Colosseum Tour: Arena Floor Access

Enter the Colosseum like a gladiator, explore the arena floor, and uncover the secrets of the Roman Forum and Palatine Hill.

Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 10 days
Highlights
  • Colosseum - With the Colosseum looming large in the background, the excitement and anticipation rise as you get closer and closer to this world-famous landmark. Get a closer look at the incredibly detailed facade as you make your way through the arches and into the magnificent Colosseum, where you can imagine yourself a part of the roaring crowd…
What's Included
  • Entrance Fees
  • Professional Licensed tour guide
  • Colosseum entrance ticket with arena access (valued at €24 per person)
  • Colosseum reservation fee (valued at €2 per person)
  • Headsets
  • Please note: Colosseum fees as above. The remaining cost of the experience covers other services.
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Spare a moment to appreciate one of the globe’s most famous landmarks, the Colosseum. Our exclusive access tour provides you with the opportunity to enter the Colosseum via the ‘Gate of Life’, stepping right onto the arena floor, exactly where the gladiators once tread. Once inside, feel the gritty sand beneath your feet, soak up the majesty of the…

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.
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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897robbinb
Jul 24, 2025
- Great guide. Loved the info. I would do this tour again. The history and ruins are amazing. Bring water bottles. There are water fountains.
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Heathercm293tl
Jul 12, 2025
Amazing guided tour, best tour guide! - Ane was an amazing tour guide! Very personable, funny and very knowledgeable of the area! Would hire him again! Thank you!
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101anesuc
Jul 12, 2025
Amazing Tour! - this was such a good tour 5/5 definitely recommend. our tour guide was Ane and he was wonderful, he even gave us a restaurant recommendation so he was a real G.
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Brycet506
Jul 11, 2025
Walk thru of colosseum - The guide Eugene was amazing and was very knowledgeable about the different stations we stopped at. Even answering questions about the colosseum that we had asked without thinking. Amazing experience!
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Toddcl2974ps
Jul 1, 2025
Good value - Our guide Anna was awesome. Very knowledgeable but the best part was that she took care of us. It was pushing 37 C (98 F) and she got us from shaded spot to shaded spot. Would totally book again.
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Voyage12090573025
Jul 28, 2025
Colosseum - This was an excellent tour if you want a brief overview of the Colosseum's history. We navigated all the sites fairly swiftly and collected all the general overview information. I sensed that certain aspects might have been neglected and would have preferred dedicating more time to specific areas like the rooms with artifacts, but overalll, it was a wonderful experience.
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Roland_b
Jul 7, 2025
Great Tour - In July it is somewhat crowded and hot. The tour guide was professional, knowledgeable, and vey helpful.
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Christopherbk2182vr
Aug 7, 2025
Horrible couldn’t hear 75% of the tour and just walked around - First problem. Headset s were not working. Wasted 15 minutes of the tour waiting to get fixed. Somewhat get it working. But volume was so low and your guide had an accent so you only got 1 word of 6 and had to piece it together. Don’t book show me Italy tours and Viator did nothing to get us a refund of any amount. Book though a more reputable tour group.
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Jackiesp406sl
Jul 15, 2025
We did not even see all of the sites we paid for - It was nice to see the Forum and Colosseum but we paid to also see the Palatine HIll! Tour guide chose to not go there and said it was a "road with a view." How awful! He was terrible (but we addressed that separately with tour company) but Tour Company needs to be held accountable for guide making such a terrible decision. We would expect to get at least what we paid for (a bad tour guide is just bad luck and a lesson to never us the company again) and the Tour Company should take responsibility I do NOT recommend Show Me Italy at all but the Forum and Colosseum are absolutely worth seeing (we went back on our own).
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Kofdog85
Jul 8, 2025
Terrible tour and a terrible company, would not recommend - Terrible tour and a terrible company. I would avoid. They changed the tour start time and split our group. The tour guide lost several people during the tour and the audio was difficult to hear. They don’t care about your experience, all they care about is taking your money. Worst tour I have ever taken :(
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1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 10 days before the start of your experience (local time).