Overview

On this tour, you can visit the heart of ancient Rome with exceptional treatment! A special ticket will allow you to start this Colosseum’s visit right from its core: the stage (Arena). Yes, exactly where the gladiators would face their destiny and their fierce opponents in no-holds-barred duels and terrifying battles that would drive the Romans insane.

More than anywhere else, from the arena, you’ll appreciate Colosseum’s imposing structure conceived with exceptional modernity and impeccable engineering skills. The ancient world’s wonders still amaze contemporary. We will carry on by visiting the extended Roman Forum ruins the focal point of Romans' everyday life. Here is where they’ll meet to take carry of their businesses and to participate in public life. Last but not least, to have an overall view we have to reach the Palatine hill, Roman emperors’ residence from where they would decide the fate of the Roman Empire.
Are you ready to follow us into the Ancient Rome?

Description

Stop At: Colosseum, Piazza del Colosseo, Rome 00184

You will visit to the Colosseum inside.
The Colosseum is an amphitheatre built in Rome under the Flavian emperors of the Roman Empire. It is also called the Flavian Amphitheatre. It is an elliptical structure made of stone, concrete, and tuff, and it stands four stories tall at its highest point. The Colosseum was famously used for gladiatorial combat.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Colosseum, Piazza del Colosseo, Rome 00184

Arena: The visitors will be able to enter through the same doors used by the ancient gladiators
The word "arena" comes from Latin and it means "sand." When the Colosseum was in use in Ancient Rome, there was a layer of sand covering the floor. The arena was the floor of the Colosseum (actually called the Flavian Amphitheater)

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Palatine Hill, Piazza Santa Maria Nova, 53, Rome 00186

The Palatine Hill
The Palatine Hill, which is the centremost of the seven hills of Rome, is one of the most ancient parts of the city and has been called "the first nucleus of the Roman Empire." The site is now mainly a large open-air museum while the Palatine Museum houses many finds from the excavations here and from other ancient Italian sites.

Imperial palaces were built here, starting with Augustus. Before imperial times the hill was mostly occupied by the houses of the rich.

The hill originally had two summits separated by a depression; the highest part was called Palatium and the other Germalus (or Cermalus). Using the Forma Urbis its perimeter enclosed 63 acres (25 ha); while the Regionary Catalogues of the 4th century enclose 131 acres (53 ha).

Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: Roman Forum, Largo della Salara Vecchia 5/6, Rome 00186

The Roman Forum
Roman Forum, Latin Forum Romanum, most important forum in ancient Rome, situated on low ground between the Palatine and Capitoline hills. The Roman Forum was the scene of public meetings, law courts, and gladiatorial combats in republican times and was lined with shops and open-air markets.

Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: Arch of Constantine, Via di San Gregorio, Rome 00186

The Arch of Constantine
The Arch of Constantine is a triumphal arch in Rome dedicated to the emperor Constantine the Great. Situated between the Colosseum and the Palatine Hill, the arch spans the Via triumphalis, the route taken by victorious military leaders when they entered the city in a triumphal procession.

Duration: 15 minutes