Colosseum and Roman Forum - Private tour
Enjoy the Colosseum, Forum and Ancient Rome through a relaxing and entertaining private tour with skip-the-line tickets. You'll explore the first and second levels of the Colosseum, one of the largest structures of the ancient world, where Romans once gathered to watch the gladiator games, battles with wild beasts. Discover how the Colosseum, a massive stone amphitheater that seated an estimated 60,000 spectators. Your guide will unlock fascinating stories of the design and construction, the political benefit, the fighters, and the eventual end of the games at the Colosseum. On this tour your English-speaking guide will explain the history of early Roman life and bring the ruins back to life. Than you will entry at the Roman Forum, where you'll get a crash course in day-to-day life in the historic heart of the city; this spot was the center of western civilization. Although the ruins can be hard to decipher, your guide will bring the old stones to life with thrilling stories.
Options
Meeting On Site
Duration: 3 hours
What's included in Colosseum and Roman Forum - Private tour
(Subject to Option Inclusions)Itinerary
Foro Romano
The Roman Forum, also known by its Latin name Forum Romanum, is a rectangular forum surrounded by the ruins of several important ancient government buildings at the center of the city of Rome.The political and business centre of ancient Rome, the warn away paths are covered in history. This is where the citizens came to listen to speeches, to meet the senators or to see people like Julius Caesar or Cicero. The ruins tell a story, and it is the story of Rome and its politics, with the likes of the ancient Curia (the Senate) that is still visible, but also with the impressive marble columns of temples which were erected for the first time in V century BC.
Colosseum
Enjoy a private tour with your personal storyteller by entering the Colosseum with our skip-the-line tickets, a true blessing especially during hot and crowded summer days! Your private guide will help your imagination with visual aids and reconstructions of ancient buildings and you will experience how Roman history comes to life thanks to an expert storyteller. Retrace the same sites you got to know in your favorite Ancient Rome movies like “the Gladiator”, “Spartacus”, “Ben-Hur”. The Colosseum or Coliseum, also known as the Flavian Amphitheatre, is an oval amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome. Built of travertine limestone, tuff, and brick-faced concrete, it was the largest amphitheatre ever built at the time and held aprox 60,000 spectators.
Inclusions
- Entrance to the Colosseum and Foro Romano
- 3 hours guided tour
- Professional blue badge guide
- Private Tour
- Food And Drinks
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Dress code is casual
- Comfortable walking shoes are recommended
- A bottle of water will be always helpful
Meet
Pickup and Dropoff
You can choose to be picked up from a list of locations, or alternatively, have the choice to make your own way to the meeting points
Please arrive at the pick up point 15 minutes before departure time.
Additional Information
You will meet your private driver speaking English in the lobby of your hotel or in front of your AirBnB and you'll go to meet your private guide (ONLY with Pick Up option selected)
Meeting Points
- Your guide will wait you in front of "Caffè Valorani", Largo Corrado Ricci, 30. the guide will hold a board with your name on it
