PROTOURISM   GUIDED TOURS IN ROME

Licensed tour guides in Rome

To ensure high standards and protect the consumer, Italian national and local legislation, defines the tourism professions and requires that firms and individual operators be licensed.

Tour operators, travel agency directors,tour leaders and tour guides must all be licensed to perform  that services. To earn their licenses after having pass examinations given by the Italian regions, provinces or cities,depending by the local law.
In Italy the tour guide is a licensed professional and guiding they  have to carry their license with them, to be shown upon request to the authorities.

Licensed guides do not need to be careful to see if  the police is  coming. Individuals performing the services of a tour guide without a license, in virtually whatever guise they use as a cover, are dodging the law.

In Rome tour guides are licensed for Rome, Vatican City and roman province.

To licensed tour guides is recognized,for their clients to jump lines at the tickets windows,and a special entrance to the Vatican museum early in the morning. 

GUIDE SERVICES IN ROME 

The services offered by the guides  can be summarised  as followed:

• Half day city tour (A.M. or P.M. 3 hours)

• Full day city tour (6 hours)

• Out of Rome tour, 4 hours ( Vatican,Ostia Antica, Tivoli,Palestrina )

• Out of Rome tour (8 hours)

• Rome by night tour (2 hours)