About me

Hi, I’m Emanuele, I’m a licensed and Official Tour Guide of Rome and for several years I’ve been passionately working in Rome and its surroundings

About me

Hi, I’m Emanuele, I’m a licensed and Official Tour Guide of Rome and for several years I’ve been passionately working in Rome and its surroundings

My Story

How I Got Started

I was 14 when I started working as a bartender and waiter in my family’s restaurant. I liked being in touch with people and learning new things like languages. My dream was to travel, so when I was 19 I went to London and stayed there for a year.

Once back I decided that I would make my dream come true and became a steward of Alitalia, the national airline. I travelled the world, I got to know great places and I gained a lot of work experience in 10 years of flying. However, at a certain point Alitalia went through a moment of crisis and I chose to change my job.

I decided to roll up my sleeves and I started to be trained as a tour leader for groups. I passed the test and after 3 years of travelling around Italy, I realized that my passion is art and that bringing it to people from different countries, languages and cultures would have been so enjoyable, exciting to me.

I studied for 2 years tirelessly to become a Tour Guide.

There were 3000 candidates sitting the test and we were only 100 to pass it. It was terribly hard but I did it. I qualified in english, spanish, portuguese and french, languages that I  learned and improved in this time of study.

Today I love this job and I talk about art and history with passion, enthusiasm, dedication and I put something in addition to that, Theatre!

My vision

Why should you choose me?

In my tours, as well as interpreting the characters I’m talking about, I bring back to life the stories, the anecdotes of ancient romans, Michelangelo and so on, by making them perform.

For example: elements of nature (Interactive Sistine Chapel) gladiators fighting (Interactive Colosseum), etc. In short, you are the ones who create it!

I do it with joy, love, enthusiasm and I strongly believe that every single experience with me has to be special.

I will be glad to guide you through the picturesque alleys of Trastevere, the vast baroque squares, in the world’s most impressive amphitheatre, the Colosseum.

We will live togheter a funny experience!

Are you curious..?  Contact me for information!

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Contact

Emanuele Arru

+39 3293217739

funnyguideinrome@gmail.com

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