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Call 800-444-1834 and ask to speak with Johnette Chambers

Group Tour Guides – Rates
Let us create a guided tour for your group based on your group’s interests:
Guides: $60/hour per guide
(Walking tours are limited to 15 per group)

Group Tour Options

Here are some ideas to inspire your next getaway to Georgia’s Rome:

Rome-Floyd E.C.O. Center
Experience the ecology of Northwest Georgia. Interact with aquatic life and see a diverse variety of native fish species. Learn about the area’s thriving eco-system through indigenous plantings and explore the interpretive trails through the wetland area.

Downtown History Tour
This guided tour of Rome’s historic downtown offers insights into its history, its beauty, and its secrets.

Rome’s City Clocktower & Museum

Rome City Clocktower
 Standing tall as the city’s icon, climb 107 steps to the top for the best views of Rome. The inside tower showcases murals from Rome’s history and the original clockworks.

Chieftains Museum/Major Ridge Home 
Explore the history of the 19th century Cherokee through the life, home and property of the Ridge family. This historic house and museum is a National Historic Landmark and one of only a few private entities to be certified by the National Park Service as a site on the Trail of Tears.

Rome Area History Center
 Learn the history of Rome and the surrounding area with exhibits that range from early settlements through the Civil War to current day. Enhance your field trip experience with a professional storyteller and special activity! Call for more details.

Between-the-Rivers Historic District Group Tour
The site of Rome’s founding in 1834, a tour of this district includes pre-Civil War structures; history and homes of many leading Romans; and two of Rome’s most significant landmarks: City Clocktower, a towering structure on one of Rome’s seven hills, and the Capitoline Wolf, a gift to Rome from Italy in 1929.

Roman Rose Trolley Tours
The Roman Rose Trolley is reminiscent of a historic 1850’s trolley featuring wooden panel interior and bench seats. The trolley is available for historic tours of Cave Spring, Floyd County and Downtown Rome.

Group tour on the Sulzbacher Roman Holiday, Rome's 42-passenger excursion boat.

Group tour on the Sulzbacher Roman Holiday, Rome’s 42-passenger excursion boat.

Sulzbacher Roman Holiday Riverboat Cruise
Experience Rome by way of the three rivers as you learn about the town’s rich history and diverse ecosystem on this 42-passenger excursion boat March through October.

Cave Spring Village Tour
A quaint village located just outside of Rome offers many points of interest including a natural spring, cave, shopping, dining and historical sites.

Myrtle Hill Cemetery
Explore 6 terraces of this historic, quintessential garden cemetery. Learn about some of the greatest heroes and heroines of Rome’s past.

Unique Tours
Rome Flavor Tours offer a taste of Rome’s culinary scene through a variety of local dishes. Step-on Guide tours can be customized to help you see all the sights and sounds of Rome while learning the stories that make it memorable. Downtown Walking Tours offer a unique perspective for smaller groups looking to explore the town’s storied history.

Group tour can include events such as the Shakespeare Festival

2020 Shakespeare Festival will look different this year with social distancing spaces designated on the green.

Arts & Entertainment
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Time your visit to see the Rome Symphony Orchestra, the oldest symphony in the South; catch a live theatre production at the historic DeSoto Theatre or Rome City Auditorium; enjoy a show at Georgia’s premier Shakespeare Festival in September, the Wings Over North Georgia Airshow in October and see award worthy films at the Rome International Film Festival in November.

Outdoor Dining
Downtown Rome offers many locally owned restaurants with group dining options.  Restaurants are all located within walking distance to hotels in our historic downtown area so groups have the option to break up into smaller parties for different restaurant experiences.

Speakers Bureau
We have a speakers bureau for a variety of topics from motivational speaking, to team building to local subject matter experts.

 

Take a group tour of film locations such as Oak Hill featured in Sweet Home Alabama

Oak Hill – Berry College – Featured in Sweet Home Alabama (2002)

Oak Hill & Berry College Group Tour
Learn the story of Martha Berry, founder of the Berry Schools. Tour her home place, art collections, and expansive gardens surrounding her estate. Explore the world’s largest college campus featuring a variety of architectural styles, including a complex of English Gothic buildings gifted by Henry Ford in 1925.

Berry College Wildlife in My Backyard

In this tour, students will embark on a nature walk and learn unique facts about the wildlife in our world. This tour requires a minimum group size of eight for grades pre-k through 5th grade.

Berry College Dairy Tour
On this Dairy Tour, students will visit the Rollins Dairy Unit to learn about the life cycle of the cow from calving all the way through the milking process. This tour requires a minimum group size of eight for grades pre-k through 8th grade.