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Colosseum Underground Tour With Arena Floor: Vip Experience
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Colosseum Underground Tour With Arena Floor: Vip Experience

By Discover Rome Tours
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Ages 0-89, max of 24 per group
Duration: 1h 15m
Start time: Check availability
Mobile ticket
Live guide: English, Spanish
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  • All Fees and Taxes
  • Special access to the Underground and Arena Floor areas of the Colosseum.
  • Ticket and reservation fees with preferential access so you don't wait in line.
  • Maximum group size of 24 people or fewer.
  • Colosseum entrance ticket (valued at €18 per person)
  • Colosseum reservation fee (valued at €2 per person)
  • Please note: Colosseum fees as above. The remaining cost of the experience covers other services.
  • Entry/Admission - Rome
  • Guaranteed to skip the lines
What's not included
  • its a shared group tour of maximum 24 people, not private or semi private tour


Start:
  • Piazza del Colosseo, 21, 00184 Roma RM, Italy
    Please meet our staff in front of colosseum metro station *(Lower Level). Look for Discover Rome Tours sign.
End:
  • Colosseum, Piazza del Colosseo, 1, 00184 Roma RM, Italy

  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Near public transportation
If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 90364P2

  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
  • Most travellers can participate
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • This experience requires good weather. If it’s cancelled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
  • This experience requires a minimum number of travellers. If it’s cancelled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
  • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 24 travellers

  • All sales are final and incur 100% cancellation penalties.

If you have questions about this tour or need help making your booking, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 90364P2

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  • Discover Rome Tours
    577
    Rome, Lazio, Italy
    Joined in July 2019
  • joek517
    0 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Informational and fun tour of the Gladiator Arena
    Our tour guide Giovanna was amazing. Very informative and taught our children some great facts about the history of both Ancient Rome and the colosseum. We would also like to thank Antonio, for helping us find the tour group by communicating via what’s app and phone. He also called our hotel to request a copy of our passport photo for I.D as you need it for such tours and my wife left hers at the hotel. Without it, you can’t get inside so thank you for going beyond the call.
    Written 1 October 2024
  • Dean P
    0 contributions
    1.0 of 5 bubbles
    Absolutely disgusted
    The tour company didn't receive the confirmed ticket for the tour and I missed seeing the colloseum with my partner . I travelled all the way from Australia after waiting 20 years to see it and the only booking was that one on my last day in country. And I missed it . I will never use trip advisor again. Thanks
    Written 30 September 2024
  • miriananddennisa
    0 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Colosseum Guided Tour
    The muster location was easy to find with the instructions provided online. The guide was very knowledgeable and I appreciated that she brought additional visual aids to help explain things. The art and architecture was beautiful. The only drawback was the guide’s strong accent made it a little hard to understand everything.
    Written 30 September 2024
  • gillian202020
    0 contributions
    1.0 of 5 bubbles
    Rubbish
    I didn't go as the trip was cancelled so have to say was not impressed. Am not going to review a trip that was cancelled!!!!
    Written 28 September 2024
  • shonf100
    0 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Night Experience at the Roman Coliseum
    Great experience! The tour guide was very knowledgeable. Participating at night gave it a even more memorable experience.
    Written 27 September 2024
  • kcallaway2020
    0 contributions
    1.0 of 5 bubbles
    A non starter
    We are unable to review this experience as it was cancelled due to a schedule clash with the Italian minister of culture.
    Written 27 September 2024
  • Wanderer295732
    0 contributions
    3.0 of 5 bubbles
    Not worth the money--just tour yourself
    Tour listed "inclusions" and guide said that was misleading because this other places (Roman forum for one) were free and we could just visit those ourselves. The tour was very basic...could have saved money by just booking and going ourselves. Normally I love having a guide--and even find it necessary. Not in this case. The headphone/audio system was so crappy--could not understand anything that was being said because of all the static. Unless you were able to stand right next to the guide you couldn't hear/decipher what was being said
    Written 25 September 2024
  • angelinem296
    0 contributions
    3.0 of 5 bubbles
    Amazing place!
    Meeting point is always confusing when you’re in a new place, the first guy was very kind about being a couple of minutes late. The main tour guy seemed to be very disconnected about the keen people who had paid to learn about this amazing place. Overall he came through eventually, short and sharp with a side of humour on such an historic place. Great to go in the last tour of the day, as we got access to the rest of the Colosseum on other levels. (Sneaky).
    Written 14 September 2024
  • michellefX8818SV
    0 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Fabulous
    What a wonderful way to do the tour without fuss and waiting in the extreme heat and Long long lines. Giovanna was our guide and so very knowledgable friendly and funny. We had a small group that she constantly looked after always got us to the best spots to see the best parts . Very well organised and highly recommend . Michelle Sydney Australia
    Written 2 September 2024
  • Thomas F
    0 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Best Tour!!!
    Best tour guild is Giovanna! Very informative, organized and fact filled. Highly recommend Discover Rome Tours and Viator… A++
    Written 31 August 2024
  • lawyer1967
    0 contributions
    1.0 of 5 bubbles
    Coliseum
    It was such a waste of money. I really paid the $200 for 4 people to avoid the lines and get a good tour. NOBODY is allowed to skip the lines any longer and the guide was boring.
    Written 28 August 2024
  • alyssabH5309SY
    0 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Wonderful experience
    We had Manuela as our tour guide and she was wonderful. Funny and very knowledgeable. Leading up to our booking, the company communicated well by updating us and sharing specific meeting location (with pics) through WhatsApp, this was very clear and helpful. We started a few minutes after the booked time, so if you’re late, good luck trying to catch up. Given you’re with a group guide as well, there wasn’t a wait for us to enter. You go through all the upper floors of the Colosseum with the guide and learn about the history. As the guide finishes near the exit stairwell, you can stay as long as you want and get to go to all the lower floors as well (EXCEPT the dungeon/arena floor, that’s a different ticket). Great to have the rest of the ruins in that area included as well for self touring all day.
    Written 22 August 2024
  • haleys750
    0 contributions
    3.0 of 5 bubbles
    sub par
    Hardly walked around rim at top, lost group for most of tour. We were told we could use the restroom inside, so we did and then lost the group and they did not share where they were going.
    Written 21 August 2024
  • Climber22716250260
    0 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Worth it
    Worth it to skip the insane queues. The tour guide Giovanna really made me appreciate the place even more :) A bit on the pricier side though.
    Written 20 August 2024
  • franksX934ZZ
    0 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Incredible
    Amazing service and great tour guide. She was very knowledgeable and is experienced. I wish her all the best and many blessings
    Written 18 August 2024
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Abby C
1 contribution
2.0 of 5 bubbles
June 2022 • Couples
We were sent on a wild goose chase up & down stairs at the subway numerous times, then finally were brought to our tour guide (after being rushed over to the incorrect tour group). Once with our guide, the company made no introduction and gave no direction so we had zero clue what was happening while in a huge crowd. Our tour guide then kept motioning us to follow her, which she then proceeded to run frantically to ensure we made our tour time.

Once inside, it was great and she was very knowledgeable. We enjoyed things once inside on the actual tour.

Overall, felt very unorganized and neglected by the Discover Rome Tours company that this was through. We did quite a few tours, and this was by far the worst experience of them all.
Written 12 June 2022
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Trip264745
5 contributions
2.0 of 5 bubbles
The original underground tour was cancelled. The replacement tour was rescheduled for 15:15pm. The tour started 30 min late. The service was not professional. The tour guide was late and had a very bad attitude. The tour guides mic kept disconnecting and breaking up. It was so distracting that all participants removed the headsets and tried to hear the guide. We missed so much information on the tour it wasn't worth the cost
Written 12 September 2022
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Natalie P
Houston, TX3 contributions
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2023 • Friends
Was really excited for this tour and we were all extremely disappointed. Not even just our group by others in the tour as well were complaining. For €98 I expected to receive the full experience we paid for. But we received half. For starters they kept pushing the tour start time back and then once inside the waiting area had to wait without any direction/help from the operators. Our tour started over an hour past the original time. One top of this we were told we would not be able to visit the other site (which we paid for) until the following day. Since it would be closing by the time we finished, since our tour started late. None of which was our fault or within our control. You can’t assume that visitors don’t have other plans the following day, which we do so unable to tour the remaining site. There was no acknowledgment of this, no apology and no offering to assist. The tour itself was an hour and then the guide leaves you to see more. There was no wording on the paid ticket or even in the description that this is a 2-day tour. It feels like we have been deliberately lied to and tricked out of money. We’ve taken many tours and this is by far the worst and only time have ever experienced anything like this. I’ve reached out to them requesting a partial refund, since received a partial tour. I have yet to hear back.
There were other people in our group that had purchased the morning tour and were contacted just before their tour telling them they had to come to the afternoon one. Completely disrupting their plans and also only allowing them to receive the part of the tour.
Written 10 December 2023
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Hello, Thank you for your time in writing this review and bringing this issue to our attention. You and your friend Brenda Davis, who wrote another review of the same tour joined on December 9 at 2:00 p.m. This tour you booked with us is for the Colosseum, not the Roman Forum. Our guide gave you a complementary ticket for the Roman Forum after your tour of the Colosseum. Unfortunately you are now disappointed because you could not use this complementary ticket to go to the Roman Forum. You originally booked for 1:30 p.m. and this tour was rescheduled for 2:00 p.m. due to the limited availablity for underground access. We informed you the day before and you accepted the change. We appologiez that we were unable to maintain the original start time and rescheduled at 2.00 pm I hope you understand and change your decision about the rating for this tour. Thank you
Written 16 December 2023
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Marissa
1 contribution
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2022 • Friends
Tour guide doesn’t meet you at the meeting point. Some other worker leads you around the colosseum outside to point out where to meet the guide inside. They do not provide you tickets beforehand so need to provide email or WhatsApp on-site to get in. When we finally got led in by another tour guide, 15 min after our tour started, since we didn’t have email or what’s app access, we were given conflicting info about where to meet the tour guide (told meeting point 2, 3, and 4 at different times). No tour guide was at meeting point and we had to continue on with a colosseum-appointed accompanying staff member to see the underground by ourselves. No tour. The only good thing I can say about this company is that they gave us a partial refund (kept ticket fees to get us inside) since they didn’t provide any service.
Written 7 September 2022
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Cheryl C
35 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
We were so excited to see the internal areas of the Coliseum on our trip to Rome, however, my husband suffered a medical crisis two hours before our scheduled tour. I called the local number and they walked me through cancellation procedures. A refund at this late time was not guaranteed. The compassion shown was genuine and ultimately our money was refunded.

We will definitely rebook this tour on a future trip!
Written 15 July 2022
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Nick M
6 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Tour guide was funny, and did a very good job timing things so we got to see everything in the allotted time. He answered questions and made the whole experience great. The ticket to the underground also included the roman forum which i didn't realize until we arrived. And we were able to walk the entire standard colosseum exhibit not just the arena and underground.

The tour company did request to push us to another time slot, even though those slots didn't show up during booking and gave a couple options, since the colosseum was our only stop for the day everything worked out just fine.
Written 29 August 2023
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Neil D
South Walpole, MA4 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
July 2022
Excellent tour of the Colosseum, guide was excellent, tour of the underground is a must. Our family of 6 had an incredible tour of the Colosseum, thorough, informative and our guide was great, detailed, friendly and shared a tremendous amount of knowledge while keeping it fun. Highly recommended tour.
Written 17 July 2022
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Jennifer H
1 contribution
1.0 of 5 bubbles
July 2022 • Family
Our trip was cancelled the day before our scheduled experience. Thankfully I saw the email while we were out sightseeing, but I ended up having to spend 3 hours in the evening finding a new Colosseum tour to book for the next day. Very disappointing.
Written 25 July 2022
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Karloni
Chippenham, UK48 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2023 • Couples
This was a fantastic experience. From start to finish we had a great time.
If you're going to visit the Colosseum you must do a underground tour, you won't regret it. There's so much to learn and the tour guide was great in explaining everything. We never felt rushed and although despite the duration you never felt bored.
It was so interesting learning about the tunnels and there's a nice little surprise when you're down there too.
Please do yourself a favour and book this tour. Worth the money, you won't regret it.
Written 13 October 2023
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Laura A
1 contribution
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2023 • Couples
A fantastic "behind the scenes" tour - it felt really exclusive.

Our tour was delayed from starting by 30 minutes - communication was fantastic on the run up to the tour, days before getting emails & text messages. Even following up to confirm we have received the notification.

We had a very knowledgeable tour guide & I liked that we were in small groups. The fact we were walking where the gladiators once walked blew my mind. The tour guide shared so much information. After we had finished in the behind the scenes part of the tour, we went to the higher levels & further information was told.

Would highly recommend the tour!
Written 6 October 2023
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