Vespa Sidecar Tour · Piazza della Repubblica
A professional driver takes you across Rome in a Vespa sidecar while a guide talks you through Trevi, the Pantheon, St Peter's, the Gianicolo terrace and Trastevere, with a gourmet gelato stop. It does not stop at the Spanish Steps: see them in the morning, ride in the afternoon.
You don't drive. Each vintage-style Vespa has a professional driver and carries two guests, one in the sidecar and one on the saddle behind, and you swap at the stops. A licensed guide talks over headsets. The tour starts at 14:30 by the green newspaper kiosk at Piazza della Repubblica 41 (look for royal blue jackets), stops at the Quirinal, Trevi for 30 minutes and the Pantheon for 30 with the ticket included, then rides past Navona to St Peter's Square, the Gianicolo terrace, Trastevere, Piazza Venezia, the Colosseum and Santa Maria Maggiore.
It's on this site as the cross-sell because it never goes to the Spanish Steps. The fix is easy: the Steps are two stops from Repubblica on metro line A (Repubblica, Barberini, Spagna). See them in the quiet morning and ride in the afternoon. Several guests also report that the Trevi basin ticket was covered on their tour, which the listing doesn't promise.
Check the limits before you book. Children must be 5 or older and ride in the sidecar unless they're taller than 150 cm. The saddle takes up to 118 kg, the sidecar 110 kg and 1.90 m. It's not for pregnant travellers or anyone with back problems. Book a single seat and you share a Vespa with another guest; an odd-numbered group alternates seats. It's the dearest tour here at $171, and the listing says 4 hours, though some guests describe about three on the road.
Meet the team in royal blue by the green kiosk at No. 41. Helmets, hair covers and headsets on.
A short stop at the Quirinal Palace, then 30 minutes at Trevi.
Inside the Pantheon with the included ticket, then the gelato stop in an alley nearby.
Past Navona to St Peter's Square, up to the Gianicolo terrace for the view, down through Trastevere.
Piazza Venezia, a ride past the Colosseum and Santa Maria Maggiore, back to Repubblica.
★★★★★For the longest time, I wanted to feel like Audrey Hepburn when she was riding on a Vespa in the movie "Roman Holiday" filmed in Rome in the 1950s. My cultural tour with Alessio was everything I wanted it to be.
★★★★★The Vespa tour was a great way to get introduced to Rome - and included tickets to the Trevi Fountain and the Pantheon plus gelato. [...] My wife and I swapped riding in the Sidecar or behind the driver on each stop.
★★★★★We (family with 2 teens) had a blast just riding the Vespas, not to mention the sites we saw. Since it was a little chilly in Feb, there were blankets available for the sidecar.
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No. The route covers the Quirinal, Trevi, the Pantheon, St Peter's Square, the Gianicolo, Trastevere and the Colosseum, but not the Spanish Steps. Spagna metro is two stops from the meeting point; our getting there guide has the details.
No. Every Vespa has a professional driver. One guest rides in the sidecar and one behind the driver, and you can swap at any stop.
At least 5, with an adult. Children ride in the sidecar unless they're taller than 150 cm.
Yes, the listing includes the Pantheon entrance ticket, which costs €7 since July 2026 if you buy it yourself. A gourmet gelato is included too.
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An afternoon across Rome in a Vespa sidecar with a professional driver, a Pantheon ticket and gelato.
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