Rugby Tours To Rome

ROME

The Eternal City

Rugby Tours to Rome is everything you want in a tour.

Good food, great wine, tough games and brilliant coaching sessions. Rome’s history spans 28 centuries and Rugby Tours to Rome spans 22 years.

While Roman mythology dates the founding of Rome at around 753 BC, the site has been inhabited for much longer, making it one of the oldest occupied sites in Europe.

The city’s early population originated from a mix of Latins, Etruscans and Sabines.

Eventually, the city successively became the capital of the Roman Kingdom, the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire. It is regarded as the birthplace of Western Civilisation and by some as the first ever metropolis.

Rugby in Rome and the surrounding area is very strong and getting stronger. Usually a feeding ground along with other clubs for the two Pro14 teams Benetton Rugby and Zebre Rugby.

Tour Information

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS

Our Popular Inclusions for a Rugby Tour to Rome

Watch a 6 Nations Rugby Match a great day out.
Attend a rugby training session with a coach from the Italian Federation.
Visit St. Peter’s Basilica a Renaissance church inside the Vatican City.
Have fun and enjoy a Pizza Making class then consume what you have made.
Enjoy a tour of Pantheon and Roman Colosseum just amazing.
Climb the Spanish Steps to the Trinitá dei Monti Church at the top.
Experience a Gladiator Team Building Session feel what it was like to fight in the arena.
Pop around the Stadio Olimpico have a look around the backroom scenes of AS Roma.
Peek into the Catacombs, underground burial places under Rome, of which there are at least forty, some discovered only in recent decades.
Walk around St.Peter’s Square, with columns, fountains and a Egyptian obelisk where crowds gather for Pope’s address.
Sit down at the Circus Maximus a marble arena that could seat 250,000 Romans for chariot races.
Tour Capitoline Hill a Hilltop square designed by Michelangelo, lined with museums & offering views of the Roman forum.

Tour St. Peter’s Basilica

St. Peter’s Basilica is one of the holiest temples for Christendom and one of the largest churches in the world.

Besides, it is where the Pope presides many liturgies all year round.

Construction of the new basilica began in 1506, when the old basilica had been torn down, and was finished in 1626.

Several renowned architects designed the temple, highlighting the works of Bramante, Michelangelo and Carlo Maderno.

St Peter’s basilica was named after one of Jesus’s twelve disciples known as Saint Peter. Who subsequently became one of the founders of the Catholic Church. Saint Peter was executed in Rome and is buried where the Basilica now stands.

Tour of Colosseum & Pantheon

The Colosseum was built between 72 A.D and 80A.D under the Emperor Vespasian, in the heart of Ancient Rome.

Made from stone and concrete, this magnificent monument was built with the man power of tens of thousands of slaves.

The Colosseum is the largest amphitheatre in the world. Oval in shape, it measures 189m long, 156m wide and 50m high about the height of a 12 storey building.

This ancient sporting arena could easily fit a modern-day football pitch inside.

This brilliant building had 80 entrances and could seat approximately 50,000 spectators who would come to watch sporting events and games.

These events included gladiatorial combats, wild animal hunts and, believe it or not, ship naval battles.

Irish Rugby Tours to Italy - Rome - Gladiators

Experience Gladiator Team Building Session

Experience the unique experience of wearing the robes of a Roman gladiator. Learn the original fighting techniques of gladiators in a real arena of ancient Rome.

Each session includes an introduction to Roman history and a description of the life and the secrets of the gladiators.

Here you will be able to take on your team mates in your very own gladiatorial fight.

Find out by fighting to the death ( only kidding ) who is the top Gladiator among you all.

Pizza Making Class

Love authentic Italian pizza? Consider the culinary experience of combining pomodoro sauce made from San Marzano tomatoes and creamy mozzarella di bufala.

Imagine it melting over hand-rolled dough with your favorite fresh, locally-grown ingredients.

Such as flowering Roman zucchini, spicy salami, Sicilian peppers, farm-fresh mushrooms, and sweet red onions from Tropea.

With this pizza making class, you will become a real Italian pizza maker, or Pizzaiolo.