Colosseum Tour: Explore Ancient Rome's Iconic Landmarks

Experience the ancient wonders of Rome on a skip-the-line guided group tour of the Colosseum, Roman Forum, and Palatine Hill. Be guided by a local expert, avoid long lines, and immerse yourself in the history and beauty of these iconic landmarks.

Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 72 hours
Highlights
  • Colosseum - Dive into the ancient history of the Colosseum. The Colosseum, also known as the Flavian Amphitheater, is an oval magnificent architecture in the center of Rome. Built of travertine, tuff and brick-faced concrete. It is the largest construction ever build in ancient Rome. It is situated just east of the Roman Forum. Emperor Vespasian…
What's Included
  • Colosseum Privileged Entrance Ticket
  • Official Tour Guide
  • Priority Entrance for Roman Forum and Palatine Hill
  • Exclusive Partner Entrance Access
  • Colosseum Tour Headset
What's Not Included
  • Any private expenses not included
  • tips not included
  • Arena Floor & Underground of the Colosseum not included
  • Upper tiers (Attico) are not included
Additional Information

Our goal is to make the best tour experience for our customers. We set a limit in our group size so that the tour guide has time to answer the questions of each and any of tour participants.
We have carefully chosen the best tour guides so that our clients get the most out of every tour. Their local expertise brings added value to our tours and main goal…

Location
L.go Gaetana Agnesi, 5
Largo Gaetana Agnesi
The meeting point is located at Largo Gaetana Agnesi, 5, on the second floor of the Colosseo metro station. It is in front of the entrance to the primary school. Our staff will be wearing a light blue uniform with the City Walkers logo. Please arrive 20 minutes earlier and bring a valid ID with you
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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Culture560827
May 21, 2026
A fantastic tour of the Colosseum, Palatine Hill and Forum - My husband and I loved our small group guided tour of the Colosseum, Forum and Palatine Hill in Rome in early May. We had six people total in our group and my husband and I needed to go a little more slowly because of achy knees, etc. We let our guide know and he was very thoughtful about walking more slowly, getting us a ride on the lift inside the Colosseum and navigating stairs safely. Arturo was our guide and has an amazing knowledge of Roman history over the past 3,000 years to share. Plus, he was a lot of fun! Our tour was about three hours long and being on a tour helped us advance to the front of the line in several cases. This tour is a must when in Rome. It gave us so much appreciation for Rome and its history. The only minor challenge was finding the Crown Tours office initially to meet up with our group. We gave ourselves plenty of time to get there. A young staff person, Beatrice, in the office was also most helpful and even suggested another tour, a golf cart tour of Rome, which we also signed up for. I would certainly do anther tour with Crown Tours again!
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Carmen
May 16, 2026
The best experience in Rome. - The tour of the Colosseum and the Forum with Hilaria was totally worth it. She is not the typical boring guide who bores you with dates to impress you; on the contrary, she takes you at a super cool pace and tells the story in a very dynamic way. Highly recommended!
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Ron
May 12, 2026
Walk through history - Great walk through history. Having read a number of novels about Ancient Rome it was amazing to actually be there. Had a great guide. Very knowledgeable and amusing.
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U4351vwmatthewh
May 11, 2026
Don’t go alone, get a guide… - David (tour guide) was absolutely brilliant. Informative, funny, entertaining, knowledgeable and good with adults and kids alike. We would have missed so much if we didn’t have him.
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Elizabeth
May 11, 2026
Excellent tour! Recommend highly! - Our guide was excellent! She was extremely knowledgeable and her enthusiasm was infectious. I have never had as good a guide on any tour before. I highly recommend this tour.
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Michael_m
May 9, 2026
Amazing tour of Colosseum and Palatine Hill - This was an amazing tour. Our guide Alec was terrific: engaging, funny, and informative. Highly recommended!
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Steffen_k
Apr 30, 2026
Great and interesting guided tour with a super friendly guide - The tour is very interesting and informative. The guide had a lot of idea and took care of us!
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Jennifer_b
May 3, 2026
We enjoyed this tour and... - We enjoyed this tour and found our guide to be extremely knowledgeable (I can't remember her name). That said, we had a hard time understanding her as the headset quality could have been better. We just tried to stay close to the guide so we did not have to rely on the headset to here all the interesting information she had to share.
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Jeremy
May 8, 2026
REALLY INTERESTING BUT THE HEADSETS... - The communication about this tour was good and it was easy to find the City Walkers reps next to the Metro stop for the Colosseum. The staff were very pleasant, and we were provided with earbuds which would allow us to hear our guide. This is where the problem started. When we were introduced to Emmanuelle it soon became clear that none of the eight or so people assembled around her could hear her through the earbuds. After asking us for our names, which remarkably she remembered all the tour, off we all trotted with our guide chatting away and none but those standing directly beside her able to make out what she was saying! Knowing looks were exchanged and I eventually tapped Emmanuelle on the shoulder and let her know that we were struggling with the sound. Her microphone was moved but it made no difference. So, on we ploughed, and if we wanted to hear anything in particular, we had to make sure we were within earshot - this was not ideal. I was very much looking forward to learning about the history, construction, use and decline of the Colosseum but actually heard very little of any of this. The tour was comprehensive, with many opportunities to take great photographs, and Emmanuelle is charming, but I was left feeling overwhelmingly disappointed. Who knows what the sound problem was, but it would seem that a basic check that everyone can hear the guide, before the tour starts, would be a sensible and easy thing to do. I would certainly recommend that all City Walker guides do this in future, to prevent the disappointment our group suffered.
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Craig
Apr 29, 2026
Long, interesting, and tiring. - Could not hear the tour guide very well. Guide walked too quickly during parts of the tour. Older people, like myself, had a hard time keeping up with her.
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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).