Undergrounds Areas Colosseum and Roman Forum Small Group Tour
Description
Step back in time on this immersive small group experience through some of Rome’s most iconic landmarks. You’ll journey into the Colosseum’s restricted areas, including the Arena floor and Underground passages, areas most visitors never see. Your expert guide will bring the history of gladiators, emperors, and ancient spectacles to life with captivating stories and insights. This experience combines unforgettable access, historical narration, and breathtaking sights to create a comprehensive journey through Rome’s ancient past, perfect for history lovers and first-time visitors alike
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Itinerary
Main attraction of the tour: Undergrounds, Arena floor, 1st and 2nd level of the Colosseum
Roman Forum: the ancient downtown where the public, commercial and political life were located. Tomb of Julius Caesar.
Palatine Hill: Here you can find emperors' houses and a beautiful view on the city.
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Important Information
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Please note that THE NAMES YOU PROVIDE HAVE TO MATCH THE IDS OR PASSPORTS OF ALL PARTICIPANTS (including children), or the Colosseum will deny entry — and don’t forget to bring valid ID for everyone which is necessary to enter. No nick names nor missing or wrong name and/or last name are admitted by the Coloseum management. Don't hesitate to contact us if you need support with this matter.
- For minors, the age must be 17 or younger on the day of the activity
- The entrance tickets to the Colosseum cannot be changed or refunded
- Each traveler must show a valid ID matching the booking name for entry. Without ID, entry is not guaranteed
- Please show up at least 15 minutes before the tour to do the check in
- Meeting time is subject to change; if this occurs, you will receive a call or message from the activity provider. Please provide your correct phone number and country code
- Late arrivals will not be refunded
- In July and August due to the heat the duration of the visit is 2 hours
- All visitors must pass through a metal detector to enter the Colosseum. No exceptions
- Not Allowed: Big backpacks, pets, weapons, sharp items, large bags, alcohol, drugs, sprays, glass.
- By purchasing this tour, you agree to our Terms and Conditions
- The Ancient Rome tour involves Steps and a lot of walking on un-even path especially in the Roman Forum . We highly suggest flat confortable shoes. This tour is not suitable for any person with recent surgeries, with disabilities and for people in wheelchairs due to the street level , up street level and steps.
Reviews(32)
I can't recommend this operator for underground areas tour as we didn't get to do that tour, but I also can't complain too much. I took a chance and booked last minute and they changed us on to a regular tour even more last minute. While that was disappointing, I am happy we stayed on the regular tour without underground - perhaps booking/switching process was a bit sketchy, but the tour we received (without underground) was good, they kept our original schedule the same, and Francesca was a very very good guide. It was a small communications hassle later with getting the booked price we paid adjusted to correct price for the tour we received (via a partial refund process), but Viator resolved everything quickly without any issues.
My experience was very disorganized. I made reservations for a 3pm tour to receive a message 2 days prior to be at the meeting spot at 10:45 am? I got there at 10:45am and they didn’t have my reservation and told me they can put me in for 1pm tour. We had to wait at a restaurant across the street for 2 hours for a 1pm tour (I would have rather been catching up on some much needed rest in my hotel) After the 1pm colosseum tour we were told to meet back at the spot for a 3:30 tour to finish the rest of the Palatine Hill & Roman forum. Came back at 3:30 and once again schedule was all out of wack and they wanted us to come back even later for the rest. We were not OK with that and already extremely tired from all the walking and heat. The young lady tour worker at least did her best to accommodate us , gave us 2 waters for free and was able to have us join another English tour group (about 45 minutes later) that just finished the colosseum and was on their way to the rest of the tour (Palatine and the forum). The tour guides were informative but I think there is just sooo much history you can only get a glimpse and sometimes you hear other tours explaining other sites and the history of that particular object that you didn’t get to hear. . I don’t fault the guide for not giving us every piece of history because it’s just too much info for one tour to recite. A lot of walking, a lot of amazing history and amazing views. I only knocked off 2 stars because the organization was not good. What should have been a 3 hour tour ended up taking the entire day with all the waiting and rescheduling. I’m glad the tour organizers at least tried their best to fit us in but they need to be more organized their scheduling as I saw other tourists having the same issues with them. All in all I highly recommend the tour because this is once in lifetime things you will see and it’s amazing, just don’t make any other plans that day because you won’t know if you have to wait or get rescheduled. Plan for this as if it will be an all day thing. It was September when we did this tour and it is hot with lots of walking. Bring an electric fan, hat, dress comfortable and water with you if you can.
Our guide Flavia was wonderful! She was so knowledgeable of the history of the Forum and Colosseum and made it entertaining as well as informative.
Our first guide for the Palenytine Hill and Forum was great . Then the next part of our tour was the underground tour at the Coliseum. We were handed off to a different guide that that did not introduce himself, gave us no information as to where to meet. 2 of us in our party asked him where to meet once we got inside and through security at the coliseum. His response to both us was “go through security and “She” will tell you where to meet”. We could not find him, asked several guides, and finally found someone. It was 15 minutes after our tour was suppose to start, and told us “sorry, you missed your tour. We are Sold Out for the day. Our tour guide left us behind…He had poor to no communication skills. Definitely would not recommend this company to anyone.
Dear Customer, we're sorry to hear about your bad experience. The Undergrounds part of the tour was with a CoopCulture Colosseum guide and, unfortunately, we don't have control over their organization. On our end, we tried our best to help you by explaining to you and the rest of the group where the meeting point was, with the help of the Colosseum staff. We apologize again for the inconvenience. Thank you for your feedback, we will do our best to get better. Best regards, Laura.
We arrived 30 minute early and where rushed to a tour already in process. While we didn't miss much at the beginning the entire Forum and Palatine Hill experience was highly rushed and a poor experience. Once we got to the Colosseum we were handed off to a different tour guide who was fantastic. She shared information and walked us through the underground really well and allowed us time for pictures and take in a 2000 year old facility. She saved the day for us.
Fantastic experience-! Our guide, Giorgio, was extremely knowledgeable, polite, patient and made our tour simply wonderful. The tour started with Roman Forum, then Palatine Hill a walk to the Colosseum for our skip-the-lines underground/arena tour. Four incredible hours looking into the past. Our group was 8 people so the tour was very intimate and a one-on-one experience. I very highly recommend Rome Private Guides and Giorgio (as your guide) for your tour provider
Dennis was very very knowledgable Answered every question , his English was exceptional. Didn’t spend much time at palatine hill or forum but you are left there so can stroll freely afterward. Would definitely recommend
A very pleasant visit. Our guide Eléna, fluent in French, introduced us to the Roman Forum, the Palatine Mountain and the Coliseum. We wandered for more than 3h30 to discover these exceptional sites. Elena's comments and explanations captivated us and allowed us to bring these places to life. I highly recommend this experience. Thank you very much Eléna for this beautiful discovery.
The underground part of the Colosseum, the incredible Forum, the peaceful hill of Palatino were awesome. Our tour guide was very nice and very helpful with kids as well.
I’ve visited Rome 3 times and finally got to go to the Colesseum and Roman Forum, boy was I missing out! So thankful to have had Diego as our tour guide, he was very knowledgeable. Highly recommend doing the underground tour! Be sure to carve several hours for this experience.
