Rome: Colosseum Arena & Roman Forum Tour with Expert Guide

Highlights

• Semi-Private Experience
• Key Historical Sites
• Expert English-Speaking Guide

What's included

Itinerary

1. 1

   Stop 1

   1h 15min

   Meet your licensed, English-speaking guide to access the Colosseum. It is the biggest, best-preserved Roman amphitheatre in the world and its tiers couldhost up to 75 thousand people. It is also declared as UNESCO World Heritage, along with the entire ancient centre of Rome and officially in the list of the New Seven Wonders of the World. Entering the Colosseum Gladiators’ Arena makes visitors feel like gladiators of the third millennium”. The Arena is considered the most vital part of the Colosseum, where games, battles and shows took place. In addition to gladiator flights, in fact, death sentences were carried out in the arena, representation of haunting scenes with ferocious animals and navel battles, with the arena being flooded to reproduce a small lake where boats could be turned.

2. 2

   Roman Forum

   1h 15min

   Once outside the Colosseum, admire the triumphant Arch of Constantine, dating back to the 4th century and symbolises the moment in which the namesake emperor made Christianity the religion of the Empire. Then head to the social and political centre of Ancient Rome, the Roman Forum and the Palatine Hill, the oldest part of theeternal city. Learn about politics, religion and the everyday life of a Roman citizen, while hearing the story of the she-wolf that nursed Romulus and Remus, founders of the city.

Before you go

Location