Expert Guided Colosseum and Forum Tour

Uncover hidden areas of the Colosseum with an expert guide. Skip the line and explore the exclusive Arena floor and Underground section. Journey through time at the Roman Forum and Palatine Hill. Small group tours available.

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 7 days
Highlights
  • Colosseum - Discover the world’s most visited monument in its entirety. Gain access to areas of the Colosseum that are off-limits to regular ticket holders. Choose to either stand on the Gladiators’ Arena floor or explore the exclusive Underground section. Follow in the footsteps of the Gladiators and find yourself on the stage of Ancient Rome’s…
What's Included
  • Live expert guide
  • Sterilized earphones to hear clearly your guide
  • Guided tour of the Roman Forum and Palatine Hill
  • Dedicated entrance tickets and reservation fees
  • Full on-site assistance
  • Access to EITHER the Underground section OR the Arena floor /depends on option chosen during booking
What's Not Included
  • The higher levels are not part of this tour. This tour includes access up to the 2nd tier
  • Please note: The “Arena” options of this tour do not include access to the Underground section
Additional Information

Explore the world’s most visited monument in the most comfortable and complete way. Visit areas of the Colosseum not accessible by regular-ticket holders. Step on the exclusive Arena floor OR descend into the Underground section (depending on the option you select during booking). Walk the steps of the Gladiators and find yourself in the backstage of…

Location
Piazza del Colosseo, 21
Piazza del Colosseo
Meet us outside the ground floor exit of the metro (subway) station "Colosseo" by the green kiosk. Look for a yellow label with TOURIKS written on it. Please arrive 30 minutes before the starting time. Note that there is also an upper floor exit of the metro station; please meet us downstairs.
Cancellation Policy

If you cancel at least 7 full day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a full refund.
If you cancel within 7 day(s) of the scheduled departure, you will receive a 0% refund.

Customer Ratings
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Sahil_g
Feb 4, 2025
Best guide ever! - The best tour guide and the best experience. It’s a great buy. Luckily we were only 9 people and we saw everything in detail and the guide felt like a teacher I know from the past. Such a happy soul.
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Wendy_m
Feb 4, 2025
Gabriel the Colossal 😅 - Gabriel was very knowledgeable and fun. He gave a lot of historical information, movie references at The Colosseum & some bad jokes which increased the fun factor.
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Heather_g
Feb 1, 2025
Tour is actually 2 separate tours if you do underground/arena option. - For the first part of the tour, we went to see the Forum. It was excellent. The tour guide was knowledgeable and funny. That part is a 5. After the forum, we were split off into a different group and put with different people both tour guide and attendees and I think run by the colloseum itself. The tour guide was ok and I would give that part a 4. My expectations were probably a bit misaligned based on movies but the view from below is worth seeing and helping give dimension to the masterpiece.
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Dafne
Jan 31, 2025
We fully recommend it - Excellent both guides, in the forum explained everything in detail, my 7 year old son had a thousand doubts and the super friendly guide answered them all equally the guide in the coliseum (historian and conveyed his passion for sharing knowledge) and quite manageable even for children, the underground tour is worth every peso and seeing the projection towards the corridor that gave to the ludus was a pleasant experience. Highly recommended, and the girl who welcomed us and organized us prior to the tour super friendly and spoke perfect Spanish, as did both guides.
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Marie_t
Jan 31, 2025
Colosseum - It was extremely interesting due to our guide who was excellent! She was so knowledgeable and loved what she was doing.
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Georganne_l
Jan 28, 2025
Well worth it! Our tour... - Well worth it! Our tour guide, Mia, was outstanding.She was very informative, interesting and pleasant. She was personable, funny and very engaging with our small group. She encouraged any questions and met any requests we had. Overall tour experience, A+ !
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Jennith_p
Jan 19, 2025
Sarah was a fantastic... - Sarah was a fantastic guide! Great information shared, interesting stories, and great pacing throughout the tour. My kids (12 & 14) also enjoyed it a lot! A highlight of our Rome trip!
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Nadia_s
Dec 18, 2024
Great tour. Worth the money to skip the lines! - Bogdan was a fantastic tour guide. He was knowledgeable, interesting, and insterted good humor and personality into his tour.
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Kelly_b
Nov 17, 2024
Fantastic experience - The communication before the tour was stellar. The guide was great- knowledgeable, nice, fun. We are so happy we chose this tour for our colosseum experience
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H_d
Oct 15, 2024
Frustrating - Unfortunately we did not get what we paid for. We started in the Forum and spent 2 hours of our 3 hour tour there. By the time we listened to a long lecture in a hallway we barely had any time in the arena of the coliseum. Everyone in the group was pretty frustrated. We could have heard the lecture through our devices while we looked at the Coliseum. But instead we were lined up in a hallway and got lectured while we watched tour groups go past us. We were supposed to spend 1 hour 40 minutes in the Coliseum and 1 hour 10 minutes in the forum. We got maybe 10 minutes in the Arena floor.
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