Eleonora was a wonderful guide! Not only was she deeply knowledgeable and able to answer all our questions, but she was also kind, engaging, and genuinely empathetic. Our three-hour private tour of the Colosseum and Roman Forum flew by so quickly, as she brought the history to life and kept our whole family captivated from start to finish.

Eleonora F.
About Eleonora F.
Ciao! My name is Eleonora but everyone calls me Eli.
I was born and raised in Rome in an original roman family. My parents definitely inspired me: my father is a "Roman history addicted" while my mother is a paintress and an art lover: My destiny was definitely to became an Art Historian and a tour guide!
What led me to become a tour guide is my passion for art, history, and travel: at university I studied history including the History of Art and Archaeology, and my favorite eras are Renaissance and Baroque: Michelangelo and Bernini are my best friends!
Being a tour guide means not only “to guide someone” but to also provide an experience!
It also gives me the chance to meet different people from all over the world and my tours are enriched thanks to my clients!
My favourite tours? I love experiencing our historical and artistic heritage with as few people around as possible. That’s why I would choose our Vatican Museums Early Morning Private Tour, but our Colosseum Arena Private Tour definitely deserves a place here too!
My tours are exciting, fascinating, captivating for my customers. All your questions will enrich our tour!
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We had a very knowledgeable, experienced & friendly tour guide who met us on time outside our accommodation & took us on the Vatican tour. Ellie was fantastic, she answered all our questions & nothing was too much trouble for her. Afterwards, a driver picked us up & took us wherever we wanted to be dropped (in our case, the medieval area). Very enjoyable.
Ellie was the perfect guide for our visit to the Vatican.<br>She was incredibly knowledgeable and ensured we didn’t miss any of the must-see sites. Her insights added so much depth to the experience, making it both educational and enjoyable. I would highly recommend her to anyone looking to get the most out of their Vatican tour.
We did two tours with Eyes of Rome and both were absolutely fabulous. We traveled with our two boys, ages 10 and 7, and were blown away by how engaging, fun, and educational each experience was. The Kid-Friendly Scavenger Hunt with Elisa was a perfect blend of learning and adventure. Elisa was so sweet and full of energy. She kept our boys completely engaged and excited the entire time. They were learning without even realizing it, and had a blast solving clues and exploring the city. Our Colosseum tour with Eleonora was just as incredible. She brought history to life in such a vivid and captivating way. Her warmth and enthusiasm made the experience feel personal and meaningful, and again, our boys were hooked from the start. If you're traveling to Rome with kids and want to give them a truly unique and fun way to learn about history and culture, this is the way to do it. These tours were the highlight of our time in Rome and we’ll be recommending them to everyone we know.
We did two tours with Eyes of Rome and both were absolutely fabulous. We traveled with our two boys, ages 10 and 7, and were blown away by how engaging, fun, and educational each experience was. The Kid-Friendly Scavenger Hunt with Elisa was a perfect blend of learning and adventure. Elisa was so sweet and full of energy—she kept our boys completely engaged and excited the entire time. They were learning without even realizing it, and had a blast solving clues and exploring the city. Our Colosseum tour with Eleonora was just as incredible. She brought history to life in such a vivid and captivating way. Her warmth and enthusiasm made the experience feel personal and meaningful, and again, our boys were hooked from the start. If you're traveling to Rome with kids and want to give them a truly unique and fun way to learn about history and culture, this is the way to do it. These tours were the highlight of our time in Rome and we’ll be recommending them to everyone we know.
Eleonora was fantastic! Great perspective on Rome since that’s where all her family is from. Would definitely recommend her for a tour of Rome. Thank you Eleonora for a great day!
If there were 10 stars I’d rate it ten stars. Eleonora was fabulous, highly recommended if you book, ask for her. She is incredibly knowledgeable, treats you like her best friend, and is very fluent in English. The tours were extraordinary , fulfilled the bucket list to overflowing. She guided us through the Sistine Chapel, the Vatican Museums, and the Borghese Gallery, and her art history knowledge and details about special aspects of the art is highly enjoyable.
Eleonora was absolutely fantastic! What an outstanding tour and amazing guide. Eleonora was incredibly knowledgeable and our Vatican tour was the most spectacular! Will and I highly recommend Eleonora and Eyes on Rome. It was amazing! Thank you Eleonora for the most memorable tour! Paula and Will
Eleonora was very knowledgeable and kind. Taking us through a wonderful tour where we learned a lot. We added on the Colosseum, which I highly recommend.
Our guide Ellie was amazing. Her knowledge of history and architecture was remarkable and her presentation was wonderful. Her business card read 'storyteller' which is the perfect description. She made the Coloseum come to life. We learned so much.
Eleonora (Ellie) Federici was our guide and she was incredible! So much information and so personable. She made the experience a one in a lifetime!
We really enjoyed the tour and the knowledge of the guide eleonora. She told us the history and background and many stories and was able to bring alive the art in the galleries with her knowledge and understanding and insights. Highly recommend this personal guiding for the tour as it allows you to focus and move faster than the crowds. Vatican is crazy full in peak season so the skip the line and the guide really helped. Without this you would get 10%
Eleonora is fantastic! She is so friendly and knowledgeable. Her presence enhanced our tour of the Vatican much much more than we anticipated. Her knowledge of art and history combined to paint a thorough picture of the Vatican and the museums. We cannot recommend her highly enough.
Eleonora was phenomenal! She paced the tour perfectly for a family with 2 young adults (19 and 25) and 2 adults (71 and 63). We received radios to hear her better and she found spaces for us to sit and listen to her knowledge about the Vatican art away from the large crowds. Although it was the busy season, doing the 7:45 am tour was definitely the right choice rather than starting at 9 or later.
Cannot state enough the value of having this personal experience with a guide as amazing as Eleonora. I have been a student of Roman history for many years and still learnt so much from her. My son, who is normally board through tours, really enjoyed it and learnt a lot himself. Amazing tour and even better tour guide!
We took the private Colosseum and Roman Forum Tour. This tour was excellent and exceeded our expectations! Eleonora was our guide. She has a deep knowledge of Roman history and was a wonderful story teller. We cannot recommend this tour enough!
Eleonora separated fact and fiction in an amazing tour. We had easy access to the Colosseum and thus the opportunity to really understand it over the centuries.
We had such an amazing experience with Eyes of Rome and Eleonora during our last trip to Rome that we knew we had to book her service again as we returned this year with family. She did an amazing job, yet again. Very informative, with wonderful insight on all aspects of Roman history regarding the Colosseum and Roman Forum. She even remembered us from our experience last year and left us with a very kind personal note! I would highly recommend the private Colosseum and Roman Forum tour, especially with Eleonora as the guide!
We had a private tour of the Vatican with Eleonora and it beyond exceeded our expectations! Eleonora provided us with a very detailed and in-depth explanation of the history, statues, etc. We would highly recommend Eleonora as your tour guide!!!
Once again our Viator experience was exceptional. Black car picked us up to meet our certified guide, Ellie. She was professional, knowledgeable and fun to tour with. Skipped the lines and learned so much in such a short time .
I was hesitant to book a private tour given the price but this was worth it. We were picked up at our hotel and easily entered the Vatican, skipping the massive lines. Our guide, Eleonora, was just wonderful. We learned so much on this tour from her and she knew just what to focus on, giving us the necessary history and pointing out key pieces of art along the way. There wasn’t a question that went unanswered and the speed at which we moved through certain areas was perfect. We couldn’t have asked for a better guide. Thank you Eleonora!
Ellie was awesome, she was very patient with my dad who has mobility issues. We learned a lot about the colosseum and its history. Private tour is perfect if you have someone in the group who won’t be able to keep up with a tour group.
We met with our guide Eleonora and our driver in the hotel lobby and were driven to the entrance of the Vatican museum... there was already very many people standing in queue to get in - and I thought that this would take a long time - but Eleonora took us through a separate entrance and we entered before everyone else .... lovely... Eleonora made it a very special experience for my wife, my brother and his wife and my self... it was obvious that Eleonora knew everything we wnated to ask about and much more .... it was an outstanding experience.... and the group was only us 4 and the guide and that was really treat for us - Eleonora was really perfect and very attentive to our needs during the time we spent with her... at the end of the tour there was a driver and a car waiting to take us back to the hotel - we asked to be dropped of in the city-center instead ... no problem very recommendable - and well worth the price
Leonora Federici, from Eyes of Rome Storytellers gave us a super walking tour of Rome; Insightful, fun and many, many details. Charming and with wit. Impeccable English. Time flew, but in very good company and beatutiful surroundings. She is absolutely on the list for our next visit to Rome. Awsome tour Leonora, thank you!
We had our tour with eleonora federici who was our private guide ( english language). She was very interesting, very professional and very nice. We really enjoyed it! It was the highlight of our trip!
We spent three hours with Eleonora touring the Colosseum and Forum. My husband and I were very pleased with her guidance and so were out kids (age 15 and 11)!
At the end of two weeks of traveling from Paris, Venice, Florance, and finally, Rome, my wife and I had experienced several tours and clearly what can make or break a tour experience is the host. We had the pleasure of being guided by Eleonora from Eyes of Rome. She did a FANTASTIC job of sharing knowledge in a digestible manner, executing pace of the tour, and providing an experience that became unforgettable even with "museum fatigue." If you reserve the Eyes of Rome tour, do yourself a favor and ask for Eleonora! You won't regret it.
Eleonora is amazing!!! During my time in Rome, I had a full-day tour with Eleonora, which was the highlight of my vacation in Italy. As a first-time solo traveler, I was nervous about having a tour alone, but Eleonora eased that concern immediately. We had a wonderful time exploring the Vatican Museums and Colosseum. Eleonora is highly knowledgeable about the symbolism of the various artworks in the Vatican Museums and their significance in history. Her knowledge of the Roman Forum and Colosseum was a dream for a former History major. I learned so much and had the most incredible time on my tour. My parents will be visiting Rome in the Spring and Eleonora is the only choice...you can't go wrong with her!!
We had an brilliant day with our private tour guide Eleonora, a highlight of our trip to Rome. We were picked up and dropped back at our hotel, we visited the Vatican in the morning, a fantastic lunch we'd have never tried if we were on our own and the Forum and Colosseum in the afternoon. So-much information that you'd never have access to otherwise and would have missed so many interesting things. Thank you Ellie!
Ellie was our private guide. She was great, and personable. It was a wonderful experience for all of us. I would definitely recommend this company!