. :-)

Francesca was our guide on the Vatican museums and oh my! She is so wonderful. It felt like a dear friend was walking us through the museum. With her PhD in art history, and particularly her dissertation on the rivalry between Michelangelo and Raphael, she had a unique knowledge set that gave the tour life. We never felt any rush from Francesca, and in fact she told us to take our time in a number of places. She answered all of our questions with enthusiasm. My friend and I had the best time on this tour. Book it and ask for Francesca, you won't regret it!