Colosseum Tour: Ancient Rome's Glory

Experience the ancient glory of Rome on a skip-the-line tour of the Colosseum, Palatine Hill, and Roman Forum. Explore the impressive ruins with an expert historian guide and learn fascinating anecdotes and history of Ancient Rome’s heyday.

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 72 hours
Highlights
  • Colosseum - Your journey into antiquity begins with the Colosseum, one of the world’s most iconic sights. Your guide will call on their historical and archaeological expertise to tell you all about the battles, both physical and political, that played out in this incredible amphitheater. You might be surprised to learn that ‘Gladiator’ didn’t get…
What's Included
  • Access to the Colosseum, Roman Forum & Palatine Hill
  • Professional Expert Licensed Guide
  • Fully guided visit of the Colosseum
  • Colosseum entrance ticket (valued at €18 per person, or €24 per person if arena access is included)
  • Colosseum reservation fee (valued at €2 per person)
  • Access to the Colosseum Arena Floor (if option selected)
  • Audio…
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
Additional Information

Experience the revived magnificence of ancient Rome! Bypass the queue at three of the most important enduring edifices of the Eternal City: the Colosseum, Palatine Hill, and Roman Forum. Throughout the 3-hour tour, your proficient English-speaking historian guide will weave stories and impart historical knowledge, reconstructing the awe-inspiring ruins…

Location
Largo Gaetana Agnesi
Meet your guide at Largo Gaetana Agnesi, on the little square above the metro line B (blue line) stop "Colosseo". Your guide coordinator will be waiting here wearing a blue City Wonders polo shirt or jacket for easy recognition.
Cancellation Policy

If you cancel at least 3 full day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a full refund.
If you cancel within 3 day(s) of the scheduled departure, you will receive a 0% refund.

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Beth_s
Jun 15, 2025
Great tour! - Very informative and great guide. Just beware, in the summer in 95 degree heat, it is a long tour. Drink lots of water. June 2025 has been unusually hot in Rome.
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Yvonne_s
Jun 13, 2025
Excellent tour and tour-guide! - Excellent tour of these beautiful sites and our tour guide was extremely knowledgeable, friendly, and funny! Loved this tour and highly recommend it to everyone!
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B7967nidebbiep
May 19, 2025
Request Hisam as your guide 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 - This was the best experience of the many tours of our visit to Rome. Our tour guide Hisam was fantastic. Best tour guild we’ve had in Rome. 100% recommend. Thank you
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Laura_d
May 17, 2025
Wonderful tour - Very informative and gave us easy access. Got to skip the long lines. There was so much I would have never known had it not been for our tour guide. I highly recommend!
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Bills3534
May 11, 2025
Great Tours - We had a great tour very knowledgeable. Haysome was great!!! He had so much knowledge to tell us. Very respectful of our time!!
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Cindy_l
May 3, 2025
Farouk was a very helpful... - Farouk was a very helpful and informative guide. He explained everything in detail and encouraged us to ask questions which he answered with confidence and clarity.
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Alga_r
Apr 11, 2025
5 star experience - Emmanuella was an exceptional guide. Highly recommend this tour. We went at 2 pm and jt was a great time.
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Gibb
Apr 17, 2025
The creation of the eternal city - A must-see tour of Rome’s history. The Roman forum is beautiful, for the visit of the mountain the audio guide is not great to follow the route. The colysate is to be discovered but not transcendent
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Colingp6535ae
Jun 11, 2025
Beware of this company - Terrible experience with Viator, we booked a trip to the colosseum with them for June 10th at 12:30, they then changed this two days before to 13:30. We could not change our times due to the return transport to our cruise ship. They changed the times to suit themselves amalgamating two trips into one. We contacted them for a refund and they have point blankly refused without any explanation. We contacted their help desk who agreed that our trip had been changed without authorization. Beware of using this company as the use local companies to carry out their contracts.
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Maureen_f
May 17, 2025
Not worth it - Honestly this was not a great experience. Check in was hectic, there’s a million groups meeting in the same spot and it’s hard to find the right item. When I was asked if I had downloaded the app, the employee seemed annoyed when I said no. There was no information given ahead of time about an app for the audio guide. The “guide” was horrible in the Colosseum, nothing made sense for the order and I just read everything on the guide then walked around the Colosseum and read the signs there. The app stopped working halfway through Palatine Hill and the Forum. It would only work on airplane mode and completely drained my phones battery. Would not recommend at all
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up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 72 hours before the start of your experience (local time).