Gina the Fiat 500!🚘 Rome Day 2
On Day 2 of Rome, my mom and I took a city tour of Rome in a Fiat 500 named Gina! It was my favorite experience of the whole trip! Here’s how it went:
I booked this fiat tour through Airbnb experiences. I 100% recommend the fiat tour hosted by Gina La Rossa Fiat Tours, they are amazing with personalization throughout the tour. Our tour guide Giancarlo was the sweetest and showed us so many hidden gems of Rome and gave us great food recommendations also!
We started the tour at the Vatican, first learning about the building process and results the Romans achieved before any modern technology. Then we hopped in the car and started our driving tour! The fiat was ADORABLE. It was so tiny on the outside, but on the inside it felt spacious with plenty of room! First we drove up to experience the Vatican dome phenomenon. It’s the only dome in the world where when you drive closer to the dome, it appears smaller, and when you drive away from the dome, it appears larger. Roman architects were geniuses when they built these amazing structures, even if it was unintentional!
Next was our first surprise of the tour. We parked by a fountain and Giancarlo surprised us with a little bottle of Prosecco and glasses! I love the little special touches that are included in this tour, it makes your day feel individualized rather than a pre-set tour. Of course there were lots and lots of photos during this stop! Not just by us, but everyone and I mean EVERYONE wanted a photo in front of the Fiat.
We got back on the road and headed to lunch which was included with the tour. We had an incredible pizza flight from an authentic pizza al taglio shop called Pizzeria Elligio Fattori. This was seriously one of the BEST pizzas I’ve ever had in my life and the pizzas from here leave you bloat free!
After lunch we drove through the neighborhood of Trastevere. The roads were very narrow and not meant for cars but the perks of riding in a Fiat 500 are that you can get through anywhere 1. because of the car’s tiny size and 2. because everyone loves seing a tiny red Fiat in Rome! I felt like a celebrity when driving through Trastevere. I know that everyone was just taking photos of the car, but one day it will be me! We also drove past the Circus Maximus, the Roman Forum, and the Palatine Hill.
My one request of the tour was to get some quality gelato, and we did just that! At the end of our tour we tried an authentic gelateria in Prati called Gelateria Dei Grachi, and it was one of my favorite gelatos from my whole trip! Highly recommend if you want to go beyond the touristy mountains of artificial gelatos in Rome.
The best four hours of my Rome trip go to Giancarlo and his Red Fiat 500! From the personalization, the tour guiding, sights, and kindness along the whole ride, this is the best Rome experience for first time Rome visitors and people who love to experience something unique compared to a normal walking tour of the main attractions.
Grazie Giancarlo and Gina! ❤️
