Green Line Tours is one of the two Rome companies that actually own the coaches most "day trip from Rome" listings put you on. It suits travellers who want a cheap, no-frills coach day (Tivoli, Orvieto and Assisi, Pompeii) with a Termini departure, and anyone who wants the cheapest hop-on hop-off ticket in the city. Price level is low to mid: the hop-on bus is €19.80 on GetYourGuide, the Tivoli half day €100, the Assisi and Orvieto day €152.15 (prices checked regularly).
What Green Line Tours actually is
Green Line Tours states on its own site that it was founded in 1978, that it runs its own fleet including open-top double-deckers, and that the hop-on service dates from 2006. The footer publishes a Rome address (Via Farini 16), a tax code, a Chamber of Commerce number and a Regione Lazio licence resolution. That is more disclosure than most Rome operators manage and it is the first thing we look for. The GetYourGuide supplier page gives the legal name as Green Line Tour with the same Via Farini address, so the platform listing and the company are the same entity.
Day trips depart from the Green Line terminal at Via Giovanni Amendola 32, next to Roma Termini. The full-day trips meet at 07:00 for a 07:15 departure according to the tour pages; the exact point is on your voucher. The company also runs a Japanese-language team and an inbound brand called Dreaming Italy, which matters only in that coaches may be mixed-language, and the general conditions say so.
What it sells from Rome and how you book
The catalogue is short and it is all coach-based:
| Tour (official name shortened) | Duration | Official "from" price | Runs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hop-on hop-off, 3 routes, 15 stops | 24/48/72 h | €22 (3-stop pass); €34 for 24 h | daily |
| Night open-top bus | 1 h 30 | €23 | daily, 20:00 |
| Villa d'Este and Villa Adriana half day | 4 h | €100 | mornings in winter, afternoons in summer |
| Ostia Antica half day | 4 h | €165 | see site |
| Orvieto and Assisi with farmhouse lunch | 12 h | €179 | Mon, Thu, Fri in season |
| Pompeii with pizza lunch | 12 h | €159 (on sale at €111.30 when checked) | daily except the first Sunday of the month |
| Florence with the Accademia | 13 h | not shown on the listing | Tue, Thu, Sat |
Prices in this table are the ones displayed on greenlinetours.com when we checked; they are the direct rates, not what you pay on a platform. Two things stand out. The Umbria day and the Tivoli half day need a minimum of six passengers to run and the Florence day eight, according to their tour pages, so a quiet weekday in February can be cancelled. And the Florence day skips the Uffizi in favour of the Accademia and a leather workshop visit, which is a different day from the one on our Florence day trip page.
What it costs on the platforms
Green Line is a confirmed GetYourGuide supplier. Its supplier page listed, at the time of checking, the 3-route hop-on bus, the night bus, the Assisi and Orvieto day trip, the Tivoli half day, an Ostia Antica half day, a Pompeii day trip, a papal audience escort and several city tours, with an overall rating of 4.0 from more than 24,000 reviews. The ones in our catalogue:
The Assisi and Orvieto day is the one worth comparing, because Tiqets sells what looks like the same itinerary at a higher price:
Same trip, platforms compared
Prices refreshed from the GetYourGuide, Tiqets and Headout feeds.
| Platform | Price | Rating | Duration | Cancellation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GetYourGuideRome: Assisi and Orvieto Day Trip with Lunch | €161.10 Lowest price | ★ 4.6 (535) | 12 h | Free cancellation | Book on GetYourGuide |
| TiqetsAssisi & Orvieto: Guided Day Trip from Rome | €179 | — | 12:00 | — | Book on Tiqets |
Note that the Pompeii coach day we use as the flagship on this site is run by a different supplier; Green Line's own Pompeii listing on GetYourGuide is called "Pompeii Your Way" and was not in our catalogue when we checked, so compare it on the platform before you pick.
The practical detail
Departure. Terminal at Via Giovanni Amendola 32, a five-minute walk from the Termini forecourt. The general conditions describe a free minibus pick-up from central hotels to the terminal on most tours and a drop-off "in the vicinity of your hotel" on return; the day-trip pages say "pick up in hotel on request". Get it confirmed in writing or skip it and walk: the terminal is easy to find.
Group size and languages. Coaches are full-size (the about page's fleet history describes 50-seat coaches built for the Pompeii run), tours may run in more than one language, and earphones are included on the day trips. The hop-on audio guide comes in 16 languages.
Cancellation direct. Free up to 24 hours or one working day before; 100% after. Tours that include entrance tickets carry a €30 per person penalty on any cancellation because the tickets are non-refundable, according to the site. On GetYourGuide the platform's own free-cancellation window applies to the listing you buy, which is usually the better deal.
Passport. The Pompeii page says a passport is required at the Pompeii entrance because tickets are nominative; that matches what we know from the park.
Luggage. The Pompeii page says bulky luggage and backpacks are not allowed on the coach; assume the same on the other day trips, which rules out doing one on your way out of Rome.
Booking direct, on a platform, or going by train
Booking direct gives you the on-sale rates the site sometimes shows (the Pompeii day at €111.30 instead of €159 when we checked) and a human at the Termini terminal. Booking on GetYourGuide gives you a longer free-cancellation window, a rating you can read, and prices that in our catalogue were lower than the listed direct rate for the Umbria day (€152.15 against €179). For most readers the platform wins.
Going by train beats Green Line on Orvieto (regional train, about an hour and a quarter, fixed fare) and on Tivoli if you are happy with Villa d'Este alone. It does not beat the coach on Assisi plus Orvieto in one day, or on Pompeii if you do not want to change trains in Naples.
Verdict
Green Line Tours is a legitimate, licensed Rome coach operator with clear terms and cheap prices. The hop-on bus is the budget option, not the best one: it has three routes but the lowest rating of the main brands, and the "reduced frequency" wording on the orange and blue routes is the company's own. The coach day trips are honest value, particularly Assisi and Orvieto, as long as you accept a big coach, mixed languages and the minimum-group clause. Read our I Love Rome review before you choose a hop-on brand, and the hop-on hop-off page for the maths on 24 versus 48 hours.