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Rome, the Eternal City

The Eternal City

A Private Guide in Rome

Bespoke tours in English, Italian and Russian

Access to the Vatican without the crowds, to closed villas and to the layers of the Eternal City. Logistics at the highest level and context the mass tourist never reaches.

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The city as a cultural code

Rome can’t be seen in three days. It isn’t one city but several, laid one on top of another: the ancient empire beneath early Christianity, Christianity beneath the baroque. Behind the palazzo façades and the walls of the Vatican there’s a Rome with no signposts. To see it, looking isn’t enough — you have to know where to look.

My name is Evgeny. I’m a licensed guide of Italy and the Vatican and an art historian; I specialise in ancient Rome, the Vatican and the Roman baroque. For more than twenty years I’ve worked across Italy with collectors, diplomats and travellers for whom a journey is a form of understanding, not a checklist of sights.

Tours run in English, Italian and Russian. If your date is already taken, it’s led by one of the licensed partner guides I’ve worked with for years — not an agency sub-contractor.

My private tours are also access — to closed spaces, to private collections, to a conversation among equals. We skip the queues and the tourist flows, turning Rome’s chaos into your private backdrop.

Four foundations

The Sistine Chapel: Michelangelo’s Last Judgement and ceiling, watercolour
The Sistine Chapel

Michelangelo’s ceiling on a single route, unhurried.

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A licence and a specialism, not a guidebook recital

An official guide’s licence for Italy and the Vatican. A specialism in antiquity, power, religion, art and private collecting. Twenty years in the premium segment: with collectors, diplomats and people who come to understand, not to tick a box.
A room of the Borghese Gallery with an antique statue and paintings, watercolour
The Borghese Gallery

Bernini and Caravaggio in one room.

Castel Sant’Angelo and St Peter’s dome seen from a car, watercolour
A private car with a driver

From the airport to your hotel door, stress-free.

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Comfort as a given, not an option

A private car with a driver, skip-the-line entry, timing to the minute. In a vast city logistics matter more than the route: two hours queuing for the Vatican or the Colosseum are gone for good, and the distances between the Vatican, the ancient centre and the villas swallow the day for those who go it alone.
Temple columns in the Roman Forum in the morning light, watercolour
The Forum at dawn

The same stone at seven and at noon — two different cities.

The vaults and niches of Rome’s catacombs, watercolour
The catacombs

Underground Rome, where the groups don’t reach.

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Doors that aren’t at the ticket office

The Vatican Museums after hours, closed aristocratic villas and palazzi, museum reserves and spaces off-limits to the public. That kind of access isn’t sold at a ticket desk — it comes from relationships built over twenty years in the city.
The baroque gallery of Palazzo Colonna under its painted vault, watercolour
Palazzo Colonna

A baroque gallery open only on Saturdays.

An old library under a painted vault, with no visitors, watercolour
The Vatican after hours

The museums with no crowd, alone with the frescoes.

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Confidentiality by default

Work under NDA for public figures and private visits. Full confidentiality of the route, the guests and the details of the trip. Not a single mention without your permission.
The facade and dome of St Peter’s Basilica, watercolour
St Peter’s Basilica

With a guide, through the internal passage, past the square queue.

Evgeny, licensed guide in Rome

When a passion becomes a profession

  • Guide’s licence: Italy, the Vatican
  • More than 20 years in the premium segment
  • Expert in art history and architecture
  • Founder of ItaProfile and ItaGuide
  • Languages: English, Italian and Russian

I don’t create separate tours but a coherent experience of Rome: from meeting you at the airport to the last evening.

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Rome is part of something larger

Two projects alongside. One carries the journey beyond Rome, the other stays with you in your pocket.

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Venice, Florence, Naples, the Amalfi Coast, Tuscany, Sicily. Multi-city routes, flights and transfers between them, access and bookings — in one conversation instead of ten.

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A curated map of Rome

Places chosen by hand: where there’s substance and where there’s only a sign. It works on your phone on the move, with no sign-up and no paid listings.

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Tours

18 itineraries in four directions

First time

If Rome is new to you

Deeper

If you have seen the city already

Exclusive & surroundings

Whole days, the surroundings, private access

Closed doors

Access that is not for sale

All tours

Upcoming events

What’s on in the city and what’s worth timing your trip around. We build the route and access for each event separately. Past events drop off the list on their own.

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Common questions

How much is a private tour of Rome?

Classic routes start from €300–350 per tour (the Colosseum and Forum, the Vatican, a walk through the centre); a day in the Eternal City from €700; programmes with the surroundings and private access are higher. The price is per tour, not per person; we quote exactly for your scenario.

How is a private guide different from a group tour?

The route and pace are yours alone, entry skips the queue, and there’s no crowd around a headset. In Rome it’s also time saved: private access and logistics matter where the independent tourist loses hours to queues and distances.

What languages are the tours in?

In English, Italian and Russian.

Can you get into the Vatican and the museums without queuing?

Yes. We arrange skip-the-line entry to the Vatican Museums and the Colosseum, and for certain formats after-hours visits and private access you won’t find at the ticket office.

Are your programmes suitable for families with children?

Yes. We build the pace, route and delivery around children — ancient Rome and the Vatican can be shown so that adults and children alike stay engaged.

Do you work with VIP guests and confidential requests?

Yes. We work under NDA, with full confidentiality of the route, the guests and the details of the visit.

Can a tour be combined with a private dinner?

Yes. We put the whole trip together: tours, a car with driver, restaurants and private dinners, bookings and transfers — in one conversation.

How long are the tours?

Usually 2 to 3 hours for individual scenarios and up to a full day for turnkey programmes and trips into the surroundings. We match the length to your rhythm.

Every conversation is the start of a route

Rome can’t be seen in three days — and it needn’t be. Tell us your plans: the Vatican without the crowds, ancient Rome, a closed villa or a quiet dawn by the Forum.

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