Reviews and Testimonials

Read what people have to say about our tours. If you have any comments or constructive criticisms about your experience please share them with us so we can further better our services. We also love to hear what a great job we are doing.

• My husband and I took the Vatican City tour on Friday, April 18. We have not stopped raving about it! It was, without question, the highlight of our entire trip. The information that was given was staggering. Not only do I feel that I was taught about the history of Roman Catholicism, I feel that we were given a crash course in art history. My husband and I enthusiastically discuss all that we learned and have shared many of your stories with our friends and family. If we were returning to Rome tomorrow, we would sign up for your tour again. We have several family members who are coming to Italy in the coming months and we have insisted that they take your tour. There isn't any way for us to thank you enough. I feel that you made our visit come alive with your incredible knowledge and witty observations. As a lifelong Catholic, I also appreciated that you treated the subject matter with the appropriate reverence when it was called for. Thank you so much

Kimberly and Jim, 2008

• I'm sorry to be getting back to you so late after our most enjoyable tours with you and Josie on 24 and 25 March. My mother and I thoroughly enjoyed the Roman Forum and Vatican tours. You're most knowledgeable of your subject and very well organized. Just to say that you have an "official agent" in Quebec City and anyone I know who travels to Rome will be given your name and number. So, if you get French Canadians from Quebec City you'll know where they heard about you! Regards

Bryan, 2008

• I just wanted to thank you for showing us around the Vatican. It was an absolutely incredible way to see it all, and I couldn't have asked for a better tour guide. You seriously know your stuff, and I really enjoyed actually learning a bit about what I was seeing (as opposed to just taking a picture and moving on, like your standard tourist). Send my thanks to Shane as well. He did an equally incredible job on the night tour – the sheer amount of information he knows is simply mind-boggling. You've both played a prominent role in Rome being the most fascinating and amazing place I have yet had the chance to visit. I wish I was still there! When (not if) I come back to Rome, you can expect to hear from me. Thanks again,

Shelley, 2008

• Peter and I would like to thank you for helping to make our trip to Rome so very special and memorable. How fortunate we felt in having both you and Josie share your passion, enthusiasm and knowledge with us. Without doubt we would have missed so much if we had not had the good fortune to have been told about your website by our neighbours, who visited Rome last November. On a number of occasions I noticed other visitors, not part of our group, drawing close to hear the commentaries from both of you. I have no doubt that they wished they had been part of our group. We will be delighted to pass on your website to family and friends. Best regards.

Carole and Peter, 2008

• Hello Matt and Morgan at Roman Candle tours, I just want to thank you both for the wonderful tours you both gave. Morgan, your tour with us of the Forum and Coliseum in the pouring rain was a memory we love and will never forget. You were undaunted and a great sport and remained absolutely calm and articulate! Thanks for hanging in there with us. Matt, The tour last saturday of the Vatican was really wonderful. We all felt that we learned so much through your witty and insightful comments. You took an overwhelming subject and made it completely manageable ,interesting and entertaining. As I am sure you both know, the task of choosing an online tour can be daunting and can feel abit like Russian roulette. I feel fortunate indeed to have had the kind of experience we had with both of you. Again, Many thanks for two wonderful tours in roma.

Jo, 2008

• Thanks for the excellent tour yesterday - we all really enjoyed it. The Guide, Matt I think he was called, really made history come alive for our teenage boys. I’m particularly happy about this, being a bit of a history-buff myself, I’m glad they were able to enjoy it as much as me!

Stewart, 2007

• Didn't want too much time to go by before thanking you again for the wonderful tour we had. The stories about St. Peters and the Sistine Chapel were so interesting and the guide had such a beautiful way of telling them. It was truly a blessing to have been matched up with you guys.

Elisa, 2007

• Thanks Matthew. We greatly enjoyed the tour! Rome is amazing but one thing is true – you need a guide or you’ll only take in a tenth of it! We really had the trip of a lifetime and not least because we were fortunate enough to come across you guys, thanks so much.

John, 2007

• Thanks so much for arranging my family and I tandem tours of the Vatican and Sistine last week. We learned so much more than we would have under any other circumstance, and on top of that our guide made it a lot of fun, I will be recommending Roman Candle Tours to others.

Christina, 2007

• Our friends were right, joining you on a tour was a great idea, its hard to imagine just how much we would have missed if it were not for you. Thanks a bunch.

Renee, 2007

• Sorry I haven’t gotten back sooner, but I just wanted to thank you for the excellent and informative tour of the Vatican that you took us on. Sue and I both think it was one of the highlights of our trip to Rome. It’s funny what you remember.

Dave, 2007

• I would like to thank you for helping us plan our days in Rome, I was feeling a little nervous, seeing as I have never been to Rome and was trying to organize everything from the other side of the Atlantic. But you were all so helpful that by the time I was on the plane I knew everything was going to be great, and it was. Please tell Mike that he did a wonderful job at showing us around on the Ancient City tour.

Penny, 2007

• Thank you so much for arranging the tour for me. I greatly appreciate that you came there yourself and helped me to find the group even. The tour was very informative, I really enjoyed it. Rome was great and I hope to be back soon.

Tatiana, 2007

• Thanks a bunch for such a awesome time you had shown us in Rome, it was worth every penny and more. I’m sorry I don’t remember the guides name but he was full of information and energy, which is important when you have been walking for hours. After Rome we visited Paris and joined a tour through The Louvre..... it was a very nice museum but the tour was nothing compared to the one we had with your group. Grazie Mille!

Kymberly, 2007

• We couldn’t have been more pleased with the tour of Rome by night that you provided. Andy was a walking and talking encyclopedia. Not only was he was extremely knowledgeable about the sights but he also introduced us to the best gelato we have ever had. Again, thank you so much.

Marie, 2007

• It was a great pleasure having you on our side when we were organizing our trip to Rome. The driver you had arranged for our airport pickup was very professional, he was on time, drove safe, and even explained a few things to us on our trip into the city. We had a wonderful tour of the Vatican with Matthew, I don’t know how he knows all of the things he does but we were all very impressed..

Thomas, 2007

• We had a great time in Italy! The afternoon we spent with you was wonderful, our guide did a great job preparing us for the Sistine Chapel and leading us through a really interesting city. The other couples also kept the your contact information to pass it on to others. Great job!

Ray, 2007

• Was unsure if tour guides were really necessary somewhere where you literally fall over history on every corner, we had a good guide book but when we over heard one of your guides finishing his tour of the Vatican it seemed he really made everything come to life for the group. When I approached Chad he had helped me book tours for the following days. Now I see that with explanations, stories and a historical context, everything is so much much more enjoyable. He was full of tips on what to do (and what not to do) in the city! Thanks so much Chad for helping us make the most of our short stay in Rome.

Mark and Janis, 2007

• Our Guide was so knowledgeable about everything including the "hot spots" to hit up in Rome. We took the tour of the Colosseum, I have never been that all into tours and this one was incredible!!! He was very informative and most of all entertaining. We thank you so much for making our trip enjoyable and one we will never forget!!

Carla, 2007

• Wow, we have just returned back to Canada and we still cannot stop talking about all of the different things we have learned when we were with you. Micheal was amazing in the Ancient City and Matthew kept me in aw touring the Vatican. The two tours tied up Ancient and Renaissance perfectly leaving me with a good base as to the history of Rome (I know I still have a lot to learn). I have been teaching for 15years and have taken many different tours, the ones in Rome were by far the best. I hope to return so I can join your night tour. I t is now clear to me why you call yourselves Roman Candle Tours.

Arnold, 2007

• I would like to thank you for all for your help when accommodating our booking at the last minute. Everything worked out perfectly, we met the group with no problems and had a great tour of the Ancient city. I have already recommended you to others at the hotel we were staying at.

James and Kate, 2007

• Thanks guys for giving us 3 great tours, our Roman experience would not have been the same without the fun-filled hours in this awesome ancient city. In bocca al lupo!

Shaun 2007