Colosseum tour

Walking Tour

Colosseum and Roman Forum Guided tour in English

Discover the Colosseum on this exciting tour led by an official guide.Includes skip-the-line ticket to the Colosseum!

Availability
Availability

Every day.

Language
Language

English

Duration
Duration

Approx. 3 hours

Electronic Voucher
Electronic Voucher

Electronic voucher, voucher on mobile phone or tablet voucher accepted

Reserved Entrance
Reserved Entrance

Reserved enytrance to the Colosseum is included

Disabled visitors
Disabled visitors

Not available.

Telephone Assistance
Telephone Assistance

+39 055 5321180
(Mon-Fri 8:30 am -6:30 pm/ Sat-Sun 8:30 am -4:30 pm)

Description of your booking

This reservation to visit the Colosseum allows you to access one of the most visited monuments in the world, limiting waiting times at the ticket office to a minimum and to visit the Flavian Amphitheater listening to the explanation of an expert and official guide. The tour takes place inside the monument and lasts approximately 45 minutes
Book your visit online, choose the date and time of entry to the Colosseum. You will immediately receive a copy of the order you placed via email. Your ticket will be emailed to you at a later time. If you place your order after 4pm, you will have to wait until the next morning to receive your ticket or to receive an email from us informing you when you will receive the voucher.
Once you have passed the turnstiles, you will have to go through security checks at the metal detector while waiting for your turn. There will be a guide waiting for you and you will begin the guided tour together with other visitors. The tour takes place in Italian.

You will be able to visit the other two archaeological sites with the same ticket, on the same day even before having entered the Colosseum.

Attention, the time you booked refers to the Colosseum. Maximum punctuality is recommended. Show up at least 15/20 minutes early to enter the Colosseum. If you arrive late you will lose the right to use the ticket and you will not be able to obtain a refund.

Areas accessible with this ticket - Inside the Colosseum you can visit the amphitheater and walk along the corridor of the first and second tier of boxes. Inside you can take photos and make videos.

To facilitate your visit and better orient yourself during the entire journey, in addition to the guide who will accompany you during the journey to the Colosseum, you will also receive with the ticket a guide in pdf format which describes not only the Colosseum but also the Roman Forum and the area of the Palatine Hill.

What is included

What is included

- One entrance to the Colosseum
- One entrance to the Roman Forum & Palatine Hill
- Reserved entrance to the Colosseum
- Official guide
- Guided tour of the Colosseum
- Access to the First and Second Tier of the Colosseum

What is not included

What is not included

- Acces to the Underground Area and the Arena
- Access to the Third, Fourth and Fifth Tier
- Quick Access to the Roman Forum
- Access to the Palatine Museum

*IMPORTANT

Italy Travels is not responsible for any partial closure of rooms, itinerary changes, cancellations or delays in entry due to force meajure, adverse weather, personnel strikes, or decisions made by the management of the museum or the Superintendency.

Prices

Adult ticket69.00
Reduced ticket€ 59.00

Children 4-12 years old

Free ticket€ 0.00

Children under 3 years old

The prices of this package include: reserved access to the Colosseum, professional guide service for approximately 3 hours, guided tour of the Colosseum and Roman Forum.

Cancellation Policy

Entry tickets to the Colosseum, once booked, may not be changed in any way or canceled.
Visitors who come after the time printed on the voucher or are no-shows will not have access to the site and will receive no refund, even partial.
Once booked, these tickets cannot be changed. We, therefore, suggest you pay very close attention during the online booking process when choosing the date, time, and type of tickets.

When

Every day. Starting time varies during the year, please see the calendar and select the date of the visit to learn more about daily starting times.
Closed on 1 January and 25 December.

Where is located the Colosseum and the Roman Forum

Instructions to meet your guide are printed on the voucher that will be sent by email to confirm booking and vary based on the type of booking.
Meeting point: meet the tour leader in front of the "Arco di Costantino" looking at the Colosseum from the short side of the arch. Please arrive 15 minutes before the tour starting tme.
Piazza del Colosseo - Rome
Metro: Line B Colosseo Stop
Bus: n.75 - 81 - 673 - 175 - 204
Tram: no. 3

Useful Info

Backpacks, suitcases, or large bags may not be brought in the sites.
The ticket allows you to access to each site only once.
The time given with the booking is for the Colosseum.
You must go through security checks at the metal detectors. The wait for these mandatory procedures cannot be avoided.
Do not forget to bring a valid identification card or valid passport (one per person).

Our guides in Rome

taly Travels tour guides staff is represented by licensed guides of great experience and high level of professionalism, competence and excellence on their job. All Italy Travels guides are authorized by the provincial administration of Rome and most of them are art historians and teachers in art subjects.
All guided tours organized by Italy Travels always include pre-reserved museum tickets when museum tours are included in the tour itinerary. In this way visitors avoid waisting time waiting in line in front of museums ticket offices.

What you will see with this tour of the Colosseum

This tour is also called Ancient Rome Guided tour. The reason is that this Colosseum Tour represents the most complete experience you can book to visit the archaeological area of ​​the Colosseum.
First of all, this Colosseum tour includes a comprehensive visit of the monument symbol of Rome. The Flavio Amphitheatre is the other name of the Colosseum. Visitors enter the roman amphitheatre through a priority entrance skipping the line at the ticket office.
The expert, licensed guide comments the monument architecture, explains how it was built, how it looked like in the past and what was its main, original function.
Secondly the group moves to the Palatine Hill. The tour is run on foot. Actually, the three sites included in the tour are located very close one to another. While moving from one site to another, the guide comments the roman ruins which are standing on the way. Actually, the Colosseum is situated along Via dei Fori Imperiali. This special location represented the political and economic centre of the ancient Rome. Each emperor built his imperial forum to celebrate his power. For this reason, today it is possible to admire these splendid ruins, one after the other, along the Via dei Fori Imperiali.
Moreover, the tour includes a stop in front of the Arch of Constantine. This monument is one of the most beautiful triumphal arches of the Roman time. In fact the Arch of Constantine is richly decorated with precious low reliefs depicting the exploits of Constantine’s war victories.
Finally this Colosseum Tour ends at the Roman Forum. The Roman Forum is the most important forum of this area. Inside visitors can admire many roman ruins: temples, obelisks, capitals, statues, funeral monuments and so on. Above all, another triumphal arch, the Arch of Titus.