Bodyguard in Rome

As a guide, professional close protection in Italy is, in 2026, from EUR 850 per day for a single principal on twelve-hour cover, which is the market base. Armed profiles, armoured vehicles and multi-officer teams sit above that base and are quoted to the brief, and a security driver with an executive vehicle is quoted separately. Event weeks, short-notice mobilisation and specialist profiles carry a premium. Multi-city Italian itineraries are priced as one programme rather than as separate days, and the final rate is always confirmed on enquiry, with no obligation.

Under the TULPS, personal protection in Rome may only be delivered through Prefettura-authorised institutes and their sworn GPG officers, yet paperwork alone tells you little about how a team actually performs around the Vatican, the embassies or a Cinecittà set. Judging that from abroad is the true gamble: an underprepared firm reveals itself only mid-assignment, with your family or delegation exposed. Algoz removes the gamble because we have already measured the Roman market, working repeatedly with its providers and keeping only those who meet our standard. We compose the detail for your itinerary, bind it under NDA, supervise it throughout and answer for the result through a single point of contact.

Yes, but personal protection in Italy is regulated. Under the TULPS (Royal Decree 773/1931), protection is delivered by Prefettura-authorised security institutes whose officers are sworn, licensed Guardie Particolari Giurate (GPG); bodyguard is not a freelance profession. Algoz coordinates only licensed Italian operatives, so your detail is fully compliant.

Yes, with one clarification: Vatican City is a sovereign state with its own gendarmerie, so a private detail works up to and around it rather than inside its own arrangements. In practice we prepare the approach and the departure, hold the vehicle outside the walls, position an officer where St Peter's Square narrows into a funnel, and arrange the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel through early or after-hours access where the calendar allows. That corridor is the densest walk in Rome and the part of the day worth planning first.

Yes. Licensed close protection officers cover residences, heritage and Vatican visits, dining and events for visiting families, with multilingual officers and discreet, low-profile delivery under NDA.

Yes. Female close protection officers are available for family details, residence and hotel work, shopping and school runs, and for principals who prefer a female officer in close proximity. Availability is better with notice, so please raise it at the enquiry stage rather than on arrival.

Rome is generally safe, but HNWIs face specific targeted risks, primarily organised theft of jewellery and watches, and press intrusion. A discreet officer works on the chain that leads to those incidents rather than on the incident itself: reading the approach in the crowd at the Trevi or on Via Condotti and closing the gap before it becomes contact, holding the vehicle where the restricted-traffic centre actually allows a pick-up, and managing photographers at hotel and restaurant entrances. The officer is dressed for the setting and stays low profile, so the detail reads as part of the party rather than as security.

Same-day requests are handled where operatives are available. We ask for at least seven days. That is the honest lead time: the brief has to be vetted, the right officer assigned and released from other commitments, and the advance work on routes, venues and access actually done. Shorter notice is looked at case by case, but anything under 48 hours is an urgency case, carries additional fees and is not guaranteed. No one can put a licensed officer in place in 24 hours. Send your dates as early as you have them. For urgent requests, please contact us directly.

Armed carry in Italy is a separate and tightly restricted authorisation, granted case by case, and it requires a minimum 30-day lead time which may be refused. In practice, almost every Roman assignment is correctly served by a well-trained, low-profile unarmed officer with a security driver, and that is what we will recommend unless the threat picture genuinely says otherwise. We tell clients honestly which their itinerary requires rather than selling the more visible option.

Yes. Operatives deployed for international clients are English-speaking, and across the team we also work in Italian, Spanish, French, Russian, Portuguese and Chinese.

Yes, and both are worth arranging in advance. We provide meet-and-greet inside the terminal at Fiumicino, FBO handling for private arrivals at Ciampino and Roma Urbe, luggage counted and a vehicle positioned so the walk from the door is short and observed. The historic centre is a camera-enforced restricted traffic zone with limited kerbside stopping, so a driver who knows where a car may lawfully wait is the difference between a held door and a walk. Civitavecchia cruise arrivals and the Ostia marinas are covered to the same standard.

Yes. Our Rome operatives double as elite concierge professionals where required, arranging private Vatican tours, restaurant access and seamless logistics alongside protection.

Yes, under one brief and one point of contact. The same standard follows you to the Castelli Romani and the Lazio coast, north to Florence, Milan, Venice and Lake Como, south to Naples, Capri and the Amalfi Coast, and across to Porto Cervo in season. Because officers are licensed locally, we position the right team in each city rather than driving one detail the length of the country. Please share the full Italian itinerary when you enquire.

Yes, in most engagements. Give us reasonable notice and you may indicate the profile you prefer: an English or Italian-speaking officer, a female operative for family cover, or someone who dresses to blend from a Vatican audience to a rooftop dinner in the historic centre. We honour the preference whenever it is compatible with safety; where the security assessment points elsewhere, the assessment decides, without exception.