Minerva Tours Rome

Bella Roma

moda and made in Italy

Book a bespoke tour with Minerva Tours Rome and discover Made In Italy at it’s best. From Barilla to Benetton, Martini to Missoni, a brand ‘Made in Italy’ makes it immediately desirable. Whether it be wine, bags, mopeds or a well-tailored Italian suit. ”No other country has the fusion between style and fashion”. Beppe Modenese

Fashion Show at the Roman Forums for Green Fashion Week

Fashion shows @ the ancient Roman Forums raised awareness for Green Fashion Week, now in its 6th edition, following the success in LA, Dubai, Abu-Dhabi and Milan. The Forum of Augustus and Hadrian’s Temple served as runways showing sustainable and responsible fashion collections of international designers, such as Flavia La Rocca, Kromagnon by Kristen Avery Long, Bav […]Read Post ›

Tours

SHOPPING TOUR Boutiques. Appointment only tailors. Leather goods. One of our most popular tours. With the expertise and the knowledge of all the backstreets in Rome, and the local family run boutique institutions that have stood the test of time for generations. This tour culminates with cappucino’s and cocktails. MORELLINO AND MOZARELLA TOUR Take a […]Read Post ›

Ostia Antica: A brilliant day out in Rome

Where to begin. If you want to walk down memory lane and taste of slice of daily Roman life, then the port city of Ostia Antica, 30km South West of Rome, ticks all the boxes. Bigger than Pompeii, with minimal crowds, this is where the visitor can enter another world. Bakeries, fishmongers and restaurants dating […]Read Post ›

Roman holiday movie locations

When tourists visit Rome and book a tour, one of the most asked questions we get asked is ‘Where did they film Roman Holiday?’ Why? Because Audrey Hepburn is to Rome what Jackie O was to Capri or what Elizabeth Taylor was to Acapulco. She was the epitome of elegance without excess. Little did she know […]Read Post ›

Mausoleum of Augustus to be restored

The Mausoleum of Augustus, was built in 28BC for Augustus, the first Roman Emperor (from 27 BC-14AD) and is now being restored with the financial assistance of the Italian mobile phone company TIM. A whopping 6 million Euros has been donated towards the project and an estimated 10 million will be needed to complete the […]Read Post ›

Zaha Hadid designs new Naples high-speed train station

Images © zaha hadid architects 2016 was an exciting year for architecture and 2017 looks set to be no different. We here at Minerva Tours are looking forward to the construction later this year of the long awaited Naples-Afragola train station, a sculptural cobra-like steel structure, which will interlink Naples to Rome. The London based […]Read Post ›

Michelangelo wisdom

What was in the make up bag of an ancient Roman woman?

What was in the make up bag of an ancient Roman woman? Diva or Empress, what was in your make up bag two thousand years ago, in ancient Rome, pre Benefit and Mac? Keeping up appearances in ancient Rome must have been a real mission. Think less au natural, and more, ‘wow, that sounds like […]Read Post ›