Rome

Rome: Colosseum VIP Underground & Ancient Rome Small Group Tour

Rome, Italy
The VIP Colosseum Underground and Ancient Rome Small Group Tour
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From $131.24

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-You will not receive a refund if you cancel.

  • 3 hours
  • Offered in: English

Overview

Capped at only 12 people, this small-group tour of Rome’s Colosseum includes exclusive access to the arena floor and underground dungeons, off-limits to regular visitors. You also make guided stops at the Roman Forum and Palatine Hill for a full overview of day-to-day life in ancient Rome. Skip-the-line admission at all three sites is included.
  • A VIP small-group tour of the Colosseum and arena, plus Forum and Palatine Hill
  • Shave off hours of wait time from your vacation with on-the-spot entry at each attraction
  • Listen to in-depth background on the heyday of Roman imperial rule from your guide
  • See where the gladiators once entered the arena in the Colosseum’s exclusive underground area

What's Included

  • Professional guide
  • Exclusive access to the Colosseum Underground
  • Colosseum, Roman Forum, Palatine Hill - Entry Tickets
  • Headsets to hear your guide clearly
  • All taxes, fees and handling charges
  • Gratuities
  • Food and drinks
  • Transportation

Meeting And Pickup

Meeting point

  • Via del Colosseo, 31, 00184 Roma RM, Italy

    Meet your guide in Via del Colosseo nr 31, in front of Caffe Roma, above the second floor of the Colosseum metro stop(blue line).

End point

  • Roman Forum
    Via della Salara Vecchia, 5/6, 00186 Roma RM, Italy

    This tour will end up at the Roman Forum.

What To Expect

This tour makes a comprehensive visit to Rome’s Colosseum as easy as possible, and grants exclusive access to the Colosseum arena floor and underground dungeons, which are usually off-limits to regular visitors.

Skip the ticket lines and the crowds struggling to get into the eternally popular attraction, and spend about an hour exploring the site. Follow your guide through the ground floor and second level, while listening to detailed accounts of the historical games and battles.

Your guide also takes you to the best spots to snap photos during your tour.

Continue to the Roman Forum, where you skip the entrance lines and explore for about an hour with your. Visit Palatine Hill, birthplace of Rome, before finishing the tour at the Forum.

Via del Colosseo, 31

10 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

Colosseum

1 hour Admission Ticket Included

Roman Forum

1 hour Admission Ticket Included

Additional Info

  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Stroller accessible
  • Near public transportation
  • Most travelers can participate
  • Meet your guide in Via del Colosseo nr 31, in front of Caffe Roma, above the second floor of the Colosseum metro stop(blue line).
  • 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 tour reservations have strict timing. To join the tour you are required to be at the meeting point for check-in at least 30 minutes prior to your tour departure time.
  • If you arrive late for the meeting time, it will not be possible to join the group or reschedule, unless you pay for the activity again. As per "No Show" rules you will not be entitled to a refund.
  • Please provide an active phone number during the booking process in order to be contacted about last minute changing.
  • Pets are not allowed inside the venue
  • Every participant MUST bring an id or a photo of it. It is mandatory requested by the monument in order to enter the Colosseum Underground.
  • 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 24 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.

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    Highly recommended for anyone who wants a full experience of some one the most iconic ancient structures on Earth.
    Tour guide for Colosseum had a lot of knowledge to share on this fascinating tour, however did have a strong Italian accent, so needed to listen carefully.
    Tour office was hard to find and was not open at the designated time 30 minutes ahead of tour time.
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    Great tour
    Sarah_K, Mar 2024
    The tour guide was very informative and did a good job making sure everyone was with the group at all times. He also asked for feedback from us which I thought it was really good.
    Vatican small group
    Joseph_C, Mar 2024
    Very informative lovely lady made our day from start to finish all done with a smile and enthusiasm like I’ve never seen in a tour guide Valentino made the whole experience worth the money
    Just book it. Save the queues and jump straight in
    Paulo_A, Mar 2024
    This was great ! Our guide Claudia was so well informed. We had a minimal wait at Palatine hill, then full access, but the highlight was most definitely the Colosseum, we had a pre booked time, strolled straight in and enjoyed full access underneath the remaining arena floor. It really was superb.
    Excellent
    John_G, Mar 2024
    We loved our colosseum trip and our guide was excellent she was full of fun and knowledge about the colosseum
    Excellent tour, frustrated by Viator
    JENNIFER_V, Mar 2024
    I’m giving this 5 stars because the tour guide and the tour itself were excellent. It was interesting and we learned a lot. We spent about 2 hours in the Colosseum and an hour in the Forum and Palantine Hill. We were free to roam around the latter when the tour ended. We went to the underground of the Colosseum and up to the spectator areas. The guide was really knowledgeable and able to answer everyone’s questions. If the pre-high season crowds are anything to go by, paying extra for a small group tour is worth it. It was *very* crowded and easy to get separated. All tours use headphones to keep the noise levels down, and in the larger crowds the frequencies overlapped and we started to hear other guides or none at all. It can’t be helped but it’s easier to stay close in a small group. I found Viator frustrating deal with. Every time they sent a link (eg to download tickets) I got a “this link is outdated” message (even when I clicked immediately). I would recommend better directions to meeting spot, and letting us know the name of the tour company in writing in case we need to make contact urgently.
    Fantastic tour of the colosseum
    Elaine_A, Mar 2024
    Our guide was called Sarah. She was great, friendly and so knowledgeable about the Colosseum. The instructions were clear and easy to follow to meet the guide. The tour was brilliant, I would recommend this to anyone visiting Rome.
    Don’t miss
    Doug_B, Mar 2024
    Vita out tour guide was so knowledgeable. It was a fantastic experience. My wife wasn’t feeling great and we had the Vatican tour in the afternoon, so we had to bail on palatine hill. But we are so happy we did the full coliseum tour (including the underground) highly recommended.
    VIP colesseum tour - highly recommend!
    Aileen_W, Mar 2024
    Claudia was our tour guide for the VIP , she was superb!! The knowledge you gain is essential in really understanding the history while walking through the colesseum, Roman forum etc. A must do 👌🏻!!
    Recommended
    John_S, Mar 2024
    Very professional - well organised with clear meeting instructions etc. Parla, our guide, was first class Well worth the money
    A must do tour!!
    Monica_K, Mar 2024
    Carmello gave is an amazing tour! I highly recommend starting your time in Rome with this tour. A great foundation for learning about this beautiful city! I hope you are lucky enough to have Carmello as your guide. So knowledgeable!
    Wonderful colosseum
    Michael_P, Mar 2024
    What a wonderful place to visit made mord enjoyable with our tour guide semone she was amazing and full of facts and information.
    Great all access experience
    Angie_D, Mar 2024
    Carmello was great, friendly and got us to all the parts of the Colosseum - no access denied to any of it and it was amazing
    sham
    Egill_G, Mar 2024
    did not get what i paid for and yes there was a line out side the forum do not spend extra money for smaller group because you will not get that.
    Highly recommend this tour.
    Mari_K, Mar 2024
    The tour company was good to work with. The time of our tour was changed (which fit our schedule better), the tour company contacted us through WhatsApp and e-mail to alert us to this and requested our acknowledgement. This worked very well. We arrived plenty early to be sure not to miss our tour time but enjoyed the extra time having espresso outside the colosseum. The meeting location was easy to find thanks to google maps. Simona was an excellent guide and very knowledgeable. The underground of the colosseum was interesting. Others we travelled to Rome with that took different tours were jealous because they missed out in the underground portion. The tour ended inside the Forum where we could have spent all day visiting the sights.
    Amazing Tour Colosseum
    David_H, Mar 2024
    This was an amazing VIP Colosseum Underground & Ancient Rome Small Group Tour. The tour guide was extremely knowable and we enjoyed our time with Claudia
    Amazing guide and so much fun!
    Karen_S, Mar 2024
    This was a tour. I will not soon forget our guide, Rita was so friendly, and so incredibly knowledgeable! I learned so much about ancient Rome and about the Colosseum. She kept us engaged the entire time. She knew every detail about the history. It’s definitely worth doing this tour and having access to the Colosseum floor. The views were incredible.
    Colosseum Tour
    Andrew_L, Mar 2024
    Too many great experiences to mention them all. From start to finish absolutely amazing. Tour guide was brilliant and very knowledgeable. A must if you are planning a visit
    Viator refunded us. Good company.
    Jerry_T, Mar 2024
    Unfortunately; and at no fault of this tour provider; the annual running of the Rome Marathon started on the same morning of our tour. What was 12-14 hours earlier a simple 10 min walk from our hotel to the Colliseum turned in to a two hour ordeal because of the closing of all streets and associated pedestrian foot traffic. Just terribible. So we saw nothing.
    So much better than visiting on your own!
    Lisa_S, Mar 2024
    We did the small group tour that had about 12 people, which worked. Any larger would have been a challenge. Small headsets were provided and worked well. We opted for the expanded tour that included the underground and Ancient Rome was definitely the way to go. Our guide, Chris, was a font of enthusiastic knowledge and gave context and history to everything we saw and experienced. 3+ hours flew bye and we learned so much. Highly recommend.
    A must in Rome!
    Jessica_C, Mar 2024
    Take this! Amazing to not only see it but hear the history. Don’t skip out on the undergound and Palantine Hill!
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