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Colosseum and Roman Forum Group Tour or Audio Guided tours
About This Tour
Explore the Colosseum, Palatine Hill, and the Roman Forum with our expert tours. Choose a guided tour in English with a licensed guide, who will share fascinating stories about emperors, gladiators, and ancient Roman life, or enjoy a flexible visit at your own pace using an audio guide available in English, Chinese, German, French, Italian, and Spanish with 44 points of interest. Discover the Colosseum’s arena floor, the political and cultural heart of the Roman Forum, and Palatine Hill, home of ancient emperors. Your entrance is organized to allow smooth access, letting you spend more time exploring and less time waiting. Whether guided or with an audio guide, enjoy an immersive journey through Rome’s most iconic monuments.
What's Included
✓ Included
- Headsets and radios to hear your guide clearly
- Colosseum entrance ticket (valued at €18 per person)
- Audio Guided Tours Options Colosseum, Palatine Hill and Roman Forum entry fees included
- Option audio-guided tour Multilingual in English, Chinese, German, French, Italian, Spanish
- Colosseum reservation fee (valued at €2 per person)
- Colosseum, Palatine Hill and Roman Forum entry fees included
- Note: Colosseum fees are as above. The remaining cost of the experience covers other services
- Unlimited access to all audio-guided features • Unlimited use for the duration of your stay
- Guided Tour Option official English-speaking tour guide for the Colosseum/Palatine Hill/Roman Forum
✗ Not Included
- Tour Guide not included with the option: Audio-guided tour
- Mobile Device and Headphones (WE SUGGEST TO COME WITH A CHARGED SMARTPHONE)
- Food and drinks, unless specified, Gratuities, Hotel pick-up and drop-off
- Headphones (if you select the audio guided option)
Itinerary
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Your guide will make you explore the hidden corners inside of the Colosseum, bringing the amphitheater to life.
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Explore Palatine Hill, the site of an older settlement from the 9th century BC, said by the legend as the place where Romulus founded the original city of Rome.
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And then explore the famous Roman Forum, the centre of life in ancient Rome where many of the oldest and most important buildings were located and the venue for public speeches, elections, criminal trials, and single combat gladiatorial matches. The enchantment of the Roman Forum - where the main market took place - and the Sacred Way - the triumphal road where the Centurions of Caesar marched after their return from the countless battles and conquests.
Good to Know
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- The order in which the sites are visited during the tour can vary
- Please provide the full names of all travelers when booking. Failure to present a voucher with all travelers' full names at the ticket office prior to entry may result in denied entry to the Colosseum and Roman Forum.
- Customers have a mandatory meeting time stated 20 minutes prior to the scheduled departure time due to managing and organizational reasons.
- The activity can suffer 20/30 min variation due to organizational resons
- Each traveler must present a valid passport or ID document that matches the name provided at the time of booking for successful entry to the Colosseum and Roman Forum.
- Please note that for safety reasons the Colosseum can accommodate up to 3.000 people at once.This could lead to delays in access to the site, even for pre-booked visitors.
- For security reasons all visitors and their luggage shall be screened.
- To facilitate the security checks please insert any object (including mobile phone) in the bag/backpack or in the tray to be included in the X-ray.
- Forbidden objects inside the Colosseum: bottles and glasses containers, alcholic beverages and aerosols, backpacks, camping, bulky bags and luggage / trolley.
- Can be introduced medium and small size backpacks to shoulder, which must be checked, as any other bag, with metal detectors, opened and visually inspected by the Urbe Security Institute, responsible for the entrance inspection.
- Please notice that the Colosseum Administration, which depends on the Ministry of Cultural Assets and Activities has the faculty to close the Colosseum, or parts of it, with or without notice, for events, strikes, heavy rain, or any other reason. In which case, we will offer an alternative itinerary as it seems fit and offer a partial refund.
- No change on a booking can be accepted after 24hrs to the starting time of the tour. In that instance, no refund will be issued.
- Pets are not allowed.
- The Colosseum Management does not distribute individual tickets. We will have one group ticket for the entire group. For this reason, we are not able to give tickets to late arrivals that missed the tour!
- The entrance timings to the Colosseum listed here are indicative and subject to availability per each time slot. If the chosen time is not available, we will book the next available time slot.
- The itinerary may vary depending on weather conditions (ice, rain, or high temperatures) or other events beyond the travel agency's control.
- We kindly inform you that any kind of disability (visual impairment, hearing impairment,... ) or anything that might prevent you to regularly join the tour, MUST BE communicate in advance to our staff.