Love and Sex History Tour of Ancient Rome

Make your way to a central meeting point to meet your guide and group for a romantic tour through the heart of Rome. Follow a route through charming neighborhoods, stopping at monuments that have set the stage for some of the city’s most intriguing love stories.

Visit the Campo de’ Fiori, where the notorious Pope Alexander Borgia met his lovers, and where some of Rome’s most elegant escorts lived in luxury. Stop to explore the Theater of Pompey, and learn about Roman seduction techniques from 2,000 years ago. Find out how the Romans kissed, when they married, and about the erotic books they read in private.

Continue to Piazza Navona, where you talk about Roman dowries and the lives of unmarried women, then walk through the Pantheon and the church of Santa Maria Sopra Minerva as you hear historic gossip about the painter Raphael’s romantic entanglements.

This walking tour concludes at Piazza Navona, whose marble fountains and elegant cafés make it the perfect place to kick off a romantic night in Rome.

Please note: This tour is suited for visitors aged 17 and above.