Small Group Tour: Colosseum & Roman Forum with Arena Floor Access

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

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Step onto the arena floor like a gladiator when you take this exclusive tour of the Colosseum, Roman Forum and Palatine Hill. Your friendly professional guide will take you and your small group through the special gladiator gate entrance to stand directly on the arena floor. Here, you will get to feel what it's like to look up at the stadium the way gladiators would on the day of battle. After learning about the daily lives and fighting styles of the gladiators your guide will take you up to the next level so you can see the arena from the view of the excited spectators, where you will learn all about the games and the emperors who hosted them. Your guide will also take you to the Roman Forum, the city center of ancient Rome with it's temples and government offices. From here you'll go up to the Palatine Hill to hear your guide tell stories of the emperors as you walk through the palaces they built and lived in.

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1. Roman Forum
Take in the oldest part of Rome when you visit the Roman Forum to see the government buildings, temples and ancient roads that were home to daily life in Ancient Rome. Pass by the senate house, the temple of the Vestal Virgins and the Temple of Julius Caesar where his ashes were laid to rest. Walk on the road built by Emperor Augustus and marvel at the beautiful ruins that can still be seen today.
2. Palatine Hill
Make your way from the forum up to the Palatine Hill where Emperors built their palaces. Once home to the founder of Rome, Romulus, the Palatine Hill is where Rome originates. Throughout Roman history emperors were born and died on this hill. Many of them built grand homes we call palaces thanks to the name of the hill. You will walk through the ruins of these palaces as your guide tells you the entertaining stories of the emperors and the history of Rome. You will even get a peak at the Circus Maximus, the stadium where chariot races were held, as well as Emperor Domitian's own private stadium on top of the Palatine Hill.
3. Colosseum
You will feel like a gladiator about to go into battle when you enter the Colosseum directly onto the arena floor using the special access Gladiator Gate. This special entrance is only for those who book this special Arena Floor experience. Once you are on the floor, you will be able to look up at the stadium where over 50,000 spectators would sit to watch the day's events. The culmination of which were the gladiatorial battles. Your guide will tell you all about the different styles of fighting as well as the daily life activities for the gladiators. From here you will proceed up into the stands themselves to get the point of view of the fans, and some excellent photo opportunities. This is where your amazing guide will tell you all about the many events that were part of the games, including animal parades, exotic animal hunts and even public executions at lunchtime. This is the most complete Colosseum experience you can get and we know you will love every minute of it.

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Posted By : Liketotravel1213
Amazing tour. Guide was super knowledgeable. Lots of walking. Make sure you take water, especially if it’s a warm/hot out. Worth the time and money.
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Posted On : 2024-05-19 16:42:43

Posted By : joannepH2309DF
OMG !!!! I could give this tour a 1000 stars, I cannot rate it high enough. Our tour guide was the upmost knowledgeable and passionate. My daughter and I were in absolute awe the whole tour. It felt as if we were being guided by someone who lived during the rise and fall of Rome.
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Posted On : 2024-05-17 04:33:30

Posted By : Frances_J
an incredible place rich with history, the guide, while enthusiastic was repetitive, unstructured and short on detail and chattered on ‘you guys’ as though we were a group of school children.

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Posted On : 2024-05-16 03:38:08

Posted By : Paul_B
Francesca was a wonderful tour guide for our Coliseum, Forum, and Palatine Hill tour. She’s an expert in mosaics and brought an illustrated book to show the group what these places looked like in ancient times. Wonderful tour. Highly recommended!
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Posted On : 2024-05-15 13:11:27

Posted By : Gordon_C
Rich was very knowledgable but moved fast. There are a lot of crowds so it was necessary at times to move fast and be aggressive though. We got in to the Colosseum quick but waited for a little bit at the Roman Forum. Overall, we enjoyed the tour and would recommend. The meeting point is not right at the Colosseum so plan for that and account for traffic in Rome.
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Posted On : 2024-05-15 11:39:31

Posted By : Ingrid L
Our guide was amazing. He knew so much and was so knowledgeable. I would definitely recommend this tour. There was so much to see and so much history to appreciate.
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Posted On : 2024-05-15 06:13:43

Posted By : markaE6343AI
Just wanted to give a shout out to our tour guide Rich - he was excellent. Knowledgeable, friendly, and by far our best experience with a tour guide we have had so far in Rome. Thanks again Rich!
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Posted On : 2024-05-14 15:25:32

Posted By : Trang_L
We got the full experience tickets and although our tour guide Dimitri was very informative I feel like we did not make the most of the tickets we got. What the tour company should have done is to give us tickets to use a head of time as the Forum take more than 20 minutes to walk through but we only had a glimpse of the place from the top. We spent too much time walking through the Palatine which was pretty but too long. The tour thought the colosseum was cool. If we had known that the time we got the spent at the Forum was that short, we would have opted to come back to the Forum another day as the line to enter is WAY SHORTER than the colosseum and our full experience ticket is actually valid for 48 hours but once you scanned it, you can’t use it again.
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Posted On : 2024-05-09 12:53:11

Posted By : Madelaine_M
Funny, knowledgeable and good pace. Thanks Jay! Definitely would be better private, some folks in our small group were not very personable.
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Posted On : 2024-05-07 14:48:10

Posted By : Benjamin_S
Rich and his 20+ years of experience shined on this 2.5 hour long tour as he deftly guided us through the crowds and added in details from his personal experiences, including photos he took himself from the sites and the changes since.
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Posted On : 2024-05-07 14:05:36