Skip-the-Lines Colosseum and Roman Forum Tour for Kids and Families

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Duration:2 hours 30 minutes (approx.)
Location: Rome, Italy

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Bypass the queues and engage the whole family with this 2.5-hour skip-the-line tour of the Colosseum and Roman Forum for families and kids. Join a top-rated kid-friendly guide for a visit to the interior of the Colosseum and the center of the ancient city, including the Senate House and Altar of Julius Caesar. Enjoy engaging games and quizzes and the use of multimedia tools to keep everyone interested.

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1. Colosseum
Meet your guide near the Colosseum to begin a fun-filled 2.5 hours learning about ancient Rome. This special tour of the ruins of ancient Rome will take you and your family through the magnificent highlights of the ancient city of Rome. Skip the lines and gain quick access to see the interior of the Colosseum, known as the most old and grandest amphitheater of the Roman Empire.
2. Arco di Tito
You will learn about the full-blooded gladiators (actually slaves) that fought brave battles against one another or they’d fight ferocious animals (which were imported from all around the world to entertain the mesmerized crowd) to save their own lives. These were the best gladiators who came to Rome to put their lives on the line to fight for the ultimate prize – a chance for their freedom.
3. Roman Forum
After closing your gasped expressions from viewing the Colosseum you will wander over to the Roman Forum and stroll along the ancient and cobbled streets to learn about the life of the early Romans. Not only will you see the mystical ruins of the Emperor’s Palace, the Arch of Titus and ancient temples, you will gaze over important political buildings from the time of the great Roman Empire.
4. Basilica of Maxentius
The best thing about this tour and out of any other tours in Rome is the fact that it’s a favorite tour to entice kids into the midst of Roman history, something that is very important. The tour is fully outdoors and the itinerary and stories they’ll learn are really exciting and it’s perfectly okay if they touch things. As with any ruins there are boundaries to be respected however being outdoors is better than being inside a busy and packed boundary lined museum as there are fewer restrictions - they can explore and imagine about more interesting places.
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6. Tempio di Antonino e Faustina
This fun walking tour lasts 2.5 hours and you can take this tour any day of the week, with the exception of certain major holidays. The entrance ticket you’ll get is good for two days meaning you can return again later if you wanted after the tour has completed. It is recommended that you make reservations well in advance with this tour as schedules fill quickly and last minute tours will not always be available.

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Posted By : R2004MGmayak
The guide Alexandra was super good with the children. All children were included and became curious. Can really be recommended for all families with children.
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Posted On : 2024-05-11 12:33:04

Posted By : Debbie_J
Definitely a highlight of our trip! We had a wonderful tour and learned so much about the history of Rome. Our tour guide was very knowledgeable and engaged our young boys! Would highly recommend this tour to any family with kids!
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Posted On : 2024-05-04 14:56:18

Posted By : Gillian_C
Fantastic tour with Martina our guide. Great explanations of the history of Roman sights at a level engaging for us all inc our 13 and 15 yr old. So helpful to have her navigate us through the busy and otherwise somewhat overwhelming sights. Gained so much more insight. Definitely recommend Martina!!!
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Posted On : 2024-04-28 03:55:07

Posted By : Amber_W
This was a very disappointing and expensive experience. As described in the tour summary, we were expecting a small tour of max 13 people, what we had instead was 21 people, a group way too large for our tour guide to manage. It slowed us down considerably as parts of the group decided to do their own thing while the rest of us had to wait. The tour companies response to the group size was the Viator description was wrong and they would update it which is also unsatisfactory and again, not what we paid for. The tour itself was simple, very focused on the kids, friendly guide but dealing with 21 people in the busy colosseum was not fair to her either. Would not recommend.
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Posted On : 2024-04-28 00:49:03

Posted By : Michle_P
Our tour guide was impressively knowledgeable and wonderful with the young children in our group. She made the experience fun and educational and we truly enjoyed our time with her. Highly recommend!
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Posted On : 2024-04-20 08:49:30

Posted By : Mingming_J
We had Donato as a tour guide. He was amazing with our kids, 8 years and 10 years. He was friendly, funny, informative with captivating stories and games, all just came along very naturally from him. Time flew by while 2 hours at the colosseum and forum with lots of walking, kids didn’t complain once.
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Posted On : 2024-04-16 17:25:42

Posted By : Arlin_M
Our guide, Manuela, engaged well with the kids and the adults. She made the experience fun, asked the children questions, and even got my very shy daughter to participate. She even took photos of us and the other family which I’m sure isn’t the fun part of her job. I greatly recommend this tour, even if you don’t have small kids, as the other tour groups were too large and I could tell it was harder to keep up. This tour will not take you down to the basement which I really wanted to see, but it was fun nonetheless. You won’t regret it.
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Posted On : 2024-04-15 07:29:29

Posted By : Caroline_G
An absolutely brilliant tour, and probably the highlight of our trip to Rome. Marco was a fantastic guide - extremely knowledgeable and was fully engaged in entertaining us, and particularly our two boys, for the full three hours. We learned so much and it was a great way to start our trip to Rome. Marco really knew how to keep our sons (age 9 and 11) interested too. I can’t recommend this enough.
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Posted On : 2024-04-14 16:13:14

Posted By : Adrienne_S
Our guide Allesandra was great! She kept the kids entertained the whole time while they learned a ton about the Colosseum, as did the adults. The kids loved the interactive games, relay race, and keeping score with their clicker. We had a great time and the tour flew by! It was a blast! Thank you for all!
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Posted On : 2024-04-14 15:09:50

Posted By : Angie_D
Sara was amazing! She made it interesting for our teenagers and for us. She was extremely knowledgeable, and her background in archaeology made our tour even more special.
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Posted On : 2024-04-06 06:42:49