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What a blast. These folks know their stuff! I had a great afternoon "fighting" in the arena.
Reviewed by: Michael L, United States of America, April 2009
We originally signed up for this for our 9 year old son. Little did we expect how much fun WE would have. The men were great and very accommodating. Thanks for a great time!
Reviewed by: Steven W, United States of America, April 2009
This is a must, something different from your usual tours and site seeing. The people were so friendly and I had a ball. Thanks so much.
Reviewed by: Jamie G, Australia, October 2008
Difficult to find; taxi driver was unsure where it was. Take a map of the exact spot to show the driver. But what fun we had! All the people there were so helpful and nice. We are very interested in all aspects of Roman warfare, so this was right up our street, and the girl who took us around the museum knew everything we wanted know. We were very fortunate and even stayed to midnight, dressing up and appearing in a Roman documentary. Excellent. Thanks to all the people involved, who made this a day worth remembering.
Reviewed by: Derek D, United Kingdom, October 2008
Had difficulty finding the school - suggest a not-to-scale map and bus directions. There is a stop at the beginning of the street. Instructor was great, the young lady tour guide for their display was excellent. We arrived right on time, not the 15 minutes ahead as requested, and they had waited for us. Very receptive and friendly people.
Reviewed by: M. Stanton P, United States of America, October 2008
I am very glad I was not a gladiator, those helmets are way to heavy. But it was fun, and if you love the movie Gladiator and thought you could win some of those fights, you had better do this if you're in Rome.
Reviewed by: Rob C, New Zealand, September 2008
We had a great time learning the basics of gladiator training and fighting; coached by a very charming, pretty and knowledgeable 'lady gladiator'.
Reviewed by: Rolf L, Switzerland, August 2008
Four stars all the way! This is a wonderful activity for the entire family. Our group ranged in age from 6 to 61. Everyone had a great time. This activity is the one we have talked about the most since we returned home. It was a highlight of our vacation! We would not hesitate to recommend it to anyone.
Reviewed by: William M, United States of America, July 2008
This is a must-do...great pictures and even better memories. We had a great time; my 12-year-old daughter, my 8-year-old son and I just could not stop talking about it, it was so fun. The teacher was great!! The place is hard to find; a GPS only takes you to the main street. It is at the very end of a street off the main street. Make a right...it looks like a private drive with small businesses to the right and left. Oh, just like the other reviews say, give yourself some time to get there. We were late, but the teacher was perfect and gave us the royal treatment!!! Thank you!!
Reviewed by: Joe C, United States of America, July 2008
I loved it! I like that it was out of the way and not a typical tourist thing to do. In fact, the locals at our hotel and the taxi driver were not familiar with it. I liked how interactive it was, it's not like any other vacation activity I've done. I've already told several people about it. I had a lot of fun.
Reviewed by: David and Dana E, United States of America, July 2008
We had a wonderful time with this activity. The instructors are enthusiastic and interesting. Everyone had so much fun!
Reviewed by: David F, United States of America, June 2008
It was awesome and both myself and my son loved it.
Reviewed by: Rhonda G, Canada, April 2008
A truly excellent day of fun! Our legs really ached afterwards; they worked us quite hard, but we were given lots of drinks and snacks we were even given an Italian easter egg to eat and little cakes to take away. The leader's English was superb, as was his instruction.
It was a little hard to find as there appear to be two 18 Via Appia Anticas! For reference, it is not the one that has a door on the road with a museum sign; you have to go down a dusty track, which is opposite a bus stop.
If you have seen a lot of Rome already and want to do something a bit different and active, learn to be a gladiator!
It was a great work out, and a really nice break from all the museums. As far as getting there, we took a cab, then you have to walk down to the end of the dirt road and it is on the right hand side. After the lesson, we took a bus back to the Colosseum.
Reviewed by: Jacob G, United States of America, April 2008
Gladiator training was the best activity of our trip! My advice is to take a taxi! We searched for 2 hours for the location! Finally we paid a taxi to lead us there! It was 100 worth the effort though!
Reviewed by: Amy C, United States of America, March 2008
