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Renaissance Scarlet Ladies Tour: Caravaggio's and Borgia's women

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This storytelling walking tour revolves around 7 historical women who lived in Renaissance Rome. In a day and age where women didn't have access to education, the Renaissance Scarlet Ladies managed to become the Best Educated Women in Europe. They were dancers, great singers, or poets, and this gave them the chance to emerge from poverty. Nowadays we still find them in some of the most famous canvases painted by Caravaggio and Raphael. This is the only tour of its kind, the only one that delves deep into the Women's side of History. Don't miss the opportunity to hear their stories and find out how colorful their lives could be. During our tour together, we visit some churches which were their burial place. We see their XVI-century original homes but, more importantly, for the story of each woman, we show you all the visuals where we can still admire the Renaissance Courtesans.
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  • Guided tour
  • Halfway through of the storytelling walking tour, there is chance to make a stop in a Snack Bar but the cost is not included in the tour
Departure Point

Foro Traiano, 00187 Roma RM, Italy The meeting point for this tour is by "Trajan Column" (90 feet tall) adjacent to Piazza Venezia. The tour guide will be holding a "Scarlet Ladies" sign in his hand

Return Details

Piazza Farnese, 44, 00186 Roma RM, Italy The Scarlet Ladies walking tour ends in Piazza Farnese, a very central location adjacent to Campo de' Fiori square and very close to Piazza Navona too. Nearby the ending point of this tour there's a taxi stand, as well as many bus stops.

  • Basilica San Marco Evangelista, Rome, Italy
    The tour begins with a massive statue that in 1477 was named after a famous Courtesan. The statue nowadays is indeed known as "Lady Lucrezia". This XV century woman who lived an incredibly colorful life, is the first story of this storytelling tour
    20 minutes
  • Palazzo Doria Pamphilj, Rome, Italy
    We make a stop in the courtyard of the Doria Pamphilj, to talk about our second woman named Anna Bianchini, who modeled many times for a famous italian painter known as Caravaggio. Anna was indeed Caravaggio's first model and also the one who modeled for him most of the times
    20 minutes
  • Santa Maria Sopra Minerva, Rome, Italy
    We enter a this magnificent church which is full of important and beautiful artworks and tell we tell the story of the most successful courtesan in all of Europe, back in the early XVI Century
    25 minutes
  • Basilica S. Agostino, Rome, Italy
    Sant'Agostino church is another fantastic site included in this storytelling walking tour. This church is historically related to women, there's so many stories about the women in here and plus, there is the original "Virgin Mary and the Pilgrims" canvas painted by Caravaggio
    20 minutes
  • Via dei Coronari, Rome, Italy
    On this storytelling walking tour, we walk amongst original XVI and XV century building that back in the day, were owned by Courtesans. This is the Best Way to bing the stories to Life, since we are really able to eye-witness what their daily life was really like
    10 minutes
  • Campo de' Fiori, Rome, Italy
    Are you a Borgia Family fan? oh well, you will love the story of Vannozza Cattanei, mother of Cesare and Lucrezia Borgia. Her story is incredible and usually is people's favorite story in all of the tour.
    20 minutes
  • Piazza Farnese, Rome, Italy
    Here in Piazza Farnese, right by the beautiful Palazzo designed by Michelangelo which is the French Embassy today, the tour ends with the sad story of Giulia Farnese. We don't spoil anything but the finale of the tour is really moving...
    20 minutes
  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • The itinerary of the tour is 95% accessible to wheelchairs. There's only 2 churches which are hard to get in with a wheelchair but that doesn't manage the content of the tour, since in that case we just tell the story outside of the church
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
  • For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
  • If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
  • Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
  • Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
  • This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
Victor_S
10 Apr 2023
I learned a lot from this unusual unorthodox tour taken on March 28, 2023. Grazie Massimo for sharing your knowledge with us. This tour is strongly recommended.
Colleen D
01 Mar 2023
Mossimo was amazing and perfect. He knew everything about the tour we were on and even let us veer off in to other areas that weren’t on the official tour. We had a genuinely perfect experience and I think everyone visiting and living here in Rome should go on this tour. Fascinating look at history and the women that affected it.
Anna_Teti95
19 Jan 2023
Massimo was fantastic he told the stories with passion and flare, he was really knowledgeable, and spoke of how he did his research. The stories were very interesting, and this tour is definitely one to go on if you like history. If I could have given 10/10, I would have. I'll be looking at doing more tours with him next time I'm in Rome.
This tour in is organized by Storytelling Rome Tours & Walks

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