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Irina, guide to Rome and the Vatican

Her story is not simply a move but a deliberate choice: to leave everything and move to Rome out of love for it.

Irina, guide to Rome and the Vatican

Her story is not simply a move but a deliberate choice: to leave everything and move to Rome out of love for it.
With a suitcase, some courage and a wish to understand this city more deeply — from the inside.

  • A licensed guide to Rome and the Vatican
  • A degree in art history — Università Roma Tre
  • A university degree in sociology
  • A professional journalist
  • The Vatican: the museums, the Sistine Chapel, St Peter’s Basilica
  • The history of art and the styles of different eras
  • Ancient Rome and the historic centre
  • Tours that explain difficult subjects deeply but lightly

A tour with Irina combines depth, feeling and real conversation.

She does more than recite facts — she teaches you to:
make sense of historical periods
tell the styles of art apart
and see Rome as one living system.

Irina keeps developing: every year she takes professional courses and training programmes for guides so that her knowledge stays current and deep.

Her strength is the delivery: warmth, a sense of humour and genuine interest make every tour easy, lively and absorbing.

Her aim is not merely to show you Rome but to make you fall for it the way she once did ❤️

Where to go with children in Rome

Places that really work with children: something to touch, somewhere to run, something to argue about.

The Vatican Museums — the Momo spiral staircase seen from above
Vatican
The Vatican is the smallest state in the world: less than half a square kilometre and about eight hundred residents. It has its own post office, its own stamps and its own guard in striped uniform.
The Mouth of Truth in Rome — the marble mask by the church of Santa Maria in Cosmedin
The Mouth of Truth
The Mouth of Truth is a marble disc with the face of a bearded god, set into the portico wall of the church of Santa Maria in Cosmedin. It is nearly a metre and a half across and weighs about a tonne and a half.
The Theatre of Marcellus in Rome — tiers of arches and the columns of the temple of Apollo
The Theatre of Marcellus
The Theatre of Marcellus was finished under Augustus, making it about a century older than the Colosseum. It held some fifteen thousand people and looks much like the Colosseum — the same tiers of arches, the same idea.
The Roman Forum — columns of the temple of Saturn with the Colosseum beyond
The Roman Forum
The Roman Forum is the square the city grew from. People traded here, went to court here, declared war and peace here. Today it is a field of rubble, but every stone was once a building: a temple, a court, a platform…
Piazza del Popolo in Rome — the oval square with the Flaminio obelisk, seen from the Pincio
Piazza del Popolo
Piazza del Popolo is an oval square by Rome’s northern gate. For centuries travellers arriving from the north entered the city right here: this was the grand doorway of the Eternal City.
Piazza Venezia in Rome — the Vittoriano monument with Italian flags
Piazza Venezia
Piazza Venezia is a crossroads in the very centre of Rome, dominated by the white marble Vittoriano, the monument to the first king of a united Italy.

Excursions and quests in Rome

Found 19 excursions
Secrets of Rome: a quest tour through the city's stranger corners
Rome, Italy
Secrets of Rome: a quest tour through the city’s stranger corners
Want Rome to open up from an unexpected, almost mystical side? Ready to leave the tourist trails for the places where legends, secrets and cryptic symbols live?
from 11 years
3 hours
250€
per group of up to 5 people
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Gladiator school in Rome for children
Rome, Italy
Gladiator school in Rome for children
Gladiator school in Rome is a rare chance to step into the role — and the tunic — of a real gladiator.
2 hours
150€
per group of up to 5 people
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LooksArt: Secrets of Ancient Rome — a kids' quest in the app
Rome, Italy
LooksArt: Secrets of Ancient Rome — a kids’ quest in the app
Audio stories that hold attention, riddles and missions along the route, and a finale with real Italian gelato.
3 hours
29€
per group of up to 5 people
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Time Travel: a family quest tour of Rome (3 hours)
Rome, Italy
Time Travel: a family quest tour of Rome (3 hours)
We draw the children into the game from the first minute.
from 6 years
3 hours
250€
per group of up to 5 people
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LooksArt: Secrets of the Vatican — a kids' quest in the app
Rome, Italy
LooksArt: Secrets of the Vatican — a kids’ quest in the app
Explore the Vatican Museums at your own pace: short stories, riddles, missions and a proper finale with gelato.
3 hours
29€
per group of up to 5 people
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The Vatican Museums: a quest tour for children
Rome, Italy
The Vatican Museums: a quest tour for children
The Vatican Museums are a vast complex of 1,400 rooms and more than 70,000 works. They hold the world's largest collection of ancient sculpture, and the Sistine Chapel and Raphael Rooms draw millions of visitors every year.
from 6 years
2 hours
250€
per group of up to 5 people
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