Rome

Skip the Line: Colosseum Underground Ticket

Rome, Italy

1 hour 15 minutes
Offered in: English

Overview

See a side of the Colosseum that most visitors to Rome miss—and enjoy a stress-free way to discover the world-renowned landmark—with this convenient tour option. Pick between multiple start times, meet your guide at the Colosseum entrance, and head straight in with your skip-the-line tickets. You’ll visit underground areas normally off-limits to visitors and will learn all about the Colosseum’s history, before continuing to the Forum and Palatine Hill.

See the Colosseum without the stress with skip-the-line tickets
Explore areas of the arena that are off-limits to most visitors
Multiple tour times are available to fit around your schedule
Get up close and personal with a UNESCO World Heritage Site

What's Included

Ticket and reservation fees with preferential access so you don't wait in line.
Special access to the Underground and Arena Floor areas of the Colosseum.
Maximum group size of 24 people or fewer.
All Fees and Taxes
Colosseum entrance ticket (valued at €17 per person)
Colosseum reservation fee (valued at €2 per person)
Please note: Colosseum fees as above. The remaining cost of this experience covers other services.

its a shared group tour of maximum 24 people, not private or semi private tour

Meeting and Pickup

Start time

Ticket Redemption Point

Piazza del Colosseo, 21, 00184 Roma RM, Italy

What To Expect

Colosseum

Admission Ticket Included

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking, unless booked within 2 days of travel. In this case confirmation will be received within 48 hours, subject to availability
Near public transportation
Not wheelchair accessible
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 4 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

3.5

48 reviews

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Highly recommend

Katherine_M, Apr 2024

Amazing!! I would highly recommend this to anyone going to the Colosseum. The tour guide was very knowledgeable.

100% worth every cent! 10 out of 10!!

Melissa_C, Nov 2023

Giovanna was so great! She made the Colosseum Underground experience something we will never forget! She took lots of time with us and catered the tour for our children. She got us to front of ever line and made sure we had the best view at every turn. She took some great photos for us that we will have so that we can remember this amazing experience. Grazie Giovanna for making us feel like royalty and creating a beautiful day for us!

Great history tour

Kim_T, Aug 2023

Lots of history and stories given, with clear communication. We were lucky to only have four in our group which meant we could ask loads of questions and luckily our tour guide had an interest and degree in Ancient Rome so was able to answer all our questions.

Horrible Guide experience

Jennifer_L, Jul 2023

Worst guided tour we've ever been on. Our guide was horrible and, when hearing what information guides were sharing with their clients, I wished we had someone else. I would never recommend our guide to anyone. I learned more about the Colosseum watching the first 20 minutes of the History Channel's special than in 90 minutes with our guide.

Great guide, poor instructions on meeting point vs. Ticket stand

Candace_A, Apr 2023

Hard to find the meeting point. The directions were not clear. One thing was stated on Viator, but the company didn't have us validate tickets before hand like what was stated on the directions. Communication when it came to where to go and which guide we would have was confusing. Once we finally had our official guide, he was fabulous and sweet. Informative and willing to take pictures! The company should have clearer instructions on where to meet and not needed to get their tickets before meeting the tour guide.

Fascinating Tour!

Brenda_B, Mar 2023

Paul is an amazing guide. He knows such much history of Rome and the colosseum! Very organized tour. Definitely recommend going with a guide so you get the great stories like we did with Paul.

The underground part is not worth the hassle and overall value for money is rather poor

Alina_A, Jun 2022

Overall organization: ok, but not phenomenal - we only found the right guy in what seemed like a million people after calling the company… Tour guide: interesting, but since the timeline is so tight, it was a total hassle. We literally ran trough the underground part of the colosseum, we maybe spend there 10 min. Value for money: not so good. There is not really a reason why you would book the underground tour as you will not see more than what you can see from above. It’s not like there is something hidden or something that is so wowing that it’s worth the hassle and the money. Advice: see if you can get tickets from coopculture.it, the official site from the colosseum. We unfortunately were late and could not so we had to overpay with this company (like about 90€ Instead of 24). Tickets also valid for forum romanum the next day.

Waste of money tour

wallace_r, Jun 2022

Start of tour was delayed one and a half hour. Tour advertised as for six people. Initially started out that way but at tour beginning we were combined with at least 20 others. Tour guide had heavy accent that we couldn’t understand.

Response from Host, Jun 2022

Hello, We are sorry to hear that, our tour didn’t meet your expectations. We have to point out though that, as we clearly mentioned in our online tour description, the group size is maximum 24 people so we are curious to find out where you got the information about the group of max 6 people? And just for the record there were 23 people in your group. As for the time change, we contacted you 3 days ahead of the date you reserved, to let you know that there was no availability at 10 am. We gave you the option to join at 11.30 am or to cancel as cancellation would have been at no charge until 24 hours before the tour time. You accepted to join the11.30 tour. We are in high season and, after the pandemic, it’s even busier than usual so it’s extremely difficult to find Colosseum tickets. The tour started as planned at 11.30, with no delay. Our tour guide is a native English speaker, and he has been working as a tour guide for over 20 years with an impressive record of good reviews. And since we understand that different English accents might sound unclear to some of our customers we are constantly reminding our guides to speak slowly and clearly. Still we feel we should apologize for the time change but with the present reservations rules established by the Colosseum ticket office occasionally we have no control over this kind of schedule changes. Thank you. Regards

Colosseum Underground - Recommend!!

Paula_K, May 2022

Giovanna, our tour guide , packed so much information into our tour, there was not a particular high point. To think that this facility was built over 2000 years ago, is amazing. One can see how the techniques in design are carried through to the stadiums and arena of today. This tour gives you better views than just the regular tour

Walk the steps of gladiators

Lorraine_T, Apr 2022

On tour you see underground, then get to walk all around at floor level...you r ticket is good for coliseum and the Roman forum and hill for 24 hrs. Guide very informative. Several steep staircases to go up and down.

Ein grandioses Erlebnis mit professioneller Reiseleiterin

Daniela_B, Feb 2022

Wir kannten das Kolosseum schon und waren interessiert den Untergrund zu entdecken. Es war fantastisch und wir hatten mit Giovanna die beste Reiseleitung. Aufgrund der ruhigen Reisezeit waren wir mit ihr alleine. Sie hat uns die Geschichte und das Leben rund um das Kolosseum nahe gebracht und sich richtig Zeit für uns genommen. Sie war nicht nur professionell mit ihrem Wissen sondern war auch sehr freundlich und wir hatten viel Spaß mit ihr. Es war einfach großartig mit Giovanna und wir können diese Tour jedem empfehlen der sich für Geschichte interessiert!

Response from Host, Feb 2022

Lieber Herr, Vielen Dank, dass Sie sich die Zeit genommen haben, diese Bewertung zu schreiben! Wir freuen uns, dass Ihnen die Colosseum Underground and Arena Tour gefallen hat. Falls du jemals wieder drin bist Rom, dann zögern Sie nicht, uns anzurufen!