Overview
- 3.5-hour Rome Colosseum tour with skip-the-line ticket
- Enjoy access to all areas of the Colosseum, including places normally off-limits
- Explore the Colosseum's underground chambers and see where wild animals were caged
- Step into the arena where gladiators once fought
- Visit the Roman Forum, walk up Palatine Hill and enjoy views of Nero's Circus Maximus
Why Travelers Choose This Tour
From $122.55 USD
Lowest Price GuaranteeInside, begin below ground to explore the Colosseum’s tunnels, chambers and pits. This section of the amphitheater is only open to a select number of visitors each day, so enjoy this exclusive chance to see more than most people do. While you walk through the underground passageways, listen to stories about the wild animals who were held down here and the Roman gladiators who prepared for their battles here.
Next, head upward, stopping on the arena floor level. Most visitors are restricted to walk only around the edge, but you have access to walk on the floor itself, standing on the same spot where the battles took place. Not much of the original floor remains, but you can peer down through the gaps to see the underground chambers.
Upon exiting the Colosseum, walk with your guide over to the Roman Forum, once the political heart of the city. Take in the sprawl of ancient ruins, and walk up Palatine Hill, once home to Ancient Rome’s wealthy residents, for a view of Circus Maximus, where chariot races took place. Your tour ends on Via Sacra, the main street of Ancient Rome that links the Colosseum to Capitoline Hill.
Please note: The order of sites visited may be reversed during your tour.
Reviews
Viator Traveler's Reviews
the tour was as informative as you could expect. The meeting point was easy to find and the check in process was simple. The second guide inside the Colosseum seemed to run out of information to fill up our allotted time. Going "underground" did not provide any new insights to this tour that were not explainable from the arena floor. The Forum and Palatine Hill are expansive, the tour cannot possibly show you everything. Make time to explore a little on your own after. Our guide Barbara, an archeologist, was enthusiastic and knowledgeable about every inch the site.
This was a good tour, very interesting and much information especially the underground part. Gave me an understanding of what it would have been like for the gladiators and animals etc.
It was exceptionally hot on the day we went and very very crowded but I expected the crowds. My only hesitation in not giving 5 stars was I felt the whole tour was a little too lengthy and almost the whole group were flagging towards the end and ready to go.
Wonderful tour full of history. Emiliano was an excellent tour guide as was the guide that showed us the Colosseum. Fantastic! Would have liked to go at 9am instead of them changing it to 11am and would have liked to walk on the actual Colosseum floor which was closed that day but overal a fantastic tour. Highly recommended!
Great tour with a tremendous amount of information. Worth the time and money to go underground and to the very top of the colosseum. Note to those not in great shape; there is a lot of stairs, standing, and waiting. Bring a protein or snack bar and some water- it’s a 4 hour tour. Worth every minute and we actually had 2 amazing historians take us back in time. Book early and in advance. The meeting place is very easy to find. This is a wonderful tour.
This is difficult to review.... We had 2 guides. 1 for the Colosseum and 1 for the Forum. I would rate the Colosseum tour as a 1 star. I felt like she spoke just enough English to memorize a script, but beyond that she used pictures from a book. The headsets would cut out and occasionally pick up other guides' signals. I wish I would've been able to casually slip into another tour group as they seemed excited about the information. Our guide was just going through the motions.
Our 2nd guide did the Forum and she was more interactive. She had a lot of ground to cover but did her best to make it informative along the way.
To do it over again, I would've booked separate tours. 3 hours initially sounds great, but unless your guide is amazing, it is a long time to be walking around.