Name: Rome by Night Photo Tour Under the Stars
Start: 2024-04-27T19:00:00+00:00
Location: Rome Photo Fun Tours

Rome by Night Photo Tour Under the Stars

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Night view of Castel Sant'Angelo from the Bridge of Angels.

The ancient Constantine Arch and night traffic lights

Rome by night is an absolute classic. Get the opportunity to have your own photo tour and workshop when monuments, streets, ancient ruins, sculptures and fabulous squares shine under the stars and moon. Then photographing the eternal city in the moonlight becomes an epic, memorable experience.

Tour safely around Rome at night to take memorable shots of its beauty under the moonlight.
Learn how to photograph beautiful monuments and ancient temples during the magic of a Roman night.
Enjoy the feeling of having Rome just for yourself, while taking the compelling Rome by Night tour with a Roman, internationally recognized professional photographer.
Reviews on my tours are on www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g187791-d15272896-Reviews-Rome_Photo_Fun_Tours-Rome_Lazio.html
More info about my tours are on www.romephotofuntours.com

Duration	4 Hours
Participants	This is a private tour for two people max, each one paying the fee indicated in the booking widget. Families or small groups traveling together can have a re-arranged tour price. Non photographing partners, friends, or relatives will pay 50% of the fee.
Categories	Explore & Discover
Languages	English, French, Italian
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Meeting point is at the main entrance of Castel Sant'Angelo on Lungotevere, at the Bridge of Angels.

Castel Sant'Angelo and Ponte Sant'Angelo, Rome
St. Angelo Bridge, Ponte Sant'Angelo, 00186 Roma RM, Italy

The buses stopping relatively close to Ponte Sant'Angelo are: 19, 23, 32, 34, 40, 62, 81, 87, 115, 271, 280, 492, 590, 982, 990 The closest metro stop to Ponte Sant'Angelo is Ottaviano (line A). I strongly suggest to take a cab.

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Esperienza fantastica

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Esperienza molto bella e che consiglierei sia ai romani appassionati di fotografia, che ai turisti. Giulio è stato molto bravo nello spiegare come realizzare gli scatti migliori, oltre che nello scegliere alcuni tra i punti panoramici più adatti e belli di Roma. Il tempo è volato ed ho riportato a casa tante belle foto.

by Simonetta Maffey on 04/07/2024

Buonasera Simonetta, perdona la risposta tardiva ma ho visto la tua recensione solo ora. Grazie mille per la bellissima recensione e per le parole di raccomandazione che hai speso. Te ne sono veramente grato. Sono felice che il tour sia stato tanto piacevole da far passare il tempo senza accorgersene e che tu abbia riportato a casa tante belle immagini della nostra fantastica città. Se un giorno vorrai fare un altro tour da sola o con degli altri appassionati a questa meravigliosa arte, non hai che da farmelo sapere. Io sono a disposizione. Cordiali saluti, Giulio

Great photography guide.

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I booked both the Rome by day and Rome by night tour with Giulio. Both are fantastic. Booking was easy. Giulio's web site lets you pick the date you are interested in and then once booked sends you a confirmation email. A few days before your tour Giulio provides an email with information on where to meet and asks questions about your photography skills, type of gear you will be bringing and what you are hoping to see. Giulio is very responsive, promptly replying to emails and even phone calls. Giulio knows Rome inside and out. The best part was in addition to photographing the well known parts, coliseum, Pantheon he takes you to less famous but just as beautiful areas that are not crowded letting you take great photos. Giulio is a professional photographer that is able to impart knowledge and skills if that is what you are looking for. However, his focus is on your experience and is content to let you have your best moment as well. If you are looking for a guide to take you around Rome so that you can take great pictures Giulio and Rome Photo Fun Tours is a great value and worth your investment.

by John Corey on 10/26/2023

Hello John, First of all, I must apologize for not having replied earlier to your very beautiful, enthusiastic, and flattering five-star review. I truly appreciate the kind words you spent about the quality of the service I rendered, and it is important for me to know that you enjoyed every single aspect of our photo walk, from the more technical part of it to the more artsy one, from the information shared about the places visited to the human and interpersonal quality I put in my photo walks and in the relation I always try to establish with my customers. Thanks a lot also for so highly recommending my photo tours and workshops to other photography lovers traveling to Rome and other locations in Italy. As I told you during our walk if you should ever come back to Italy, by yourself or with a couple of friends also interested in photography, be aware that from December this year, I will start offering multi-day tours, in Rome and Latium, Umbria, Tuscany, and Apulia, four amazing and very photogenic regions in the center and south Italy. These tours will be fully customized holistic multiday journeys, tailored around your wishes, and time availability. If you should be interested in them, I would be more than happy to discuss the different options and itineraries together. In the meantime, thanks again for your wonderful 5-star review. Best regards, Giulio

Wonderful Experience With Giulio!!

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My wife and I did the Rome by Night Photo Tour with Giulio, and it was a wonderful experience from start to finish. Giulio communicated with us ahead of time, met us at Castel Sant’Angelo and off we went on a great photo tour. Giulio pointed out unique locations and perspectives throughout the night, and we ended the tour with a treasure trove of photos. Giulio’s knowledge of the history behind the locations and his ability to share that knowledge made the night even more special. We would definitely recommend this tour to anyone visiting Rome!!

by Jonathan Fine on 08/13/2023

Dear Jonathan and Beth, First of all, let me apologize for the delay in replying to you, but I have been extremely busy for the last few weeks. Secondly, thanks a lot for your very beautiful and kind review. I am very happy you were satisfied both with the photo tour, with the way I conducted it, and with the good conversation, we had along the four hours walk we had. I am even happier that through my tour you could actually produce a trove of photos, as you wrote, that will keep your memory of Rome alive and indelible. Regarding other potential future photo tours, besides those in Rome, starting in September this year I will also be offering multi-day tours, in Rome and Latium, Umbria, Tuscany, and Apulia, four amazing and very photogenic regions in the center and south Italy. These tours will be fully customized holistic multiday journeys, tailored around your wishes, time availability, and budget. If you should be interested in them, I would be more than happy to discuss the different options and itineraries together. You will find all the information on these new full immersion photography workshops both on my actual website but also another one that should be online in September: www.ItalyPhotoFounTours.com In the meantime, thanks again for your wonderful 5-star review. Best regards, Giulio

Most Wonderful Rome by Night Photo Tour

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We had the most wonderful experience with our Rome by Night Photo Tour Under the Stars. Giulio was so knowledgeable in photography and Roman history. He was friendly, responsive, flexible and accommodating with our schedule and preferences. Our photos are stunning- better than postcards! We rented equipment from him, which he showed us how to use. He made the whole experience enjoyable. I highly, highly recommend!

by Tracy Fitzgerald on 08/04/2023

Dear Tracy, First of all, let me apologize for the delay in replying to you, but I have been extremely busy for the last few weeks. Secondly, thanks a lot for your very beautiful and kind review. I am very happy you were satisfied both with the photo tour, with the way I conducted it, and with the good conversation, we had along the four hours walk we had. Regarding other potential future photo tours, besides those in Rome, starting in September this year I will also be offering multi-day tours, in Rome and Latium, Umbria, Tuscany, and Apulia, four amazing and very photogenic regions in the center and south Italy. These tours will be fully customized holistic multiday journeys, tailored around your wishes, time availability, and budget. If you should be interested in them, I would be more than happy to discuss the different options and itineraries together. You will find all the information on these new full immersion photography workshops both on my actual website but also another one that should be online in September: www.ItalyPhotoFounTours.com In the meantime, thanks again for your wonderful 5-star review. Best regards, Giulio

Wonderful evening Rome photo tour with exceptional guide

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Giulio is an exceptional guide who knows all the places to capture wonderful memories of Rome. He is patient, informative, attentive and helpful. I highly recommend scheduling a tour with him!

by Suzanne on 12/04/2022

Hello Suzanne, Thanks a lot for your very kind and appreciative review. I am glad you enjoyed our tour together, and thanks a lot for recommending my tour to other potential clients. I hope you will also pass my contacts to your friends interested in photography. As I told you during our walk, next year I will also offer multi-day tours, in Umbria, Tuscany, and Puglia. Those will be customized holistic multiday photography tours including also photo review sessions, and a full-immersion experience in the Italian culture. In fact, we will have wine and food tastings, visits to vineyards, and extra visits to Italian Master Artisans. Such tours will be tailored around my customers' wishes, time availability, and budget. If you are interested, I would be more than happy to send you the different options and itineraries, that will be flexible and decided upon your own priorities. In the meantime, thanks again for your wonderful review, and best regards, Giulio

LOVED IT!

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Strongly recommend this tour! Giulio was AMAZING. He was patient--letting us go at our own pace, super accommodating to our requests, and made sure our specific location requests were met. We are pretty established photographers, but he had some great tips and suggestions which really made our photos pop. We only had one day in Rome, so glad we spent it with Giulio!

by Heather Lary on 11/20/2022

Hello Heather, Thanks a lot for your great and enthusiastic review. I am really glad you enjoyed the tour, my suggestions, and, last but not least my company. I am sure that you now have great photos of Rome by Night that will remain not only in your photo archive but also in your memory forever. As I told you during our walk, next year I will also offer multi-day tours, in Umbria, Tuscany, and Puglia. Those will be customized holistic multiday photography tours including also photo review sessions, and a full immersion experience in the Italian culture. In fact, we will have wine and food tastings, visits to vineyards, and extra visits to Italian Master Artisans. Such tours will be tailored around my customers' wishes, time availability, and budget. If you are interested, I would be more than happy to send you the different options and itineraries, that will be flexible and decided upon your own priorities. In the meantime, thanks again for your wonderful review, and best regards, Giulio

Hands-down the highlight of my Rome visit!

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You’re being coached by a Roman who can not only walk you to the best photo spots in Rome with his eyes closed, but because he’s a professional photographer with multi-layered knowledge and experience in different cultures and continents, he will also effortlessly guide you with your composition and camera settings. Very warm, friendly, kind, and funny. In perfect English, he gives you technical tips, gently and patiently repeating them until they sink in your head. He has loads of stories to tell, not only about the history of the sites, but pretty much else under the sun, including how to marinate rabbit and why you have to jaywalk with him on Rome’s busy streets. :) What’s not to love?

When I first visited Rome almost two decades ago, I came home with lousy shots from my point-and-shoot. On this second visit, I meant to come home with the best shots possible. I’ve been teaching myself photography for five years in an effort to come up with publishable photos to include in the travel books I’m writing. Although I had a grasp of how the exposure triangle works, I’d never had the benefit of working with a pro. I’d mostly been shooting in either Aperture Priority or Shutter Priority mode, going Manual only occasionally. Giulio had me shooting in purely Manual mode, and after a couple of hours, I started feeling more confident with it.

I took three tours: Rome by Night, Rome by Day, and Churches, Angels and Art, meaning I had the benefit of Giulio’s coaching for at least twelve hours, resulting in a treasure folder of photos. I have been shooting more in Manual mode ever since. Now there’s a thick line that divides my photo files: BG and AG – Before Giulio and After Giulio. You can bet the AGs are superior to the BGs.

The booking procedure was easy; Giulio responded to my emails promptly and clearly, and he accommodated some schedule changes I needed to make. Just keep in mind that the sites you are able to cover depends largely on your skill and energy level.

Five sparkling stars; highly recommended!

by Odette Foronda on 06/05/2022

Dear Odette, If my tours were good and satisfactory, your reviews not only equal but surpass them. I am so very glad you spent such good and flattering words about your photo walks with me, highlighting not just the photography technical part of them, but their fullness in terms of "experience" you had in Rome not just with a "photography guide" but rather with a person. I must say that it was a real pleasure walking through the eternal city with you, photographing, talking, and exchanging opinions, memories, and life experiences. That is exactly what makes me love this job I invented for myself, and when I read reviews like yours, I feel deeply happy and highly rewarded because I understand I was able to share not only my photography knowledge but also my passion for Rome and my love for life. I do hope our paths will cross again, maybe for future multiday tours in Umbria and Tuscany .... or for a glass of wine :-) Best regards and thanks again, Giulio

A very enjoyable and special experience. Highly recommended!

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My family was visiting Rome for spring break. It would be our first time in Rome. One of the things I wanted to do while there was photograph as much of the highlights of Rome as I could. Not being experienced with the city I decided to look for a photo tour with an experienced photographer. After doing some web research, I found Giulio’s site and really wanted to do the night tour. I contacted Giulio via his webpage to ask a few questions I had. Giulio promptly contacted me via phone to answer my questions as well as ask me some questions to gauge my interests as well as to let me know what type of gear I should bring. Communication was wonderful leading up to the tour. Reminders were sent as well as email communication to answer last minute questions I had. It was going to be me and my teenage daughter for the tour. We met at the agreed upon location and went over some basics. Then we were off. We travelled a lot of ground and hit numerous locations to photograph, both well-known and hidden jewels. Giulio is very knowledgeable about the city and offers insight into many of the areas where we shot at. The four-hour tour went so quickly. Giulio was wonderful with my daughter helping her get some great shots as a composition would catch her eye. Before we knew it our wonderful tour was over, and Giulio was dropping us off at our hotel. It was a great tour, and we were so happy we had the chance to do it. If/when we return to Rome, I would like to do the early morning tour that Giulio offers. I highly recommend hiring Giulio as your guide for a wonderful time of photographing Rome, no matter what your skill level.

by Matthew L. on 04/18/2022

Dear Matthew, I just received your email, and your very flattering review leaves me proud and humbly grateful at the same time. Let me sincerely thank you for your kind and generous words, as well as for highly recommending me. Your review is the best marketing tool one can wish for. Keep in mind that starting next year, I will organize also multi-day photography tours and workshops starting from Rome or Florence, to visit and photograph Tuscany, Umbria, and Latium. I will send you all information regarding this new venture as soon as I will have it perfectly organized. It will also include staying in very good lodges, visits to wineries, and food tastings. Best regards, Giulio

A perfect way to see Rome through a lens...

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My wife and I had high expectations for our night photo tour and to our very pleasant surprise, all of them were exceeded--it was a truly outstanding evening. We began at 9 pm and finished up shortly after 1 am, having visited several of the most famous Roman landmarks as well as some interesting side streets and byways. During the tour, Giulio provided lots of very helpful instruction regarding technique, while also giving us entertaining and informative stories about Roman history and the sites we visited. He even turned what might have been a negative (rain during the final hour or so of our tour) into a big positive, doing his best to keep us relatively dry while demonstrating how the rain made the streets shimmer beautifully in our photos. Hiring a personal guide of Guido's quality is worth every penny (and probably a lot more, but I hope he won't charge us accordingly the next time he engage him), and we'll both give him the highest recommendation to friends and family going to Rome or Tuscany.

by Mark Ostler on 11/06/2019

Dear Mark, First of all thanks a lot for your very beautiful review and for all the terrific and very flattering things you wrote about me and my photo tour service. Let me also add that it was a true pleasure meeting you and guide you through the beauty of nocturnal Rome, sharing with you my knowledge about photography as well as about my own town. Furthermore, considering the title of your review, I must say it is a double success for me not only have been able to give you a great experience of the eternal city but to have even exceeded your initial expectations. I'll be looking forward to seeing you back in Italy with family or friends to provide you with other beautiful photo tours in Rome or in Tuscany. In these regards please keep in mind that it will be my pleasure to tailor a custom made multiple days journey in the Region of beautiful art, great landscapes, delicious food, and life lightening wines .... and don't worry, I will not charge you more, but actually, as returning clients, less :-) Let's keep in touch, and if you want you can follow me on my Rome Photo Fun Tours facebook page. All the best to you and Wanda, Giulio

Amazing Photography Tour!!!

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I took both a day tour and a night tour with Giulio and I enjoyed them both tremondously. I couldn’t have been more delighted! The night tour was so enjoyable as was the day tour. It was just magical as we went to so many beautiful sights illuminated at night! Giulio took me to places that I would have never seen on my own in Rome and I saw and photographed some night scenes of Rome without crowds that still amaze me! If you are considering a photography tour with Giulio, don’t hesitate. You will not regret a tour with Giulio. When I return to Rome, I will definitely book another tour with him and would recommend him to anyone regardless of your photography level.

by Noma Finney on 10/16/2019

Dear Noma, Thanks for this review on my tour and for the great and flattering words you spend about me and my services. I have already answered extensively to your previous review, but let me say again it was my sincere pleasure to walk you throughout the eternal city, and taking pictures of it .... having the feeling to be side by side with a very gentle and kind Meryl Streep :-) I wish you'll be back to Rome sometime soon, and as I wrote before, be aware, for future references, that I have just finished fine-tuning an amazing one week photo, wine, and food tour in Tuscany, both for individuals, families and small groups, up to max 6 people. It will be an incredible feast of landscapes, medieval villages, beauty, and art photography. It will soon be up on my website and here on Trip Advisor. keep it in mind :-) Best regards, Giulio

An Incredible Night in Rome

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My Husband and I took the Rome by Night Tour and just had the best time. Giulio was the perfect host, full of history of the city, and a very good teacher. This is a tour that would be enjoyable no matter what level photographer you are. We enjoyed every minute--not wanting the night to end. Booking was simple, and Giulio is fantastic with his communication. We knew we were going to be in good hands even before we arrived. The tour was smooth, the perfect pace, and one of the highlights of our entire vacation. We would whole heartedly recommend this offer to my friends and family.

by Heather Kane on 06/10/2019

Dear Heather, First of all let me apologize for the late reply to your very kind and heartwarming review. Just let me say that it was a great pleasure for me to guide you and your husband throughout Rome, showing you all its beauty while sharing with what I know about its history, culture, past and present social and political situation. It was indeed like going around with two old friends and I also enjoyed every minute of our journey. I do hope to see you back soon in the eternal city, so to show even more to you... since one visit is certainly not enough to capture and discover all the gems that Rome has to offer. Best regards, Giulio

Above star level...

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As it was our first day of our first time ever in Rome, we could not have imagened a better way to start our Roman adventure as with this amazing Rome by night phototour/workshop "Under the Stars".
I learned a lot that night under the Roman stars, about this beautiful city and its eventful history. But also about night photography and photography in general. Giulio, who is realy patient and very friendly, provides advice about photographical know how and skills, but yet he gives you enough space to create your pictures as you want them to be.
For Rome first timers I would definitely advice a phototour with Giulio at the beginning of their stay in Rome.
With Giulio because he realy is the best!
At the beginning of your stay, because it's amazing how much it lowers the pressure: We came to Rome with such a big list of things we wanted to see… After the tour with Giulio we felt that pressure lower immediatly, for we got to see already a lot of Romes hot spots, and in a way we could not have imagened in advance. The days after we got to see Rome in a more relaxed way.
And of course, the other days and nights I got the chance to put into practice the photographical skills Giulio learned me. And there is no other place you would rather practice …
I would definitely and wholeheartedly recommend a phototour by Giulio. Time flew by too fast.
If we get the chance to visit Rome again, I will definitely book another tour with Giulio.

by Françoise Hertigers on 04/14/2019

Dear Francoise, Thanks a lot for your very kind and beautiful review. I am so glad you and your family enjoyed the tour and my company both as a photographer and as a person. It was indeed a lot of fun taking you guys throughout the best and most iconic sites in Rome, especially considering it was your first time in the eternal city. I am also happy the tour we had was such a good way to start your vacation in Rome and it lowered the pressure you might have felt before coming to such a big and somehow overwhelming city. It's great to know you kept on practicing during the days after the tour, putting in action the tips and information I gave you along the night photo tour. I am sure you went back to Belgium with some very good shots that will help you remember your holidays in the Capital of Italy. Please pass my regards to your husband and son, who were also terrific companions. All the best, Giulio

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