Rome Colosseum Ticket Price

The Colosseum will be your Mecca when you arrive in Rome: the first thing you'll want to see and the first thing you'll remember when you leave the city. You wonder how much the tickets cost or how much you'll have to pay if you want to visit the Roman Forum as well... from €19 you can enjoy a guided tour of the Colosseum, although the price can go up to approximately €145 depending on the services included, if it's a night visit or if it's a combined ticket.

Here is everything you need to know about the price of tickets and guided tours of the Colosseum.

Colosseum tickets (which also include access to the Roman Forum, the Palatine Hill and the tourist bus) start at 5790

Even so, buying tickets online to the Colosseum is always better than buying them at the ticket office, as you can save yourself the trouble of not finding availability or having to waste time in long queues and endless waits. Without a doubt, it is the best option to optimise your travel itinerary.

The price can vary depending on what the tour includes: for example, a guided tour of the Colosseum, the Roman Forum and the Palatine Hill, starts from 1926, while a full guided tour of the Colosseum with the Forum and the Palatine Hill, including the underground and the Roman Forum, starts from 7037

For a little more, you can also visit the Colosseum Arena, from 7304, which will give you a unique perspective during your visit.

Guided tours of the Colosseum are, without a doubt, the best way to get to know and experience Ancient Rome, both in the amphitheatre and in the Roman Forum and the Palatine Hill. Besides, you've seen that there are options for all types of budgets and time availability, so don't hesitate. Here are some options for combined guided tours of the Colosseum:

• Guided tour of the Colosseum, Roman Forum and Palatine Hill, from ₹1,926
• Guided tour of the Colosseum, Roman Forum and Palatine Hill, from 2677.
• Guided tour of the Colosseum with underground and the Roman Forum, from ₹7,037.
• Guided tour of the Colosseum with access to the arena and the Roman Forum, from ₹7,304.
• Guided tour of the Colosseum by night, from 12656.
• Colosseum tour with virtual reality, from 5636.

There is a combined ticket to the Colosseum, Roman Forum and Palatine Hill, Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel, from 9219, which allows you to visit both attractions in one day, accompanied by an expert guide and also with priority access, allowing you to skip the queues.

If you want to know what this ticket includes for the Vatican and the Colosseum, you can read my article in which I tell you all the details to take advantage of this combo.

Entry to the Roman Forum is included in the price of the Colosseum tickets and most guided tours of the Colosseum, so you will not have to pay extra to visit the Colosseum.

If you want to visit the Colosseum and you have not taken the precaution of buying your tickets online in advance, you can always go to the ticket office (the Roman Forum ticket office is usually less crowded than the Colosseum) and buy your tickets. As they are combined tickets for the entire archaeological site, they will be valid for the Colosseum and you will save time by not having to queue.

Access to the Palatine Hill is included in most Hellotickets guided tours to the Colosseum and the Roman Forum, so if you buy a full guided tour, you will not have to pay extra to visit it.

However, if you have simply bought a single ticket for the Colosseum, it will not be valid for the Palatine Museum. In this case, consider purchasing a Full Pass if you want to have access to the entire area.

Circus Massimo is free of charge. Circus Massimo is open air, it is not perimetered and you can access it freely at any time you want, whenever you want and without an entrance ticket. If you choose to book a guided tour of the Circus Maximus, as well as avoiding the queues, you will be able to understand the history behind this hippodrome thanks to the commentary of an expert guide.

The price of the Roma Pass depends on the number of days you buy it for. For example, the 72-hour pass costs €59 and gives you free access to the Colosseum and the Roman Forum.

To find out whether or not it's worth buying this tourist card, it's best to calculate the cost of admission to each museum or attraction you want to visit. Please note that the Roma Pass will usually give you access to entrance fees but not guided tours of most of Rome's landmarks.

Yes, on the first Sunday of every month the Colosseum opens its doors for free. As you can imagine, Italians and foreigners crowd the entrances to get their free admission, so make the most of it only if you don't mind getting into the crowds.

As a word of advice, I recommend you get up early (and very early) to avoid - as far as possible - the queues that can form and make sure you get a place in the most popular amphitheatre in the world. This also applies to the Roman Forum.

No, there are usually no discount coupons or special offers for the Colosseum. Keep in mind that it is one of the most in-demand attractions in the world, and the Colosseum is usually sold out of guided tours on a daily basis. With this scenario, as you can imagine, it is impossible to find last-minute offers, discounts or cheap tickets.

However, there are groups (such as specialised teachers or art students) who are entitled to buy tickets at a lower rate than the general public. You can check it out in my article about cheap or discounted tickets for the Colosseum.

Yes, children will need a ticket to enter the Colosseum or for a guided tour of the Colosseum and Roman Forum. However, children under the age of 18 are entitled to a reduced price when purchasing a ticket. You can check here for more details about offers or how to get cheap or discounted tickets for the Colosseum.

In Hellotickets, for example, you can select during the purchase process how many adult and child tickets you need. Please note that minors must be accompanied by an adult and must prove their age at the entrance with an identity document.