Colosseum Private Tour: Explore Roman Forum & Palatine Hill with Skip-the-Line Access

Embark on a private tour of the Colosseum, Roman Forum, and Palatine Hill with skip-the-line access. Customize your experience and delve into the rich history of ancient Rome with an expert guide.

Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Colosseum - Revel in exquisite antiquity as your guide dazzles you with tales from the Roman Empire on this afternoon tour of the Colosseum. This carefully crafted itinerary also covers the Roman Forum and Palatine Hill
  • without waiting in any lines - to give you a complete perspective on one of the most important civilizations in history.
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What's Included
  • Admission Fees included
  • Palatine Hill
  • Colosseum entrance ticket (valued at €18 per person)
  • Roman Forum
  • Colosseum First Floor
  • Colosseum reservation fee (valued at €2 per person)
  • Private Tour (Choose your preferred language)
  • All fees and/or taxes
  • Please note: Colosseum fees as above. The remaining cost of the experience covers other services.
What's Not Included
  • Hotel Pick Up/Drop Off
Additional Information

Our Private Colosseum Tour is designed for history buffs and curious travelers alike, with the common thread of leaving standard tours in the dust. Not only will you have the complete attention of your guide, but you’ll also be able to customize the tour based on your preferences, which means spending more time exploring the Forum, or seeing specific…

Location
Piazza del Colosseo, 21
Piazza del Colosseo
This tour begins outside the Colosseo Metro station (ground level) situated on line B. Your guide will be holding a sign with our ‘What a Life Tours’ logo on it. Please remember that Rome’s streets can be confusing, so we recommend allowing extra time in case you get lost.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Traci_l
May 14, 2026
An eye opener of an experience! - We enjoyed our private tour through the Coliseum. Imaginations run wild as our tour guide walked us around and explained all that happened during the Gladiator days. What an experience and eye opening insight to how the Coliseum was built and pillaged. The pass allowed us to skip the looooooong lines and our guide exceeded our expectations with her knowledge. Highly recommended.
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P9256lgkristianb
Mar 29, 2026
Carlotta - the incredible tour guide! ***** - I don't know how much I was expecting as this was only the third time l've used a tour guide with varying outcomes but can I say, Carlotta was outstanding! So knowledgable, so passionate and so personal to make sure every question was answered, every detail was covered and when certain things peaked the groups interest, she instinctively carried us in that direction. Could not recommend a more friendly but local and knowledgable tour guide for Rome! Thank you so much for making our trip so special.
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886jamesw886
Mar 13, 2026
The colosseum explained - Carlotta with What life tours was the best guideI have experienced in Rome. Very engaging and an ex-archeologist !
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Eso1989
Dec 29, 2025
In Depth Tour of the Colosseum / Forum Sites - This was our second tour with What a Life Tours during our visit to Rome and it was exceptional. We had the absolute pleasure of having a private walk around the Colosseum and Roman Forum/Palatine Hill with Carlotta. She was incredibly knowledgeable with professional training in archeology and customized our experience to our preferences. We spent more time around Palatine Hill with it's spectacular views. The tour company did an excellent job rescheduling due to unforeseen circumstances that required us to delay our arrival in Rome. One minor suggestion, the meet up point wasn't very clear and we wasted some time finding Carlotta at the beginning of our tour. These sites are immense and you can't possible cover is one visit, so we came back on our own later in our visit to explore the Forum even further!
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Camper33081035766
Dec 2, 2025
Knowledge, Patience, Engaging - My family was very impressed with this company and the guides they provided for the tours we went on while we were in Rome this November/December. Carlotta was full of knowledge and was able to answer the many questions we had along the way. She was also very patient and great with our kids- they really enjoyed it :). Thanks!
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U6932bzfrancescac
Aug 31, 2025
Great Tour - John gave us an amazing tour! He is so knowledgeable and helpful! Would highly recommend this tour! Thank you, John, for all the time and information you shared with us.
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Karencz227
Aug 26, 2025
A Fantastic Tour - John Tinto was a fountain of knowledge and created a truly engaging tour of the Colosseum and Forum archeological sites. I’ll be unpacking the interesting topics we discussed for a while…
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Samanthawr892sa
Jun 26, 2025
Amazing - To start with the tour was amazing with so much info from our guide Carlotta , the tour was in English and she was brilliant explaining everything about the colusseum and the gladiators , even though we were unfortunate as my wife had a sun stroke in the middle of tour but Carlotta went out of her way to help us she went above and beyond to make sure we all alright and she didn’t leave us tell she made sure that we were OK , if it wasn’t for her kindness we would have been in a very tough situation, can’t recommend her and her company enough , also I have to mention a gentleman doctor and his kind daughter from California who by luck were in the same group they refuse to carry on with the tour and made sure my wife is Ok too , can’t thank Carlotta enough there is no words to show her how much we appreciate everything she did to help us , much love and regards from us both Hassan & Sam
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Davidb108glen
Jun 25, 2025
A+++ family tour from a smaller company - Amazing tour with John - very knowledgeable and kept our 17 and 12 year olds very engaged for four plus hours in 90 degree heat!
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Omaha2
Apr 13, 2025
Great tour with Vasco! - Excellent tour! Vasco is THE guide to get...ask for him by name if you are able. We were 1 of 3 families on the tour. We think What A Life is the best tour company to select when in Rome - we did 3 different tours through them, and all 3 were top notch.
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From $336
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).