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Colosseum Arena Ancient Rome Tour and Tickets | Vip experience

Rome, Italy

Colosseum Arena Floor Ancient Rome Small Group Tour and Tickets

2 hours 30 minutes to 3 hours
Offered in: English

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Overview

Breeze past notoriously long Colosseum entrance queues with pre-reserved skip-the-line admission ticket that includes VIP access to areas barred to the general public. With a personal headset that ensures you hear every word of the tour, listen to your guide’s narration of facts, anecdotes, and background often missed by visitors. Morning and afternoon departure times are offered for your convenience.

Walk in the steps of gladiators on the arena floor of the Colosseum
Skip the long lines with your reserved tickets
Learn the areas' ancient history from your art historian guide
See Palatine Hill and the Roman Forum to round out the tour

Why Travelers Choose This Tour

Get no-wait VIP access to the Colosseum, including the upper tier and arena floor.

What's Included

Headsets to hear the guide clearly (over 8 people)
All Fees and Taxes
Professional art historian Private Tour Guide
Fast Track entrance tickets Colosseum Palatine Hill and Roman Forum

Food and drinks
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Gratuities (recommended)
Colosseum Underground

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

Via delle Terme di Tito, 72, 00184 Roma RM, Italy
The meeting point is at Via delle Terme di Tito on the corner with Via Nicola Salvi. Our Staff will wait for you next to the park entrance with a "Tour in the city" sign. Be aware that departure time from the meeting point is 15 minutes prior to the tour booked time.

Start time

11:00 AM

End point

Piazza del Colosseo, 00184 Roma RM, Italy

What To Expect

Colosseum

1 hour • Admission Ticket Included

Roman Forum

45 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Palatine Hill

45 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Near public transportation
Most travelers can participate
Visitors have to arrive to the meeting point 30 min prior to departure.
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 will result in denied entry to the Colosseum and Roman Forum.
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.
PETS ARE NOT ALLOWED

The order in which the sites are visited during the tour can vary
Children must be accompanied by an adult
The departure time of the tour may vary and can be brought forward or delayed by no more than 60 minutes before or after the start time indicated in the reservation. In the event that there should be a change in the departure time, this will be communicated at least 7 days before the date booked by you.
The order of visit of the monuments included in the tour description may vary.
Every refund request MUST be done within and not later than 48 hours from the day of the tour
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.
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 20 travelers

Cancellation Policy

This experience is non-refundable and cannot be changed for any reason. If you cancel or ask for an amendment, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.

This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.

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Reviews

4.0

55 reviews

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Excellent experience

Andres_G, Apr 2024

Very knowledgeable guide came with her own book filled with renderings. She shared stories and drew right to critical points of the landmark.

Amazing!

Mia, Apr 2024

The tour was great! Our guide was amazing, we learn a lot about ancient times. We didn’t wait for the line and our ticket was for arena too. I recommend it!

I was informed a few days...

Michelle_S, Sep 2023

I was informed a few days before the tour that we would no longer have access to the arena floor. However, I was not given a reason why. I asked via email a few times and did not get an answer. While we did get a partial refund, it was very disappointing as I booked this months in advance.

Response from Host, Sep 2023

Dear Client, We are sorry the tour did not meet your expectations. We apologize for not being able to give you access to the Arena. Sadly, there was a problem with the booking system, and even though we closed the availability, it was still open, which is why you could book the tour. As you know, after you booked the guided tour, we informed you that it was impossible to give the guided tour of the arena, and we offered a partial refund and the Colosseum Tour without the Arena or a free cancellation. The itineraries of the tours offered by us are planned to allow our customers to get the best out of the visits and to optimize the time available. It would be helpful for you to contact us to check through your booking code which tour you have participated in and make the right decisions. Nevertheless, we have also forwarded this to our Guide Management department so that it can be looked at and followed up with the guide in case it is needed. Our local guides, selected for experience and professionalism, try their best to share their passion for their country and local History; we apologize that the guided tour was disappointing for you, and we will do our best to avoid it again. Should you wish to contact us directly at info@tourinthecity.com with your comments, please do not hesitate to do so and provide your booking reference number so we can follow up with the relevant people for you. Thank you for leaving us your review once again. We hope to hear from you soon. Kind Regards, Stefano Tour in the City

Bring ID for under 18’s!

Jeff_R, Jun 2023

Two points: 1) The guides need headsets that position the microphone in front of the mouth. Our guide’s microphone was on his collar and because most of the tour is outside the wind cuts the microphone and he could only be heard intermittently. Should be an easy fix with higher quality equipment. 2. BRING I.D. FOR MINORS! The Viator fine print says this, but we figured it would be fine. After the forum tour our 13 year-old daughter (she looks 12) was refused entrance to the colosseum because she had a youth ticket and no proof of age. The guide said this happens about 20% of the time and just seems to depend on the whim of the ticket-taker. Major disappointment so be careful. They assume that U.S. kids have school ID’s like European kids do so leaving your passports at the hotel doesn’t fly as an excuse.

Collosium..

muhammad_o, Jun 2023

When we arrived for the 3 pm tour, we were toldvthat our tour was delayees by one hour at the spur of the moment. When we asked more, we were told that an email was sent to us. I toldvthevtour guide i checked my jookings in the morning of the day ofvtue tour and the time wss still 3 pm. I did not receive any email for the delay as well The tour guide was excellent

Viator - The Gladiator or Deception

Joe_M, May 2023

I purchased Colosseum Arena Floor Ancient Rome Small Group Confirmation number: 1403101523 ,Booking reference number: 1015694665. Their instructions state, "meet at Via delle Terme di Tito, 72" which is in front of a restaurant. We were there an hour and half before the tour was suppose to start along with another mother/son couple. The mother/son couple started receiving text messages from Viator that the guide was sick and the tour was cancelled. I then texted the company and they said our guide was on the way and would be there in 5 min. We all continued to wait. My partner noticed that across the street next to a park there were people standing in line. He went over to investigate and was then told that this spot was the meeting point even though this is not the address on the confirmation and that our tour had left us 5 min before because we were not there. After arguing with the guy they agreed to put all of us in another tour. That tour was in a larger group, not the same tour we had booked, no refund for the difference. We had another tour booked through them for the Vatican and that one was not much better. Viator's customer service is horrible and I would not recommend them at all. The one bright spot was the tour guide "Eddy" was extremely knowledgeable.

outrageous price & not worth it

brittany_m, May 2023

terrible experience! i inquired about a refund and they refused. do not recommend this company. book somewhere else.

Tour

Mark_S, May 2023

Great guide (Andre). He was pleasant and knowledgeable. Post-tour he made recs on where to eat. Represented the company well.

Great tour.

James_R, May 2023

Great tour, guide was very knowledgeable and informative. English was great. Very interesting. Took time to make sure we were all together. Was aware of the audience she had and made sure to take time with walking. Answered all questions.

Great tour. Great guide.

Carmel_S, May 2023

Great guide - Took all the stress out of seeing a large part of Rome's tourist attractions. Very interactive and interesting.

Gladiators & Julius Caesar

Sofia_D, May 2023

So rich in history. so much more than gladiators. To see where the emperors lived was very moving! This magnificent place still has the original temple where Julius Caesar‘s ashes were scattered.

Great tour!

Michele_G, May 2023

Great tour guide. We had rainy weather but she made it positive experience. So knowledgeable. Amazing experience

Excellent tour!

Cheri_B, May 2023

Our visit on this tour was very memorable. The tour guide moved at a very thoughtful pace, added much history and information to the various sights we visited. We needed the tour in Eng. and found him very easy to understand.

Fun experience, bring your own wired headphones!

Nickolas_B, Apr 2023

I recommend bringing your own wired head phones so they fit inside your ears better. The tour guide was awesome, he told us about the history and pointed out the small details that would be difficult to notice. Skip the lines was a definite bonus since we did not want to wait for the experience. It was very informative and simple to navigate following him.

Highly recommend this tour!

Ryan_H, Apr 2023

I really enjoyed the guide! She was very knowledgeable and very kind! Worth every penny on my opinion! My audio pack worked great and they do provide new earbuds but you can also plug your own in which I should have done, no problem though! I do recommend going on this tour because you get access to the coliseum floor which I saw those not part of a tour group get turned away from so it is part of the experience of getting a guide. Overall I really enjoyed my experience and am a seasoned traveler.

Definitely worth doing

Charlie_C, Apr 2023

Our guide Paula was fantastic, gave us all the information and answered all the questions. We enjoyed ever part of this tour

I've loved Roman history...

Troy_D, Apr 2023

I've loved Roman history since I was a child, and yet still learned much from the tour. Highly recommend

Underground calcium was great!

Mari_V, May 2022

The size and the way things worked under ground. The guide was very knowledgeable. She explained a lot about how sets and animals were transmitted to the arena floor

Interesting Tour

Iris_P, Sep 2021

The tour was interesting and informative. The only reason I didn’t give it 5-stars was because I would have liked the time to have been more evenly split between the colosseum and The Forum area. Instead we were at the Colosseum for 2 hours which felt a bit over done and 30 min at The Forum. Other than that, our guide was friendly and very knowledgeable.

Hinters Licht geführt…

Thomas_A, Jul 2023

Unterirdische Tour gebucht, diese nicht erhalten, sondern eine komplett andere Tour die zwar schön war aber nicht das war was wir wollten. Geld zurück hab es keins nicht mal anteilig. Geantwortet wird auf Mails auch nicht. Danke nie wieder und nicht zu empfehlen.