Pantheon Tour with Optional Access to the Basilica of Neptune

Two versions of this tour, and the difference between them is real rather than cosmetic. The Classic Pantheon Tour is a guided visit inside: the largest unreinforced dome in the world, the oculus, the original marble floor, Raphael's tomb, and the engineering that has held the whole thing up for two thousand years. The Special Access option adds the part of the site almost nobody sees. Behind the rotunda lie the remains of the Basilica of Neptune, a separate ancient building that shared a wall with the Pantheon and is not on the normal visitor route. The tour goes through the archaeological remains with digital reconstructions to show what stood there, then enters the Pantheon by a dedicated back entrance rather than through the portico and the crowd. That option also includes a short Italian coffee tasting, which in this quarter is less of a gimmick than it sounds: two of the most argued-over coffee bars in Rome are within a couple of minutes of the portico.