Owner of Italy Hotline, Sienna Reid is a figurative painter from Seattle where she graduated with a Fine Arts degree from the University of Washington. Her work has been widely exhibited in the United States and Italy and is found in collections in Germany, United Kingdom, France, Switzerland, Mexico, Italy and the United States. Passionate about painting and its millennial history, she draws inspiration from Ancient Greco-Roman and European Renaissance art and architecture. She has lived with her husband and son in Rome since 1999 in a lovely apartment 100 yards from the Forum. Sienna also gives culinary tours, based on a long professional experience of cooking and catering. At the tender age of 13 she was already prep-cooking in a French-Italian restaurant in the Pacific Northwest. She went on to cook and cater professionally for many years. In Rome she combines a broad knowledge of Italian culinary techniques with a passion for fresh ingredients and local markets.
Anne Patsch hails from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where she earned a BA in Art and Art History from Carlow University. Her first glimpse of Rome was during a semester studying abroad in 2004 at the American University. Entranced by the Eternal City's rich cultural history Anne decided to further her study of art and history by taking up residence in Rome. Anne's interests include Renaissance and Baroque painting and sculpture as well as contemporary art. She uses her historical knowledge of art and artistic techniques to communicate a deep love for the centuries of artistic tradition that make Rome such a fascinating city. She is a painter and mixed media artist who exhibits her work in galleries in the US and Italy.
Laura Weinstein is an Emmy nominated, National Geographic trained documentary film producer and writer living in Rome since September 2004. A Baltimore native and Northwestern University grad, Laura has been studying ancient history, art history and archeology for the past 30 years and made historical films her specialty over a 16-year career with National Geographic TV and Film, Discovery Channel, PBS and Time Life. Laura’s intense research and writing about the revolutionary Italian painter Caravaggio also gives her a valuable anchor on the Renaissance, Mannerist and Baroque periods. Laura combines her storytelling skills with her boundless enthusiasm for Rome to make the myriad sites of the city come alive.
With degrees in both fine arts and humanities Sarah May Grunwald is uniquely positioned to communicate both the visual and historical splendour of Rome. Hailing from California she is a passionate wine enthusiast and graduate of the Corso di Qualificazione Professionale per Sommelier and is currently completing the rigorous Master di analisi sensoriale del vino, Italy's highest sommelier qualification. For the arts she leans towards classical Roman mosaic and portraiture, paintings by Caravaggio, Botticelli, and late 20th century Italian fashion photography. She describes herself as currently obsessed with Giotto, especially his frescoes of the life of St. Francesco (in the Santa Croce of Florence). When not touring the nocturnal wine bars of Rome she retreats to the quiet country life of the Castelli Romani to care for her troupe of adopted, abandoned animals.
Our private walking tours highlight the exciting history, legends and myths of Rome the 'Eternal City' - eternally fascinating and mysterious! Your guide is native English-speaking, fluent in Italian and an expert in Roman art and history. They have been living in Rome for years pursuing their passion for classical and artistic studies, working as professional guides. Their goal is to share with you their passion for the artistic, archeological, and historical interests of this city while helping you to best experience modern Rome! What we offer you: Your guide will meet you at your hotel or private apartment. From there you will either start walking or take a cab to the best point to start the tour.	"The Apollo Belvedere" - back - 1st century BCE	You can request personalized itineraries and mix and match as suits your needs. If you have an interest in a tour that is not listed on our website please send a request and we will provide you with a personalized tour itinerary. Our tours are designed for people seeking something out of the ordinary, something more than the standard Vatican and Baroque Rome tour. The tours offered here are designed with the very firm belief that there is another Rome, a hidden Rome, a Rome of veils that you will never find roaming about with a guide book in your hand. It is a Rome that must be evoked, brought to life through its players, the clerics, artists, scientists and nobles that created its drama, its scandal and its beauty.

The tours offered on this site represent, in essence, the dream tours of experienced guides, the kind of tours they take their family and friends on -- private, personalized and unique. In short, out of the ordinary, for people who want to get at the Rome they don't tell you about in the guide books, but that you can only get to know by walking these cobbled streets with a great guide who's been there, kilometer after twisted kilometer, for years, with their eyes open to the endless wonder and mystery of this, the Eternal City.