Rome: Night Tour of Colosseum, Roman Forum & Trevi Fountain

After much research, I booked this tour because it was supposed to end in the Colosseum and allow you more time to explore post-tour. So it was very disappointing when we started there and did not have that opportunity. We also had issues with ticketing (everyone else had printed tickets, but we'd been overlooked), and the audio system broke for me and at least 2 other people that I saw. However, our tour guide - Flavia - was FANTASTIC. She went beyond the facts to paint a picture of how the Colosseum was viewed at the time of use and since, and the role it played in propaganda and power. It changed how I understood this part of history.

Vi brugte 1,5 time på Forum ud af en tur på 2,5 time hvor der også var planlagt tissepause, gå tid og tid til at give instruktioner, det betød at vi kun havde ca. 40 min. På colosseum som for os var det vigtigste. Desuden var der kun 4-5 ting vi så på Forum, da guiden brugte 100 år hvert sted på bl.a. at fortælle hvordan man laver pizza og hvad man spiste den gang osv osv. lige gyldige info for os og som gjorde turen kedelig og meget lang. Vi endte med ikke at høre efter til sidst. Turen burde have startet på colosseum vi var helt færdig i hovedet efter bare at have stået og modtaget info i 1,5 time som ikke var i terssant og fik derfor ikke ret meget udbytte af turen som helhed og slet ikke på colosseum.

Quite expensive compared with the other activities available in Rome, but the actual tour was very interesting and informative and the guide was excellent. We chose the tour without the forum and palatine hill, which made meeting up with the touring party (as we joined half way) very difficult. We got to the meeting point in plenty of time but there was no one there from the tour operator to meet us and we had to try and get in touch directly to get them to send someone to meet us and take us to the group