Rome Colosseum Guided Tour (Tickets Included)

• Tour with a professional guide
• Skip the line and don't waste you time
• See the amphitheater world's most popular
• Listen to the fascinating history of the ancient Romans

Colosseum

The Colosseum, originally known as the Flavian Amphitheater or simply as Amphitheatrum, is the largest and most important Roman amphitheater that can hold up to 50,000 spectators.

History

Its construction was begun by Vespasian in 72 AC in the center of Rome, in a valley where there was an artificial lake dug by Nero for his Domus Aurea. It was inaugurated by Titus in 80 AC with a hundred days of games and was used for events, public performances as hunting, battles between animals (venationes), killing of prisonners by ferocious beasts or other types of executions (noxii), fights between gladiators (munera), re-enactments of famous battles (naumachia) and dramas based on classical mythology.

During the Jubilee of 1675 the Coliseum became a sacred site in memory of many Christian martyrs here condemned to torture. In 1744 Pope Benedict XIV had built there the Fifteen Stations of the Cross, and in 1749 he declared the Colosseum church devoted to Christ and to the Christian martyrs.

In 1980, along with all the historical center of Rome, it was included in the list of World Heritage of humanity by UNESCO. In 2007 the complex was also included among the Seven Wonders of the modern world.

The following options can be purchased in addition to the tickets in the booking Wizard on this website.

Reduced/Half Ticket:

• Citizens aged between 18 and 25 years of the EU and subsequent integration by ministerial letters (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Croatia Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, the United Kingdom, the Czech Republic, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Hungary, Swiss conferences, Norway, Liechtenstein, Iceland)

Free Ticket (it is still required to pay the presale to skip the line):

• EU and non-EU citizens under 18 years
• Temporary and permanent teachers of Italian public and private schools equipped with the appropriate documentation issued by MIUR
• Any handicapped person accompanied by the certificate of disability and the escort

1. The ticket is valid 2 days, starting from entrance time.

2. The tour is conducted only in English, French and Spanish.

3. The tickets will be sent via email within 24-48 hours after purchase (on weekdays) with instructions on how to get there and what to do to enter.

4. Please meet the guide 15 minutes before the entrance time at the cashier desk for customers with reservation.
   You have to enter first into the Colosseum for the Guided Tour at the day and time chosen, after the Guided Tour (only for the Colosseum) you have the same whole day and the day after to visit the Roman Forum and Palatine Hill at the time you want. Please make attention to the opening hours.

5. We inform you that, for safety reasons, inside the Colosseum/Roman Forum/Palatine is forbidden to enter with backpacks, suitcases and voluminous bags.

6. This ticket can not be canceled or refunded, and date and time changes are not possible.