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Small Group Colosseum, Palatine Hill and Roman Forum Tour

Rome, Italy
Colosseum Palatine Hill and Roman Forum Experience
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  • 3 hours
  • Mobile ticket
  • Offered in: English

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Overview

Cut out the wait times at the Colosseum, Roman Forum, and Palatine Hill with this skip-the-line, small-group tour. With a group that’s capped at 13 people plus a guide, you have everything you need for a quality tour of Ancient Rome’s most important sites. On the day, you can also upgrade to visit the Colosseum arena floor and underground area, if you wish.
  • Save time at the turnstiles with skip-the-line Colosseum entry
  • Get the lowdown on the ruins of Ancient Rome from a local guide
  • Catch all the commentary and curiosities about Rome in bygone days
  • Enjoy a more intimate Rome tour in a group that’s limited to 13 people

What's Included

  • Guided Tour of Colosseum, Palatine Hill & Roman Forum
  • Expert Local Guide
  • Headphones available - audio tour
  • Small-group, personal tour
  • Gratuities

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

  • Arch of Constantine
    Via di S. Gregorio, 00184 Roma RM, Italy

    Please meet us in front the Arch of Constantine. Your guide will be holding a Yellow Carpe Diem Rome flag. Please arrive 10 minutes prior to start time. Late arrivals will not be eligible for refunds. Please also ensure to check local Covid-19 regulations before attending.

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What To Expect

Arch of Constantine (Pass By)

Colosseum

1 hour • Admission Ticket Included

Via Sacra (Pass By)

Palatine Hill

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Roman Forum

45 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Additional Info

  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Stroller accessible
  • Near public transportation
  • No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
  • Most travelers can participate
  • 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.
  • 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 15 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

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Tour was great
William_V, Apr 2024
Guide knew his stuff and had a great sense of humor. Walk us around and explained everything to our satisfaction. Had patient and walked us through every line to expedite the tour.
Response from Host, Apr 2024
Thanks, William! We're thrilled you enjoyed our Small Group Colosseum, Palatine Hill, and Roman Forum Tour. Your feedback means a lot to us!
Amazing Tour -worth every penny!
Graeme_M, Feb 2024
Guide Barbara was amazing and really put a lot of history into context. Tour is highly recommended. Sure, cheap tickets are directly available, but the guided tour made sense out of the craziness. Barbara truly did an amazing job!
Response from Host, Feb 2024
Thanks for the glowing review, Graeme! We're thrilled you enjoyed the tour with Barbara. Her expertise truly brings the history to life. We hope to see you again soon!
Wonderful tour
Michael_C, Oct 2023
The guide was excellent. He was incredibly knowledgeable. Absolutely worth the price. Such a wonderful experience to learn so much history.
Response from Host, Oct 2023
We are so grateful for your review. Thanks for sharing your rating with us and the community. We hope to serve you again in the future.
Great tour.
Vanessa_L, Oct 2023
The tour guide did an excellent job explaining the history and giving us time to take pictures as well as answering all of the questions.
Response from Host, Oct 2023
Thanks a lot for your kind words and for sharing your review with the rest of our community. We are glad you enjoyed your time with us. We hope to see you again soon!
Very interesting and engaging
Richard_B, Oct 2023
Guide was excellent, an archeogist who had worked at the sites we visited so could give us really insight into the colosseum and what it was like back in the days it was built and in use.
Response from Host, Oct 2023
Thank you so much for the great rating & for taking the time to post a review. We're so pleased to see that you are happy with our service. We look forward to seeing you again soon!
Great Tour!
Michael_M, Sep 2023
Our tour guide was very knowledgeable and friendly and spoke great English. She was a joy to be around. Thank you for the great tour!
Response from Host, Sep 2023
Thanks so much for sharing your experience with us and helping to share the word about us. We hope to see you again soon!
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Beverley_J, Sep 2023
Andrea was the best guide we’ve had here in Italy. So full of knowledge and passionate about sharing it
Response from Host, Sep 2023
Thank you so much for sharing this with us. We’re grateful that we had the opportunity to serve you.
Valentina rocks!
Sherry_C, Sep 2023
Valentina was ecceptional. She was so more knowledgable than the other tour guides. She was so considerate of all age members in our group. Highly recommend this tour!
Response from Host, Sep 2023
We really appreciate you taking the time to share your rating with us. We look forward to seeing you again soon.
Excellent tour guide, ask for Valentina!
Sherry_C, Sep 2023
The tour guide Valentina was excellent. She was very knowledgeable and gave excellent history of the Colosseum, the Forum and Palentibe Hill. She knew the area and stopped the group in spots that were shady and where people who needed to could sit down.
Response from Host, Sep 2023
We really appreciate you taking the time to share your rating with us. We look forward to seeing you again soon!
I could not recommend these tours
Jill_F, Aug 2023
The Viator tours are too long given the heat and the poorly managed crowds at Rome sites. Bathroom breaks are not adequately integrated into the tours (which is an issue for 3+ hour tours with mixed ages). I could not in good conscience recommend a Viator tour to friends or family. We went on two tours, both 3+ hours long, and it was the same experience with both tours: information overload, overly long, intense heat, inadequate access and time to go to bathrooms, and the sites themselves don't lend themselves to helping guests integrate the flood of information (e.g., why are there not models of the Palatine Hill or Roman Forum, for instance).
Great Tour Guide ---- but didn't end so well!
Queen_Q, Aug 2023
Our tour guide (Lily, I believe) was great! We didn't get to finish the tour because the Colosseum officials didn't let us in because we missed a few minutes of the entry time. But our tour guide was amazing!
Response from Host, Aug 2023
Thanks so much for sharing your experience with us. We hope to see you again soon!
Great tour and guide
Nicola_G, Aug 2023
The tour was fantastic. Our guide Valentina was amazing, very knowledgeable not only about the monuments but about the area as well, and she made the tour interesting and hilarious. It was certainly worth it to get a tour since she knew the best view points and places for photos.
Response from Host, Aug 2023
We appreciate you taking the time to leave this nice review. We are delighted that you rate our service 5 stars, as we strive to do so for all of our customers. We hope to see you again very soon!
Great tour, fantastic tour guide!
Lisa_C, Jul 2023
Our tour guide, Felicity (Fe) was so knowledgeable and we appreciated her sense of humor which kept it interesting for us. She expertly navigated the crowds. The small group size and skip the lines aspect was totally worth it. Tour was a perfect length.
Response from Host, Jul 2023
Thank you for taking the time to provide a rating, your opinion is valued greatly and it helps us maintain an excellent standard of service to our customers
More than a guided tour, a shared passion!
Karina_L, Jul 2023
Paolo was an amazing guide. The type of guide we all want when visiting monuments and cities filled with history. Paolo’ passion for Rome, the history (recent as well as the Roman Empire), his true love of what he does made our 3h guided tour memorable. I have never met such passion in one individual who was able to make us want to learn more. Super friendly with kids (je even got them all a souvenir) and funny with adults, he truly is one of the best guides! Thanks again Paolo for allowing us to visit our Rome ☀️♥️
Response from Host, Jul 2023
We appreciate you sharing your thoughts regarding our service. Hearing that we've succeeded in providing our customers with the best possible experience is always awe-inspiring. We look forward to seeing you again soon!
We could not find the guide. Treated as 'no show' Beware!
Kerry_W, Jul 2023
Very, very upset that we did not get to go on this tour!! We must have missed joining by literally a couple of minutes as we could not find the guide and the joining photo on the website was misleading. Beware if using public transport to get to attractions as it takes hours to get anywhere by bus. We left in good time and chose the bus, as the 20 minute walk in the 37 degree heat was too much for us. The bus took over an hour and will not let you off between stops. We sat in still traffic outside the colosseum for around 15 mins before being allowed to get off. We finally arrived at the arch of constantine at 2.55pm for our 3pm tour. We rushed to the far side of the railings at the arch as shown in the tour website pictures, but could not find the guide. We were running out of time and frantically asking any of the guides we could see with yellow flags for help. One of them pointed us to the opposite side of the arch, which did not have any railings as shown in the website photo. On reaching the other side we still could not find a yellow flag. Again we asked all available guides for help, but could not find our tour. We managed to get some signal on our phone to search the tour website for a contact and phone the operator for help. N matter what we said we were repeatedly told we were a 'no show' and there was nothing they could do. We explained all of the circumstances but they would not listen. We lost £127 and were left in the 37 degree heat after an hour on the bus with no tour and no way to enter any of the three attractions! Absolutely devastating! We found the lady on the phone very rude and unhelpful. No entry tickets or opportunity to join the group at a later stage of the tour was offered and she kept repeating 'no show' policy to us, even though we were there on time, and just couldn't find the guide. We were told that emails had been sent to try to locate us but nothing had come through on my phone at that time. I explained that to the operator on the phone. Still no help was offered. In the days after we succesfully went on other tours and there was always someone missing at the start. We also saw many instances of people panicking on the busses for the same reasons. We saw a couple of the other tour operators offer a different time slot or a chance to join later when this happened. Unfortunately this was not our experience with this tour! We had paid for entrance to the Colliseum, palatine Hill and circus maximus, but the operator didn't even offer us the tickets we had paid for so we could go by ourselves, or the opportunity to join the group at the second or third entry point. Very Very poor customer service. We feel we have been robbed!
Great tour, fantastic guide
Danielle_B, Jun 2023
Lovely tour, and though we moved steadily, we saw it all and had plenty of photo opportunities. Our guide, Ivana, was truly fantastic - knowledgeable, fun and so accommodating!
Response from Host, Jul 2023
Thanks a lot for your kind words and for sharing your 5-star review with the rest of our community. We hope to see you again soon!
Informative, but Highly Inaccessible
Chelsea_D, Jun 2023
Our guide, Evangeline was awesome - knowledgeable, patient, and fun! Each site offered something different to learn and explore. A huge downside on the excursion, itself, was that there was no indication during the booking process that there was limited water refill accessibility and general accessibility routes. At Palastine Hill and Roman Forum, there were countless steep stairscases that were the only route for guests to take. Several members in the group struggled significantly, especially in the heat and without access to additional water, and likely would have not booked this excursion for their safety had advisement been provided when booking.
Great small group tour
Karin_A, Jun 2023
Our guide, Valentina did an outstanding job leading our tour! Highly recommend her to anyone coming to Rome.
Response from Host, Jun 2023
Thank you so much for taking the time to write such a wonderful review and helping to share the word about us. We really appreciate it! We hope to see you again soon!
Best part of the tour was...
Eric_C, Jun 2023
Best part of the tour was actually going inside the Colosseum. Definitely will recommend the tour to my family and friends.
Response from Host, Jun 2023
Thank you for taking the time to provide a rating, your opinion is valued greatly and it helps us maintain an excellent standard of service to our customers.
Small Group Colosseum Tour
Darlene_C, Jun 2023
Very good tour, the tour guide Hilaria was very knowledgeable. she shared great insight and related history to make it enjoyable for all. Overall great tour and a plus to have a small group.
Response from Host, Jun 2023
Thank you so much for sharing this with us. We’re grateful that we had the opportunity to serve you.
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