Rome: VIP Colosseum Underground Guided Tour

Rome, Italy

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2 hours 30 minutes (approx.)
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Offered in: English

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Overview

Skip the crowded group tours and get more personalized attention from your guide on this small-group tour of the Colosseum. Your access goes beyond the standard entry—you also get access to both the underground and the arena floor. Go beyond the guide books as your guide shares stories about the Roman Empire, gladiator battles, and more.

Prebooking your tour guarantees your entry to the Colosseum
An afternoon start time frees up your morning for sightseeing
A small group size ensures a more intimate experience
Enjoy the freedom to explore the Roman Forum and Palatine Hill on your own

What's Included

Colosseum Underground
Colosseum Arena Floor
Colosseum entrance ticket with arena access (valued at €24 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

Private transportation

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

Largo Gaetana Agnesi
L.go Gaetana Agnesi, 00184 Roma RM, Italy
In front of the metro station Colosseo at the terrace, one of our lovely coworkers will wait for you and introduce you to your guide , the host will be holding ARENA TOURS SIGN . for any enquires contact us @ +39 3514211283

End point

Celio Vibenna
00184 Rome, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Italy
The tour will end up at the exit of Colosseo

Operating hours
.2:30 pm

Itinerary

Colosseum

1 hour 10 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking, unless booked within 4 hours of travel. In this case confirmation will be received as soon as possible, subject to availability
Not wheelchair accessible
Near public transportation

Most travelers can participate
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 6 travelers

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Cancellation Policy

This experience is non-refundable and cannot be changed for any reason. If you cancel or ask for an amendment, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

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Reviews

3.1

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Tour cancelled 1 hour before!

Lori_H, Jul 2026

Horrible experience! Booked an extra day to specifically tour the underground of colesseum. They cancelled our 2:30 pm tour 1 hour before due to no guide. Everything was sold out for the day so we had nothing to do. Horrible way to end our last day of travel. Had another tour cancelled by Viator earlier in the week! Won’t use them againz

Couldn’t find the guide!!!

Theresa_R, Jun 2026

We looked for half an hour for our Guide and never found them so we did not get to take the tour. We had people sending us over here and over there and oh no it’s over here and at the end of the day the tout was starting and we could never find them very disappointing..

Response from Host, Jun 2026

We are sorry to hear that you missed the tour; however, we would like to clarify a few important details. We attempted to contact you for three days prior to the tour using the phone number provided on the booking, in order to help make your arrival and check-in process easier, but unfortunately we were unable to reach you. According to our records, you contacted us only 10 minutes after the tour had already started. Guests are required to arrive at the meeting point at least 15 minutes before the scheduled start time. Our guide was present at the designated meeting point and the tour departed as scheduled. Unfortunately, once the group has entered and the tour has begun, it is not possible to delay entry or join the group late. We regret that you were unable to participate and encourage all guests to review the meeting instructions and arrival time in advance to ensure a smooth experience.

Premium experience!

Andrew_P, Jun 2026

Super small group of only 4 people and our guide Andy was awesome, hes was super knowledgeable and made it really fun. The colosseum was unbelievable, I highly suggest this tour!

Response from Host, Jun 2026

Thank You!

Beware last minute cancellation

Frank_L, May 2026

Canceled my $500 underground tour 4 hours before the tour start time. I was already at the coloseum.

Response from Host, May 2026

We are very sorry again for the inconvenience caused by the cancellation. Unfortunately, on the day of your tour, access to the Underground area was unexpectedly closed by the monument authorities, which was completely outside of our control. As soon as we received the notification, we immediately informed all affected customers and issued a full refund. We understand how disappointing this was, especially after planning and arriving at the Colosseum, and we truly regret the situation. Thank you for your understanding.

Worth it , trust me!!

MELISSA_C, Sep 2025

Amazing!!! Personalized service (we were the only ones on the tour) no need to have ear pieces and the guide catered to our requests (took pictures of us, waited if we wanted to linger). No long lines to wait in, and full of knowledge!! Highly recommend spending!!!

Response from Host, Sep 2025

Thank You!

Do not waste your money

Anne_M, Jul 2025

My nephew has always wanted to visit the Colosseum so I searched high and low for a good trip as I wanted to do something for his Birthday Present. I booked this because it was a VIP experience with access underground and a separate entrance. I have visited the Colosseum before so knew this would be a special present for him and for my husband and myself as we did the basic tour last time. I received an email the night before after 7 in the evening telling me they couldn’t accommodate our trip ie the VIP and underground experience.I was offered 3 options , I didn’t want to cancel as we were visiting for 4 days only and no guarantee we we could visit the following day. So I ended up paying the same money for the basic tour with a guide. I am so disappointed and so was my nephew paying to go to Rome and visit this attraction we could have paid half the price but couldn’t risk it. Our guide was lovely but it was just a basic trip that you could book anywhere. I was told the Colosseum had overbooked. When we were there at our booked time there were only 3 people in the Underground part this was when I queried it. Hugely disappointed.

Response from Host, Jul 2025

We are really sorry but our reservation was cancelled. We offered you what we coulld, which were 3 options: 1. Private tour of the first and the second floor of the Colosseum . 2. Regular tour of the first and the second floor of the Colosseum and 50% refund. 3. Full refund You chose the first option.

Colosseum Underground Tour

Craig_S, Jul 2025

The tour was very enjoyable but was also rushed. Our tour guide arrived late which meant that visiting the underground section was shortened as the time allowed is very strictly monitored. Having a skip the line ticket was well worth it as it made entry very easy. Our guide was very knowledgeable.

Response from Host, Jul 2025

Thank you! We are sorry that the guide was late

Great tour

Reyna_T, Jun 2025

Just the underground tour itself was worth it! Our guide was lovely she did walk and talk fast due to timing to get into vip tour,but gave us some resting time.

Response from Host, Jun 2025

Thank You!

Worst experience of my traveling career

Gregory_H, Jun 2025

Horrible! We had a tour reserved and could not find our tour guide. We called and called and finally someone showed up - 5 minutes AFTER our tour was supposed to start. He then proceeded to cancel and refund the tour in front of us and said our tour was no longer available. Could you have mentioned that 6 months ago when we booked it? Or even 6 weeks ago? Or 6 days ago? Or any decent amount of time to let us rebook or relook? Instead we flew half way around the world to be completely disappointed and destroyed. Thank you for absolutely nothing.

Response from Host, Jun 2025

Our reservation was canceled one day before the tour, we tried calling You that day and next until your tour time to find solution but You didn't respond

Great tour of the Colosseum

Donald_D, Apr 2025

We booked an underground tour but when we arrived we were told our guide was sick and the underground wasn't available that day. We did tour the first and second floor and it was amazing and our guide was great and very knowledgeable. Our group was max 10 but we ended up being the only couple there so it was basically a private tour. We learned a lot about the colosseum during the tour and there was no wait which was also great.

Radu was the perfect guide

Kathryn_L, Mar 2025

Radu was a brilliant guide he really bought the tour to life and the company were extremely professional as we wanted to visit the Roman Forum before the tour start time. They sent the tickets to us via watsapp which made this very easy. 5* would really recommend

Scam

BRICE_B, Feb 2025

Do not take this tour this is a scam ! We booked for coliseum underground, roman forum and palatine hill from 2.30pm and at the end of the coliseum underground (lkke 1h30 tour) they said us that it is too late for roman forum and palatine hill so we haven't done it, but it was included in the offer, wr pay 200$ for this scam !!!!!

Response from Host, Feb 2025

Roman Forum and Palatine Hill are self guided. The last entry was at 15.30h in that period and since your tour of the Colosseum Underground ended after 16.00h it wasn't possible to visit the Roman Forum and Palatine Hill on the same day. We offered you to visit the sites tomorrow with the same tickets. You received a refund in the amount of 50% of what you paid. We hope you enjoyed your Colosseum tour. Best regards, Arena tours