Rome: Colosseum and Vatican Museums Combo Guided Tour

Rome, Italy

6 hours (approx.)
Offered in: English

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Overview

Check off Rome’s top attractions, the Colosseum and the Vatican Museums, in a single day with this combination tour. Begin at the ancient amphitheater and end with a stroll through the Roman Forum and Palatine Hill. In the afternoon, meet with your guide for entry to the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel to admire works by the top Renaissance artists. It's a seamless way to cover two of the city's highlights without juggling multiple reservations.

Entrance to the Colosseum and Vatican Museums are prebooked so you don't miss out
Explore the amphitheater and galleries with a guide for in-depth commentary you'd otherwise miss
Break for lunch (own expense) to relax between the two guided tours
A small-group experience ensures plenty of personal attention from your guide

What's Included

Entry with skip the line tickets to Vatican Museums
Pre Purchased named-tickets to skip the line of the ticket counter
Tour Guide and Headphones
Entrance Palatine Hill & Roman Forum
Colosseum entrance ticket valued at €18 per person
Colosseum reservation fee (valued at €2.88 per person)

Gratuities
Transportation from Colosseum to Vatican

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting points

Select a meeting point

End points

This activity ends in a different location. See details below:

Itinerary

Colosseum

1 hour • Admission Ticket Included

Palatine Hill

45 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Roman Forum

45 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Vatican Museums

2 hours 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Sistine Chapel

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Near public transportation
Most travelers can participate
Full Names Required: Make sure the names provided match the IDs or passports of all participants (including children) — entry to the Colosseum will be denied if they don’t. For children, age must be 17 or under on the day of the visit.
If Colosseum staff deny entry due to nicknames or incorrect or missing names, we are not responsible and no refund will be issued.

Meeting Time: The meeting time is subject to change. If this occurs, you’ll be contacted by phone or message. Please ensure your phone number and country code are correct at booking.
By booking this activity, you agree to our Terms and Conditions.
Colosseum and Vatican Museum tickets are valid only for the specific entry time indicated; latecomers will not be allowed in and no refunds will be issued.
Dress code: shoulders and knees must be covered at all times while inside Vatican premises.
Access to St. Peter’s Basilica is not included in this tour.
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 20 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

4.0

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The tour was great. A...

Larry_F, Mar 2025

The tour was great. A lot of walking and stairs. Need to provide own transportation between the 2 places. We took a taxi.

The forget portion of the...

Amy_B, May 2023

The forget portion of the tour seeing the coliseum was amazing and our guide Gina was phenomenal! She was very engaging and friendly and had great information to share when us. Our group has booked the combo tour to see Vatican same day, but I never received a meeting time for the second half. The coliseum tour ended and she didn’t have the meeting time info for i Vatican either and suggested we contact the office. Tried calling and texting the number but nobody would respond. Finally someone responded on WhatsApp but when I asked them for the meeting time they also didn’t know and couldn’t connect with the tour operator for Vatican. We spent the entire break between the two tours trying to get the information, until we finally just went there and waited. We didn’t get to eat lunch because of the runaround thing to figure out where to be and when. We did finally find our group there and went through the tour. Our guide seemed rushed and at the point we went into the Sistine Chapel it was all incredibly rushed and there was no real introduction. I think they were closing St.Peters Basilica so we either had to skip spending time looking at the Sistine Chapel and go with the guide to exit into rhe Basilica, or miss the basilica and take the other generic exit. We opted to do the latter so we could enjoy the chapel, but it was disappointing because our guide just quickly took all of our head sets and left through the basilica without even ending the tour properly. We missed getting to exit into the basilica which was also disappointing. Overall it was fine but we wished we would have had better communication from the company and not been so rushed to not enjoy the ending and properly exiting and enjoying the full experience with our tour.

Beste Tour der letzten Jahre

georg_r, Jan 2023

Voller Erfolg!!! Perfekt!!! Problemlos!!! Von der Begrüßung in der Argentur bis zum Ende fantastisch. Leider ist ein Teil der Tour durch den Tod des Papstes ausgefallen. Die Summe wurde ohne Aufforderung sofort zurückerstattet. Unser Guide Renata war ein Traum. Diese Frau lebt ihren Beruf!!! Hut ab. 2 Jugendliche im etwas schwierigen Alter und einen tot-müden Vater über 3 Stunden mit ihrem Wissen, ihren Geschichten und ihrer fröhlichen, kompetenten Art gefesselt!!! Städtetrips gehören zu unseren Hobbies aber diese Tour war mit Abstand die Beste die wir bis jetzt erlebt haben. Danke Viator, Danke Renata, mit Sicherheit wieder :-)