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Colosseum Express Guided Tour and Ancient Rome Admission Included

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Description

Skip the line to buy the tickets and explore the Colosseum, the Roman Forum, and Palatine Hill with a private guided tour, or book a self-audio guided tour to see the entire area at your own pace. Visit the Colosseum, the Palatine Hill, and the Roman Forum with one of our tours. We can offer different options to visit one of the most important archaeological areas in the world, the Colosseum, a symbol of the Roman Empire. Choose a Private Guided Tour accompanied by an official tour guide, or choose to visit at your leisure, without having to follow a group, by booking the option of visiting the Colosseum, Palatine Hill, and Roman Forum with a self-guided tour (audioguide App in English, Chinese, German, French, Italian, and Spanish with 44 points of interest), which you can conveniently download onto your smartphone. Learn the story of the Romans and its most important monuments on a 3-hour tour. Enjoy a fast-track entrance to the Colosseum, Palatine Hill, and Roman Forum

Tour Options

1PM COLOSSEUM GUIDED TOUR
  • 1PM ENGLISH GUIDEDTOUR: Travel back to the days of the Roman Empire on a tour of the Colosseum, Palatine, and Roman Forum with an English guide
9:30AM COLOSSEUM EXPRESS TOUR
  • 9:30AM ENGLISH GUIDED TOUR: Travel back to the days of the Roman Empire on a tour of the Colosseum, Palatine, and Roman Forum with an English guide
VIP TICKET AUDIOGUIDED TOUR
  • Skip the long line to buy tickets and travel back in time to discover ancient Rome at your own pace. LIMITED AVAILABILITY! VIP TICKET AUDIOGUIDED TOUR: Visit, without following a group, the Colosseum, Palatine Hill, and Roman Forum with a self-audio-guided tour App VIP TICKET AUDIOGUIDED TOUR: Meet our staff at our Travel Agency at Via Labicana, 96 (300 meters from the Colosseum entrance). Duration: 3 hours: Our staff will give you the tickets and the QR code to download the audioguide App on your SmartPhone. INCLUSIONS: Tickets and unlimited access to all self-guided Apps in English, Chinese, German, French, Italian, and Spanish.
VIP Ancient Rome PrivateTour
EXCLUSIVE GUIDED TOUR & TICKET
  • GUIDED TOUR AND TICKETS: Take a small-group (Max. 14 People) guided tour AND TICKETS of the Colosseum, Palatine Hill, and the Roman Forum. Duration: 3 hours GUIDED TOUR AND TICKETS: Travel back in time to the Roman Empire, walk in the footsteps of the great Roman Emperors, and hear stories of gladiators. SMALL GROUP MAX 14 PEOPLE: If you choose this option, The tour will begin at the Roman Forum and continue to the Palatine Hill and Colosseum.
TICKET & SELF AUDIOGUIDED TOUR
  • TICKET & SELF AUDIOGUIDED TOUR: With this OPTION, you can visit the Colosseum, Palatine Hill, and Roman Forum with a SELF audio-guided tour and TICKETS. TICKET & SELF AUDIOGUIDED TOUR: Enjoy this tour at your own pace. WITH THIS OPTION, THE TOUR GUIDE IS NOT INCLUDED. Duration: 3 hours: The duration of this tour may vary depending on how long you will spend in each site and on time spent passing the security. INCLUSIONS: Tickets and unlimited access to all self-guided Apps in English, Chinese, German, French, Italian, and Spanish.
11AM COLOSSEUM EXPRESS English
  • 11AM ENGLISH COLOSSEUM EXPRESS: Travel back to the days of the Roman Empire on a 1-hour tour of the Colosseum. English-speaking guide
TICKET SELF AUDIOGUIDED TOURS
  • TICKET & SELF AUDIOGUIDED TOUR: With this OPTION, you can visit the Colosseum, Palatine Hill, and Roman Forum with a SELF audio-guided tour and TICKETS. TICKET & SELF AUDIOGUIDED TOUR: Enjoy this tour at your own pace. WITH THIS OPTION, THE TOUR GUIDE IS NOT INCLUDED. Duration: 3 hours: The duration of this tour may vary depending on how long you will spend in each site and on time spent passing the security. INCLUSIONS: Tickets and unlimited access to all self-guided Apps in English, Chinese, German, French, Italian, and Spanish.
3PM COLOSSEUM GUIDED TOUR
  • 3PM ENGLISH GUIDED TOUR: Travel back to the days of the Roman Empire on a tour of the Colosseum, Palatine, and Roman Forum with an English guide

Itinerary

Admission included60 min

Visit Rome's symbolic monument with a tour that makes it easy and fun for all ages. Learn about the amphitheater's history from a guide with an art and archaeology background. Learn about the spectacular games and bloody battles that were held inside. Hear about the techniques of construction invented by the Romans, the incredible ability of the gladiators, the violent fighting between exotic animals, and the high level of technology achieved by Roman engineers to build the Colosseum. Walk around the first tiers and reach the arena to learn about the trapdoors and all the mechanisms used to animate the games. Your guide will keep you entertained with stories of sea-battles, the cages where lions were kept before the games started, the rooms in which gladiators were waiting before they reached the arena, the executions, and the excitement of the spectators attending the most spectacular, fantastic, and expensive games in human history.

Admission included60 min

ourney into the heart of Ancient Rome at the Roman Forum. Discover the center of Roman society at the Forum, where laws were decreed, politics discussed, and goods bartered. This is the beating heart of Ancient Rome: an unmatched social, economic, religious, and political powerhouse.

Admission included45 min

Palatine Hill, four-sided plateau rising 131 feet (40 metres) south of the Forum in Rome and 168 feet (51 metres) above sea level. It has a circumference of 5,700 feet (1,740 metres). The city of Rome was founded on the Palatine, where archaeological discoveries range from prehistoric remains to the ruins of imperial palaces.

Highlights

For audio guide option: App in English, Chinese, German, French, Italian, and Spanish
Colosseum entrance ticket (valued at €18 per person)
For the guided tour option: Guide for groups of up to 24 people
Colosseum reservation fee (valued at €2 per person)
Palatine and Roman Forum entry tickets valid for 24 hours for both options
Note: Colosseum fees are as above. The remaining cost of the experience covers other services

What's included

Included
For audio guide option: App in English, Chinese, German, French, Italian, and Spanish
Colosseum entrance ticket (valued at €18 per person)
For the guided tour option: Guide for groups of up to 24 people
Colosseum reservation fee (valued at €2 per person)
Palatine and Roman Forum entry tickets valid for 24 hours for both options
Note: Colosseum fees are as above. The remaining cost of the experience covers other services
Not included
Tour Guide included ONLY for guided tour option
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Smartphones to download the app must be latest generation (No older than 2020)
Food and drinks
Headsets (for the audio guided tour option)

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Important Information

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • The Colosseum security checks the names and ID cards of each visitor, so the wait can be longer than expected. You can enter only with a valid ID card!
  • 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.
  • The activity can suffer 20/30 min variation due to organizational reasons
  • Children must be accompanied by an adult. Discount for children under 18 years is applied only with a valid ID card! Without valid ID ticket control operators will deny entry at the Colosseum.
  • For the Sel Guided Tour Option Smartphones to download the app for the audioguide must be of the latest generation (No older than the year 2020)
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Activity not recommended for people with motor lag
  • 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.
  • For the safety of all guests, the tour operator reserves the right to refuse service to passengers who are intoxicated or show signs of intoxication. If, as a result, your tour is canceled, you will not be entitled to a refund.
  • The itinerary may vary depending on weather conditions (ice, rain, or high temperatures) or other events beyond the travel agency's control.
  • Not recommended for travelers in wheel chair
  • 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.

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