Colosseum Semi Private Tour: Arena, Forum & Palatine Hill

Elevate your visit to the Colosseum by opting for a Semi Private group tour led by a knowledgeable guide! In the company of a small group of interested individuals and a skilled guide, you’ll be able to explore more of the Colosseum Arena Floor, Roman Forum, and Palatine Hill than you ever thought possible.

Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 10 days
Highlights
  • Colosseum - An expert guide and just a few other travelers is the ultimate way to experience the Colosseum and Ancient City. Get personal attention and explore more of Rome’s ancient city center with a small group tour!
What's Included
  • Individual headsets to hear the guide
  • Licensed professional tour guide
  • Admission to the Colosseum, Roman Forum & Palatine Hill
What's Not Included
  • Hotel pickup/dropoff
  • Food and beverages
Additional Information
  • • The names provided at the time of the booking cannot be changed.
  • 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 meeting time is subject to change. In this case, you will…
Location
Santi Cosma e Damiano
Via dei Fori Imperiali
Meet in front of the Basilica San Cosma and Damiano. Look for tour greeters in red Show Me Italy jackets/shirts. They will be waiting next to the large red pillar just in front of the church on the Via dei Fori Imperiali 1.
Cancellation Policy

If you cancel at least 10 full day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a full refund.
If you cancel within 10 day(s) of the scheduled departure, you will receive a 0% refund.

Customer Ratings
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Pioneer55325277880
May 21, 2025
Great experience - Maria was so lovely! We had a wonderful time. She provided a fantastic, fun and informational tour! We would highly recommend you try to tour with her!
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Deycallmegeo
May 10, 2025
Coliseum - We took so many pictures of the ruins.We had so much fun!❤️ Our tour guide Eugene was the best. So informative and fun. 😊🤩
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Marianneguertin
May 9, 2025
Excellent tour guide - Very knowledgeable tour guide. We were lucky and she was a retired archeologist. Have a lot of history in what we were seeing.
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E1109zupauliner
Jan 10, 2025
Wonderful staff and guide Rosalina - I had a great experience with Show Me Italy! Despite complications on my end, this company endeavoured to ensure my experience was not missed and enjoyable. Our tour guide Rosalina was knowledgeable and a clearly experienced tour guide, who did not fail to communicate her passion for the history of Rome. In addition the staff at Show Me Italy was very professional and kind and helped to salvage my day in Rome! If you are looking for a down to earth, stress less option for your guided tours in Rome I highly recommend doing a tour with Show Me Italy.
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Jamie_k
Dec 23, 2024
Perfect Tour with lots of historical information. - Magda, our guide, met us exactly where she was supposed to. We were given little Earpieces to listen to what she was saying and we’re on our way. We were a group of 8. Magda was extremely knowledgeable and told us all of the history! She knew what we needed to do to get us through the security checkpoints as quickly as possible. We saw 2 levels of the colosseum and then she walked us over to Pallentine Hill, all the while sharing different facts and history with us. She showed us the best points to take pictures and gave us all the time we needed to explore! At the end of the 2.5 hours, she collected our stuff and told us how to leave when we were ready but we could stay for as long as we would like. 2.5 hours of touring was perfect for us. Overall, couldn’t have asked for a better experience!
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Barbara_c
Oct 19, 2024
A great tour - This tour gave us a really broad overview of all there is to see in the Palentine Hills and much of the Colosseum. Our Guide was very informative and certainly knew his history.
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Navigate28069185984
Oct 2, 2024
Great Tour - Met our Guide on time and at designated meeting point. Guide was extremely knowledgeable and had a mastery of English. Highly recommend this company and this Colosseum tour!!
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Laurie_m
Oct 27, 2024
We were supposed to see... - We were supposed to see the Palatine hill, but never went there at all, only the Colosseum and Forum. Our tour guide only talked about the way the buildings were constructed the whole time, ie, mentioned travertine over and over. Could have been much more informative and historically based. Also, ended way earlier than it was supposed to.
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Jpkimchi
Oct 3, 2024
As they say in Rome, BUYER BEWARE! HORIFFIC EXPERIENCE! - I had booked the colosseum tour for my 80 year old mother to experience on her once in a lifetime trip back in 2 months prior on a website called Colosseum Tours. 
They sent me a voucher and booking confirmation email with specific instructions on where to meet the “Show Me Italy” Tour guide. 
My family appeared for the tour on time and met with the Show Me Italy Worker in the Red Jackets. Two different workers looked up my name and ticket number, but were unable to find any record of the booking. These two workers told me that Colosseum Tours (the company and website I had booked through) was a different company from Show Me Italy.  I asked what that meant, and what they could do to help.  They asked if I could come back another day and I told them we could not as we were leaving the next morning.  In the ticket booking details, it clearly says "No shows/late arrivals will not be refunded." At this point, with the information that these were two different companies and I would need proof of my presence there, and not a no show or late arrival. So, I recorded myself being at the meeting location and with the Show Me Italy workers and stating that I had my ticket, but they could not find my booking, were unable to do anything for me.  The second worker directed me to the higher level worker to see if he could call for me.  When I met the third worker, I asked if he could call the help number listed on my booking as they previous two workers couldn't find my booking.  
The second worker told the third worker that I had recorded a video of them.  And then the third worker said "you need to delete the video, and then I will call, or I will CALL THE POLICE.”  Taken aback, and shocked, I stepped away and said, no I will not.  I felt this to be quite a rude and hostile threat.   I felt like I was being scammed as he would not call to help figure out why my booking was in the system.  I tried to walk back to my hotel, but the Show Me Italy worker said he was calling the police because I was trying to scam him. He followed me and my family back through the streets of Italy, with me not knowing if I was going to be attacked/assaulted. There were 2 armed military guards with machine guns on the way.  The Show Me Italy worker told the military guards to stop us and we were held there for 1 hour until the police finally arrived. I told the worker that I understand he didn't want the video of him being taken, but it was for me to have proof that I appeared for the tour. If he would help call the help line and figure out why my booking was not in their system, I would delete it. The Show Me Italy worker refused and remained hostile. Finally, the police arrived and gathered information.  They said that the workers agreed to help me to get the refund if I would delete the video. I agreed to this.  Then an email came through with notification that my tour had suddenly been cancelled and refunded. Then we were sent on our way. This was a completely horrific, obnoxious, and disturbing experience.   I understand that booking mistakes happen, but all they had to do was offer to call the help line to figure out where the booking was and help to resolve the problem, but instead, they threatened and then did call the police on me.   If you are afraid to be recorded, then you are afraid to own up to your actions.
 After explaining this experience to Show Me Italy, I was given a different explanation from what their on site workers gave. They stated that Colosseum Tours is the platform on which we sell our tours, together with thousands of other tour operators. They are the ones who take care of payments and refunds. When you make your booking they send us an email and we log it in our system so that our staff can buy tickets for you. Unfortunately there was a system problem with your booking and it did not come through, so it was not logged in our system, that is why our staff could not find it. 
Though the company apologized, they failed to hold this rude employee accountable, and turned missing out on a once in a lifetime experience into a horrific drama. 

My advice: choose ANOTHER company, or get treated like garbage if your reservation gets mixed up/lost/misbooked. Cannot add photos or videos due to the threat from the Show Me Italy Worker and Police.
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David_b
Sep 24, 2024
Disappointed - Did get to go into any of the ruins. My wife didn’t have her ID with her. Didn’t have enough time to go back to the hotel to get it. Paid for nothing. I would like a refund.
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up to 12 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 10 days before the start of your experience (local time).