Ancient Rome Tour: Explore with Audio Guide

Explore Ancient Rome with a small group tour of the Colosseum, Palatine Hill, and Forum. Discover secrets with an expert guide.

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 72 hours
Highlights
  • Colosseum - Colosseum: Be amazed by the architectural marvel of the world’s largest amphitheater. Discover its gladiatorial contests, dramatic events, and the engineering brilliance that made its construction possible.
  • Roman Forum - Roman Forum: Explore the center of ancient Rome, where political, religious, and social activities flourished….
What's Included
  • Entrance tickets to the Colosseum
  • Entrance tickets to the Roman Forum
  • Entrance tickets to the Palatine Hill
  • Professional guide for 2.5 hours
  • Headsets
What's Not Included
  • Snacks
  • Tips/gratuities
  • Private transportation
Additional Information

This activity, featuring an audio guide app and an on-site host, provides an ideal mix of independence, insight, and assistance.
Whether you’re a history enthusiast or a casual traveler, you’ll develop a greater appreciation for Rome’s rich heritage while enjoying the flexibility to explore at your own pace.
With the on-site host, you can count on having…

Location
Santi Cosma e Damiano
Via dei Fori Imperiali
The meeting point is in the square in front of the Santi Cosma and Damiano Basilica, in Via dei Fori Imperiali 1 (halfway, near the Roman Forum entrance). Our staff will be wearing a light blue vest with our logos. Please arrive 15 minutes early—late arrivals cannot join the tour.
Cancellation Policy

If you cancel at least 3 full day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a full refund.
If you cancel within 3 day(s) of the scheduled departure, you will receive a 0% refund.

Customer Ratings
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D9936cvpaulab
Oct 19, 2025
Excellent - Our guide Bruno a show, awesome what you know, fun, friendly, makes the tour a real experience! We appreciate having him as a guide and he is an archaeologist!!!! 😁❤️
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Vacation43516225715
Oct 19, 2025
Incredible experience - It was the first time we were in Rome and it is very worth the tour with the guide. Eduardo is super fun and with a lot of knowledge. We strongly recommend!
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Explorer769193
Aug 31, 2025
Colosseum history - Portuguese speaking guide Paulinho was excellent and knowledgeable of the history surrounding the colosseum and Rome. The agency Vivicos Travel was on the spot.
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Mateomk2048nv
Aug 28, 2025
The best guide, best staff and very good prices. - The colosseum was amazing, the staff was very helpfull and very kind, the guide name paolo was extraordinary, really worth it, i would recomend always this tour
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140kieranh
Jan 10, 2025
Superb tour and attraction - First time doing a guided tour as I like history but I didn’t think I was a museum kind of person, but we thoroughly enjoyed the experience, Laura Antonucci our tour guide had truly exceptional knowledge from start to finish, and told us story after story to make the tour so fascinating! We are really glad we opted for a guided tour and I really think it’s the only way I will visit popular historical sites in future. Thank you Laura. Brilliant! As for the colosseum. It’s a must see. Outside is great, but if you really want to understand the history and get some prime photo opportunities then pay the extra for the tour (which I also think is really good value). Grazie
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C9270zkgeorgea
Dec 30, 2024
Great experience - Laura Antonucci was great. A lot of insight and great details. Very good, energetic, speaker. Definitely would recommend.
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S80mjb2015
Apr 25, 2026
Excellent trip, check reviews for Booking Agent you use as Arena often dropped - We booked with HEADOUT (who used a local operator Vivicos Travel). Informed a few days before travel that Arena Floor Access wasn't available, too late in the day to arrange elsewhere. Lots of messages and emails back and forth, they eventually agreed to a part refund. Not sure I'd use them again. Apart from that, the visit was excellent. Ticket pick up was simple and you don't actually need Arena Floor Access as you can see most of the details from the main Colosseum. Quick(ish) entry through the security queue (everyone is scanned) and although busy at the entrance, once you get through that there is plenty of space to walk around and see everything from the higher floors. Took about an hour listening to the audio guide for most of it and taking a few photos, which is probably long enough. The Forum Romanum & Palatine Hill side of the visit was much more interesting than I'd imagined. Apart from a 30 min queue to get in (just bad timing from us I think, as there was no queue when we came out 2 hours later) there was loads to see. This side of the tour WOULD probably have been better with some sort of guide as there is lots of history to take in (we tagged along with another guided group for a bit but then they kept stopping for too long - going with a group has ups and downs !). There is lots of walking involved, most of it not on the flat. Overall a really good and full half-day out.
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Jferder
Apr 19, 2026
A Colossal flop - After the first booking with a company we couldn’t find we tried again. Thought we’d be on a small group tour. Showed up at the time we were told- 15 minutes before hand. Nobody from the company there for our group. Finally show up 5 minutes before hand and they say they’d are waiting for more people. 10 minutes after tour was to start they finally agreed to move on with out the people. There were 9 of us. They made us walk another 15 minutes to get the tickets for entry! Then said your o. Your own and have less than 1 hour to make it thru the forum to get to the Coloseum. It was very crowded and hard going through the forum. We had no time to take it in and as my husband and I walk slowly we missed the entry time for the Colloseum. In all aspects a waste of time and money and an absolutely unenjoyable experience. My suggestion book tickets on your own for this area and forget the “guided tours”.
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Carlos_a
Apr 1, 2026
A scam - ​It’s a total scam. They charge double the price for a 'guide' that turns out to be a terrible phone app that doesn't even provide directions. The instructions were confusing, and they didn't account for the long queues. We ended up with only one hour to see the Forum and the Palatine Hill. They also didn't advertise that the tickets are valid for 24 hours, only informing us once we started. This was a horrible experience that almost ruined our trip to Rome.
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Lori_b
Oct 28, 2024
Do not recommend - Not what was expected. Not what I purchased, huge rip-off. 20 people in my group..semi-private Max of 7 ?? Could not understand over half of what guide said, frustrated and not happy at all. Save your money.
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Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 72 hours before the start of your experience (local time).