Colosseum Underground & Ancient Rome Guided Tour
Overview
Available languages
3 hours
Mobile ticket
Exclusivity, privacy, and entertainment are the words that perfectly describe the experience provided by this tour!
The tour also gives you access to the Colosseum arena with a beautiful view over-looking the dungeons and then down into the dungeons area under the Colosseum. Your expert guide will help you to understand the events and stories of the past here at the Colosseum, including Gladiator battles and other historic events and stories that may well be shocking to you. With these detailed facts provided by your guide, you will visit the Colosseum and leave it excited to tell your friends of the interesting stories and secrets that you have learned.
Learn about the types of games and crazy battles that the Romans enjoyed the most. Along with providing you with expert knowledge, your guide will also point out the best spots to take the perfect picture during your tour as you tour the entirety of this incredible monument!
Additional Info
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Public transportation options are available nearby
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Meet your guide in Via del Colosseo nr 31, in front of Caffe Roma, above the second floor of the Colosseum metro stop(blue line).
Please provide the full names of all travelers when booking. Failure to present a voucher with all travelers' full names at the ticket office prior to entry may result in denied entry to the Colosseum and Roman Forum.
The tour reservations have strict timing. To join the tour you are required to be at the meeting point for check-in at least 30 minutes prior to your tour departure time.
If you arrive late for the meeting time, it will not be possible to join the group or reschedule, unless you pay for the activity again. As per "No Show" rules you will not be entitled to a refund.
Please provide an active phone number during the booking process in order to be contacted about last minute changing.
Pets are not allowed inside the venue
Every participant MUST bring an id or a photo of it. It is mandatory requested by the monument in order to enter the Colosseum Underground.
Each traveler must present a valid passport or ID document that matches the name provided at the time of booking for successful entry to the Colosseum and Roman Forum.
The tour might begin either the Roman Forum or the Colosseum, depending on the order.
Due to the Jubilee, some monuments may be under restoration. Please pay attention to any messages we may send regarding potential changes.
Cancellation Policy
All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.
What‘s Included
All taxes, fees and handling charges
Access to the Colosseum Underground (only if underground option is purchased)
Professional guide for Roman Forum (only if underground option is purchased)
Headsets to hear your guide clearly
Gratuities
Transportation
Access to the Colosseum Underground (If Colosseum Arena-No Underground option is purchased)
Roman Forum guide tour (If Colosseum Arena-No Underground option is purchased)
What To Expect
You will meet your guide at Via del Colosseo, 31. Our check-in staff will be waiting for you next to a blue flag and next to Caffe Roma, under the plate 31 of the street.
Foro Romano
Just west of the Colosseum is the Roman Forum, which for many centuries was the place where the future of the ancient western civilization was decided. We will also provide you with access to the Roman Forum and you will still be under the careful attention of our expert guide. Although today the Roman Forum stands in ruins, for many reigns it was at the very center of Rome’s activities. It started as a marketplace for daily shopping, but as the power of the Empire grew, it became much more important. In this part of the tour, you will explore the remnants of ancient grandiose temples, bustling marketplaces, and imposing civic buildings. We will also show you the place where Rome first began—on Palatine Hill. Rome’s ancient existence has earned it the name “the Eternal City,” and its time as the ruling city of the lands bordering the Mediterranean Sea has earned it the designation “Capital of the World.”
Options
English Underground
Duration: 3 hours
Spanish Underground
Duration: 3 hours
French Underground
Duration: 3 hours
Colosseum Arena-No Underground
Ancient Rome access: There is no guided tour for Ancient Rome with this option.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Colosseum Arena floor tour: With this option you will have a guide onto the arena floor of the Colosseum.
There is no access to the underground floor.
Reviews
2,403 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
This was my second time...
Maranda D,
Dec 5, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00This was my second time doing this tour and Carmelo was the best!! Very helpful, knowledgeable, and also a great photographer ;) Thank you, Carmelo!!
Make sure you go and see...
Peymaneh M,
Dec 5, 2025
- Review from Viator
4.00Make sure you go and see underground that’s all the history coming from very interesting information
Gotta do the underground
K1804KRjohnc,
Dec 5, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Great tour guide. I highly recommend the underground tour. I did tour last June but didn't go to the underground...you gotta do it!
Must do!
Elisa B,
Dec 4, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Fabulous tour from start to finish! The tour was well organized and communicated, great meeting point and very knowledgeable guides.
Great tour of the...
Chelsea L,
Dec 3, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Great tour of the Colosseum and underground, as well as the forum. The guide was knowledgeable, and we were able to walk around the forum more once the tour ended.
Rita ftw!
Byeee w,
Dec 3, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Don’t do the Colosseum without Rita!!! She was funny, kind and extremely knowledgeable. Her humor and smile made the history feel much more personable than just a dry facts tour.
History in the front of...
Karla C,
Dec 3, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00History in the front of your face. Absolutely an amazing experience. I would recommend this to any person who’s interested in this period of history.
Disorganized
Viviane M,
Dec 2, 2025
- Review from Viator
4.00The guide from inside the coliseum was excellent and polite, in compensation the guide q made forum rimamo and the palatico monte was thick and poorly polite demonstrated that he was in a bag full of being there answering questions buffing! Another bad point was the fact that the group had been left in front of the Coliseum to find the other guide we entered unaccompanied without much explanation
One not to miss, especially the Colosseum underground tour.
Kateobrie,
Dec 2, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00What an amazing tour. Our guide was informative and easy going, including everyone in the trip and her level of knowledge and information giving and explanation was amazing. There was even some humour thrown in which easily helped things move on. The three hour long tour went by in a flash. Many thanks for an amazing experience.
Underground Colosseum and Forum guided walking tour
GavinWeeden,
Dec 1, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Excellent Colosseum and Forum guided walking tour. Our guide Teddy was polite, informative and fun. Couldn’t ask for more. The underground Colosseum tour was particularly interesting.
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