Colosseum Express Guided Tour

3.8
(13 reviews)

2 hours (approximately)
Offered in: English

If short on time in Rome this should be the best way of doing it. To join our group tour for the Colosseum, one of the most visited places in the world and allow your expert official tour guide to transform your visit into a fully conscious cultural experience. You will get to hear about its origin, development, gladiators and the entertainments that were staged in it.
At the end of the guided tour, the guide will provide each guest with their entrance tickets for the Palatine Hill and the Roman Forum, along with all the useful information needed to reach the sites and explore them at their own pace.

What's Included

headsets to hear the tour guide clearly ( for groups bigger than 6 people)
Colosseum entrance ticket (valued at €18 per person)
Colosseum reservation fee (valued at €2 per person)
entrance tickets for the Roman Forum and the Palatine Hill for personal exploration (no guides)
Note: Colosseum fees are as above. The remaining cost of the experience covers other services
Guided tour of the Colosseum
food and drink
tips
gratuities

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point

Meet our staff just in front of the Arch of Constantine, few steps away from the main colosseum entrance. We will have an orange label with our logo (SONITUS IN ROME) written on it.

End point

The tour will end in the Colosseum.

Itinerary

Duration: 2 hours (approximately)
  • 1

    If short on time in Rome, this should be the best way of doing it, join our group tour for the colosseum, the icon and symbol of Rome , the largest amphitheatre built during the Roman Empire. In one of our best walking tours our official tour guides will reveal you who founded Rome, the meaning and the importance of an amphitheatre in the empire, about the origin and the evolution of the venations and the Munera Gladiatoria where thousands of wild animals were captured and trained gladiators were offering public entertainments. At the end of the tour, your guide will accompany you to the entrance of the Roman Forum and the Palatine Hill and there you can explore the area on your own. Please bring water, comfortable shoes and clothes and get ready to be transported back in time!

    1 hour Admission ticket included
  • 2

    At the end of the guided tour of the colosseum, you will be accompanied to another significant attraction, the Roman Forum, initially a marshy area that later was transformed in a meeting place where political, religious and commercial buildings were built, nothing else but the center of the ancient Roman empire. You will explore the area on your own and without any extra cost because the entrance ticket is included in the initially price.

    30 minutes Admission ticket included
  • 3

    Another attraction to be explored on your own and without any extra cost, will be the Palatine Hill, the site upon which, Rome or Caput Mundi, was founded. You will admire hundred of ruins of impressive ancient buildings like Domitian Palace, The Iron Age Hut foundations, rests of temples like Magna Mater, Apollo, The House of Augustus and his wife Livia, The spectacular Farnese Gardens. Remember that from the Palatine Hill you can have the best view of the Roman Forum, as well, and why not, the best pictures!

    30 minutes Admission ticket included

Additional info

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Supplied by Sonitus In Rome

Tags

Cultural Tours
Historical Tours
Walking Tours
Archaeology Tours
Small Group
Low Supplier Cancellation Rate
Low Last Minute Supplier Cancellation Rate
Short term availability

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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