Colosseum Arena & Ancient Rome Tour
Colosseum Arena &
Ancient Rome Tour
The Key Facts
This tour is available from three options – the itinerary is the same regardless of the option you choose, the only difference is the group size (although it is possible to customise the private option if you have any specific requests):
- A private tour with your very own guide for your own party of any size
- Join a handful of other people in a semi-private tour of only 6 people
- Our best value option – our small group tour of no more than 12 people.
Private Tour
Semi-Private Tour
- Daily at 10am
- Operates from February – November
Small Group Tour
- Daily at 8.45am and 2.45pm
- Operates from April – October
Private Tour
Note: Bookings on the website can be made for parties of up to 12 people only.
For larger groups, please contact us to request a quote.
Semi-Private Tour
Small Group Tour
Private Tour
Semi-Private Tour
Small Group Tour
- Enter the Colosseum via the Gladiator’s Gate entrance and walk on the Arena Floor where the Roman Gladiators stood!
- Enjoy an amazing perspective over the Colosseum Underground, including valuable recreation of trapdoors and elevators, while your guide explains the workings of this intricate backstage area to give you a complete understanding into how the games operated 2000 years ago, while you stand in the same spot as the participants.
- Learn about the brutal games where gladiators and animals fought, from your local expert historian tour guide
- Get an in-depth look into life in Ancient Rome with a guided tour of the Roman Forum and Palatine Hill, with the unique storytelling style of your Real Rome Tours guide
- Enjoy the amazing views from the Palatine Hill, looking down over the Roman Forum from where the Roman Emperors and nobles once lived
- Choose from three options:
- A private tour with your very own guide for your own party of any size
- Join a handful of other people in a semi-private tour of only 6 people
- Our best value option – our small group tour of no more than 12 people.
Private Tour
- Base Price *: €550
- Additional Adult: €85
- Additional Child **: €50
- Infants: Free
Semi-Private Tour
- Adult: €195
- Child (aged 3-17 on the day of the tour): €150
- Infants Not Permitted for this option
Small Group Tour
- Adult: €95
- Child (aged 3-17 on the day of the tour): €70
- Infant (aged 0-2 on the day of the tour): €25
Notes on Private Tour Pricing:
- * Base Price is for the first two people on the tour.
- ** Children aged 3-17 on the day of the tour
- *** Infants aged 0-2 on the day of the tour
- Prices are for groups of up to 12 people. For groups larger than 12 people, please send us a request via the Request a Quote page.
YOUR FULL TOUR
Description
Overview
If you love the drama and excitement of the ancient Roman gladiators, then our Skip the Line Colosseum Arena Floor Tour is for you! With all the thrill and no waiting in lines you’re sure to make memories that will last a lifetime. Not everyone can say that they have stood where the gladiators used to fight, but with this privileged entrance floor Colosseum tour you will be able to.
Colosseum Arena Tour (Gladiator's Gate)
Start your guided tour at the Colosseum and explore the arena where gladiators and animals fought to the death for the entertainment of bloodthirsty Roman citizens and emperors. See the underground labyrinth of walls and tunnels which operated as a backstage area for the events that took place there.
You will enter the arena via the famed “Gladiator’s Gate” – picture the scene in the Gladiator movie where Maximus and his comrades enter the arena and look around in awe at the crowds in the stadium and you get the picture!
Stand on the spot where the gladiators and animals fought in the bloody games, while your guide tells you fascinating stories about these events (while debunking some popular myths along the way!)
From the arena, you have a bird’s eye view over the entire underground structure, giving you a unique perspective of how this area functioned as a backstage area – where, unseen by the public, gladiators prepared themselves for battle, animals were kept in cages, and stage props were prepared, to create realistic stage sets on the arena above. Your guide will explain to you, with the aid of on-site recreations of trapdoors and elevators, how the entire system operated, and will bring you back in time with visual aids, which will allow you to picture how everything was 2000 years ago, while standing on the same spot today!
With all the thrill and no waiting in lines you’re sure to make memories that will last a lifetime. Not everyone can say that they have stood where the gladiators used to fight, but with this privileged entrance floor Colosseum tour you will be able to.
Roman Forum Tour
Stroll through the Roman Forum, where Romans lived out their daily lives. Here, politics, business, state funerals, and military parades all took centre stage.
See the wall on which famous orators such as Cicero made their speeches.
Learn the history of Ancient Rome as you walk among 2000 year old ruins
See the wall on which famous orators such as Cicero made their speeches.
Take a look at the remains of the Temple of Antoninus and Faustina and the temples of Julius Caesar and Romulus.
Listen to your guide’s explanations about the history of the Forum and what the temples, arches, and monuments were used for.
Hear about all the activities that took place in this sacred part of Ancient Rome during the days of the Roman Republic.
Palatine Hill Tour
Visit the Palatine Hill, which was home to the wealthiest of Rome’s noble citizens during the time of the Republic, and later, exclusively the emperor.
Today, you can still see remains of some of the imperial palace’s former splendour.
The Palatine Hill looked over the Roman Forum, and it was no accident that the elite ruling class of Rome resided there, eventually becoming home to the Emperors, who built such large residences that the word “palace” takes its name from the hill. Another reason for the importance of this hill was its legendary connection with the birth of Rome.
A visit to the Palatine Hill is a must if you want to understand how the Romans felt about their city.
