Colosseum and Roman Forum Group Tour or Audio Guided tours

Rome, Italy

3 hours (approx.)
Offered in: English

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Overview

Explore Ancient Rome your way with a choice of guided or audio-guided access to the Colosseum, Roman Forum, and Palatine Hill. Cover the highlights in just a few hours as a guide—or app-based audio commentary—explains gladiator battles, imperial politics, and daily life in ancient Rome. Explore multiple levels of the Colosseum for different perspectives, then continue through the Forum’s ruins and up to Palatine Hill, where the city was founded.

Choose the tour option that best suits your travel style
Learn more than you would on your own with a guide or audio guide
Check off three historic sites without juggling multiple bookings
Combine insight with real locations for an immersive experience

What's Included

Guided Tour Option official English-speaking tour guide for the Colosseum/Palatine Hill/Roman Forum
Headsets and radios to hear your guide clearly
Colosseum, Palatine Hill and Roman Forum entry fees included
Option audio-guided tour Multilingual in English, Chinese, German, French, Italian, Spanish
Unlimited access to all audio-guided features • Unlimited use for the duration of your stay
Audio Guided Tours Options Colosseum, Palatine Hill and Roman Forum entry fees included
Colosseum entrance ticket (valued at €18 per person)
Colosseum reservation fee (valued at €2 per person)
Note: Colosseum fees are as above. The remaining cost of the experience covers other services

Tour Guide not included with the option: Audio-guided tour
Mobile Device and Headphones (WE SUGGEST TO COME WITH A CHARGED SMARTPHONE)
Food and drinks, unless specified, Gratuities, Hotel pick-up and drop-off
Headphones (if you select the audio guided option)

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting points

Select a meeting point

End point

Piazza del Colosseo
P.za del Colosseo, 00184 Roma RM, Italy
TOURS ALWAYS END IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF THE COLOSSEUM AND ROMAN FORUM

Itinerary

Colosseum

1 hour • Admission Ticket Included

Palatine Hill

45 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Roman Forum

45 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking, unless booked within 4 days of travel. In this case confirmation will be received within 48 hours, subject to availability
Not wheelchair accessible
Service animals allowed
Near public transportation
Most travelers can participate
The order in which the sites are visited during the tour can vary
Please provide the full names of all travelers when booking. Failure to present a voucher with all travelers' full names at the ticket office prior to entry may result in denied entry to the Colosseum and Roman Forum.
Customers have a mandatory meeting time stated 20 minutes prior to the scheduled departure time due to managing and organizational reasons.
The activity can suffer 20/30 min variation due to organizational resons
Each traveler must present a valid passport or ID document that matches the name provided at the time of booking for successful entry to the Colosseum and Roman Forum.
Please note that for safety reasons the Colosseum can accommodate up to 3.000 people at once.This could lead to delays in access to the site, even for pre-booked visitors.
For security reasons all visitors and their luggage shall be screened.

To facilitate the security checks please insert any object (including mobile phone) in the bag/backpack or in the tray to be included in the X-ray.
Forbidden objects inside the Colosseum: bottles and glasses containers, alcholic beverages and aerosols, backpacks, camping, bulky bags and luggage / trolley.
Can be introduced medium and small size backpacks to shoulder, which must be checked, as any other bag, with metal detectors, opened and visually inspected by the Urbe Security Institute, responsible for the entrance inspection.
Please notice that the Colosseum Administration, which depends on the Ministry of Cultural Assets and Activities has the faculty to close the Colosseum, or parts of it, with or without notice, for events, strikes, heavy rain, or any other reason. In which case, we will offer an alternative itinerary as it seems fit and offer a partial refund.
No change on a booking can be accepted after 24hrs to the starting time of the tour. In that instance, no refund will be issued.
Pets are not allowed.
The Colosseum Management does not distribute individual tickets. We will have one group ticket for the entire group. For this reason, we are not able to give tickets to late arrivals that missed the tour!
The entrance timings to the Colosseum listed here are indicative and subject to availability per each time slot. If the chosen time is not available, we will book the next available time slot.
The itinerary may vary depending on weather conditions (ice, rain, or high temperatures) or other events beyond the travel agency's control.
We kindly inform you that any kind of disability (visual impairment, hearing impairment,... ) or anything that might prevent you to regularly join the tour, MUST BE communicate in advance to our staff.
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 24 travelers

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Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 3 days in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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Reviews

4.1

based on 27 reviews

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mixed reactions

Jennifer_T, Nov 2025

While we enjoyed the Roman Forum, we were very inconvenienced by a third party travel group who called us the day before or tour and told us that we needed to change the time because the colosseum was closing at a certain time and we wouldn't have time. She told us that there was no option and that we'd have to come back the following day to complete the tour. We ended up not touring the colosseum at all. we were a party of 8.

Why was the trip to Pompeii and the trip back to Rome so different?

Nancy_B, Sep 2025

First class travel with guide to Pompeii from Rome. However, after tour we were left a lone to get back to Rome. Took an unairconditioned train we had to find and had to stand all the way to Naples. Vs the high speed trains we took in. Then had to meet our train from Naples to Rome with no guidance.

Great experience!!

Karie_D, Jul 2025

Our tour guide, Fabrizio, was fantastic. He was very knowledgeable, informative and engaging. It was a great tour!!

Response from Host, Sep 2025

Thank you so much for your wonderful feedback! We’re thrilled to hear that you had such a great experience and that Fabrizio made the tour so informative and engaging. We’ll be sure to share your kind words with him — we’re sure it will make his day! Warm regards, Tour in the City

Colosseum, Roman Forum and Palatine Hill

Janine_M, Jul 2025

Very easy to find where to pick up tickets. They gave you a great map and access to WiFi, able to listen to the recording at the points and even gave us cold bottles of water!

Response from Host, Sep 2025

Thank you so much for your kind review! We’re delighted to hear that you found everything easy and well organized, and that you appreciated the map, WiFi access, audio guide, and cold water. We’re happy we could make your visit to the Colosseum, Roman Forum, and Palatine Hill as smooth and enjoyable as possible. Warm regards, Tour in the City

Visit to Colosseum

Richard_S, Mar 2024

Katrina was out tour guide and she was very knowledgeable. She took great care to make sure we had a great tour.Great day.

Response from Host, Aug 2024

Dear Customer, Thank you for your wonderful review that helps us and encourages us to give the best of ourselves. Ginevra will surely be happy to receive your compliments and to have been able to leave you a special memory. Thank you again on behalf of all our staff and we hope to have you as our customer soon. Best regards Stefano

STAY AWAY FROM THIS TOUR GROUP!

Orr_D, Jul 2023

This was the worst experience in our entire 2-week Italy trip. We of course booked in advance prior to arriving in Italy and booked for a 3-hour tour with this group on 7/5 starting at 9:30 AM. We got to the meeting location at 9:10 AM and we were initially confused since the actual meeting point is across the street (not the coffee place!). We arrived to meet with the tour operators who then told us apparently this tour was rebooked for an earlier time BUT we never received any such notification. Add to the fact that we were already in Italy for 2 weeks at this point and this was the ONLY tour group that pulled this stunt on us. The tour operators on site were not very helpful so I immediately called Viator customer service and spoke to a rep (I believe her name was Arlene Joy) who was very receptive to our plight and indicated that we would receive a full refund in 24-48 hours. This of course did not happen and I received an update within only a few hours saying that our refund was denied. What we decided to do was join a 9:30 AM group tour that was only seeing the Colosseum and was only 1 hour long as the tour operators on site were not helpful or offering us any other options. The tour itself was alright (Francis the tour guide was actually quite nice and knowledgeable) but we could not enjoy this tour due to the frustrations dealt our way. In the end, we did not get the services we paid for and we even arrived on time (it noted in the instructions to arrive at least 20 minutes prior to the tour). I cannot stress how poorly this company is run and would advise everyone reading this to select another tour. I am only speaking of those managing this tour group and would like to exclude the actual tour guides.

Response from Host, Jul 2023

Dear Client, We are sorry the tour did not meet your expectations. First of all, we wonder if you booked with our company because we do not have any information about this hitch. We kindly ask you to check the voucher of your reservation to find out the name of the company you have booked with. We have reviewed the feedback from all group participants and couldn't find any similar complaints. Our local guides, selected for experience and professionalism, try their best to share their passion for their country and local History; we apologize that the guided tour was disappointing for you, and we will do our best to avoid it again. Should you wish to contact us directly at I info@rimefuntour.con with your comments, please do not hesitate to do so and provide your booking reference number so we can follow up with the relevant people for you. Thank you for leaving us your review once again. We hope to hear from you. Best regards Stefano

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