Rome: Colosseum Underground and Arena Tour

Celio, Rome, Rome



Enjoy the most exclusive areas of Rome's Colosseum, which most visitors cannot access. Visit the Amphitheater’s restricted areas, the Hypogeum (or underground level), and the arena floor with a guide.

Highlights

  • Have the best Colosseum exploring experience while visiting the underground area
  • Enjoy the most exclusive areas of the Colosseum
  • Don’t miss this unique sightseeing experience in Rome

Description

Your VIP Colosseum underground tour begins with the Hypogeum. The Hypogeum is a suggestive place, with narrow corridors and large blocks of travertine, where gladiators waited for the moment of glory. As you wander deep into its dungeons, you will almost hear the air resonate with their fierce battle cries, and the growls and roars of the animals, tired, hungry, ready to feast on their prey. Gaze in the dim light of those narrow cells and feel the evocative atmosphere of history. During the tour, you will admire fragments of the original floor, the ancient drainage system, the rooms where gladiators waited to fight, the animal cages, and a reconstruction of an ancient elevator which, anchored to a system of trapdoors above, connected the underground and the Arena floor. Visit the central sand-covered wooden platform where the fights took place (“arena” was the Latin word for ‘sand’). After visiting the underground chambers, the tour will continue on the arena floor, one of the most suggestive points of view to admire the massive structure of the Colosseum. Then, you will reach the first and second tiers of the Colosseum. Here, the panoramic terraces will give you an excellent opportunity to take more stunning photos and admire the monument from a privileged position. Learn more about its history, the bloody games it hosted, and loads of anecdotes and curiosities. Your tour will then lead you on a journey through history, visiting the area of the Roman Forum and the Palatine hill. There is no more exclusive or entertaining way to step back in time and immerse yourself in Ancient Rome’s history.

Includes

Headsets to hear the tour guide clearly VIP Arena floor entry VIP Underground entry Tour guide Guided tour to the Colosseum Guided tour to the Roman Forum

Important Information

  • The Colosseum can change the access time or decide extraordinary closure in any time. In case of public events, political events and other unexpected events, the starting time of the tour or meeting point may be changed. IMPORTANT: making reservations at the same time doesn't mean to belong to the same group. If you want to be in the same group with someone, please to make a reservation that includes this person. IMPORTANT: in case of bad weather condition (for security reasons) the Colosseum can decide in any time to close the Underground and the Arena floor, not giving to us prior communication of that. In this case the tour will go on, including other sections. IMPORTANT: the names indicated in the booking have to be the same to ones in the passports. The passports or Id cards will be required during the security controls.

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This activity is non-refundable

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