Roma Stay Home · Private Tours
Guests of Roma Stay Home can discover the city with Olga Lomova, a licensed tour guide who has lived in Rome for 19 years. Private tours for small groups: the classics — Colosseum, Vatican, historic centre — and original itineraries off the beaten path. From our B&B, the Colosseum is just one metro stop away.
Tours run in English, Italian or Russian: just let Olga know your preferred language when you write to her.
Рим для неофитов
First time in Rome and short on time? In three hours you’ll see the essentials, the iconic sights and the postcard views, without getting lost in the maze of alleys and the crowds. A walk through ancient coups and power struggles: with reconstructions and images, Olga shows you what can no longer be seen today. You’ll discover why “money doesn’t stink” and where the navel of the world is.
Рим: начало
From a village of shepherds to the «caput mundi», from goatskins to the purple toga: intrigues, scandals and coups of antiquity. With reconstructions and images, Olga shows you what can no longer be seen today. You’ll discover why «money doesn’t stink» and where the navel of the world is.
Гай Юлий Цезарь
A biographical walk through the places tied to Caesar’s life, from where he was born to where his journey ended. Telling his story means telling the story of Rome and of all of Europe.
Двуликий Янус и Транстиберим
Camera, comfortable shoes and a bit of an appetite: cobblestones, views, bars and churches at every step. The neighbourhood of today’s good food and yesterday’s imperial villas, between Etruscans, myths and legends, golden mosaics and the coffee loved by Brodsky.
Нетуристический Рим
Places the average tourist doesn’t usually reach alone: quiet, beautiful and steeped in history. The hill of the opposition, the “Beverly Hills” of ancient Rome, the Orange Garden, the keyhole with a view of three states, early churches and the Roman theatre, and the Jewish Ghetto.
Куртизанки и дамы полусвета (18+)
Adults only. Rome’s most famous courtesans, its disreputable quarters, the bohemian underworld of papal Rome: Raphael in love, the daring Caravaggio, Madonnas painted with the faces of courtesans. A walk through the historic centre.
Древнеримский шоубиз
Idols and sex symbols of Caesar’s time, “star factories”, blockbuster spectacles and special effects, scandals and investigations: how people had fun in the Eternal City, from chariot races — antiquity’s Formula 1 — to the shows of the arena.
Рим иудейский
The story of relations between Jews and Romans from the 2nd century BC to today: the love between a Jewish queen and a Roman emperor, the Roman surname of historian Josephus, the community’s darkest pages and its reconciliation. At the end, a taste of a Judeo-Roman speciality. The Roman Forum ticket is required and should be bought in advance.
Колизей, Римский форум и Палатин
Almost three thousand years of overlapping history: the heart, the conscience and the memory of the Eternal City. Here the fate of cities, states and entire peoples was decided. Today only stones and broken columns remain: Olga helps you hear their stories and, through reconstructions, see them again in their ancient splendour.
Колизей: арена смерти
Not for the faint of heart! The amphitheatre’s real name, why it was built right here, the full programme of its shows and their stars: the Romans knew their entertainment, and here “panem et circenses” comes to life.
Музеи Ватикана
Among the oldest, most famous and treasure-filled museums in the world: a constellation of museums with a staggering concentration of masterpieces. The visit would be worth it for the Sistine Chapel alone, but there’s a great deal more waiting for you before you get there.
Галерея Боргезе
Cardinal Borghese’s “treasure chest”: the private collection of a man of impeccable taste, with an extraordinary eye for talent and a willingness to do anything to get the work he wanted. The stories behind the masterpieces feel like a TV series.
Капитолийский музей
The first art museum in the world open to the public. The whole history of Rome, from a village of shepherds to “caput mundi”, moving from one work to the next, with Olga as your interpreter of the language of statues and artefacts.
Остия — морские ворота Рима
A journey back in time: sit on the steps of the theatre, step into a bar nearly two thousand years old, walk among streets, temples, bakeries and baths. A stroll through the archaeological area, 30 minutes by train from Rome.
Вилла Адриана
The “ideal city” of the intellectual, aesthete emperor, who wanted to recreate at home the places that had struck him on his travels. The residence of the most powerful man of the 2nd century, at the height of the Roman Empire. 30 km from Rome, about an hour by train.
Вилла д’Эсте: сад 100 фонтанов
Cardinal d’Este created a park next to his villa that inspired the gardens of Versailles and Peterhof: a microcosm rich in hidden symbols and meanings, to be discovered during the visit.
Историко-гастрономическое Заримье
Five hours outside the city among three charming medieval villages, each with its own culinary speciality, an ancient history and breathtaking views. There’s something to admire and taste at every turn: food, wine, sweets, landscapes, history and art.
Olga Lomova is a licensed tour guide who has lived in Rome for 19 years. Through her project Italy4Friends she accompanies travellers and families discovering Rome and its surroundings, with itineraries built around their interests. You can also find her on Instagram.
Roma Stay Home is a B&B with four design rooms in San Giovanni, one metro stop from the Colosseum. Discover our rooms or get in touch to plan your stay and your tours.
