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Reserved entry to the Colosseum at your selected time with the flexibility to explore the Roman Forum and Palatine Hill within 24 hours.
Reserved entry to the Colosseum at your selected time with the flexibility to explore the Roman Forum and Palatine Hill within 24 hours.
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The experience was very good as far as the purchase of the tickets and audio went. The Colosseum is definitely worth a visit, but the huge crowds made the viewing experience very slow and at times unpleasant. The lines for the Roman Forum and Palatine Hill were so long that we decided to not complete the tour.
The highlight of my visit was the Colosseum. Nice experience in a historical place that is starting to be restructured to become a full coliseum. The worst thing was the contact with the person who was going to give us the entrance tickets. I had to call her by phone to get her to attend to me. We lost more than 30 minutes due to this fact.
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There was a slight hitch at the start, as the meeting point was out of line with the photo we'd been given. Otherwise, the Colosseum is incredible, as are the Palatine and the Roman Forum. A journey through the centuries. A wonderful experience, with the sun to boot. Not to be missed.
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The tour inside and outside the colosseum is unique. It is worth every meter of the walk. Super happy with the experience.
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The online ticket purchase went well and everything on site went as planned, so it was a plus to be able to spread the visit over two days. It's worth noting that the indication on the booking that the visit started at the Mamertine prison, where we had to be 15 minutes before the scheduled time, and that the entrance to the Colosseum would be exactly one hour after the visit to the Mamertine, was not correct, since the scheduled time was for the Colosseum, which meant that after exchanging tickets, we had to rush to get there on time, which became stressful.
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Unfortunately more expensive than the official provider, but the procedure on site was very well organized. It would have been the same with the official provider.
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I bought the tickets for the Colosseum which included a visit to the Palatine and the Roman Forum, everything was great, I bought two tickets on different days and the first one arrived immediately but the second one arrived 1 hour later, I had to wait but it was worth it.
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Altough we had a ticket to skip the line we had to wait a lot to enter forum romanum. Entering to the colosseum was very fast but there were too many people inside.. it was not enjoyable.
Very fast line to get in, very tidy despite so many people, easy to buy everything very well.
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The highlight of my visit was the colloseum experience
I recommend the full package for a more complete and interesting experience! Memorable!
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It was amazing experience I got a cheaper ticket but I could move around freely. Great.
This place is magical, the only regret is that there are no explanations in François except with a tourist guide.
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Amazing construction 😊
Much more than expected. A journey into the history of more than 2000 years.
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We entered the Colosseo very quick. We didn't have to wait. The Colosseo is spectacular!
All 3 highlights in one day without a long wait.
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Colloseum. besutiful building & great history
It would have been 5 stars if they had taken us to the door, but ok
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Everything was awesome
Very impressive, well organized with all the people who had to go in.
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It is impressive. Highly recommended.
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one of the must see places
It's historic and is must as a checklist item in rome
Simple and clear. Just enjoy it. It's perfect.
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Reserved entry to the Colosseum at your selected time with the flexibility to explore the Roman Forum and Palatine Hill within 24 hours.
Reserved entry to the Colosseum at your selected time with the flexibility to explore the Roman Forum and Palatine Hill within 24 hours.
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The experience was very good as far as the purchase of the tickets and audio went. The Colosseum is definitely worth a visit, but the huge crowds made the viewing experience very slow and at times unpleasant. The lines for the Roman Forum and Palatine Hill were so long that we decided to not complete the tour.
Our experience was very good. We had purchased Skip the Line tickets. We didn’t have any trouble with waiting times at all. It’s definitely worth getting Skip the Line tickets.
The architecture and engineering of the Colosseum is amazing! Getting up close and seeing that this was completed centuries ago just blows your mind.
The tour inside and outside the colosseum is unique. It is worth every meter of the walk. Super happy with the experience.
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Unfortunately more expensive than the official provider, but the procedure on site was very well organized. It would have been the same with the official provider.
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Everything organized. We didn't wait in line. Wonderful views. Those who love history must have this experience. I will be back
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You cannot go to Rome and ignore the Colosseum. It stands big and proud and the history in there just demands to be explored. Yes it can be very busy but there's no pressure to rush round it and there are helpful lifts for people who need assistance.
Very nice site with beautiful views. No queues to make with appointments booked, but the Audi iPhone option didn't work - shame. We were told it was under maintenance. Too bad there weren't more signs to indicate directions and give some indication of what we were seeing. Otherwise a very nice experience.
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Amazing technological achievement on an awesome scale. The Colliseum stands out as the must see site of Rome. You need time to view the information cases and experience to arena too.
Palatine Hill was really impressive, but you should plan much more time than indicated, especially if you have an audio guide
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Everything worked really well, the audio guide was also very informative and the children enjoyed it too. Unfortunately, everything was completely overcrowded, but you have to live with that
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Strolling through the land of Marcus Aurelius and the great artists of the millennial and eternal city is indeskriptible ouuu yeahhh!!!🤘🏿🕺🏻💚⚔️🔥🏟
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I bought the tickets for the Colosseum which included a visit to the Palatine and the Roman Forum, everything was great, I bought two tickets on different days and the first one arrived immediately but the second one arrived 1 hour later, I had to wait but it was worth it.
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Amazing!!! It's wonderful
The highlight of my visit was
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Very fast line to get in, very tidy despite so many people, easy to buy everything very well.
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I recommend the full package for a more complete and interesting experience! Memorable!
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Colosseum was amazing
It was amazing experience I got a cheaper ticket but I could move around freely. Great.
The entrance and security check went smoothly, and the sights are of course fine.
This place is magical, the only regret is that there are no explanations in François except with a tourist guide.
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Great, lot of people bat great
Amazing construction 😊
Much more than expected. A journey into the history of more than 2000 years.
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The whole colosseum was just breathtaking, I could have spent a day alone just wandering around it.
Elevate your Colosseum visit with an expert-led tour and exclusive Arena Floor access—walk where gladiators fought.
Elevate your Colosseum visit with an expert-led tour and exclusive Arena Floor access—walk where gladiators fought.
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Our guide, Diego, was great! He was knowledgeable, friendly, intelligent, funny and loves telling the history of his birthplace. This tour has a lot to cover in 3 hours so if you're not a fast walker/stair climber there might be better choices for you. The only downside was that we got instructions to meet in 1 location only to get there on time and be told we needed to go to a different address- for folks without internet this could be difficult. It wasn't far but was across streets, through construction, and down an alley- could have told us to meet there from the beginning.
The highlight of my visit was our guide Bruno was the best, he is an archaeologist and explained very clearly. Fantastic
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I don't think I could have done this tour on my own. So much to see & learn in this tour, deeply enriched in history. Our guide explained so much in the time we were with her, & her ability to be patient & direct us around the huge crowds & other tour groups was well done. Thank you for an amazing tour & the opportunity to walk away with so much knowledge & many photos
We came to Rome for the first time at the end of April and this visit to the Colosseum and the Roman Forum was a must. The tour was incredible from start to finish. It was a first for us to hire a guide, and we have no regrets! Simone is a very interesting guide, with a great sense of humor. We loved it and highly recommend this tour and this guide. Many thanks to her!
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The tour was very interesting and well organized. A 2.5-hour guided tour of the Forum, Mount Palatine and the Colosseum - a great, informative experience!
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VERY INTERESTING VISIT TO THE COLOSSEUM. THE GUIDE, ELEONORA, WAS WONDERFUL. SHE EXPLAINED IT AS IF SHE WAS LIVING IT. SHE KNEW WHAT SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT.
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The experience and the detailed explanation of our guide made the visit even better. She was able to explain every corner and make us travel back in time.
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Had an absolutely amazing day. Made so by the knowledge and enthusiasm of our guide. It was fantastic to see it but more fantastic to know it.
The tour was Awesome! We had Eliane, a Brazilian historian, she was Pationate and very knowledgeable about history and the details. I was impressed with her knowledge and enthusiasm. You can tell when someone loves what they do and she definitely is a person that loves what she does. Take a hat with you, it was very sunny and we walk a lot during this tour.
Our guide Flavia was so knowledgeable, and never short of interesting facts and little things to show us throughout the whole tour. We got so much more out of our visit thanks to her, would thoroughly recommend.
Our enthusiastic guide Laura Antonucci really helped "flesh out" what we were seeing at the Forum, Palatinr Hill & Colosseum, with helpful colour illustrations & many details to bring it all to life! We appreciated the clear fantastic English & the response to questions in our all adult group. They found shade when possible which was appreciated, built in a well timed 🚾 stop, as well advising us of the lift for seniors who needed it. Cannot recommend enough!
The tour guide (Diego) was excellent, had a lot of knowledge and was very pleasant. The places visited were very interesting and came with a lot of detailing. Definetly recommend!
Except that you guys misidentify the location, where you meet the guide and no one comes to the meeting point to pick you up it was a great experience with a great guide. Lots of background information.
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Great informative and knowledgeable tour guide, great sense of humour, crowds were as expected but the tour guide knew how to work around them
Our tour guide Paulo was amazing. His knowledge about everything Roman, Rome and Italy was simply astounding. He made the tour enjoyable as well as informative. We came away knowing more than we ever thought we would! I would thoroughly recommend!
Superb tour, interesting and fun. Great guide! Beautiful landscapes, lots of memories! The only downside was that the meeting place was very poorly signposted, so it was a difficult moment.
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The best part of our tour of the Colosseum, the Forum, and Palatine Hill was definitely our tour guide. She was knowledgeable and had a great way of delivering her message, even a little joke now and then. The sites are awesome inspiring given their age, construction, and purposes.
I went on a very cozy, private tour with Marle Robinson, with three other tourists. Marle was amazingly knowledgeable, sharing fascinating stories from history throughout the experience. She's very sharp and witty, with a lot of funny jokes to keep us engaged. At the same time, she was very attentive to our needs, making sure we remained hydrated, never strayed too far from each other and had ample time to snap a couple of photos. The tour gave us fast track entry to the venues and we were able to coast through the sites swiftly due to the sheer size of the company. It's very clear that our guide is passionate about the topics covered during the tour, being a practising scholar herself. This tour is highly recommended!
No problem, everything went well
Crowded our guide John had so much knowledge and history was if we were reliving what it's like!!
The guided tour was excellent and Francesca was professional, knowledgeable and funny, she made the experience for us.
Great guide Very informative Had lots of fun
The historic sites and the knowledge of the hist
Tour guide was amazing Perfect weather and great itinerary
Just seeing if in person was awesome.
Make your once-in-a-lifetime Colosseum visit truly unforgettable with expert guides who bring its legendary history to life.
Make your once-in-a-lifetime Colosseum visit truly unforgettable with expert guides who bring its legendary history to life.
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The guide who showed us around did a fantastic job. He showed us the best and most beautiful spots of each monument. He showed a lot of interaction with the audience. He even helped take the pictures; afterwards, he helped me and my friends get a bite to eat nearby. Top experience! As a result, he received a tip from us that was more than deserved!
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I was struck by Prof Carmelo Vinciguerra's outstanding preparation as an expert in archaeology and a lover of art and his work so fascinating . Accurate and comprehensive descriptions with continuous insights . He also included for us a visit to the Church of Vismo and Damiani , vetsmente splendid, which was not included. The Colosseum was very exhaustive to us in its use, construction and fall into ruin, between earthquakes and looting. A beautiful expetience! I recommend this guide to everyone. Thank you Dr. Vinciguerra, see you next time! Greetings, Vincenza from Milan. (group of 4 adults)
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Tour was originally booked with head out, unfortunately the guide was unable to work so they transferred us to Crown Tour's. They were very professional in their correspondence and provided multiple options including change of date or transfer to another operator. They provided clear instructions via email including new meeting point. On arrival the staff from Crown tours were friendly and professional. Our guide, Damiano was great, very knowledgeable, understanding of the groups needs and fun. The Colosseum was absolutely magnificent.
Very important the knowledge of the guide. He took care to explain what was asked. As the only criticism, understandable due to the urgencies, he was a little fast.
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It was an incredible trip, everything very organized and excellent communication. I would recommend your services and thank you once again for the excellent service of our guide.
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Like that we had our own entrance to the Colosseum bypassing the significant crowds. Pietro our guide was excellent. Great knowledge and engaging presentation. Also loved how he involved people in the group in the storytelling.
Nerea is an exceptional guide, you can feel her passion and knowledge of Rome. She makes it very enjoyable and it goes by very quickly. She explains everything clearly and with feeling, friendly and professional guide. If we do more tours in Rome, hopefully the guide will be her. Spectacular Colosseum. Lorena
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Our guide Cristina was excellent. Very knowledgeable, spoke very good English and was a true pleasure to be with. Started exactly on time and did not feel rushed through any part of the tour. Great experience!
We had a fantastic guided tour with Diego! Such a great guide, he was excellent and knew so much about both the Colosseum and Rome in general. I was a bit sceptical about taking a tour that is not from the official site, but it was honestly great! The queues were short, so we even got extra guidance through the Roman forum.
The visit was exceptional, not least because of our guide Gil, a passionate and fascinating archaeologist! We learned so much and saw the beauty of ancient Rome.
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Knowledgeable and personable guide, who made the tour an enjoyable experience. Slight difficulty initially in finding our group, but no major problems.
The guide María Ángela is very sensible and professional. She has led the group with a lot of tranquility and patience. I really enjoyed the walk through the forum and the Palatine Hill. Thank you!
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The guide was excellent and the experience exceeded our expectations.
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perfect time quality spending
Very good tour! Interesting and full of history.
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Patricia was an excellent guide, she was able to explain a lot of information about the tour. A very nice person, it was a pleasure to have her as a guide.
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Our guide was wonderful and made lots of jokes amongst the massive amount of info we received as we moved through the three locations. Would book this tour again 100%!
Had a wonderful tour of the Colosseum, Palatine Hill & Roman Forum with our very knowledgeable guide, Claudia. Her explanations of the history made our experince so much more meaningful than if we had been wandering around on our own. Thank you Claudia!
Beautiful tuor, accompanied by the very prepared and engaging Susanna we discovered, among anecdotes and curiosities, the history of the Colosseum and the Roman Forums. Truly recommended to learn in a few hours part of the history of this wonderful city.
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Closseum was impressive, and the Vatican guided tour guide very knowledgeable. Because the guided tour of Colosseum was cancelled the day before, the audio guided substitute did not include skip-the-line for the other two venues included. So we decided to give the other two a miss because of massive queues. Also, we have not received a part refund. The tour of the Vatican state + St Peters was fine, but the tour startet 30 minutes too late (1130 instead of 1100).
Really interesting visit, thank you Susanna for taking us on this tour with all your knowledge and passion.
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Antonella. Very good guide, could tell the story and events clearly and engagingly. With correct time sequence.
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A wonderful experience! All thanks to the guide Francesca who was perfect! Super knowledgeable and friendly she explained the wonders of Rome in a unique way.... Definitely to be done again!
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I had no doubt that the monuments and the history were incredible. What really surprised me, with his explanations, friendliness and positive energy, was the guide Paulinho. He made all the difference in giving us a unique and special experience.
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Our guide SAID was top notch. He is a person who knows his subject perfectly. He knows how to arouse the curiosity of his interlocutors and bring history to life through lively, animated communication. I recommend this type of small-group experience.
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Explore the restricted Underground chambers, where gladiators and wild animals awaited their fate before battle.
Explore the restricted Underground chambers, where gladiators and wild animals awaited their fate before battle.
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Honestly, bypassing the chaos. We saved so much time and our tour guide was wonderful. Highly recommend. Bonus: The tickets include entrance to the Roman Forum and Palatine Hill. So we enjoyed that after taking a break for lunch.
Our guide had an extraordinary amount of detailed knowledge about the Colosseum and the Roman Forum and was able to tell us a lot about life at that time. This and also the top organization of the event made everything a great experience. Robert from Munich
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Our Guide was knowledgeable about Colosseum. She made it fun. Because of her, we got hassle free entry to all the sites and location, we skipped all lines and were the first one to enter into the Colosseum. I would recommend tourists to book all 3 site tours individually because the guide doesn't show you everything in Romun Forum in a combined tour. Do this tour if you don't have enough time or if you are with family/kids.
An incredible place because you can see up close the engineering with which this important building of the Roman era was built, this unique experience because being in the basement of the Colosseum with a great guide explains and teaches you where the ramps, elevators, drains and your mind "flies" imagining being in that time. It is very worthwhile
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Everything. The underground was very exciting to experience. The guide was fantastic, Sandra explained the history vividly and in detail. It was an experience and adventure worth recommending. We would book again in a heartbeat.
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Our tour was fabulous in every way AMANDA our tour guide was absolutely brilliant Very informative, concise and funny very knowledgeable and with masses of information She really made it very special
The guide was friendly and provided an engaging , in depth, knowledgeable tour and had an answer for every question. Amazing tour and value for money which i would do again instantly.
The whole experience was wonderful. Our tour guide Mya was amazing, she was so knowlegable, happy, and made the whole experience for us. without a guide we wouldn't have got a true insight to the history of this amazing buidling. Paying the extra for the underground tour was 100% worth it.
Our host was brilliant .. really enjoyed our ruling and her knowledge was great .. we all learnt a lot from the tour
Very crowded but added to the excitement and the unbelievable feeling when you walked into the Colleseium itself. It gave myself and husband goosebumps. Tour guide was brilliant 👏
Alessandro was a perfect guide. We were a small group of 6 people, which was ideal given the crowds in the Colosseum. Alessandro made the tour very lively, answered each of our questions in detail and even had extra footage on his tablet. He always had the well-being of all participants in mind and guided our group to shady spots for his explanations, organized the floor changes by elevator for my mother and another participant and showed us the best spots for souvenir photos. Many thanks for a great morning, Alessandro!
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It was an awesome tour with a fantastic guide! Emanuele is a Roman native with excellent knowledge of ancient history. We enjoyed every minute! Thank you again for that great experience! Manuela and Roland
So much history. Informative guide who knew the history. Would definitely recommend do the underground part of the tour.
Informative guide and access to the underground was great
Great tour guide informative ans detail oriented
Very crowded but our tour guide was knowledgeable and navigated us quickly around the crowds.
All the history and information
The guide Luigi, an archaeologist, was great an had very much ancient history to tell.
Tick off Rome’s bucket list attraction with an expert-led tour that brings the Colosseum to life—all in just one hour.
Tick off Rome’s bucket list attraction with an expert-led tour that brings the Colosseum to life—all in just one hour.
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We were all alone with the tour guide, he made it interesting for our 2 kids, 3 and 9 years old.
We had a very nice guide. Told short but powerful stories. Pushed us through everything. We only had trouble finding the right place for the guide but also managed thatvis
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I really liked being told about the history of the Coliseum from Emperor Nero to how it stands today. The skip the line part was also convenient given the line outside. Our guide was pretty cool and the tidbits that he told throughout helped to connect with the place. Access to Palatine hill which was granted by the ticket was one of my favorite places. Personally I wish the guide had shown some more enthusiasm and amidst all the noise, his speech felt a little too fast at times to understand everything.
Giovanna was truly knowledgeable, kind, funny witty, and lived her visuals and sharp leen ability to catapult our small group back in time.
I didn't like that one day before they changed the schedule I had chosen. The guide was good but they did not respect the one that included headphones, and although there were only 4 of us, it would have been better to have headphones because as there are many people, suddenly the information is lost a little.
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Tour guide, Georgia, really brought the history to life, with her knowledge and enthusiasm
Pepe was an excellent guide. Fun and very amenl. I recommend!
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Georgia was great! So knowledgeable!
The guide was very good and knowledgeable she made it interesting fro everyone
Everything went very well, highly recommended
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The tour guidewas very informative. She showed illustrations to help you envision the times we were discussing.
Giovanna was great. Very knowledgeable and knew where to spend time and where to move along quickly.
Colesso was amazing. Awesome.
Great tour guide Giovanna
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One ticket, two icons—skip the hassle of multiple bookings and experience the best of Ancient Rome and the Vatican with expert guides.
One ticket, two icons—skip the hassle of multiple bookings and experience the best of Ancient Rome and the Vatican with expert guides.
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Colosseum
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The guide who showed us around did a fantastic job. He showed us the best and most beautiful spots of each monument. He showed a lot of interaction with the audience. He even helped take the pictures; afterwards, he helped me and my friends get a bite to eat nearby. Top experience! As a result, he received a tip from us that was more than deserved!
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Everything that was mentioned in the tour we saw. Our guide Olga explained so much to the in-depth knowledge & history of The Vatican & sacred places. The crowds were overwhelming but Olga was able to guide us safely to the best vantage points
I was struck by Prof Carmelo Vinciguerra's outstanding preparation as an expert in archaeology and a lover of art and his work so fascinating . Accurate and comprehensive descriptions with continuous insights . He also included for us a visit to the Church of Vismo and Damiani , vetsmente splendid, which was not included. The Colosseum was very exhaustive to us in its use, construction and fall into ruin, between earthquakes and looting. A beautiful expetience! I recommend this guide to everyone. Thank you Dr. Vinciguerra, see you next time! Greetings, Vincenza from Milan. (group of 4 adults)
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Tour was originally booked with head out, unfortunately the guide was unable to work so they transferred us to Crown Tour's. They were very professional in their correspondence and provided multiple options including change of date or transfer to another operator. They provided clear instructions via email including new meeting point. On arrival the staff from Crown tours were friendly and professional. Our guide, Damiano was great, very knowledgeable, understanding of the groups needs and fun. The Colosseum was absolutely magnificent.
Very complete visit, the meeting point very easy to locate. I would have liked to have been able to enjoy a little more of the Sistine Chapel, but there were many people and we passed quickly. Otherwise everything was great !!!!
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Absolutely loved our guide, Antonio that also speaks Japanese. He was knowledgeable and passionate about his tours. He knew the end and outs making it unforgettable.
Very good guide bravo! However, we didn't have time to go to St Peter's Basilica, even though it was included in the ticket.
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Very important the knowledge of the guide. He took care to explain what was asked. As the only criticism, understandable due to the urgencies, he was a little fast.
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We visited the Vatican Museums with an exceptional guide named Marco and we were really thrilled with the experience. Marco was very well prepared, clear in his explanations and very passionate: he was able to convey to us the importance and beauty of the works of art in an engaging and never boring way. Thanks to him we were able to better appreciate the richness of the Vatican Museums, and the whole tour. We highly recommend this guided tour, especially with Marco: he made our day unforgettable!
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Nerea is an exceptional guide, you can feel her passion and knowledge of Rome. She makes it very enjoyable and it goes by very quickly. She explains everything clearly and with feeling, friendly and professional guide. If we do more tours in Rome, hopefully the guide will be her. Spectacular Colosseum. Lorena
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Our guide Cristina was excellent. Very knowledgeable, spoke very good English and was a true pleasure to be with. Started exactly on time and did not feel rushed through any part of the tour. Great experience!
Fantastic tour! It's worth it to skip the queues and have a guided tour with a small group. Wonderful experience which I would reccomend to anyone and will absolutely do it again.
Our guide, Francesca, was funny and easy to listen to. She brought the history to life with her stories and kept us all interested at what was a very busy time in the Vatican. The Vatican museums and gardens were stunning, the Sistine Chapel was breathtaking and St Peter's Basilicia was beautiful. Francesca's stories about the art in the Sistine Chapel and Michelangelo's antics were the highlight for me.
Our tour of the Vatican museums, Sistine Chapel, and St. Peter's basilica was amazing. The crowds were crazy but our tour guide kept us together and helped us get where we wanted to go. Her information was great and she was entertaining.
The guide was phenomenal !!! So knowledgeable, so invested in the history, and importing that to the group. Her timing, for ingress and egress to specific areas was so beneficial to the whole experience.
We had a fantastic guided tour with Diego! Such a great guide, he was excellent and knew so much about both the Colosseum and Rome in general. I was a bit sceptical about taking a tour that is not from the official site, but it was honestly great! The queues were short, so we even got extra guidance through the Roman forum.
The visit was exceptional, not least because of our guide Gil, a passionate and fascinating archaeologist! We learned so much and saw the beauty of ancient Rome.
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I love the entire surreal experience with Vatican Museum,Sistine Chapel and St Peter's Basilica self guided tour. She was an excellent tour guide on everything she talks about. I would highly recommend her and tour company. It was very easy to meet up and how organize it was. Thank you for the wonderful experience. #firsttimeinItaly!!!!
Great visit with guide Paola, we didn't have to hear to get into the museums and we learned so much!
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Knowledgeable and personable guide, who made the tour an enjoyable experience. Slight difficulty initially in finding our group, but no major problems.
Fred was amazing. Our group was small which was even better. He was super informative without being boring or too lengthy. He moved us through swiftly without rushing and was super joyful.
It was a great success to have booked the guided tour of the Vatican, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter's Basilica with Headout. I did not know you but I trusted the comments and I was right. Alessandro (our guide) was very experienced in getting around the Vatican and very knowledgeable in explaining each part of the Vatican. It is definitely worth your guided tour and I have to say that it is perfect value for money. Thank you.
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The highlight of our visit to th Vatican was going through the holy door, the crowd was not as bad as I thought they would be. Our host was great she took her time explaining and giving us the history behind the painting/structures/rooms. We spent most of our time in St. Peter basilica, we where able to go underground to see the tomb of the pope's. The we did some shopping in the Vatican store, it was a great experience.
Fantastic experience, the guide Susanna immersed us in a fascinating journey through works of art and fantastic places , the excellent explanations of the historical periods and the artists who made them, created a wonderful atmosphere of involvement and attention that we can rarely find in other guided tour experiences . We highly recommend a visit to the Vatican museums , Sistine Chapel and St. Peter's if you find yourself passing through Rome with this agency and if you then have the opportunity to have Susanna as your guide you will certainly have a wonderful experience as well .
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The guide María Ángela is very sensible and professional. She has led the group with a lot of tranquility and patience. I really enjoyed the walk through the forum and the Palatine Hill. Thank you!
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Unlock access to 7 hidden sites in the Colosseum Park—normally closed to standard ticket holders.
Unlock access to 7 hidden sites in the Colosseum Park—normally closed to standard ticket holders.
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This area of Rome is one of my favorites. The last time we were here it didn't require tickets. I was disheartened as the lines were long and the tickets they were selling included the Colosseum which we had already toured. I jumped online and had these tickets on my phone in 5 minutes. I would definitely say this is one of the the must-sees in Rome!
Easy access, I went in at the Forum and then onto the Palatine at the Arch of Titus. I didn't have time for the other sights.
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The location, however it would take a guided tour with more signage you don't understand where you have to go to see everything
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I’d recommend this to others because it saved us time to wait in line
The archaeological park is wonderful
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The late afternoon visit with the sun setting over Rome and the Colosseum from the Palatine.
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The experience was awful. I was denied entry because the ticket you sent me had expired. I wrote to and called customer service many times. They were slow and ultimately unable to provide a solution. After waiting for hours, I requested a cancellation and am still waiting for a refund. Very poor service.
Very poor information on where to start the Colosseum tour. The staff sent us to different places, and when we finally got the right information, the guide was no longer there. We received no email to assist us. We did the tour on our own.
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Nothing I waited in a queue only to be told my ticket was invalid
Bad expérience. Impossible to access with your tickets. Disapointed vey Not good
A tour designed just for you—skip the crowds and explore at your own pace with an expert archaeologist guide.
A tour designed just for you—skip the crowds and explore at your own pace with an expert archaeologist guide.
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Save 1–2 hours by skipping ticketing lines and explore the Vatican’s treasures on your schedule.
Save 1–2 hours by skipping ticketing lines and explore the Vatican’s treasures on your schedule.
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Buying through the agency was very important. It avoided a huge queue to get in! Not to mention the professionalism and cordiality we received. Visiting the Vatican Museum and the Sistine Chapel was like living a dream! It's worth it and I recommend it!
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At the beginning of the street at the entrance to the Vatican Museum, signs should be put up saying : A sign: "Visits without a ticket" A sign: "Visits with a ticket" It's the best museum I've ever visited I find this museum very rich in works of art, clean and well organized. The Vatican gardens are beautiful. CONGRATULATIONS!
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It was great to get in fairly quickly and explore at our own speed. We found the group tour guides annoying as they kept stopping g in the middle of the passage ways blocking everyone else!!
Visiting Vatikan Museums was one of best my experiences. I expected more crowds . But Maybe it was about time . I visited there at 4 pm and when I was out, it was 8 pm. I had researched paintings, fresks, statues in museum. So I got happy when I saw them. Best museum in the World!
Skipping the long lines was great. Everything neatly arranged. The Sistine Chapel was unfortunately closed because of the conclave but things like that cannot be planned.
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The exciting sightseeing. So many beautiful works of art. If you are interested in the history of Rome, this trip tells you something new or explain you something what you knew before.
Coming to Rome without visiting the Vatican Museums is just not possible!!! The spiral staircase, a true wonder! Raphael's rooms not to be missed! The Gallery of Maps is also without a doubt a must see. Excellent organization through online booking of tickets.
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Antonio was great, with clear and precise explanations of the history of the monuments. Lots of humor, which made the visit very enjoyable!
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It was an exceptional experience! The super friendly and efficient guide at the entrance to the Vatican! He was right at the meeting point and I called him in 2 minutes and he returned my call quickly! I recommend it! We loved the experience!
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Dario the guide who took us inside the Vatican museums was very kind as well as knowledgeable in giving information let's say the Top
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I came in 2017 ans now 2025 but still the same surprise. Everything was so beautiful, museums, paints, monuments... I was with my mother 79 years old and I would to congragulate the Vatican organization, specially for the people with reduce mobility. We appreciate Grazie Mille !!!!
Everything. I didn't believe in the power of culture. I didn't believe in the majesty and depth of the message. Now I am different. Aware and deeply grateful.
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Everything was fantastic, a little less people would have been nicer but I loved it, I don't think I got to see everything but it was incredible.
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The works you can admire are unique in the world. The only thing that can be improved is the management of lines to enter.
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So glad we bought the skip the line tickets! We would have been waiting in line for hours without it! With Headout we were inside and through all the right checks in a few minutes The Vatican Museums are fantastic, with many beautiful paintings and decorative ceilings. The Sistine Chapel is especially impressive. The crowds did not really hold us up while walking around inside. There's so much to see you really need about 3 hours to see it all.
The visit to the Vatican Museum and the Sistine Chapel is a must do if you want to visit .... we loved everything wonderful, spectacular !!!!
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Not on time. I thought this was from official web but turns out there's a "host" so they charged extra fee. The vatican itself 10/10 I would recommend to hire a tour guide to explain better about the history behind it
Pleasant visit with a very correct queue and on time thanks to the queue-cutting ticket, the place is magnificent and the visit pleasant despite the crowd, in 1h30 max the circuit is done and the audioguide is very useful.
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This is my second time in the meze, and this time it made a very strong impression on me. Maybe because I looked at everything calmly, without rushing anywhere. A pleasant surprise were the benches for rest. Thank you for your concern! In general, there is not much to say here. Because this is a truly fascinating journey through the world of art.
Despite the line it was all smooth, an unforgettable experience. Buying from the site is all faster and safer.
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I had never entered the Vatican museums before, and I was amazed by the quantity and beauty of the works contained especially the frescoes on the walls or ceilings, it was a beautiful experience, I also loved the marble staircases, everything made me feel the flavor of the greatness of our history and culture.
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I was very happy purchasing my tickets thru headout. My son said it was the only site he trusted. I was under the impression that we would be walked over to the line but we rcvd extremely clear instructions and turned out to be around the block to get in. It made purchasing the tickets and knowing where to go so much easier. We visited the vatican museum and sistine chapel with no headphones guide (we prefered without) and walked along the path and read up on a few items of interest and spent most of the time being wowed and taking photos. Stress free option I will use again! Thank u!
Vatican City is unbelievable ❤️🤗 Its very important to visit Vatican City in the morning 🙏🏻, it's not crowded.
All. Four hours of full artistic immersion. Which I had done before.
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Amazing history and artworks.
Explore Rome’s museums & ruins and travel free with one money-saving pass.
Explore Rome’s museums & ruins and travel free with one money-saving pass.
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if you plan your trip around the Pass, to get the most from it, you'll be pleased. Don't just assume that all venues in the packet are still active with the pass however. Two we went to are no longer part of it, even though they were listed in the packet.. Glad for the transport option, but couldn't locate the toilets on the map :(
The idea of 3 days access to (among other things) museums and transportation is very good. But having to reserve a place to visit the Colosseum, still having to physically pick up your roma pass before that was not easy, took time, and paying with the Roma pass in public transport did not work either. In short: quite a time-consuming hassle.
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That you have unlimited public transportation but we didn't get tickets for anything but the colosseum, the rest the gallery and so on we didn't see, I don't recommend it.
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Explore all three Vatican highlights with skip-the-line access to the Museums and exclusive entry to the basilica via a hidden passage.
Explore all three Vatican highlights with skip-the-line access to the Museums and exclusive entry to the basilica via a hidden passage.
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Carmelo was our guide, besides telling us a lot of history he made the tour a lot of fun. It was worth paying what we paid because we skipped endless lines and he gave us tips once the visits were over. I highly recommend him.
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Everything that was mentioned in the tour we saw. Our guide Olga explained so much to the in-depth knowledge & history of The Vatican & sacred places. The crowds were overwhelming but Olga was able to guide us safely to the best vantage points
The tour was amazing. The tour guide we had (a lady with short brown hair and glasses whose name I didn't catch) was so nice and knowledgeable. We had 2 members of our group with mobility issues and she did her best to accommodate. Loved the details of the art and history. Very very enjoyable and would highly recommend.
Very complete visit, the meeting point very easy to locate. I would have liked to have been able to enjoy a little more of the Sistine Chapel, but there were many people and we passed quickly. Otherwise everything was great !!!!
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First time in Rome for us. Booked a tour with Once Upon a Time tours to learn more about the Vatican museum, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter's basilica. Our group consisted of people from Switzerland, Netherlands, America, Canada. Our guide was Marta and she managed to take us through all the beauty that these impressive buildings have to offer in a fun and interesting way. Thanks to Marta we now know that the locals here do not know cheese but mozerella ;-) It was an experience never to forget. And will definitely come back for this again. Grazie mille Rome, grazie mille Marta it was fantastic!!! Jurgita & Edwin from Holland
Absolutely loved our guide, Antonio that also speaks Japanese. He was knowledgeable and passionate about his tours. He knew the end and outs making it unforgettable.
Very good guide bravo! However, we didn't have time to go to St Peter's Basilica, even though it was included in the ticket.
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We visited the Vatican Museums with an exceptional guide named Marco and we were really thrilled with the experience. Marco was very well prepared, clear in his explanations and very passionate: he was able to convey to us the importance and beauty of the works of art in an engaging and never boring way. Thanks to him we were able to better appreciate the richness of the Vatican Museums, and the whole tour. We highly recommend this guided tour, especially with Marco: he made our day unforgettable!
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Our guide was incredibly knowledgeable about both the history of all sites but also about how to effectively navigate the journey through the spaces during such an extremely crowded time. Due to the jubilee crowds we had some delays, and our tour ran long. She did not rush through the museums, nd gave us the complete tour anyway. Seeing that some on the group were getting tired, she sought out places to sit and rest, and was more concerned with everyone's health and happiness than ending on time. A native Roman, the depth of her knowledge, her personal perspectives, and her passion were amazing! Since the sistene chapel was closed, she spent 20 minutes using picture handouts to talk through the meaning of the art inside. The climb to the dome was my favorite part - to be inside seeing the mosaics and the perspective of such a grand church from above were incredible!
Our guide Theresa was simply great! She told and explained everything so well. The whole tour was super nice and absolutely recommendable.
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Fantastic tour! It's worth it to skip the queues and have a guided tour with a small group. Wonderful experience which I would reccomend to anyone and will absolutely do it again.
Our guide, Francesca, was funny and easy to listen to. She brought the history to life with her stories and kept us all interested at what was a very busy time in the Vatican. The Vatican museums and gardens were stunning, the Sistine Chapel was breathtaking and St Peter's Basilicia was beautiful. Francesca's stories about the art in the Sistine Chapel and Michelangelo's antics were the highlight for me.
Our tour of the Vatican museums, Sistine Chapel, and St. Peter's basilica was amazing. The crowds were crazy but our tour guide kept us together and helped us get where we wanted to go. Her information was great and she was entertaining.
The guide was phenomenal !!! So knowledgeable, so invested in the history, and importing that to the group. Her timing, for ingress and egress to specific areas was so beneficial to the whole experience.
What an amazing tour. Natalia our guide was so well spoken and had such a vast knowledge of so much of the roman history, art ,culture and religion. I had my 85 and 86yr old Aunts with me and she was so considerate and kind to them and didn't rush them. It was a fabulous tour. From the book in to the end it was well run and operated very smoothly. Well worth it . It was longer than we thought and a lot of walking so bring small snacks and water!! Thank you crown tours for a wonderful experience .
The guide revealed a wealth of interesting information about Vatican City, the museums, the Sistine Chapel and St. Peter's Basilica. It was an unforgettable experience.
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I love the entire surreal experience with Vatican Museum,Sistine Chapel and St Peter's Basilica self guided tour. She was an excellent tour guide on everything she talks about. I would highly recommend her and tour company. It was very easy to meet up and how organize it was. Thank you for the wonderful experience. #firsttimeinItaly!!!!
Great visit with guide Paola, we didn't have to hear to get into the museums and we learned so much!
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Excellent tour. Crown tours an excellent company sent me reminders days before to confirm and the same day. This is important if you have different tours or activities. Marco the guide gave us an excellent explanation of everything, which reveals his extensive knowledge of art history. I recommend him 100%.
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Fred was amazing. Our group was small which was even better. He was super informative without being boring or too lengthy. He moved us through swiftly without rushing and was super joyful.
It was a great success to have booked the guided tour of the Vatican, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter's Basilica with Headout. I did not know you but I trusted the comments and I was right. Alessandro (our guide) was very experienced in getting around the Vatican and very knowledgeable in explaining each part of the Vatican. It is definitely worth your guided tour and I have to say that it is perfect value for money. Thank you.
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The highlight of our visit to th Vatican was going through the holy door, the crowd was not as bad as I thought they would be. Our host was great she took her time explaining and giving us the history behind the painting/structures/rooms. We spent most of our time in St. Peter basilica, we where able to go underground to see the tomb of the pope's. The we did some shopping in the Vatican store, it was a great experience.
The Vatican museums are simply stunning! They are truly worth visiting. We got along very well with Pietro, our guide, who guided us step by step through these wonderful rooms full of masterpieces.
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Fantastic experience, the guide Susanna immersed us in a fascinating journey through works of art and fantastic places , the excellent explanations of the historical periods and the artists who made them, created a wonderful atmosphere of involvement and attention that we can rarely find in other guided tour experiences . We highly recommend a visit to the Vatican museums , Sistine Chapel and St. Peter's if you find yourself passing through Rome with this agency and if you then have the opportunity to have Susanna as your guide you will certainly have a wonderful experience as well .
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Our guide was great! The explanations were very clear, and we appreciated the anecdotes. We'll always remember this visit!
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Via di Villa Ruffo
Your experience begins with a comfortable transfer from Rome on an air-conditioned coach. You will be able to meet our bus host at the meeting point.
240 km
2 hours 35 minutes
Amalfi Coast
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Sorrento
Enjoy limoncello tastings at this charming town and walk through the streets filled with quaint cafes and shops.
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Pompeii archaeological site
90 min
Tickets included
Travel back in time at Pompeii, an ancient city buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Refresh your Roman history with a trip to the UNESCO-listed archeological site of Pompeii, which preserves the remains of brilliant frescoes, opulent villas and baths, grand theaters, and even the bone-chilling casts of Pompeians who died that fateful day.
245 km
2 hours 35 minutes
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Via di Villa Ruffo
Take it easy on comfortable transfers from Rome and discover the UNESCO-listed ancient wonder of Pompeii.
Take it easy on comfortable transfers from Rome and discover the UNESCO-listed ancient wonder of Pompeii.
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Christian may be the best bus driver in the world! My guy has got skills, not only did he get us there and back I was so impressed I just had to tip him 20 Euro for a safe travel day! Mara was incredible, friendly and outgoing, she was extremely knowledgeable not only about destinations but sites along the way. She enhanced the ride by providing us music that was born from the locations she was telling us about giving us a deeper appreciation for the entire country of Italy and not just our paid destination spots! I would definitely recommend these two together if you're lucky enough to get them!
We have fantastic time visiting all the places organising everything online was easy and no problem great to be picked up and dropped back to city the attractions were amazing also the scenery and weather which helped the experience too 👍100%
We choose the tour solely because it stated 3 hours in Pompeii. In total the stop was 2 hours and 15 min was gone because the guide had to collect the tickets so we ran around in 1.45 min trying to see some highlights my husband had wanted to see for over 40 years so quite a disappointment.
Nothing. And was incorrect. Three hours in Pompeii was two w/contractor and was 1.5 when we arrived. I paid for priority but operator didn't know what that was. And tour operated waited 45 mins for late people in Sorrento before leaving w/o them. Your operator took half hour more with his tour and with all the lateness we ended up not doing the tasting. Very disappointed after doing so much homework for tour.
Very good organization, bus on time and clean, nice bus driver. One stop each on the way there and back. We had only booked the bus trip with entrance tickets and still got good tips from the tour guide on board, as well as during the trip in English and Spanish. We hired an audio guide on site for 10 euros and off we went. About 3.5 hours on site!
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Excellent trip, the guide transmitted knowledge during the trip about the places we went through. The driver was a very good driver. We will repeat
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Highly recommend this tour! The bus ride to and from was smooth and the staff are very kind. Samuel was the leader for my bus/tour and he was amazing. Stopped at a giftshop/cafe when we left Rome and on or way back. Very friendly and helpful. I got stuck in the store in Pompeii when we were supposed to leave and he went back to the site just to get me so I could find the bus and not be left! We had about four hours of time to walk around (I did not do a tour guide, I walked around freely) and I didn't see everything but it is a huge city so it's not a big deal. Very good experience and zero complaints!
Plenty of time to explore the site... We hadn't booked lunch or an audioguide, but it was flexible and we could add those extras on the day. Our guide was so friendly and helpful. We loved it!
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The title of the excursions leads one to understand that they shall walk from Navona to Trevi underground. In effect it is just a small part of excavated land with historic boards explaining facts. I could have stayed home and gone through all that information over the Internet. A good part of the excavated part may be seen for free on the street. Moreover, one of the ladies at the reception of the site was very unfriendly, abrupt and unhelpful. Far too expensive for what is actually offered!!! Feeling very cheated.
Skip the wait and save upwards of 30 minutes with priority entry to the Pantheon.
Skip the wait and save upwards of 30 minutes with priority entry to the Pantheon.
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Even though there were some issues with receiving the tickets I felt like I was being looked after and my anxiousness was not ignored. And the Pantheon was amazing!!!
Tickets felt a bit sketchy because we arrived before they were open, but as soon as they showed up everything was great and didn't feel sketchy at all! Took us right to the front of the line! Awesome. Would recommend them to anyone.
The girl who was waiting for us was on time and in 2 seconds she took us to the door of the Pantheon without queues or waiting. Super friendly and efficient. We will repeat another time for sure. Thank you for everything
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Once inside the Pantheon is a marvellous site with glorious artwork. Our only difficulty was tracking down our host. Their street address did not appear on Googke Maps. Thankfully they were a very obliging team, when we found them.
I wanted to go in to the Pantheon at 5:15pm on 9th of April. I did not have ticket and the Line was very long. I bought the ticket in your Site and I had to go to the office to the next Street to get my entrance ticket. It was very easy and fast to buy. At 17:45 I went in to the Pantheon. I skipped the Line and stayed in more than 50 minutes. Thank you. Pölcz Ildikó from Hungary
Very timely to have paid these fast track tickets without queue because the line was endless and slow. So it is very good option; once inside you can buy the audio guide (10 euros x 1 person or 15 euros for 2 people); so you make an exceptional experience. The pantheon is spectacular!
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Walked up with our tickets and walked in. No problems or delays. The Pantheon is awesome. Roof is amazing as so old and yet so complete. Hard to imagine just how old it is. Decorations within the building impressive too. Spare a moment to admire the entrance doors too! People within were quiet and respectful which was helpful in maintaining a sense of atmosphere and purpose.
We really liked that we skipped the line. We quickly found where they give out headphones for the audio guide. Very interesting and useful text, we listened to it several times. The Pantheon is amazing. We didn't like that we had to go to the office for a voucher, which we found out about at the last minute. We ran to look for the office along the tangled streets. If we had realized this when we bought the ticket, we would have come for the voucher the day before.
Quick & easy access only ticket.
What I loved most about this experience was the ease of acquiring access tickets.
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Skip the line tickets made the experience so much easier.
It is worth to see, the wao effect when you enter in the pantheon is assured.
Very easy and professional.
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Beautyful expirence. Highly recommended!
The pantheon was really pretty and the entry there was really fast!
The speed with which I entered the Dome. Unbelievable. Thank you!
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Perfect. Immediate acces and no waiting line (which was extremely long). Scan and go.
The price... no waiting... magnificent
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I could buy it at the box office the same queue the same. And thank goodness that fast.charge two euros more than at the box office for nothing.the same queue and the entrance without limit of capacity does not make sense this service.
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We did not expect that even though we had received a now QR code, we still had to go elsewhere to get prints of tickets.
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We collected the tickets easy and went our way to the Pantheon by ourselves. There was a long queue. As we had skip the line tickets we went to the front and they let us in. the Pantheon was very impressive, larger than I expected. A great visit.
Purchasing the online ticket was very easy and uncomplicated. Admission took place without a long wait The sight was very impressive and should be seen from the inside at least once
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Wow, this was so easy to get tickets, download the app for the audio tour, share the app with my ticketed partner, and get into the Parthnon at the allotted time. The audio tour was clear and informative. Definitely worth the price.
I never went to the Pantheon. My trip in Rome is'nt till May 28, the tickets should have been for May 29th not April. I booked two trips together. One on the 29th and one on May 0th, 2025. I don't know what happened!
We have visited the Pantheon many times over the years, it's still one of the most impressive buildings of the ancient world. The crowds were huge but we were able to enter with no queue at our allotted time.
Skip the ticketing lines and enter the world's oldest museum at a time slot chosen by you.
Everything you get: Gain access to Rome’s rich history and art through a collection of paintings and sculptures, including masterpieces like the Capitoline Wolf and the Dying Gaul. Whenever a temporary exhibition is on display, you can explore the rotating exhibits as well.
Why choose this: Get guaranteed entry to the Musei Capitolini, allowing you to explore at your own pace for a flexible and stress-free visit.
Upgrades: Upgrade for a smoother entry with a host to escort you in. Watch a 25-minute multimedia show that brings ancient Rome to life, then top it off with an aperitif at Terrazza Caffarelli, soaking in stunning city views.
Skip the ticketing lines and enter the world's oldest museum at a time slot chosen by you.
Everything you get: Gain access to Rome’s rich history and art through a collection of paintings and sculptures, including masterpieces like the Capitoline Wolf and the Dying Gaul. Whenever a temporary exhibition is on display, you can explore the rotating exhibits as well.
Why choose this: Get guaranteed entry to the Musei Capitolini, allowing you to explore at your own pace for a flexible and stress-free visit.
Upgrades: Upgrade for a smoother entry with a host to escort you in. Watch a 25-minute multimedia show that brings ancient Rome to life, then top it off with an aperitif at Terrazza Caffarelli, soaking in stunning city views.
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The spaces are extremely impressive for their spaciousness, brightness and richness of content. The compositional scheme and arrangement of the art treasures that make up the museum's holdings are optimal. The museum's exhibition holdings are marvelous for their contents of extraordinary historical-artistic-cultural value, which I did not expect...The venues are well cared for, protected and not crowded (during my experience of visiting on peak tourist days in Rome). I used an audio guide whose texts in Italian are clear and comprehensive and not at all boring. Only a few custodians were unjustifiably abrupt and rude.
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The museum has some of the best art and sculptures of western civilization and art history. This is a MUST visit place for any Roman history buff. Seeing the pieces in a book is ok but seeing them in person up close is a different experience!
The Capitoline Museums should be your first stop when visiting Rome. The exhibits put every other Roman attraction into o perspective. Make sure you see both museums. There's an underground corridor that connects them, on the bottom floor.
The Capitoline Museum well worth a visit. I would mention that the reserved entry tickets need to be collected offsite at location specified in your confirmation. It's is important to note this as we went directly to the museum and then had to backtrack. Once I found the ticketing location, the service was excellent.
Our guide was excellent. She covered a lot of information, was patient and answered all of our questions, and made sure we saw the historically important and popular sites. Her command of English was excellent and communication was never an issue.
I thought the exhibition was excellent. I had no problems with the queue, partly because we were practically the first to enter, having been on time at the scheduled time
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My friends and family loved the museum visit r, we had a great time.
The experience is absolutely amazing and well worth the price.
The exhibition is exceptional. All very interesting.
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Rome and Vatican in one go! Iconic sites and unlimited public transport made easy with this 2-in-1 pass.
Rome and Vatican in one go! Iconic sites and unlimited public transport made easy with this 2-in-1 pass.
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The tickets the redemption point of lacking is not correct... so we lost a day of omnia recommend to buy on official website
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Soak up the historical, artistic and theological immensity of our world. Accompanied by the assurance of being able to evolve in total peace of mind, thanks to all of you, I still haven't come back.
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The card is good, but with so many people in Rome, we could not use the transport service, we had to take a cab, because I hired the OMNIA + PASS ROMA in the package, but well, I loved Rome and the Vatican.
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For the first time I purchased the Omnia Card and Roma pass package, once you understand where you can book the various museum admissions, the road is all downhill. Very kind at the ORP point where the cards are activated, they gave us great advice.
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The card is very convenient to have, both for transportation and for some museums the only flaw is that for kids ( despite having purchased an omnia carde roma pass) free transportation is not included. So for my son I had to pay for all transportation...if the price is halved for age it should cmq have the same services as the one for adults
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I did not know the company, I found it by chance because I could not get the Omnia Rome cards until I found Headout, they sent me the cards a week before the trip and I was able to organize all the important visits in Rome and the Vatican. I recommend going to the pick up point in St. Peter's Square, the girl who took care of us was very professional and made everything very clear. Thank you very much for the experience, best regards.
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We appreciated the queue cutters The help of the hostess at the activation point
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All redeem points were closed. We could not benefit from it in any way. It's embarrassing for you. I want to return it if possible
That's definetely not a good deal for my son, and I regret that it was impossible to get access to San Petro without waiting hours (if not the entire day ? This weekend was crazy). Hopefully a warm thank you to your assistance team and especially the kind lady at Latran complex who managed to arrange our entrance at Vatican Museum one hour earlier on saturday - that saved the program (allowed to visit Colosseum at the booked time). Thanks to her !
Very practical "all-in-one" cards. On the other hand, it was difficult to find the office where you could pick up your card; what's more, the first location suggested on the website is no longer valid for this purpose. What's more, the Rome marathon was not signposted and was blocking streets, so we wasted 1/2 a day looking for you... After reception and everything else ok...
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Experience the museum on a guided visit packed with expert insights—and no waiting in ticket queues.
Experience the museum on a guided visit packed with expert insights—and no waiting in ticket queues.
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The guide was friendly and gave the facts in a friendly, fun manner.
The incredible talent, knowledge and enthusiasm of the guide, Agnese Angelichi, that gave life to these rooms and peoples and the moments when we felt that Castel.
Our tour guide was wonderful. Seamless and no wait time for entry.
We had a great guide!!!
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Great knowledgeable and fun guide. All was on time and ran very smoothly.
Sabrina was fantastic. Great energy and very informative.
Our guide was literally "know it all" and molto simpatico! Will recommend this tour !
Experience the Colosseum’s epicenter with exclusive Arena Floor access—battlefield of the mighty gladiators.
Experience the Colosseum’s epicenter with exclusive Arena Floor access—battlefield of the mighty gladiators.
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Unfortunately more expensive than the official provider, but the procedure on site was very well organized. It would have been the same with the official provider.
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You cannot go to Rome and ignore the Colosseum. It stands big and proud and the history in there just demands to be explored. Yes it can be very busy but there's no pressure to rush round it and there are helpful lifts for people who need assistance.
Amazing technological achievement on an awesome scale. The Colliseum stands out as the must see site of Rome. You need time to view the information cases and experience to arena too.
Much more than expected. A journey into the history of more than 2000 years.
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All 3 highlights in one day without a long wait.
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It is impressive. Highly recommended.
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one of the must see places
It's historic and is must as a checklist item in rome
Because is one of the new 7 wonders of the world!
It's amazing, loved the atmosphere and it have incredible history. Definitely a must if you're in Rome.
We arrived a bit earlier at the Colloseum and there was no big queue at the entrance. We needed to wait for 5 more minutes and we then went in straightaway. No hassle, the security was fast and we could enjoy the arena and other levels of the Colloseum. It was amazing and we could take our time to take many pictures. Then We went over to the Palatine Hill and Forum Romanum, There was no one there and we headed straight in. All the tickets we purchase were perfect on the phone and we had no problems going in. The whole area is amazing and being where thousands of years Romans roamed we could walk in their footsteps. We loved the whole day !
Simple and easy to use. I missed a more in-depth / detailed explanation of the points I visited in the colosseum and on the palatine hill, I found it rather superficial.
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At the time I booked I conveniently went in skipping the line, I easily found my way there. I recommend booking a guided tour, I did the one with an audio guide and it wasn't bad but with a guide would have been the best
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A member of staff sent me straight up. However, this meant I could no longer see the whole of the second level and could no longer get to the cross. When I asked, I was told I couldn't go back.
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We were able to avoid the queues, which is a real plus. Access to the Colisee is smooth, you pass the controls and off you go.
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Was easy to get in with booked tickets and so much to see, spent a good 7 hours all together, it was amazing to stand in the history of this incredible place
It's not your fault, but : - the circuit inside the Colosseum is unclear. We don't know which way to go. - Too much waiting to get into the Forum, we gave up.
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Seeing the Colosseum live is absolutely breathtaking. We were glad that we had booked our tickets in advance as this meant we had to queue much less.
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We liked it very much. The audio guide was great. Even if it didn't quite fit because of the order, but we managed 😊 Price wise...yah could have been cheaper 🙈😅 We had a nice day though.
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History, awe-inspiring, see it during the daytime and lit up in the evening esp. is a must, go early, see all of it for a stir Ty of interesting views, picture and learning opportunities, and to move in and out of the crowds.
There was no audio for the Forum and the audio for the Colosseum was very garbled. Otherwise, everything was fine
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Everything was good, the monuments are awesome!
Simple, great and quick to get in and out.
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We were running late due to traffic and they accommodated us very nicely. I recommend.
The feeling of being very close to the story!
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Real tips from real people who’ve been there, done that!
Aditi Kamath
May 2025
Yes. Without the guided tour you are just staring at the large monument.. but the guide brings the entire roman empire and it's history alive.
Georgiana Mosescu
May 2025
I liked how well organized it was and how well prepared the guide was with information of all sorts. I would have liked, however, for him to also take us down in the Forum, to take a walk among the ruins, but it was an afternoon tour and it was very hot, so I understand.
Aditi Kamath
May 2025
Yes. Without the guided tour you are just staring at the large monument.. but the guide brings the entire roman empire and it's history alive.
Georgiana Mosescu
May 2025
I liked how well organized it was and how well prepared the guide was with information of all sorts. I would have liked, however, for him to also take us down in the Forum, to take a walk among the ruins, but it was an afternoon tour and it was very hot, so I understand.
Grace Karskens
May 2025
In the end it was well organised. But after I booked we had two changes of meeting time. Ok. But then I got an email from Head Out saying it was the original time. I wrote emails, rang numbers, texted, WhatsApped but not a single person got back to me. The chatbot was absolutely useless, a waste of time. PLEASE coordinate your communications/ facts properly and start responding to customers.
Lauren Moore
May 2025
I think this meant that we got the most out of the attractions - in understanding the history behind each of the sites we visited. We wouldn't have had the same experience without this.
Kathryn L VanDyck
May 2025
We liked that we were able to skip the line and get into the museum faster. Because the museum was so crowded, it was nice to have a guide.
Trudy Chin Kanellakis
May 2025
Guided tour with an enthusiastic guide beats all! Personable, helpful with problem with lost pass, helpful with directing us to facilities including lift for seniors, many value-added details & questions answered!
Nicola Wilson
May 2025
The guide explained everything really well, yes it was more expensive than a regular ticket, but there was so much to learn.
Denise Howell
Apr 2025
Liked that the tour guide knew a lot of information nd taught us a lot of history, liked that we could skip some lines
Gerlinde Lauff
Apr 2025
Our guide Susanne did a great job keeping our group well informed of procedures, the history of the Vatican and its amazing artwork.
Garry Mark Southway
Apr 2025
Chiara IS the difference. As someone who is neither Catholic nor a regular at church so brought everything to life
Vicky Wrighton
Apr 2025
It was informative and Paulo knew everything there needed to be known. He was able to answer any questions we had. He got the information across in a way which was not overwhelming. Excellent tour guide!
Erin Erickson
Apr 2025
Skipping the lines to enter quickly made the experience so much better. We got entertaining information without being bogged down.
Harry Waugh Jones
Apr 2025
The only way to go, when you see those long lines waiting for tickets, that would time that you would have lost. Without a knowledgeable guide you would only be viewing, not learning the history of the historical site.
Michael H. Babicz
Apr 2025
Took the time to answer questions and make sure everyone was taken care of regarding finding out what they wanted to know. Made us all feel special and especially that day.
Harry Waugh Jones
Apr 2025
Well arranged, an amazing, amazing guide who lived and breathed the history that she was sharing with us !
Ronit ammar
Apr 2025
He was kind, he New lot of story archaeologic one he was very interesting. It was worth it because of him.❤️❤️❤️❤️
Catherine Gregory
Apr 2025
Our guide was incredibly knowledgeable. He was a lovely man who welcomed questions and had a great sense of humour.
Sebastian Alteryd
Apr 2025
Great tour, so much knowledge that we wouldn't have known from just the signs. Diego was also very funny and nice!
Méhes Mandula Hajna
Apr 2025
It was great to hear all the things from an italian person who grew up there. The whole tour was very informative but not too much
Tara Todd
Apr 2025
Our guide shared really cool facts and details about the art. You could tell she was very passionate about it l.
Sophia Bozhkova
Apr 2025
Very well organised, smooth tour. An easy going guide! Very good explanation with a sense of humour. Ini is great!
Esam Sharaf
Mar 2025
He is knowledgeable and friendly. He answered all question from the group. It very awesome experience with Fred!
Kari bourke
Mar 2025
It was exactly what I thought it would be. So much to see and our guide gave us very interesting information about the art of that time.
Deborah C Decker
Mar 2025
Well organized. We saw all I wanted to see at Vatican City. Pace was perfect. Lots of time for pictures. Detailed history and description of all the sights.
Fainareti Archimandriti
Mar 2025
She was very helpful, full of knowledge and helped us with the Basilica of st Peter. The only thing I would change is that she didn't guided us in chapel sistina, but she explained us before entering the room.Also we were in a hurry to reach the Basilica.
Megan Tobeck
Feb 2025
The guide was super knowledgable, and open to answering questions no matter how unrelated to what we had in front of us
Ivanna Openko
Feb 2025
He was very organised, modern and gave just enough info about everything what we seen. It could be another boring hystorical excursion with list of dates and unknown name, while Jade made it a great hysterical and art experience .
George Knowles
Feb 2025
Our guide Teresa was amazing! She was great at explaining as we went along, and made us laugh along the way. We were pleased to be part of "her family" (as she says) for the duration of the tour. Would highly recommend.
Jelena Christie
Feb 2025
You get more information from the actual guide and face-to-face face interaction is good for any questions you have
Emma Warrington
Feb 2025
A fantastic way to see and experience the sights. Our guide George was so knowledgeable and told us so many interesting and amazing facts. He was also very funny and made it entertaining. Also a great way to skip the queues.
Gemma Adams
Jan 2025
The guide had great knowledge and was happy to answer any questions no matter how silly they appeared
Patrick Mullen
Jan 2025
Our tour guide Rita was the best! She clearly has a lot of experience and knows how to navigate the crowds at the Vatican. Would highly recommend this particular tour guide!
Moses Allen
Jan 2025
Tourguide was knowledgeable, however the microphone was poor quality so the headphones gave low quality feedback throughout the tour.
Nora Murphy
Jan 2025
So much information and we saw so much beautiful art. Without such a wonderful guide we would not have had such an experience
Maximo Jr Padre
Jan 2025
The guide was very lively and interesting, shared a lot of things about everything inside the vatican
Virginie Lykins
Dec 2024
The guide interacted well with all of us, engaging us in conversation and pointing out points of interests and details relating to our different countries. Going on your own has its advantages, but wth a guided tour, you are sure to see and experience he most important and significant items in the museum.
Bruno Filipe Marques Fragoso
Dec 2024
The right speed in most of the moments. There is however the feeling that you could spend days looking at everything.
Cheryl Harrington
Dec 2024
Great way to see and learn alot in a relatively small amount of time. Just enough so you were not bored! We had 2 teenagers so this was improtant. The guides english was immpecable.
Lawrence Dabeck
Dec 2024
Rita knew everything about the Basilica and the museum. She also seemed to know everybody on the tour who was official. She knew everybody.
Brenda Koerber
Dec 2024
We experienced more with a guided tour than if we did it on our own. There were many details that you would not know just from reading the signs. Definitely suggest booking a private tour to enhance your experience.
Christos Rafail Pechlivanis
Dec 2024
All the information and details that the guide provides. If you go by yourself you will just look at rocks and monuments without learning anything about them.
Carlen McGoldrick
Dec 2024
It was nice skipping the lines. Having a tour guide tell us the information we would've missed how we walk through our own was well worth it.
Teresa Niiro
Dec 2024
Our guide was very knowledgeable and handled all questions well. She obviously knows her subject matter well and is genuinely enthusiastic about it. It was amazing to see the Colisseum in real life after seeing it depicted in so many movies and shows.
Claire Self
Dec 2024
Our guide was an archeologist so was fascinating and well informed. Veing to ask questions as well as listening to facts was awesome.
Ruth Lindley Coker Lees
Dec 2024
Number one advice is to find the right tour company that employs knowledgeable and experienced tour guides! Headout was great to work with!
Shona Margaret Goldsbury
Nov 2024
The guide Rita was very good. The ability to 'skip the line' in both the Vatican & St Peters was awesome. What we didnt like was not being able to go back into the Vatican to explore more of it after the tour as there was more to see. Also I think the tour should finish in St Peters so we could see more of it in our own time. I felt the limited time in each place meant we didnt get great value for the money we spent.
Danilov Anatolie
Nov 2024
Our tour guide, Lumi, was very knowledgeable, very sweet, knew when to throw in a bit of sarcasm, when and how to make a connection with the old and new world and when to stay true to the story
Melanie Hanlon
Nov 2024
I got to see so much and Eliza made sure we could see everything possible and told us where and when we could take the best pictures and what was the most important things (which felt like everything).
Barbara Naylor
Nov 2024
The interesting facts about about the Sistine Chapel and the Badillica, it brought the highlights to life.
IOANNIS ZAGKANIKAS
Nov 2024
Our guide was excellent and his description was very interesting. He passed on to us the passion he had for art and Michel Angelo.
SUSAN RAE COOK ROWLEY
Nov 2024
Our tour guide, whose name I wrote down and now lost, was extrordianry! He was an archiologist who had worked at a dig site there years ago. Older. Grey hair. He was so informative, funny, and attentive.
Samuel Mark Hallam
Nov 2024
Julia was a lovely guide and led us efficiently through the Vatican full of info and pointing out the highlights. It was good and she did a great job.
Christopher Cole
Nov 2024
Rita our tour guide was fantastic. Great value in helping navigate and skip the lines, but also really knowledgeable.
Emma Hodgon
Nov 2024
The guide was well versed on the history of all the sites we saw and was happy to answer any questions we had. He allowed us time to take photos and also had visual aids to help when explaining the history of the sites.
Mandy Clynick
Nov 2024
I would definitely recommend a guided tour, although this meant we quickly went though a couple of areas we would have liked to have viewed for longer, it was more than made up for by the knowledge of our guide and the big reduction in queuing time.
Arvid Gustav Sanglert
Nov 2024
Fully recommend guided tour of the Colosseum and the Foro Romano. Our guide Max was very friendly and knowledgeable!
Charles Smalley
Nov 2024
Without the guide we would have no idea what we were looking at. Julia kept us moving and was extremely knowledgable and I learned things I never knew. She also had a good sense of humour
Doris Retfalvi
Oct 2024
Our tour guide Rudi was very friendly, funny and well organised and made sure we visited and learned about the most important parts of the museum, grounds and basilica within our 3h timeslot
John Miller
Oct 2024
Totally awesome, out guide Emi was just amazing and so informative. One of the best holiday experiences ever . Learning about what the Romans did for us, and how they did it. Extremely skillful engineers. A must see and do. You will not regret doing this!
MÁRCIA REGINA ALVES DE OLIVEIRA
Oct 2024
Friendly, knowledgle and he was able to manage umforseen situation and keep tbe group in crowded places
Caroline D King
Oct 2024
Our tour guide did a great job keeping the group together at all times. He gave great instructions and information!
David Carrick
Oct 2024
No queuing, great knowledge of the are vy the guide. Easy walking very relaxed. Plenty of time for photos.
Matt Campbell
Oct 2024
Didn't do the guided tour as we made an error on the timing of the tour. Just did the sites ourselves which worked well for our timing.
Raquel Diaz
Oct 2024
There's so much to see and having a tour guide really makes a big difference and allows you to understand much of the chronology, meaning behind much of the pieces and artwork.
Leonardo Paladino
Oct 2024
The explanation of detail of everything. The Vatican itself is beautiful, however, the tour made it that much better.
Kathleen Clare Winser
Oct 2024
Perfect amount of information. There is so much to see it would be easy to be overloaded with info but Massimo gave enough to keep you interest but not so much as to become boring.
Lotte Rauschenberg
Oct 2024
She was very good, but in too much of a hurry. It was a 3 hour trip and we were through after 2,5 hours. She was rushing too much
Catherine Roche
Oct 2024
It was timed to perfection. Julia was the best tour guide.A vast amount of information to learn from the experience
Antony James Webb
Oct 2024
Very at keeping the group together and giving over the information considering how busy it was. She did a very good job.
Brendan Peter Carroll
Oct 2024
The only way to ensure you're utilizing your precious time in the Vatican is to ensure you book your tour well in advance of your travels and to book it via headout.
Giuseppe Barazza
Oct 2024
The guided tour was extremely knowledgable, passionate about Roman history and liked pertinent questions from the to flesh out the story of what we were seeing.
Pamela Marie Paradisis
Oct 2024
Our tour guides knowledge her name was Sylvia was exceptional and really made the experience more enjoyable. She was also very easy going and accomodating.
SMART TRAVEL TIPS
Lauren Moore
May 2025
The colosseum tour was brilliant. In our tour group we avoided long lines and it ensured we got the best out of our experience.
Trudy Chin Kanellakis
May 2025
We could imagine what life was like as a Roman citizen of the middle class vs lower class coming to the Colosseum, or as a gladiator!
Lauren Moore
May 2025
The colosseum tour was brilliant. In our tour group we avoided long lines and it ensured we got the best out of our experience.
Trudy Chin Kanellakis
May 2025
We could imagine what life was like as a Roman citizen of the middle class vs lower class coming to the Colosseum, or as a gladiator!
Nicola Wilson
May 2025
It was very interesting, however it would have been good to spend more time in the Colasseum and go into the other areas.
Harry Waugh Jones
Apr 2025
Glad we were born in our time and not then. Despite the beauty of the magnificent structure, it's purpose and history's weighs heavily.
Ivonne Glenn
Dec 2024
It was well worth to book the experience with to see the underground and arena. If you are considering THE highlight of your trip- this is it! Worth every penny
Teresa Niiro
Dec 2024
Seeing the different parts of the Colisseum gave us a complete picture of the famility and how it worked. Much better in 3-D and in person.
Mandy Clynick
Nov 2024
Being on the arena floor gave a great perspective of the Colluseum and good views of the underground area.
Rosalind Patricia Patey
Nov 2024
What a place. Your imagination runs riot. Would love to come back for a tour right underground where the animals were kept.
John Miller
Oct 2024
Accessing the arena floor is a must and worth doing. Not sure worth doing the underground areas as costs more, but not sure needed (didn't do it).
CHIU, LAI YUET
Oct 2024
The Colosseum's Arena was stunning ��. It was slightly crowded but still acceptable. I didn't get the chance to visit the underground, as the ticket was extremely difficult to purchase.
Giuseppe Barazza
Oct 2024
It was a much more in-depth visit than our last vis 10 years ago so was great to get a more knowledgable being-the-scenes view. As mentioned before, the archeologist tour guide made the trip worthwhile for us.
TRAVEL HIGHLIGHTS
Aditi Kamath
May 2025
Yes. Without the guided tour you are just staring at the large monument.. but the guide brings the entire roman empire and it's history alive.
Georgiana Mosescu
May 2025
I liked how well organized it was and how well prepared the guide was with information of all sorts. I would have liked, however, for him to also take us down in the Forum, to take a walk among the ruins, but it was an afternoon tour and it was very hot, so I understand.
Aditi Kamath
May 2025
Yes. Without the guided tour you are just staring at the large monument.. but the guide brings the entire roman empire and it's history alive.
Georgiana Mosescu
May 2025
I liked how well organized it was and how well prepared the guide was with information of all sorts. I would have liked, however, for him to also take us down in the Forum, to take a walk among the ruins, but it was an afternoon tour and it was very hot, so I understand.
Grace Karskens
May 2025
In the end it was well organised. But after I booked we had two changes of meeting time. Ok. But then I got an email from Head Out saying it was the original time. I wrote emails, rang numbers, texted, WhatsApped but not a single person got back to me. The chatbot was absolutely useless, a waste of time. PLEASE coordinate your communications/ facts properly and start responding to customers.
Lauren Moore
May 2025
I think this meant that we got the most out of the attractions - in understanding the history behind each of the sites we visited. We wouldn't have had the same experience without this.
Kathryn L VanDyck
May 2025
We liked that we were able to skip the line and get into the museum faster. Because the museum was so crowded, it was nice to have a guide.
Trudy Chin Kanellakis
May 2025
Guided tour with an enthusiastic guide beats all! Personable, helpful with problem with lost pass, helpful with directing us to facilities including lift for seniors, many value-added details & questions answered!
Nicola Wilson
May 2025
The guide explained everything really well, yes it was more expensive than a regular ticket, but there was so much to learn.
Denise Howell
Apr 2025
Liked that the tour guide knew a lot of information nd taught us a lot of history, liked that we could skip some lines
Gerlinde Lauff
Apr 2025
Our guide Susanne did a great job keeping our group well informed of procedures, the history of the Vatican and its amazing artwork.
Garry Mark Southway
Apr 2025
Chiara IS the difference. As someone who is neither Catholic nor a regular at church so brought everything to life
Vicky Wrighton
Apr 2025
It was informative and Paulo knew everything there needed to be known. He was able to answer any questions we had. He got the information across in a way which was not overwhelming. Excellent tour guide!
Erin Erickson
Apr 2025
Skipping the lines to enter quickly made the experience so much better. We got entertaining information without being bogged down.
Harry Waugh Jones
Apr 2025
The only way to go, when you see those long lines waiting for tickets, that would time that you would have lost. Without a knowledgeable guide you would only be viewing, not learning the history of the historical site.
Michael H. Babicz
Apr 2025
Took the time to answer questions and make sure everyone was taken care of regarding finding out what they wanted to know. Made us all feel special and especially that day.
Harry Waugh Jones
Apr 2025
Well arranged, an amazing, amazing guide who lived and breathed the history that she was sharing with us !
Ronit ammar
Apr 2025
He was kind, he New lot of story archaeologic one he was very interesting. It was worth it because of him.❤️❤️❤️❤️
Catherine Gregory
Apr 2025
Our guide was incredibly knowledgeable. He was a lovely man who welcomed questions and had a great sense of humour.
Sebastian Alteryd
Apr 2025
Great tour, so much knowledge that we wouldn't have known from just the signs. Diego was also very funny and nice!
Méhes Mandula Hajna
Apr 2025
It was great to hear all the things from an italian person who grew up there. The whole tour was very informative but not too much
Tara Todd
Apr 2025
Our guide shared really cool facts and details about the art. You could tell she was very passionate about it l.
Sophia Bozhkova
Apr 2025
Very well organised, smooth tour. An easy going guide! Very good explanation with a sense of humour. Ini is great!
Esam Sharaf
Mar 2025
He is knowledgeable and friendly. He answered all question from the group. It very awesome experience with Fred!
Kari bourke
Mar 2025
It was exactly what I thought it would be. So much to see and our guide gave us very interesting information about the art of that time.
Deborah C Decker
Mar 2025
Well organized. We saw all I wanted to see at Vatican City. Pace was perfect. Lots of time for pictures. Detailed history and description of all the sights.
Fainareti Archimandriti
Mar 2025
She was very helpful, full of knowledge and helped us with the Basilica of st Peter. The only thing I would change is that she didn't guided us in chapel sistina, but she explained us before entering the room.Also we were in a hurry to reach the Basilica.
Megan Tobeck
Feb 2025
The guide was super knowledgable, and open to answering questions no matter how unrelated to what we had in front of us
Ivanna Openko
Feb 2025
He was very organised, modern and gave just enough info about everything what we seen. It could be another boring hystorical excursion with list of dates and unknown name, while Jade made it a great hysterical and art experience .
George Knowles
Feb 2025
Our guide Teresa was amazing! She was great at explaining as we went along, and made us laugh along the way. We were pleased to be part of "her family" (as she says) for the duration of the tour. Would highly recommend.
Jelena Christie
Feb 2025
You get more information from the actual guide and face-to-face face interaction is good for any questions you have
Emma Warrington
Feb 2025
A fantastic way to see and experience the sights. Our guide George was so knowledgeable and told us so many interesting and amazing facts. He was also very funny and made it entertaining. Also a great way to skip the queues.
Gemma Adams
Jan 2025
The guide had great knowledge and was happy to answer any questions no matter how silly they appeared
Patrick Mullen
Jan 2025
Our tour guide Rita was the best! She clearly has a lot of experience and knows how to navigate the crowds at the Vatican. Would highly recommend this particular tour guide!
Moses Allen
Jan 2025
Tourguide was knowledgeable, however the microphone was poor quality so the headphones gave low quality feedback throughout the tour.
Nora Murphy
Jan 2025
So much information and we saw so much beautiful art. Without such a wonderful guide we would not have had such an experience
Maximo Jr Padre
Jan 2025
The guide was very lively and interesting, shared a lot of things about everything inside the vatican
Virginie Lykins
Dec 2024
The guide interacted well with all of us, engaging us in conversation and pointing out points of interests and details relating to our different countries. Going on your own has its advantages, but wth a guided tour, you are sure to see and experience he most important and significant items in the museum.
Bruno Filipe Marques Fragoso
Dec 2024
The right speed in most of the moments. There is however the feeling that you could spend days looking at everything.
Cheryl Harrington
Dec 2024
Great way to see and learn alot in a relatively small amount of time. Just enough so you were not bored! We had 2 teenagers so this was improtant. The guides english was immpecable.
Lawrence Dabeck
Dec 2024
Rita knew everything about the Basilica and the museum. She also seemed to know everybody on the tour who was official. She knew everybody.
Brenda Koerber
Dec 2024
We experienced more with a guided tour than if we did it on our own. There were many details that you would not know just from reading the signs. Definitely suggest booking a private tour to enhance your experience.
Christos Rafail Pechlivanis
Dec 2024
All the information and details that the guide provides. If you go by yourself you will just look at rocks and monuments without learning anything about them.
Carlen McGoldrick
Dec 2024
It was nice skipping the lines. Having a tour guide tell us the information we would've missed how we walk through our own was well worth it.
Teresa Niiro
Dec 2024
Our guide was very knowledgeable and handled all questions well. She obviously knows her subject matter well and is genuinely enthusiastic about it. It was amazing to see the Colisseum in real life after seeing it depicted in so many movies and shows.
Claire Self
Dec 2024
Our guide was an archeologist so was fascinating and well informed. Veing to ask questions as well as listening to facts was awesome.
Ruth Lindley Coker Lees
Dec 2024
Number one advice is to find the right tour company that employs knowledgeable and experienced tour guides! Headout was great to work with!
Shona Margaret Goldsbury
Nov 2024
The guide Rita was very good. The ability to 'skip the line' in both the Vatican & St Peters was awesome. What we didnt like was not being able to go back into the Vatican to explore more of it after the tour as there was more to see. Also I think the tour should finish in St Peters so we could see more of it in our own time. I felt the limited time in each place meant we didnt get great value for the money we spent.
Danilov Anatolie
Nov 2024
Our tour guide, Lumi, was very knowledgeable, very sweet, knew when to throw in a bit of sarcasm, when and how to make a connection with the old and new world and when to stay true to the story
Melanie Hanlon
Nov 2024
I got to see so much and Eliza made sure we could see everything possible and told us where and when we could take the best pictures and what was the most important things (which felt like everything).
Barbara Naylor
Nov 2024
The interesting facts about about the Sistine Chapel and the Badillica, it brought the highlights to life.
IOANNIS ZAGKANIKAS
Nov 2024
Our guide was excellent and his description was very interesting. He passed on to us the passion he had for art and Michel Angelo.
SUSAN RAE COOK ROWLEY
Nov 2024
Our tour guide, whose name I wrote down and now lost, was extrordianry! He was an archiologist who had worked at a dig site there years ago. Older. Grey hair. He was so informative, funny, and attentive.
Samuel Mark Hallam
Nov 2024
Julia was a lovely guide and led us efficiently through the Vatican full of info and pointing out the highlights. It was good and she did a great job.
Christopher Cole
Nov 2024
Rita our tour guide was fantastic. Great value in helping navigate and skip the lines, but also really knowledgeable.
Emma Hodgon
Nov 2024
The guide was well versed on the history of all the sites we saw and was happy to answer any questions we had. He allowed us time to take photos and also had visual aids to help when explaining the history of the sites.
Mandy Clynick
Nov 2024
I would definitely recommend a guided tour, although this meant we quickly went though a couple of areas we would have liked to have viewed for longer, it was more than made up for by the knowledge of our guide and the big reduction in queuing time.
Arvid Gustav Sanglert
Nov 2024
Fully recommend guided tour of the Colosseum and the Foro Romano. Our guide Max was very friendly and knowledgeable!
Charles Smalley
Nov 2024
Without the guide we would have no idea what we were looking at. Julia kept us moving and was extremely knowledgable and I learned things I never knew. She also had a good sense of humour
Doris Retfalvi
Oct 2024
Our tour guide Rudi was very friendly, funny and well organised and made sure we visited and learned about the most important parts of the museum, grounds and basilica within our 3h timeslot
John Miller
Oct 2024
Totally awesome, out guide Emi was just amazing and so informative. One of the best holiday experiences ever . Learning about what the Romans did for us, and how they did it. Extremely skillful engineers. A must see and do. You will not regret doing this!
MÁRCIA REGINA ALVES DE OLIVEIRA
Oct 2024
Friendly, knowledgle and he was able to manage umforseen situation and keep tbe group in crowded places
Caroline D King
Oct 2024
Our tour guide did a great job keeping the group together at all times. He gave great instructions and information!
David Carrick
Oct 2024
No queuing, great knowledge of the are vy the guide. Easy walking very relaxed. Plenty of time for photos.
Matt Campbell
Oct 2024
Didn't do the guided tour as we made an error on the timing of the tour. Just did the sites ourselves which worked well for our timing.
Raquel Diaz
Oct 2024
There's so much to see and having a tour guide really makes a big difference and allows you to understand much of the chronology, meaning behind much of the pieces and artwork.
Leonardo Paladino
Oct 2024
The explanation of detail of everything. The Vatican itself is beautiful, however, the tour made it that much better.
Kathleen Clare Winser
Oct 2024
Perfect amount of information. There is so much to see it would be easy to be overloaded with info but Massimo gave enough to keep you interest but not so much as to become boring.
Lotte Rauschenberg
Oct 2024
She was very good, but in too much of a hurry. It was a 3 hour trip and we were through after 2,5 hours. She was rushing too much
Catherine Roche
Oct 2024
It was timed to perfection. Julia was the best tour guide.A vast amount of information to learn from the experience
Antony James Webb
Oct 2024
Very at keeping the group together and giving over the information considering how busy it was. She did a very good job.
Brendan Peter Carroll
Oct 2024
The only way to ensure you're utilizing your precious time in the Vatican is to ensure you book your tour well in advance of your travels and to book it via headout.
Giuseppe Barazza
Oct 2024
The guided tour was extremely knowledgable, passionate about Roman history and liked pertinent questions from the to flesh out the story of what we were seeing.
Pamela Marie Paradisis
Oct 2024
Our tour guides knowledge her name was Sylvia was exceptional and really made the experience more enjoyable. She was also very easy going and accomodating.
SMART TRAVEL TIPS
Lauren Moore
May 2025
The colosseum tour was brilliant. In our tour group we avoided long lines and it ensured we got the best out of our experience.
Trudy Chin Kanellakis
May 2025
We could imagine what life was like as a Roman citizen of the middle class vs lower class coming to the Colosseum, or as a gladiator!
Lauren Moore
May 2025
The colosseum tour was brilliant. In our tour group we avoided long lines and it ensured we got the best out of our experience.
Trudy Chin Kanellakis
May 2025
We could imagine what life was like as a Roman citizen of the middle class vs lower class coming to the Colosseum, or as a gladiator!
Nicola Wilson
May 2025
It was very interesting, however it would have been good to spend more time in the Colasseum and go into the other areas.
Harry Waugh Jones
Apr 2025
Glad we were born in our time and not then. Despite the beauty of the magnificent structure, it's purpose and history's weighs heavily.
Ivonne Glenn
Dec 2024
It was well worth to book the experience with to see the underground and arena. If you are considering THE highlight of your trip- this is it! Worth every penny
Teresa Niiro
Dec 2024
Seeing the different parts of the Colisseum gave us a complete picture of the famility and how it worked. Much better in 3-D and in person.
Mandy Clynick
Nov 2024
Being on the arena floor gave a great perspective of the Colluseum and good views of the underground area.
Rosalind Patricia Patey
Nov 2024
What a place. Your imagination runs riot. Would love to come back for a tour right underground where the animals were kept.
John Miller
Oct 2024
Accessing the arena floor is a must and worth doing. Not sure worth doing the underground areas as costs more, but not sure needed (didn't do it).
CHIU, LAI YUET
Oct 2024
The Colosseum's Arena was stunning ��. It was slightly crowded but still acceptable. I didn't get the chance to visit the underground, as the ticket was extremely difficult to purchase.
Giuseppe Barazza
Oct 2024
It was a much more in-depth visit than our last vis 10 years ago so was great to get a more knowledgable being-the-scenes view. As mentioned before, the archeologist tour guide made the trip worthwhile for us.
SMART TRAVEL TIPS
Georgiana Mosescu
May 2025
Don't visit Rome on the 1st of May as the crowds could become overwhelming, book a tour in the morning if possible because it can get pretty hot in the middle of the day, double-check public transportation as it can change without notice and eat at smaller restaurants, further away from the city center.
Lauren Moore
May 2025
Definately book this tour - it's brilliant. Have a long lunch afterwards! Arrive in plenty time and stick with the group (a couple of ladies arrived late and then lost the group during the tour - despite Ian's VERY best efforts to find them and everyone waiting for them, they were nowhere to be seen - and then later were very angry - unreasonably so!). Otherwise, the group were lovely, and we enjoyed spending time with people from all corners of the world!
Georgiana Mosescu
May 2025
Don't visit Rome on the 1st of May as the crowds could become overwhelming, book a tour in the morning if possible because it can get pretty hot in the middle of the day, double-check public transportation as it can change without notice and eat at smaller restaurants, further away from the city center.
Lauren Moore
May 2025
Definately book this tour - it's brilliant. Have a long lunch afterwards! Arrive in plenty time and stick with the group (a couple of ladies arrived late and then lost the group during the tour - despite Ian's VERY best efforts to find them and everyone waiting for them, they were nowhere to be seen - and then later were very angry - unreasonably so!). Otherwise, the group were lovely, and we enjoyed spending time with people from all corners of the world!
Trudy Chin Kanellakis
May 2025
Instructions said to look for staff in certain colour shirt. Nope. That person gives you your pass & then your actual guide will collect you. We overheard someone say they had in error gone with pass to Colosseum without guide and staff there (forgot?) didn't give back the pass! We had to show pass 5 times! 1.Keep your pass! 2.You MAY need to show ID. 3. Hat, sunglasses, sunscreen! 4. Water!
Nicola Wilson
May 2025
Where good comfortable shoes as there is a lot of walking. Remember your ID or you will not be allowed into the Colosseum Arena.
Denise Howell
Apr 2025
Plan for weather, dress accordingly, wear comfortable shoes and water bottle , there is water available on site as the water is very cold and good to drink , and a power pack for your phone !
Rebecca Louise Johnston
Apr 2025
Bring lots of water and a hat Be prepared for crowds and lines Being a portable charger Didnt notice pick pockets at all Take time to look at these places yourself and be present not just snap photos
Harry Waugh Jones
Apr 2025
Plan well in advance, research the many tour companies out there. Ensure you understand where and when you are to meet. Plan how you are going to get there, ie. metro, bus, taxi or walking. Wear comfortable footwear and clothing suited for the time of year of your visit. Don't loose your guide ! Stay with the pack, or even just a little bit ahead :) Ensure you have a charger pack for you phone, so that you don't run out of battery when taking those memory making photos. And most importantly, don't try to do too much in one day !!!
Tara Todd
Apr 2025
Pack light, have smaller demonizations of Euros for tipping guide, wear comfortable shoes, dress in layers and take small easy to carry water bottle.
Mark Gerard Houston
Mar 2025
Wear comfortable shoes. Arrive a little early. Use the toilet beforehand. Don't be afraid to ask questions - the guides are very knowledgeable and like to answer your questions.
IOANNIS PAPADOPOULOS
Dec 2024
-bottle of water with you -be aware of your personal staff(pickpockets all around) -comfortable shoes
Teresa Niiro
Dec 2024
Look into tours of the sites you want to visit to make sure that you experience everything you can. Guided tours are well worth the cost since they provide a smooth, coordinated visit along with a knowledgeable person who can answers questions.
Andrew Christopher Beaven
Dec 2024
Anyone of the older generation should perhaps give it a miss but this would be a major shame as like us we are very fit for our ages. Maybe give the tour an extra half hour, then no rush would be necessary.
Claire Self
Dec 2024
We were the first tour in the morning meeting at 8:15 before it was too crowded. I'd heartily recommend. We visited in December so dress up warm lots of shady places that can be chilly.
Chloe Griffin
Nov 2024
Arrive with enough time, don't expect to be able to go to the gift shop in the Colosseum as there isn't enough time in the tour!
Danilov Anatolie
Nov 2024
Rome is a walkable city so don't waste your money on a Rome bus card, you can just pay with your phone when you actually use public transport. Every sight is at 20 min walk away from one another so bring your most comfortable shoes. Be ware of pickpockets when waiting in line for something
SUSAN RAE COOK ROWLEY
Nov 2024
Wear very good walking shoes. Wear or bring a hat and sunglasses. We brought snacks and water flasks to stay hydrated and mangage protien/glucose intake throughout the day. The website said 1.5 hours to 3 hours. It was a 7 hour day and 0ver 15,000 steps! We loved every minute but I imagine it could be hard on those not in as good as physical shape or with mobility difficulties.
JAMES STONE
Nov 2024
Most buses will drop you outside the Colosseum, but please check before travelling out.... Good pair of Boots, Plenty of water and lightweight bag for your I.D. (you will need it to get in).
Mandy Clynick
Nov 2024
If you're not in walking distance as we were, use the Metro, we used it for a later trip and it was so easy to use and navigate. Be prepared for the crowds and noise, it can be a little overwhelming if you don't really like that, but it does calm down once inside.
Rosalind Patricia Patey
Nov 2024
We were tempted by the glass lift in the Vittoriano and spent ages finding it only to find you can buy a ticket just for the lift. You have to buy a ticket for the museum as well. I wish now that we had spent more time in the Forum but nothing you see in Rome is wasted. We will just have to visit again!
John Miller
Oct 2024
Tour takes 2.5-3 hours. Go with a guide as the experience and knowledge gained is worth the fee and more. Also get access to the arena floor and upper floor as well as. Tour of the forum. Just amazing. There is quite a bit of walking and stair climbing (lift available).
Antony James Webb
Oct 2024
I would say to make sure you have some water on you and and put lots of sun cream on as the location depending on what time of day it is. It gets very hot and lots of walking involved.
CHIU, LAI YUET
Oct 2024
Try not to carry too many stuff with you, as most of the attractions are very crowded. Arrive at the meeting point/ attractions 20- 30 mins ahead even though you have the admission tickets in hand, as you still have to line up to get into the place.
Giuseppe Barazza
Oct 2024
We walked from our accommodation near historical city centre. Buses are close but will need a bus pass.
Susan Havens
Oct 2024
I saw some negative reviews online but l believe these were due to people not following directions properly or showing up late to their appointment time. Everything seemed very organized for our Vatican tour
Stuart John Mansworth
Oct 2024
The Roman Forum and Colosseum were both busy but it was a Friday afternoon so I guess to be expected. The purchasing of the tickets in advance proved to be a wise decision as there were a few queues which we didn't have to join.
David Stanbury
Oct 2024
You will have to queue for a while if you want to climb the dome. You can post a card from the Vatican post office while you're there. Apparently the card will be a surprise. Will find out when I get home. Photos of our passports was accepted in the ID check
Mrs Nicole B Sherman
Oct 2024
Don't get anything to eat near Colosseum- it's all overpriced garbage except for Flor- Gelato. Phenomenal gelato for only 3 euro. Recommend the Marscapone and Fig. Maria was a great tour guide. Extremely knowledgeable and truly passionate about her subject matter.
Anthony Bentley
Oct 2024
Arrive earlier than suggested as there were crowds of other tour customers and it wasn't clear who we were supposed to check-in with. Be sure to bring some photo ID with you. You will not be allowed in otherwise. Bring a bottle of water. The tour is long and you can refill your bottle at the many fountains along the way. Go to the toilet beforehand. The queue for them inside were about 35 minutes!
Robert Woods
Oct 2024
Check the weather and dress appropriately. Don't worry if you forget hats or water - the meeting point is a hot spot for traders. Comfortable shoes -you are on you feet for 3 hours. Several flights of steep stone stairs but don't let this put you off, a lift is available.
Jaroslaw Gruszecki
Oct 2024
One thing I was awaiting -reninder mail with instructions 2 days before the tour (if was sent I'm sorry if I missed it).
Mr Peter Mark Roberts
Oct 2024
Be prepared for lots of walking! On hot days make sure you bring water or a cold drink. There are beautiful things to see, take plenty of pictures and finally obey the dress code when visiting out of respect (very important)
Helen Peake
Oct 2024
Book Lumi ....best guide evere ...so funny , but so knowledgable and bought history of area to life , made it relatable and we learnt such a lot . Loved tour and Lumi made it . Bring a coat Wear comfortable shoes Bring some water .
Helen Peake
Oct 2024
Bring a raincoat . Loads turned up in tee shirts and when it started to rain they got fleeced by the North Africans selling plastic bags
Nesreen Innabi
Oct 2024
Get there early and follow and listen to your guide. Recommend getting this tour due to ease of access between venues (museum and churches), no waiting in line or going outside to go thru another entrance, all access from interior.
NICOLAS CHRISTIAN FERNAND DAUDET
Oct 2024
Book a tour for Vatican. Makes the experience so much easier. If possible book an earlier slot. Did the 8:30amandit was already busy but not as much as when we actually got out. Allow enough time to get to your meeting point and even have a coff in the area to limit stress. Prepare for a long day but fantastic day on your feet
Karen Marino
Oct 2024
Get there about 10 minutes earlier than they suggest! There are multiple tours going on, so this was good to keep in mind. I heard going earlier was better, and it was, as it gets VERY hectic later in the day.
CRISTEA GABRIEL
Oct 2024
Never again too soon. The train to Rome doesn't work on the 2nd day of October. Workers from municipal transportation Atac made a strike on the 5th. Too many monuments are in restauration in every important touristic spot. In the basilica of St. Peter also. It rains daily. Maybe they want to visit in the summer of 2026.
Angela Sue Maloney
Oct 2024
If you struggle to understand the tour guide, make sure to stand near then when they are talking its easier to understand accents in person rather than over the headset.
Dale Adams Flowers
Oct 2024
We were able to walk to the tour start which was very convenient. Our tour guide was very knowledgeable but spoke quickly with a strong accent. We were not able to understand all that he was telling us.
Mark Schambra
Oct 2024
Definitely book a Tour with Headout!!!! Our tour started at 2:30 and worked out fine for us because we flew into Rome from New York City the day before and the jet lag made it difficult to start earlier in the day.
Ivette Delgado
Oct 2024
Follow directions and try to arrive a couple of minutes before the time expected. There was construction going on and a lot of tourist so moving around can take time
Jillian Marie Jenkins
Oct 2024
Pay attention to the stops you have to make when using the bus, subway and trains. Give yourself enough time in case you get lost and charge your phone, you could bring a portable battery pack in case.
Ivan cerny
Oct 2024
it is necessary to walk everywhere with a reserve of at least 15 minutes and read the instructions carefully
Lawrence John Humphries
Oct 2024
Don't take a backpack. Take a plastic water bottle. Photographs are allowed apart from the Scistine Chaple. Dress appropriately (shoulders covered and no shorts or skirts above the knee.
Tracy Ann Baines
Oct 2024
Use the metro it's quick and cheap way to travel. Give yourself time to get to meet point as the metro gets very busy particularly to Vatican City.
Katherine Rose
Oct 2024
Take a Vatican and Colosseum tour, you will learn so much without having to read all the informational signs. Plus both are big and a guide will save you from wandering lost. Don't get a tour for the pantheon-there is plenty of info to read beforehand online. Get all tickets for as early as you can as crowds increase as the day goes on.
Glen Meyer
Oct 2024
Buy online Prepare for a great tour Take water and use bathroom before going in Follow the guide closely
Maureen Campbell
Oct 2024
We went around mid-day when it was warm, I would either go early morning or later in the day when it was cooler. Easy to find the meeting point, would recommend a tour as you get so much detail of the history of Rom and the Colesseum from this.
Allan Apsouris
Oct 2024
We stayed within a KM of the Colloseum, made be walk to the location prior to the tour to understand where you need to be. Give your self time as your trying to follow Google Maps on a phone can lead you in circles.
Allan Apsouris
Oct 2024
I felt like I never really seen the Museum that I was run through it. Make a longer tour so you have time to see things. I looked at something for 30 seconds turned around and the group was gone. I had no idea where they were other than the receiver worked better when I was close to the guide.
Shari Luckhurst
Oct 2024
Plan in advance and don't go the last tour, as you will spend only a short time in the Colleseum. Be prepared for lots of people
Simone Terp Eriksen
Oct 2024
calculate with +30-60 min more than it says the tour will last cover knees and shoulders bring a small snack and water bottle you will be tired after ;)
Krista Vane-Tempest Stewart
Oct 2024
We caught a taxi and it was easy to get dropped outside the Vatican wall rather than via Tunisi itself. Allow plenty of time for traffic.
Erica Peterson
Oct 2024
Wear comfy, flat shoes since the flooring is very wonky! Early in the day when it's cooler. Having a guide to explain info was great
Paula Wallwork
Sep 2024
Research what is available and book tours/tickets before you arrive to save disappointment Check out transport If you aren't great in the heat plan your visits in the early morning Keep well hydrated
Nickolas P Silvestri
Sep 2024
Wear comfortable shoes and cover shoulders and knees. Guide should have some umbrella or other item to find him among the many other guides and visitors. The ear piece and microphone used by the guide were essential. I would always seek out tours which use this technology.
Cameron Paul Rossiter
Sep 2024
1. Bring ID 2. Put every guests name on the ticket 3. Be patient you will see it all 4. Bring a water bottle
Todd Roadarmel
Sep 2024
Be mindful of the dress code when visiting St. Peter's Basilica. They do have scarves/wraps available for those who need it.
robert barton
Sep 2024
Try to get Carl as a guide. His degree in art/history provide such valuable information and it is obvious he is known and respected by Vatican staff
Lori Leigh Storey
Sep 2024
Its well worth booking a tour as the lines to get in are crazy. Having this tour we were able to go to a different entrance and exit. Saved so much time and the guide was very knowledgeable
Elias North
Sep 2024
Take this guided tour, the guides hold a passionate and strong knowledge about the History surrounding Ancient Rome, very strongly recommend
Simithra Arachchige Don R U Gunawardena
Sep 2024
It's best get there early the better as you get the whole day and if you wanted to do the gardens and the dome
Eileen Yunxiao Ma
Sep 2024
Allow plenty of time. I took the bus there, and it was 20 minutes walk from the bus stop to the meeting point.
Lenka Butler
Sep 2024
Morning tours are better, lots of people are always there. When finish vatican, we got out just on the front of the St Peter Basilica. No que, all good to go in.
Joan Fraser
Sep 2024
Walking around ancient historic sites is never easy, if anyone has any kind of mild diability, and many visitors are not youthful, so a good descriptor of the tour would be good.
Julie Canavan
Sep 2024
Get you tour at the beginning of the day if you can and book weeks ahead. Or, take a tour for the end of the day and plan to attend Mass at a chapel in St. Peters! Walking shoes that are super airy and supportive as there is alot of shuffling, stairs, and standing; bring several one euros for toilets in gift shops
Imogen Perez
Sep 2024
the pic of location meet isnt that clear and the address wasnt 100% accurate. do arrive early as suggested as there were some road closures and it took us a little bit of extra time to find the Maya Tours location. Allow time to explore St Peters and encourage you to go up the Dome - the views are incrediable
Martin Yates
Sep 2024
I would recommend comfortable shoes with a strong sole as walking over the Roman road was a little tricky Make sure to wear plenty of sun cream Bring plenty of water
Brian Saylor
Sep 2024
Going early in the morning is perfect, crowds not too bad. Went on a Wednesday and didn't get into St Peter's at that time because Pope had an audience, but went later, bonus, got to see the Pope.
Edward Clement Harry Woodmore
Sep 2024
Our commute from Termini Roma was diabolical as we hadn't planned carefully, didn't have the use of WiFi and spent ages queuing for Metro tickets because we couldn't access the information given by Headout on our phone. Useful tips, have a tourist map of Rome , access to WiFi , pre plan carefully and have travel plans and tickets sorted beforehand
Steven Warner
Sep 2024
Was some construction and renovations going on and some roads were closed or diverted so check road conditions first. It also rained extremely hard during our visit even though it wasn't supposed to so be prepared for adverse weather events which can affect the tour.
Karen schainberg geronymo
Sep 2024
The directions were excellent to find the meeting point, the guides were knowledgeable and helpful, and they helped us navigate the very large crowds
John Edward Wilcox
Sep 2024
Rome has a very long peak touristic season so book attractions well in advance. Bring good walking shoes, refillable water container, a hat or umbrella (the sun & temperatures are intense)and photo identification.
Steven Warner
Sep 2024
Book a guided tour to avoid any stress on the day, learn from the expert guide in depth knowledge, skip the waiting time in lines, see the most important things
Paula Little
Sep 2024
Despite Vatican guidance to the contrary, small bags are permitted, water is essential and it will still be a bit of a crush to try and stay with your guide.
MA KRISTINA GUERRERO
Sep 2024
Do not book 2 different attractions in one day. Because some tours in Rome move the tour schedule because of ticket issues last minute and won't give refund.( anyway its their karma)
James Lanzetta
Sep 2024
Book early, be on time, be patient because the Vatican museums and Sistine Chapel are narrow and crowded
Vanete Barr
Sep 2024
Found Rome to be quite easy to find my way around, just pay attention to the signs and ask your hotel for assistance
Patricia Fitzell
Sep 2024
If travelling from Rome on a day trip ensure that you leave enough time to get from Naples to Pompeii. You may have to wait a while for your bus or train and you need to factor this in. We had a guided tour which lasted for 2 hours and while that was a tour of the major sites it was still only about half of Pompeii so you may want to leave additional time to get food and see the rest of Pompeii. I think that the tour was very worthwhile because it provided a lot of information that you may not gain on your own.
Shibu Keloth
Sep 2024
Take a guided tour Carry water for a hot day Do some teasing before you go for the tour Keep phone chargers handy
Antonia Randell
Sep 2024
Give yourself a lot of time to get to the meeting point as taxis are not reliable and there are large groups to make your way through. Wear good shoes and carry water with you.
Carlos Alberto Aguilar Mora
Sep 2024
Book everything in advance Make sure you get guided tours to understand better what you are looking at Go with the wary morning tours (less people)
Mrs Tracey Tyers
Sep 2024
By booking the tour guide it gives you an advantage as there are different entrances for tour's. Natalina was an excellent guide, her knowledge of all the Roman history is awesome and very very informative, please do the guided tours, walking round without a tour guide is a no no unless you know your Roman history.
Daniel Ryan
Sep 2024
Have your ID. Go to the toilet at the hill before the colosseum Wear good shoes for the hill walk.
Lisa Brigmann
Sep 2024
Bring a copy of your passport - photo is acceptable but must have it or it will hold up the tour. A meeting spot by a coffee shop that includes a coffee would be a great start to the tour.
Jane Yoxall
Sep 2024
Book in advance and go early when it's cooler and before it gets really busy. Use the link on the app to Google Maps (or Apple Maps) to get directions and public transport advice to find the meeting point. Take a refillable water bottle, suncream and sun glasses.
Craig Alan Fellows
Sep 2024
These tours are well worth the money, great value, a wealth of knowledge and engaging tour guides. The level of communication is also excellent.
Kenneth Paul Gomez
Sep 2024
Train transportion horrible if they go on strike with out notice. LAZY! Get to Work! UBER Is the way to go but your gonna pay Headout Sucks they have no refund policy or try to reshedule you on a different time or date!! HIGHLY Suggest looking at other places with a refund policy!!
Mark Palfreyman
Sep 2024
Ours was very hot, so water and a hat or parasol ���� Have facial id with you . And expect thorough security check of baggage and mobile.
Mario Ivan Cusin
Sep 2024
The tour is a well planned out venue. . Wear comfortable footwear. Guide was very knowledgeable and insightful.
Rachel Tennant
Sep 2024
This guided tour was so worth it! We learned lots from our guide Paula, that we simply would not have gotten had we just self-guided to the sites.
Ayele Shinebachew Kebret
Sep 2024
1. Get there one hour early beacause if you get lost , you can ask other tour group and direct you to the excact place. 2. Going there without the tour guide is a waste of time beacause looking the old stone bouliding means nothing without the historical fact.
Carole Anne Davies
Sep 2024
Be aware that you are on your feet for 3 hours so sensible footwear and water are essential. Not really suitable for small children.
James Cole
Sep 2024
It's very simple, just ensure you have access to local maps (google) to find your way to the meeting point.
Joshna Gopal-Patel
Sep 2024
Arrive at least 20 minutes before stated time to get oriented. Bring a water bottle as you can fill up from various taps. We took the taxi as they are cheaper than Ubers.
Valentina Djejora
Aug 2024
Buying in dance is a good idea. Coliseum and forum tour is long and tiering , do not plan much more for sane day.
Kirsten Barker
Aug 2024
Queues are shorter, if any with most tickets you book online and you find out so much more with a guide.
Lucinda Ramsden
Aug 2024
Definitely book either the official site tour(though Parco Archeologico del colosseo or the same tour through Headout before you arrive. Check which entrance you need to go to ( they are different for each your) unless you are going on a tour through Atlas tours where you meet near the arch.
Donald Jay Walth
Aug 2024
We left early and were lucky we did. We didn't know the public transportation. didn't run on Sunday. Fortunately our Airbnb was close enough that we made it on time, but it took us an hour to get there.
Matthew Vlatas
Aug 2024
If you are able to, request Analise as your tour guide. She was phenomenal. Make sure you have a bottle as they are many fountains to fill up your bottle. Using a Vespa to get around makes things easy and there is lots of free parking.
TRAVEL HIGHLIGHTS
Emma Moore
May 2025
No time to cover anything other than these two didn't even have time to get anything to eat or drink would not advise doing both in the same day
Lauren Moore
May 2025
We had a long lunch afterwards! I wouldn't plan too much in after this tour - take the time to reflect on everything you have experienced instead!
Emma Moore
May 2025
No time to cover anything other than these two didn't even have time to get anything to eat or drink would not advise doing both in the same day
Lauren Moore
May 2025
We had a long lunch afterwards! I wouldn't plan too much in after this tour - take the time to reflect on everything you have experienced instead!
Kathryn L VanDyck
May 2025
We only visited the Vatican Museum and the Basilica, but did a lot of walking around the city and enjoyed the ambiance.
Nicola Wilson
May 2025
Colosseum - arena floor only, you did not get to walk around any other parts, Forum and Palatine Hill.
Gerlinde Lauff
Apr 2025
We toured the Raphael artwork on our own, post the structured tour, as well as the Sistine Chapel. We stayed and continued thru the long, but well managed visit, to St Peter's Basilica, during the time of Pope Francis' viewing. It was worth the long trip and time to see all of these amazing sights. The Vatican Museum could have someone spend weeks looking through this massive collection of art and artifacts. It was wonderful.
Harriet Litvik
Apr 2025
We dedicated the day to the Vatican and went to a rooftop bar in Vatican City after the tour to see the amazing views of the Vatican
Alyson Cage
Apr 2025
We did the Colosseum and Forum tour in the morning and kept the afternoon free for a leisurely lunch and then mooching
Mark Allen Pladson
Apr 2025
We did the climb to the dome which was great. Not overly strenuous but a little claustrophobic at the last stairway at the top. Well worth cost and effort.
Harry Waugh Jones
Apr 2025
The booking for a guide and skip the line tickets was made long before my trip took place. This made the experience so much more enjoyable. Being on the ground floor of the Colosseum, seeing the tunnels below you, the walls of the massive structure above you. All explained by a committed individual, that really wants you to appreciate and fully understand what you are looking at is invaluable. The Forum, Pallantine Hill, and Colosseum were amazing, tiring, hard on the feet, but something not to be missed, and never forgotten.
Michael H. Babicz
Apr 2025
After the vatican finding our way to St. Paul beyond the Walls was a little challenging, but worked out great. Much smaller crowds and totally lucky getting a taxi back to hotel.
Harry Waugh Jones
Apr 2025
Time is always your enemy, see too little you are disappointed, see too much you are exhausted. Our guide balanced this so well, showing what she believed was the essence of the Vatican, Sistine Chapel etc. We also were able to go behind closed doors to walk where the Pontiff has walked when travelling to and from his private quarters to services and public appearances.
Sebastian Alteryd
Apr 2025
We did the Colosseum and Roman forum. I recommend visiting the Vatican as well, go up in the dome, it is worth it.
Mark Gerard Houston
Mar 2025
Titus' Arch, the arena, the sacred road, Caeser's temple, vestal Virginia house, temple of romulus, and others.
Kenneth B Jackson
Mar 2025
Capuchin monks tour. Best tour of the trip. The audio was excellent, cripts unusual. Tastefully done.
Maria Alicia Pinkham
Mar 2025
The Palatine Hill, the Roman Forum and Colosseum in one tour was great. Being on the floor of the colosseum was an amazing experience. Well worth the trip and prize.
Kari bourke
Mar 2025
There are some nice restaurants/coffee shops just across the street for before and after if you wish. After the tour we went out to the garden for some sun and relaxation!
Monica M Madrigal
Mar 2025
I bought a ticket for Vatican museums, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter's Basilica-guided tour. But did not get to see the basilica.
Sarah Jayne Webb
Feb 2025
We also did the main Vatican museums which were so interesting and the amount of history was incredible.
Patrick Mullen
Jan 2025
Window shopping on the nearby antiques street, Hadrian's Tomb, St. Clemente's with the 2 layers of underneath
Jessica Janet
Dec 2024
after you finish with vatican city, you can go to castel st angelo and have dinner around teraserve area
Carlen McGoldrick
Dec 2024
We saw the Vatican Museum, Saint Peter's Basilica, and the Sistine Chapel, and still had enough time to visit the pantheon and Trevi fountain in the same day. Had we waited in those long lines at the bat again we wouldn't have been able to do anything else .
Teresa Niiro
Dec 2024
We were on a tour of italy. We had the forum tour earlier in the day, but it did not incude the Colisseum. The Headout tour was money well spent.
Shona Margaret Goldsbury
Nov 2024
We went to Museo Leonardo da Vinci, close by. Would have done Castel Sant'Angelo too but day we chose it was closed. Did Travestere areaa in pm with Janiculum Hill for sunset.
Melanie Hanlon
Nov 2024
After some lunch, at a restaurant recomended by Eliza, I went to Castel Sant'Angelo in the afternoon by myself for an audio tour after the Vatican Museums, Basilica and Sistine Chapel tour.
Gian Carlo Musmanni
Nov 2024
We did a short walk to the "Wedding Cake" building and had lunch in Trastevere, which is 20 mins away from the Collosseum
JOHN STEPHENSON
Nov 2024
Breakfast at the cafe where we met. Although very busy, lines moved smoothly. Last stop was St. Peters Basillica. After tour being led we were allowed to go on our own.
SUSAN RAE COOK ROWLEY
Nov 2024
We did the Gladiator experience at the Coloseum, Palatine Hill, and Roman Forum. It was awesome to be able to see the Circus Maximus and antique rose garden from our viet.
Helen Ho
Nov 2024
I went to La Tradizione to buy some cheese then walk back through Via Cola di Rienzo. Did some local shopping on Via del Corso.
Christopher Cole
Nov 2024
Vatican museum, Sistene Chapel, St Peters Basilica, Castel San Angelo, Ara Pacis, Mausoleum Augustus, Spanish Steps
Rosalind Patricia Patey
Nov 2024
We should have stayed longer in the Forum after our guide had finished but we had other things planned.
ZANCHETTA JOHN MARTIN
Oct 2024
Don't expect any useful information or help from the idiotic chat app, you might as well just grab a random stranger off the road and ask them. Useless.
Rosalinda V Cruz
Oct 2024
We visited the sistene chapel, the vatican and the grounds. Including extensive knowledge of the history of the vatican.
CHIU, LAI YUET
Oct 2024
Arco di Costantino, Mercati di Traiano, Piazza Venezia, La Bocca della Verità, Santa Maria in Cosmedin
David Cash
Oct 2024
At the designated location as mentioned in the ticket. Gloria was excellent, well informed and diplomatic. She was verbally attacked by a customer whose ticket was in error.
Carrie G Bullard
Oct 2024
Near a red safety pillar. What is a red safety piller??? And information said they would be wearing red shirt/jacket, no red in sight. But we still managed to meet up with Max. He was GREAT!!
Mrs Nicole B Sherman
Oct 2024
Go to the Jewish Ghetto. No crowds and amazing cafes and restaurants. Spend time taking in the ancient ruins but also look down and pause at doorways where you'll see the bronze plaques with names of the Jewish residents taken by the Nazi.
Alejandra Victoria Guerra Palomo
Oct 2024
Went to the Trevi Fountain, Piazza di Spagna and had a bite at a restaurant were they tried to scam us
Robert Woods
Oct 2024
The tour included the Colosseum, Palatine Hill and the Roman Forum. Do all three the history and ruins are staggering.
Melinda Blakley
Oct 2024
We walked out of the palace area , over to the city . We walked to the Spanish steps had gelato. And enjoyed the beautiful day.
Jaroslaw Gruszecki
Oct 2024
Rest of the day we spent on walking on the city, visiting fountain and having good food. Visiting Vatican Museum and Basilica was main point, which in our point of view was best option. The next day we planned to visit Coloseum, so one attraction per day is for us good way to go.
Mr Peter Mark Roberts
Oct 2024
The metro system in Rome is easy to figure out if you can read maps to take you to interesting places. If you are lucky to stay at a hotel that provides information about tourism in the area. Don't hesitate to ask the staff.. we visted a few places after the Vatican tour
Helen Peake
Oct 2024
We walked back through Jewish quarter, had late lunch there , saw Apollo columns, Marcellos theatre ...so much history at every turn . Looked in Pantheon , lots of churches which were all so beautiful, had dinner out, saw Trevi Fountain at night bought a gelato on way back to hotel . Slept well !
Karen Marino
Oct 2024
We did the St. Peter's and Basilicca tour. Our guide Claudia was the best! So knowledgeable about the history and art, it was such an educational and enriching experience! In the Sistine Chapel she found us a quiet corner where we stayed for about 15 minutes to absorb the beauty. Any time we asked a question, she always had a thoughtful answer.
Mark Schambra
Oct 2024
We slept late and had a delicious breakfast at our hotel. Then we had a delicious dinner after our tour. Perfect first day of our trip to Rome!
Ivette Delgado
Oct 2024
We got a lot of details and information from the guide which helped with understanding the historical events
Maureen Campbell
Oct 2024
We covered the Roman Forum and then went onto the Pantheon, but had not booked this and too big a queue.
Simone Terp Eriksen
Oct 2024
We slept in and after we ate good italian food and took a break. Later on we saw easy sights in the city center
Krista Vane-Tempest Stewart
Oct 2024
After our tour with Stefanie finished inside St Peter's we queued and went up the dome. Afterwards we walked across to the Jewish quarter which had lots of interesting lanes and places to eat.
Todd Roadarmel
Sep 2024
We did this tour the day we landed in Rome. Our hotel was a 15 minute walk from the Vatican. We did lunch then headed to meet the tour guide. When the tour ended, we were able to see the changing of the Swiss guard outside St. Peter's. We then walked to find Piazza Navona and the Pantheon and found a place for dinner.
Joan Fraser
Sep 2024
We had lunch nearby, since I was already familiar with the area, so it was easy to find a convenient restaurant. We then took a taxi to Piazza Navona for a visit to that area.
Julie Canavan
Sep 2024
The Pantheon, the Trivi fountain, the circus maximus and a nice lunch then the tour in afternoon (2:30)
Martin Yates
Sep 2024
The guide Sarah was brilliant very knowledgeable and a great sense of humour kept the tour energy going throughout
Nilanjan Biswas
Sep 2024
After the Colosseum trip we explored teh other places ... Colosseum, Palatine Hill & Roman Forum - actually needs 4-5 hrs
Steven Warner
Sep 2024
Colloseum, palatine hill and Roman forum. We also Had access to the Colloseum floor area so you can experience walking out into the arena and getting a feel for what it would have been like for the gladiators and appreciate the scale of the Colloseum.
John Edward Wilcox
Sep 2024
We walked 20 minutes to the site from our hotel and after completing the tour leisurely explored other sites on our way back. Over a glass of prosecco back at our hotel we decided on a restaurant to eat dinner at. A perfect day in Rome.
MA KRISTINA GUERRERO
Sep 2024
Explore colosseum on our own because our tour in colosseum was moved in an earlier time because of ticket issues and won't give any refund.
Tanja Bosnjak
Sep 2024
Went for a meal and then an afternoon siesta, and ended up exploring the streets for the rest of the evening such as the travestiere area and went for gelatos in the late evening.
RAMAKRISHNAN NARAYANAN
Sep 2024
Apart from Covering the guided Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel and St Peter's Basilica we covered the Pantheon on our own, which was outstanding. Please download Rick Steves audio for ease of understanding Pantheon
Catherine Maggio Howley
Sep 2024
We toured the Colosseum and Forum later in the day, but the 10am tour and f Vatican started a little late, and finishe much later than expected as a result of the crowds.
Jania Hulse
Sep 2024
Nothing did not want to see anything if involved queue it takes a while to find due to size of area around Vatican
Geraldine Conroy
Sep 2024
We didn't do too much else as the tour was quite long, but most enjoyable, we went to Morrissons bar for vino and food after the 45minute walk home.
Melissa Berry
Sep 2024
We walked around and visited other points of interest and ate lunch and dinner. Many Options in this area to eat.
Reshad Vakil
Sep 2024
Got a full tour of the Roman Forum and Colosseum by our guide Kiara. It was an absolutely wonderful experience. Her explanations were detailed and captivating. Definately recommend a tour with her if anyone plans to go.
Renae Gapes
Sep 2024
I don't like to pack in too much on one day so we spent 4-5 hours at Vatican City for the first half of the day. The rest of the day was spent wandering the City of Rome, browsing and dining
Mark Luff
Sep 2024
Walked around Rome just stopping in places as we came across them. Great trip and saw lots of beautiful places and things.
Tiana Pillay
Sep 2024
Claudia was our tour guide and she was really great! She was very friendly and answered all our questions.
Paul Chesek
Sep 2024
This was a 3 hour tour that ended in St Peters Basilica around 5pm. We spent the rest of the time in St Peters until closing around 7p...
Lisa Brigmann
Sep 2024
We only did this tour in the day time, but stayed longer to walk around the Colosseum and museum. After dinner we went to Gregory's Jazz Club.
Dimitre Sariev
Sep 2024
After the tour we went to see the Spanish Steps which was also amazing scenery of course gelato and very nice dinner and secluded restaurant
Jane Yoxall
Sep 2024
Following the visit the tour guide gave us a really good tip for a restaurant where we went for lunch. The food and service were outstanding.
Julie L Cilenti
Sep 2024
After the Vatican, we walked into the old part of Rome after lunch and walked to the pantheon and the Trevi fountain. Then we took a taxi back to the.
Craig Alan Fellows
Sep 2024
Day 1 - Vatican tour and sistine chapel. Followed by Castel Sant'Angelo queue skip. Day 2 - saw the Trevi fountain, Pantheon and Piazza Navona on the way to our Colosseum and Palatine hills tour before chilling at the pool at our resort.
Horváth Hanna
Sep 2024
We visited Piazza Popolo, took a walk around Castel Sant Angelo and visited the Trastevere district.
Rachel Tennant
Sep 2024
We grabbed lunch at Mariuccia after, visited the Pantheon (didn't feel we needed a tour for that), took a little break, then saw The Spanish Steps and the Trevi Fountain
Judith Boten Rabin
Sep 2024
We went to the Jewish ghetto and took a tour of the Jewish Museum and the Great Synagogue. It was a very ecumenical day.
Andrew Allan Cupit
Sep 2024
Spent more time in the Roman Forum after the tour finished. Spent time in a cafe and wandering around the old town area.
Joshna Gopal-Patel
Sep 2024
The various parts of the Colosseum was visited with the history and culture being described.There are lots of other buildings such as churches, ruins, garden, palaces entrance arches. Marble columns of different colours brought back from different parts of the world.A very interesting tour and definitely worth having a tour guide.
Marcel Manzano
Aug 2024
Outside of this guided tour, which was amazing, we walked the Spanish Steps area after getting on the Hop On/Off bus
Cassidy DeVrieze
Aug 2024
We also went to castel st angelo and enjoyed the views there, we walked across the bridge and saw the staues, we climbed the dome at st.peters
Lucinda Ramsden
Aug 2024
We also went to see the Pantheon but this does not need a tour guide. We went to buy an ice cream from a Fatamorgana gelato shoo.
Matthew Vlatas
Aug 2024
We took our Vespa over to Travestere to explore and have lunch. We also went to a rooftop restaurant called the Roof for dinner.
Isabelle Zammit
Aug 2024
Marco is very knowledgeable and answered all our questions. I highly recommend this tour. We were impressed by the information he gave us. My husband wished to visit the collection about the cars but unfortunately it was not included in the tour. My 11 and 9 year old enjoyed the tour too.
FOOD & BEVERAGES
Lauren Moore
May 2025
On Ian's advice we knew which area to head for. We dined at Pasqualino al Colosseo - it was delicious! And only a few moments walk from the end of the tour.
Harry Waugh Jones
Apr 2025
No local eateries tried, had to back to our Hotel for the paper tickets (electronic tickets not accepted) which we had forgotten for our next trip which was to the Pantheon.
Lauren Moore
May 2025
On Ian's advice we knew which area to head for. We dined at Pasqualino al Colosseo - it was delicious! And only a few moments walk from the end of the tour.
Harry Waugh Jones
Apr 2025
No local eateries tried, had to back to our Hotel for the paper tickets (electronic tickets not accepted) which we had forgotten for our next trip which was to the Pantheon.
CLAIRE GRIFFIN
Mar 2025
We found local eateries to be very expensive. The further away from the monuments you walk, the better the value.
Jelena Christie
Feb 2025
Not immediately but later in the day we went to" AL 34" restaurant, excellent food and service, went to great lengths to accommodate for my son who is a vegan even though the menu is meat/fish based, and food was delicious ��
Cheryl Harrington
Dec 2024
A pizza bar a fw blocks up on the other side of the street - better prices than the ones immediately oppostise.
IOANNIS PAPADOPOULOS
Dec 2024
"Sapppori e delizie" for pizza,pasta and suppli..then for a tiramisu in "two sizes" near piazza Ancona.
Claire Self
Dec 2024
Found somewhere in a back street on our way back to near the Pantheon. All food was great on our visit.
Danilov Anatolie
Nov 2024
We went to a restaurant bear the colloseum, aprox 10 min away, and ate paste carbonara+pasta Bolognese+pizza
JAMES STONE
Nov 2024
After a long day in The Colosseum (walking), we decided to take a bus back to our hotel for a very welcomed beer.
Rosalind Patricia Patey
Nov 2024
We went to the Terrace restaurant on the corner of thr Capitoline Museum. Really nice, make sure you get the menu you want e.g. sandwiches or full meal. Beautiful views from the terrace.
John Miller
Oct 2024
Just opposite the entrance is a little cafe and tourist information centre. We had a little snack (Nutella crepe and coke) which was lovely and ok price wise. Toilet waste a euro and had a queue (didn't use)
Antony James Webb
Oct 2024
And are visiting the colosseum. We visited a lovely restaurant across from the colosseum. Angelino "ai Fori" Amazing and customer service.
Giuseppe Barazza
Oct 2024
No - we didn't frequent any of the local eateries - we have a picnic lunch that we brought with us in the Roman forum under a tree.
TRAVEL HIGHLIGHTS
Robert Hurley
May 2025
Really interesting, Massimo was an amazing guide. Thoroughly enjoyed both the Forum and the colosseum. Would recommend Arena floor. Real wow moment when you first walk out.
David Peters
May 2025
Our guide, Diego, was great! He was knowledgeable, friendly, intelligent, funny and loves telling the history of his birthplace. This tour has a lot to cover in 3 hours so if you're not a fast walker/stair climber there might be better choices for you. The only downside was that we got instructions to meet in 1 location only to get there on time and be told we needed to go to a different address- for folks without internet this could be difficult. It wasn't far but was across streets, through construction, and down an alley- could have told us to meet there from the beginning.
Robert Hurley
May 2025
Really interesting, Massimo was an amazing guide. Thoroughly enjoyed both the Forum and the colosseum. Would recommend Arena floor. Real wow moment when you first walk out.
David Peters
May 2025
Our guide, Diego, was great! He was knowledgeable, friendly, intelligent, funny and loves telling the history of his birthplace. This tour has a lot to cover in 3 hours so if you're not a fast walker/stair climber there might be better choices for you. The only downside was that we got instructions to meet in 1 location only to get there on time and be told we needed to go to a different address- for folks without internet this could be difficult. It wasn't far but was across streets, through construction, and down an alley- could have told us to meet there from the beginning.
Stewart Cochrane
May 2025
My family loved this experience because of our tour guide Tiberius. His enthusiasm, knowledge and passion for all things Rome made this tour very special. One of the family members in our group suffers from hearing loss, Tiberius ensured that she was able to enjoy the tour as much as everyone else. He is a credit to your organisation. Thank you.
Stewart Cochrane
May 2025
My family loved this experience because of our tour guide Tiberius. His enthusiasm, knowledge and passion for all things Rome made this tour very special. One of the family members in our group suffers from hearing loss, Tiberius ensured that she was able to enjoy the tour as much as everyone else. He is a credit to your organisation. Thank you.
Stewart Cochrane
May 2025
My family loved this experience because of our tour guide Tiberius. His enthusiasm, knowledge and passion for all things Rome made this tour very special. One of the family members in our group suffers from hearing loss, Tiberius ensured that she was able to enjoy the tour as much as everyone else. He is a credit to your organisation. Thank you.
Stewart Cochrane
May 2025
My family loved this experience because of the tour guide - Tiberius. His enthusiasm, knowledge and passion for all things Rome made our tour very special. A member of our family group suffers from hearing loss and he made sure she was able to enjoy the tour as much as everyone else. He is an asset to your organisation. Thank you.
David Peters
May 2025
Our guide was fantastic (Diego we think). The pace of the tour was fast but we had a lot of sites to see and it was appropriate. If you're not able to walk fast and climb stairs it might not be the best choice for you. The earpiece that we listened to the guide through was great- no more fighting to get close to the guide to hear what is being said.
Stephen John Wardrop
May 2025
I don't think I could have done this tour on my own. So much to see & learn in this tour, deeply enriched in history. Our guide explained so much in the time we were with her, & her ability to be patient & direct us around the huge crowds & other tour groups was well done. Thank you for an amazing tour & the opportunity to walk away with so much knowledge & many photos
claire green
May 2025
The guided tour was excellent and Francesca was professional, knowledgeable and funny, she made the experience for us.
Diana Jane Fleetwood
May 2025
The guide was very knowledgeable. The highlight of my visit was visiting the Colosseum Arena Floor. The Guide was easy to follow as she had sunflowers
Diana Jane Fleetwood
May 2025
The Guide was very informative. We were able to spend time looking at all the areas. She answered our questions well. The highlight of my visit was a visit to the Colosseum
Kenneth Anthony Darke
May 2025
Our guide was excellent, very informative and answered all questions. She definitely made it a worthwhile experience. Highly recommended.
Sharon Deacon
May 2025
Great group of around 10 people the colosseum was amazing and our guide was great with all the facts every step of the way but in a light and humorous way made it very entertaining
Mrs Tracy Ann Baker
May 2025
Very crowded but added to the excitement and the unbelievable feeling when you walked into the Colleseium itself. It gave myself and husband goosebumps. Tour guide was brilliant ��
Andrew Hill
May 2025
The tour guide Saed was excellent, personable, knowledgeable and enthusiastic. The visit was very memorable and enjoyable.
Wesley newton
May 2025
Fabulous tour full of information, the tour guide Diego was so friendly & helpful he made the whole experience superb !!! Excellent !!
Wesley newton
May 2025
Real great tour, full of information we loved it, Diego the tour guide was so friendly & helpful the tour was superb
Georgiana Mosescu
May 2025
I really liked the simple process - buy tickets online, see them in the app, go to the headquarters to confirm reservation on the day of the tour and just start it. I liked the guide, he was very well-prepared with regards to the historical information he provided us with, the fact that he didn't just speak about the most well-know facts, but also answered all our questions with accuracy. He was funny, helpful when needed, guided us to the best places and indicated best spots for breaks and toilet. The audio devices worked well and were very helpful.
Vibeke Hansen
May 2025
Our guide knew a lot and was good at informing, when we could hear what she said. The quality of the sound in the er plugs was poor
Heidi Kozikis
May 2025
Great tour! Very inforamtive, Barbra was the best! We had a great time, learned a lot and enjoyed our afternoon.
Paul Daly
May 2025
Had an absolutely amazing day. Made so by the knowledge and enthusiasm of our guide. It was fantastic to see it but more fantastic to know it.
Lauren Moore
May 2025
This tour was outstanding! - our best experience in Rome. Our tour guide, Ian, was exceptional - so engaging, knowledgable and funny. He truly cared about the group, keeping everyone together and making sure we got the best out of our experience. The tour was jam packed - but it needed to be to get through everything, and Ian recommended places to refuel afterwards! (We had an amazing long lunch afterwards!). I couldn't fault this experience and HIGHLY recommend this tour for your first trip to Rome. Brilliant organisation and instructions prior to the tour too. Thank you!
Trudy Chin Kanellakis
May 2025
Our enthusiastic guide Laura Antonucci really helped "flesh out" what we were seeing at the Forum, Palatinr Hill & Colosseum, with helpful colour illustrations & many details to bring it all to life! We appreciated the clear fantastic English & the response to questions in our all adult group. They found shade when possible which was appreciated, built in a well timed �� stop, as well advising us of the lift for seniors who needed it. Cannot recommend enough!
Nicola Wilson
May 2025
The guide was really informative, and we learned so much. It was value for money and a full 3 hours.
Petrescu Bogdan
Apr 2025
The tour guide (Diego) was excellent, had a lot of knowledge and was very pleasant. The places visited were very interesting and came with a lot of detailing. Definetly recommend!
Denise Howell
Apr 2025
Great informative and knowledgeable tour guide, great sense of humour, crowds were as expected but the tour guide knew how to work around them
Denise Howell
Apr 2025
Great informative tour guide, very knowledgeable, good sense of humour....crowds were as expected but the tour guide worked around the crowds very well
Dorthe Markvart Nielsen
Apr 2025
The guide New a lot of fact about the places,so er had a god tour and Can recomand ot. Er also skip the line, because the guides could go im right away, so that was nice
Monica Harriet Boland
Apr 2025
The directions for meeting up were excellent and Diego, our tour guide was exceptional. He was knowledgable, passionate and funny. Bonus points for directing us to an excellent restaurant and the best gelato!
Purnima Gabhrani
Apr 2025
Our Guide was knowledgeable about Colosseum. She made it fun. Because of her, we got hassle free entry to all the sites and location, we skipped all lines and were the first one to enter into the Colosseum. I would recommend tourists to book all 3 site tours individually because the guide doesn't show you everything in Romun Forum in a combined tour. Do this tour if you don't have enough time or if you are with family/kids.
Vicky Wrighton
Apr 2025
Our tour guide Paulo was amazing. His knowledge about everything Roman, Rome and Italy was simply astounding. He made the tour enjoyable as well as informative. We came away knowing more than we ever thought we would! I would thoroughly recommend!
Paul Duncan
Apr 2025
Our host was brilliant .. really enjoyed our ruling and her knowledge was great .. we all learnt a lot from the tour
Alison Rodd
Apr 2025
Giorgio gave us a fantastic tour of the Colloseum and forum and palatine hill. He was fun and lovely and very knowledgeable. Highly recommend him!!
Sophia Bozhkova
Apr 2025
Very interesting and worthwhile visit. Definitely must do it with a guide! Our guide Ini was great!!!
Mark Gerard Houston
Mar 2025
Collosseum tour and palatine hill tour. Our guide, Nora, was excellent and very knowledgeable. Thoroughly enjoyed this experience.
Laura Staniscia
Mar 2025
Claudia was amazing. We were in a group of 22 with headsets linked to her. The meeting point was really easy to find. We set off on time and although it was busy at the Colosseum we weren't held up with queues. We booked the tour with the arena floor added and it was worth it. The Forum and Palatine Hill were unexpected highlights. It's all very interesting and beautiful to look at and Claudia has a wealth of knowledge. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Kenneth B Jackson
Mar 2025
Good tour, challenging steps, bottle necks with very condensed people at times. Guide provided a plethora of content. At times she was too far ahead to hear her. Good tour.
CLAIRE GRIFFIN
Mar 2025
We took the guided tour of the Colloseum and the Palatine. The monuments were fairly busy but our guide managed to move us through security and ticket checks quickly and efficiently. The emphasis of the information imparted by our guide was on the lived experiences of the inhabitants of the spaces during the relevant time periods. We found the tour entertaining and highly informative and that our guide gave us a fresh and original perspective on life in the transition between republican and empire Rome. We would absolutely recommend this tour.
James Kane
Mar 2025
So much history. Informative guide who knew the history. Would definitely recommend do the underground part of the tour.
Veronika Monaghan
Mar 2025
We loved the tour. The tour guide was very nice and knowledgeable, shared a lot of interesting information.
Charles Craven
Mar 2025
The tour was superb, mainly due to the knowledge, insight and passion of the Colosseum from the guide, Valerio. The three hours flew by and a very enjoyable time and highly recommended, especially if you're lucky enough to get Valerio.
Karl Joseph Doyle
Feb 2025
This tour was fantastic from start to finish—completely seamless, well-structured, and incredibly engaging. Everything was timed perfectly, so we got to really take in each site without feeling rushed. The communication was spot on, with clear instructions before and during the tour, making it all effortless. The real standout, though, was our guide—an actual archaeologist. Their depth of knowledge and passion for ancient Rome made the whole experience next level. They didn’t just recite facts; they told stories, explained the significance of what we were seeing, and made the ruins feel alive. Every minute was well spent, and nothing felt skimmed over or unnecessary. Standing on the arena floor of the Colosseum, walking through the Roman Forum, and taking in the views from Palatine Hill was already incredible, but having a true expert guide us through it all made it unforgettable. If you’re looking for a properly organized, informative, and engaging tour, this one is an absolute must
Claudia Berenice Garcia
Feb 2025
The experience was amazing, our guide Flavia did an excellent job at providing us with background history of the Colosseum, Forum, and Pantheon ��
Chanell Creecy
Feb 2025
Our experience was an awesome one! Our guide Marta was both friendly and knowledgeable about both the Colleseum and the Roman Forum. She even provided visuals to give us an idea of how the sites looked in their glory days. I highly recommend the tour to anyone considering it! It was a great experience and we could not have wanted more.
Jelena Christie
Feb 2025
Very good, skipped all the queues, knowledgeable & friendly guide Serena, lots of information about Coloseum, Roman life (old and modern), would definitely recommend :)
Elizabeth Chang
Jan 2025
Flavia was an amazing tour guide! I was impressed by her knowledge of history and art history and learned so much on this tour. The details and knowledge she provided allowed me to appreciate the art and architecture more than I would have otherwise. I highly recommend this tour! It is not to be missed.
Muhammed Yilmaz
Jan 2025
The guide was a extremely knowledgeable person and allowed is to see things we would have never discovered on our own.
Tammy Jeffries
Jan 2025
Our guide Caterina was fantastic, very interesting and knowlegable. Skipping the line is a great way to maximise the time and this tour allowed us to get into the arena floor at the Colosseum.
Szabo Peter
Jan 2025
It was well organized from Headout, really worths the prize. Otherwise it would have been impossible to get in to the Colosseum, the crowd was so caotic you could have hardly find even the way for tickets. The tour guide was fantastic: I was several time in the Colosseum but she gave me details I have never heard before.
Ivonne Glenn
Dec 2024
Two Thumbs up to the amazing guide Jason!! He is an art history professor at a local university with deep knowledge and US native which made the experience 100% worthwhile!! Best tour in our trip
Yuki Ohshige
Dec 2024
The guide was a local Italian had lots of knowledge and gave us choices to see what we wanted to see on our trip. Gave us time to take pictures as well. The only bad part was that at the meeting time, the guide did not come and all of us travelers got worried lol. But I guess that's how Italians are so ��
Ricky Ong Chee Wei
Dec 2024
Collection of the tickets can be messy and not coordinated in an orderly manner but it was soon forgotten once you managed to find your guide . We have a good guide - Humi a Japanese lady that loves in Italy for 30years. Loves the way she introduced the entire journey and gotten us to use our imagination on how the scene would be in the past. She is definitely the highlight and that made it more enjoyable.
IOANNIS PAPADOPOULOS
Dec 2024
It's an amazing monument,thinking all its history beside the architectural side that is unbelievable for the time it was built..our guide,Lumi(hope that's the right spelling) was excellent with lot of knowledge and very kind.Willing to explain anything you wanted!
IOANNIS PAPADOPOULOS
Dec 2024
It's an amazing monument,thinking all its history beside the architectural side that is unbelievable for the time it was built..our guide,Lumi(hope that's the right spelling) was excellent with lot of knowledge and very kind.Willing to explain anything you wanted!
Teresa Niiro
Dec 2024
It was a very good tour and our tour guide was very knowledgeable. She was occasionally a litle hard to hear/understand, although some of that was due to the size of the group. The beginning of the tour was a little disorganized, but I think that may have been due to understaffing. it took a while for the group to get organized. A general announcement about how we were being organized would have been helpful. The tour itself was exellent, and our guide was very well informed. It was amazing to see the Colisseum up close. It was worth it to skip the lines, and to move through the process with someone who was familiar with the process. I would recommend the tour to others.
Andrew Christopher Beaven
Dec 2024
The tour guide seemed to know a lot. Only down was she practically made us run up Palatine hill to get to the toilets before they shut. My husband was 80 on the day and I am 65.
Irina Vesterberg
Nov 2024
Fantastic guide, Fransesco, so much knowledge told in an interesting way. Also of course the attraktion itself.
James Pritchett
Nov 2024
The tour was great and the guide knowledgeble. It woudl have been awesome if we had started the tour at the first site and saved a lot of extra walking up and down hill. Half the group was older and could have used the fewer steps.
Danilov Anatolie
Nov 2024
We took a guided tour around the colloseum, Palatine Hill and Roman forum and we were very pleased with it. Our tour guide, Lumi, was very knowledgeable, very sweet, knew when to throw in a bit of sarcasm, when and how to make a connection with the old and new world and when to just say the story. There were kids in the group and she was mindful about them too. At the end she recommended us a few places to eat and visit. We ended up with a great experience and we're glad we took it.
JOSUÉ CAETANO PILON
Nov 2024
The guide made all the difference, showing us pictures from the past and how things used to be. It wouldn’t have been the same experience without a guide.
Laura Payne
Nov 2024
Hearing about the history and experiencing a look at events that took place so very long ago. Our guide, Julia, was very knowledgeable and pleasant and we enjoyed our time with her.
Pamela Tito
Nov 2024
Silvia was a very good guide. She knew exactly how to keep the momentum, understood needs, gave very up to date information. She was also vey knowladgebale
Murray Derraugh
Nov 2024
The guide was very knowledgeable, funny, and helpful. The sites and history were amazing. Thoroughly enjoyed and would recommend as a must do in Rome.
Dorota Siemczonek
Nov 2024
All was well organized and out guide Barbara was very good prepared and experienced. There were some technical problems with audio quality in my guide receiver. Also so called access to the Arena of Colloseum was disappointing since in fact it can be seen exactly the same as from the other places with the lower price ticket.
Andrea Kimnber
Nov 2024
The guide was fantastic-very informative, we just really enjoyed it. You can't beat a great guided tour to get the history and a sense of what you are looking at
SUSAN RAE COOK ROWLEY
Nov 2024
We purchased our tickets online weeks ahead and it was so easy. Our guide was extrordinary. He was an older man and an archiologist who had been worked at a dig site there at the Roamn Forum years earlier. I wrote his mane down and now I can't find it. He was the most incredibly informative and fun guide. Our experience was fantastic!!! I would highly recomend this to everyone. I think we logged about 15,000 steps over 6 hours for the Colisseum/Palatine Hill/Roamn Forum. So amazing. Bring your camera, good walking shoes, hat, sunglasses, and water bottle & snacks to keep you energized!
Ismar Mandra
Nov 2024
Everything went great. The location where the tour started was correct. The guides are friendly, professional and put a lot of effort into bringing us closer to the period of creation of Rome and Roman civilization. Big thanks our guide Silvia - grat job.
JAMES STONE
Nov 2024
The venue was absolutly brilliant and breathtaking... So much to see and the Guide we had was just superb (very knowledgeable).. Please be warned, if you are going to venture out on this epic day trip, Please take plenty of water, a good pair of walking boots and take a lightweight bag (as there's security check points all over the site). WELL WORTH THE MONEY!
Emma Hodgon
Nov 2024
Our tour was booked for 8:45am and when we arrived it had been moved to 10am. We never received any communication that the tour had been moved before we arrived. The tour itself was amazing. Highly recommend
Mandy Clynick
Nov 2024
On 2nd November we did the Colluseum Arena Tour, with the Roman Forum and Palatine Hill included. It was awesome a fantastic experience. Our tour group wasn't too big and ear phones ensured we were able to hear everything from our very knowledgeable tour guide. There was a a little queuing along with other guided tours, but nothing too much, especially not compared to those who we viewing it all independently. The information from our guide and the amazing sites made it a very memorable occasion. I had also expressed my concern about possibly arriving late due to a change in tour time and our arrival time in Rome, but Brent and Alina kept me up to date and checked on our whereabouts to ensure we were going to get to them in time.
HAZAL YAZICIOGLU
Nov 2024
Our tour guide informed us about every single detail. We even exceeded our time, but everybody enjoyed the tour a lot.
Elizabeth CatherineQuinn
Nov 2024
Paolo was extremely knowledgeable and engaging and really brought the ancient world to life. His passion for ancient (and modern!) Rome was clear, and he was exceptionally good at engaging with the children on the tour.
Lee Gallimore
Nov 2024
This tour was very well organised form start to finish and no queuing whatsoever. Irene was a fantastic guide and made the whole experience very enjoyable. Well done fro Mario!
Zachary Cheatham
Nov 2024
This wa by far the best tour I have ever taken. Our guide Alesandro- was abosutely phenomenal. With him being an archeologist that physically worked on exploring those sites made his commentary unforgettable. 10/10 experiences!!
Kameliya Ventsislavova Ivanova
Nov 2024
The tour guide Marta was very comprehensive, if we didn't understand something, she explained it in 2-3 languages. She also answered questions outside the tour, I would get more tickets with her if there were other tours Thank You Marta
Andrea Poborska
Nov 2024
Silvia is awsamo guide with a deep historical knowledge. She shares passion with us and made me to dig more info about that era.... that's something to be proud of ;)
Joanne Elizabeth Smith
Nov 2024
The details sent to us prior to the tour were very clear and helped us to find the meeting spot. All the staff we encountered were very friendly. Our tour guide was knowledgeable and interesting to listen to. It was an extremely busy day at the Colosseum but we managed to avoid most of the queues thanks to being on a tour. Without booking a tour, I feel we would have spent many hours in various queues (tickets, security, entry) and not had a clue about what we were looking at. We would definitely recommend.
Inga Luksaite-Samaitiene
Oct 2024
We like everything: the prime information about the tour, the colliseum, Palatine hill and Roman Forum. Our guide Julia was amazing - she was very kind, sincere and skilled. As she said, we really remembered her when tried Italian pizza, saw the pigeons and talked about this amazing experience!
Catherine Edith Riordan
Oct 2024
This tour was amazing, the tour guide was very knowledgeable and gave excellent information. I went for the underground tour as I wanted to know more about the workings of the colosseum - this was definitely worth the extra money to explore how the events would have worked. The forum and the palatine hill were spectacular and seeing the panoramic views over Rome were well worth it.
John Miller
Oct 2024
The guided tour of the colosseum and Forum was expensive but worth every penny and more. Our guide Emi was fantastic. Learnt so much about history and how the colosseum was built that you would never find out without a guide. We were given headsets with a single earpiece so could hear every word of our guide super clealy even if you were 10+ meters away from him. A must do tour!
Caleb Gardner
Oct 2024
Our Tour guide was very good. Knowledgeable and funny. He spoke good English and spent sufficient time talking about the Colosseum and Palantine hill. We didn't get enough guided time in the Roman Forum, unfortunately. The headset was also very spotty, so I had to stick close to the guide to make sure nothing was missed
Amanda Louise Sewell
Oct 2024
It was very busy and difficult to keep up with the guide at times but the guide's knowledge was really good and really gave us an insight into the Colosseum and it's place in the history of Rome. The tour probably needed to be a bit longer so that there were opportunities for photos and to have a look around. However, the guide packed alot into the 2 hours. Our original booking time was changed which could have been inconvenient as we had to rearrange our day but we were informed in advance.
Tuva Kristin Bauge Fjellsbø
Oct 2024
It was a guide that new his story. The thing I didn't like was the info that was wrong from Headout. The guide did NOT have a red flag. And the guide arrived 10 am NOT 09:45am as we were told to. And the guide said that this was info that he had not revived. So it would be smart to actually communicate with the guide.
Jacqueline Volckaert
Oct 2024
Our English tour guide was really good with the history of the Colosseum. He spoke a little fast but he was very knowledgeable. It was very organized and on schedule.
Antony James Webb
Oct 2024
The overall experience was very good. Lots of information on the place we were visiting in Rome. She did a great job in keeping the group together and all of us involved. Only thing is we could done with more time in the 1st part before moving forward. But overall I would give it a yes.
Ivette Delgado
Oct 2024
Our guide moved quickly to get us in as fast a possible. He was very detailed and gave us time to take photos.
CHIU, LAI YUET
Oct 2024
Very informative tour. The tour guide was knowledgeable and full of sense of humour which created a joyful and wonderful tour experience! ����
Michael Roy Pierson
Oct 2024
Guide was an Archeologist and his extensive knowledge showed. Very personable and good organization skills herding our group! I included a picture of him and if you get him you're in for a treat!
Elena A Pierson
Oct 2024
Our guide was very knowledgeable funny and polite. Take the early morning tour. It's less crowded. We had private access and no waiting in line.
Jaden Toone
Oct 2024
This was our favorite tour in our two week adventure through Italy. The underground portion, as well as the Roman Forum and Palantine Hill, was worth the money. We got chills being at the lowest level. The Coliseum is so beautiful regardless, but our guide Julia was amazing. The tour was about 3 hours so give yourself extra time if you're booking other tours and plans, but we didn't mind at all because she gave us so much information. You can tell she loves the job!
Giuseppe Barazza
Oct 2024
The tour was awesome ! We have done a normal general entry collesseum visit before in past year's visit however this time we did this comprehensive tour that included the under floors below the stadium. The star of the tour was the archeologist tour guide whom was extremely knowledgeable and passionate about Roman history. We went through Colleseum, Palatine Hill and Forum in detail with insights and before pictures of areas/buildings we were looking at on the day so was easier to conceptualise how it looked 2000 yrs ago. Not the cheapest tour but was worth it for our family.
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Andrea Louise Reid
Oct 2024
None of it was too bad at all with the guided entry. There were slight waits through security but nothing major.
Robert Woods
Oct 2024
The queue for the guided tours was reasonably short compaired to the other queues. It did take possibly 20 mins but that included 3 different security checks.
Andrea Louise Reid
Oct 2024
None of it was too bad at all with the guided entry. There were slight waits through security but nothing major.
Robert Woods
Oct 2024
The queue for the guided tours was reasonably short compaired to the other queues. It did take possibly 20 mins but that included 3 different security checks.
Jaroslaw Gruszecki
Oct 2024
The entry was very well organized. We did not waited on the queue much. It was in fact faster than guided tour booked directly from the Museum, which I visited 6 months ago and met guide inside. One more convenience it was a shortcut from Museum to the Gasilica, we saved much time.
Gillian Karen Gormley
Oct 2024
We went out n straight away as our tour guide was very organised. Queues had already started to build up & we were on early tour at 8.15am
Mr Peter Mark Roberts
Oct 2024
Considering how busy and warm it was that day we were all not waiting long in queues or entering and we were all given a picture of the beautiful art on the Sistine chapel during the tour! Nice touch!
Helen Peake
Oct 2024
Our guide seemed to know best way in to Forum so avoided queuing Collosium que for security about 15 mins but Lumi kept imparting her vast knowledge to us so it was fine .
NICOLAS CHRISTIAN FERNAND DAUDET
Oct 2024
By doing the tour and being able to go through the Vatican museum, directly to the Sistine Chapel and then into St Peter Basilica we most certainly saved about 4 hours of queue.
Maren Toomsalu
Oct 2024
It still took almost 30 minutes to get in with all the other tours on the same time slot but it was understandable.
Farm Moua
Oct 2024
We saved tons of time. We waited maybe 20 mins. Well worth the money to get a tour. Especially this one because you don't even have to wait for St. Peter's Bascilia. The line can be ridiculous long. This truly is the best option if you don't wanna waste uour time and energy waiting in line.
Angela Sue Maloney
Oct 2024
The queue on the day we went was about 45 minutes and with the skip the line tickets we got through in 5.
Lawrence John Humphries
Oct 2024
The ticket allowed us quick access along with the tour guide and the queues for security were not long. The back door entrance to the Sistine Chaple was excellent as was the Tour Guide entrance to the Basilica all of which saved much walking and queueing.
Katherine Rose
Oct 2024
With the guide? Never longer than a few minutes. Didn't pay attention to the other lines as we went in-seemed like there were various lines, wasn't sure which was for what. So glad to have a guide. By the time our tour was over, the line was hundreds of people long.
Allan Apsouris
Oct 2024
Line ups to get into the Colooseum where less than 20 mins, much better that hours for people to walk through the Colloseum on their own.
Allan Apsouris
Oct 2024
Purchased the tickets on line a month ago, waiting to into the Museum was about 20 mins, not to bad at all.
Nickolas P Silvestri
Sep 2024
Lines with our guide were very manageable and well worth the price of admission. To see the Basilica would have required a 3-hour wait but with our guided pass, we entered without any wait at all.
Lauren Browning
Sep 2024
We didn't have to wait. If we did I think I would have said the que was about 45 min wait but we went in at 8.45
Julie Canavan
Sep 2024
The timing is what was expected: 2:30-5:30 and time to wander St Peters inside and gift shop outside
Martin Yates
Sep 2024
There was a slight queue getting to the first part of the tour but we got through that really quickly
Steven Warner
Sep 2024
Not too bad but was very busy and crowded. Guide escorted the group through the checkpoints and security efficiently and quickly.
Karen schainberg geronymo
Sep 2024
We did not have to wait, which was another reason why we purchased the tour. It went very very quick.
John Edward Wilcox
Sep 2024
Our wait in line was probably less than 10 minutes and I imagine it would be at least 2 or 3 times longer without having booked in advance.
Lesley Lock
Sep 2024
Hardly waited at all. Marcus got us through all ticket checkpoints quickly. He was very informative.
Paula Little
Sep 2024
The queue was shorter than standard and quick moving. The whole entry process only took about 7 mins.
James Lanzetta
Sep 2024
Hours upon hours. One thing the tour operator should do...*** upgrade the audio system. Compared to other operators the sets were small and not clear which made it difficult at times to hear the guide
Consuelo Ortiz
Sep 2024
The initial line into the Vatican museums was a little longer than expected. As it turned out, I was unable to visit the basilica (which was the main reason for obtaining this guided tour) because the tour lasted longer than expected.
Raffaella Owens
Sep 2024
The queues were very long. Buying the tickets online and buying the tour tickets saved us hours of waiting in lines and allowed us to skip some lines.
Lawrence Hamberg
Sep 2024
The queues were a bit long because the Vatican Museum is so very crowded. However, it was extremely faster than waiting for a ticket.
Catherine Maggio Howley
Sep 2024
We moved in relatively quickly, but once we were in the museums it was very slow to move through and there were far too many people trying to see the same things at the same time.
Geraldine Conroy
Sep 2024
The queues were very long at the Sisteen Chapel, so it was great we could go straight through. No waiting around. Also the Colosseum had queues, but again we were fast tracked.
Michael John Dowse
Sep 2024
Other than the initial entrance to both the gardens and the Collosseum of 5-10 minutes there were no appreciable waiting times even the though the site was extremely busy.
Joanne Maria Page
Sep 2024
We didn't have to wait . We followed in the wake of our VIP guide who obviously knew all the right people and places
Renae Gapes
Sep 2024
The queues were very long eventhough it was quite early in the morning. It probably would have taken us a further hour or more to get in if we were not on the tour.
Mark Luff
Sep 2024
Hardly had to queue anywhere with the tour we had, which gave us easy access to Vatican and St. Peter's Basilica
Tiana Pillay
Sep 2024
5-10 minute wait maximum. But our tour guide would chat the whole time which made it really entertaining to wait. She was amazing.
Paul Chesek
Sep 2024
Long but we sailed right past them w our special guide and tour lines! We never waited more than 10 minutes anywhere and regular lines were clearly hours!
Ezequiel Medeiros
Sep 2024
Very little wait on the guided tour. The queue for those that did not have the skip the line were huge
Julie L Cilenti
Sep 2024
We started at 8:30 and got into the Vatican about nine so the lines weren't too bad. It's very crowded in the Sistine Chapel, but we expected that and we were able to stay in there and not be moved along so that was good.
Claudia Ann Filiatrault-Dort
Sep 2024
We were very lucky & hardly had to wait at all. Maybe 5mins. We had an afternoon tour. Purchasing our tickets online was the best. Skip the line tickets is the way to go
Delvael Vanessa
Sep 2024
There has been a lot of people and the lines wete long bit as the guide told us it went very smoothly and quiet quickly.
Judith Boten Rabin
Sep 2024
The line did look pretty long compared to ours who just walked right If I had to guess, we saved at least 30-45 minutes.
Tessa Warmuth
Sep 2024
Very short, we were in and out of line within a couple minutes per que. with the amount of other tourists it seemed like a breeze!
Blanca Teresa Camacho Chiquin
Sep 2024
It was expedite. I cannot even think about queuing up in the sun for hours. It was the best investment.
Joshna Gopal-Patel
Sep 2024
We got in within 10 minutes with security checks and passport checks. It would probably have taken 1 hour or so otherwise
Cassidy DeVrieze
Aug 2024
We saved tons of time being able to skip the lines to go into the vatican and taking the tour guide only shortcut to st. peters basilica
Lucinda Ramsden
Aug 2024
The tour started on time and our tour guide, Julie, was waiting for us. Almost no queuing for us because the tour guide was very clever to take us to the palatine hill first before the sun got hot, then straight to the underground tour. We hardly had to queue for security or ID checks because the tour guide was so organised and had planned it so well.
Donald Jay Walth
Aug 2024
Wee were taken right in with the tour. She was really good and we learned a lot. It was well workth the guide.
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José Francisco Pouso Cabanelas
Oct 2024
It is the best option to know a little bit more about the history and some fun facts about what you are seeing
Andrea Louise Reid
Oct 2024
We wanted to know more about the Sistene Chapel, Vatican museums and Vatican city generally as a 1st time visitor to Rome.
José Francisco Pouso Cabanelas
Oct 2024
It is the best option to know a little bit more about the history and some fun facts about what you are seeing
Andrea Louise Reid
Oct 2024
We wanted to know more about the Sistene Chapel, Vatican museums and Vatican city generally as a 1st time visitor to Rome.
Susan Havens
Oct 2024
Paula was a pleasant, effective and extremely knowledgeable tour guide. She added humor into her discussion which was welcome. Paula was very respectful of the rules in the Basicillica unlike most other tourguides, many of which totally ignorned the request for silence.
Anthony Bentley
Oct 2024
I'd been advised it was really worth it for the information but also to avoid the worst of the queues.
Robert Woods
Oct 2024
In the past we have always done our own thing , but the guided tour option was a good choice that enabled quicker access to the colosseum, but more impotantly gave us so much information on the tour from an expert (Maria) than you couldn't possibly have gleened any other way.
Melinda Blakley
Oct 2024
We liked the overall plan on what we could see in one visit. The guide was also a great feature to have.
Jaroslaw Gruszecki
Oct 2024
We were lucky that the tour guided by Marco C.. Marco took care about whole group, counted us frequently, so noone was lost. We hear very interesting stories about creation of the artworks and different theories, which kept all time our interest and made a tour very individual and not as you can expect from academic explanation. @Marco thank you very much, you made extraordinarry job.
Mr Peter Mark Roberts
Oct 2024
The guide was very knowledgeable of the beautiful art and surroundings of the Vatican museums very nice.. but we didn't get to see St.Peters cathedral because of work being done for the jubilee 2025 no fault of the guide of course.. my wife and self did enjoy the tour thank you ����
Helen Peake
Oct 2024
Wanted to get the most out of trip and learn about history of Rome to really appreciate what we were seeing. Helped us make the most of limited time in Rome. Part of pre planning for trip.
Nesreen Innabi
Oct 2024
Ease to get into the Vatican and other associated places. Get the history behind the art secrets etc. from a knowledgeable tour guide.
NICOLAS CHRISTIAN FERNAND DAUDET
Oct 2024
Glad we booked the tour. It made the whole thing so much easier and reduced the queuing time by about 80%. The tour is much simpler than to get different tickets for each thing.
John Hilton
Oct 2024
Despite the weather the guide was able to show us everything that was expected. The guide was very knowledgeable and presented the information clearly.
Maren Toomsalu
Oct 2024
We appreciated the skip-the-line enterance to the Vatican museums. Also, our tour guide was awesome. The tour was quite long but very interesting.
Angela Sue Maloney
Oct 2024
Help with guiding around the Vatican as it is a big place. Also information about the paintings was helpful.
Dale Adams Flowers
Oct 2024
We wanted descriptions of all the beautiful paintings and art objects that we were seeing as well as the historical context.
Mark Schambra
Oct 2024
We booked a tour for the experience of listening to a seasoned guide during our visit. Our guides name was Maggie, and she was exceptional! Her English was perfect, her knowledge of the Vatican and St Peters was profound, and she imparted a sense of energy and excitement into the entire tour which was remarkable considering that she gives the identical tours to many tourists multiple times per week.
Rebecca Ann Kolff
Oct 2024
Out guide was lovely and being a local was very knowledgeable. Hot day and he was very attentive to the group to make sure everyone was feeling ok. Only thing for me was that I found it tricky understanding the commentary because of his accent! No fault of his of course. Thank you for a lovely day.
Lawrence John Humphries
Oct 2024
It seemed to be comprehensive and whilst not the cheapest it was offering what we were looking for without lots of ambiguity.
Tracy Ann Baines
Oct 2024
The detailed history given by our guide throughout the tour. He was very knowledgeable and had a sense of humour too!
Maureen Campbell
Oct 2024
Being such a historic site I thought that we would get much more out of our visit to the Colosseum etc with a tour.
Erica Peterson
Oct 2024
I wanted more information about the colosseum with detailed info on what I was seeing, and skip the line. Andri was an amazing guide giving great info at a good speed and covering a lot!
Paula Wallwork
Sep 2024
I wanted to learn more about the history of the Colosseum and the Forum Our guide was very knowledgeable, entertaining and absolutely brilliant
Nickolas P Silvestri
Sep 2024
We were looking forward to a more detailed account of the items on exhibit in the museum. We were also interested in a full explanantion of the Sistine Chapel.
Cameron Paul Rossiter
Sep 2024
To learn about the hidden stories that we would have missed if we self toured. Benjamin our guide was whitty, informative, answered all our questions and even dealt with poorly behaved people on the tour well when they abused him for their mistake.
Elias North
Sep 2024
To enable us to obtain an enhanced understanding of the history behind both the Palantine and the Collosseum
SUE TOMPSETT
Sep 2024
We loved all the history and wanted to have a tour guide that could tell us all the facts and stories. Stephanie did not disappoint.
Julie Canavan
Sep 2024
Eugene shared his opinion on the genius of Michaelangelo and his work in the sistine chapel. Art history was very comprehensive and interesting! We would definitely request a tour again with him
Edward Clement Harry Woodmore
Sep 2024
We wanted some guidance on a tour and wanting to skip the queues. Julia, the guide was outstanding. She knew so much about the Vatican, its history , about the Popes and the artworks. She was interesting, had a good sense of humour and kept tabs on her group.. Her presentation was flawless.
Alexandru-Florin Stanescu
Sep 2024
The guided tour experience and the opportunity to find out info in an interactove way from a face to face interaction
Steven Warner
Sep 2024
Used a guide for their in depth knowledge and also to lead us through the various parts of the Colloseum. We Learnt so much from the guides commentary, even though we already knew a fair bit.
John Edward Wilcox
Sep 2024
With the time we had to devote to the 3 sites (Colosseum including the arena floor, Palatine Hill & Roman forum) using a guide was the best method to accomplish exploring such a large footprint.
David Oberholtzer
Sep 2024
To skip the line by getting tickets ahead of time. Our guide (Paola) did a great job in explaining what we were seeing.
Trina Ezernack
Sep 2024
Wanted the underground and was able to book for that. Unfortunately, it the underground was cancelled due to over selling and that portion was cancelled. We did keep the tickets and do the Colosseum, Arena, Toman Forum and Palatine Hill.
Athula Abeyratne
Sep 2024
We wanted to hear and learn about everything in Vatican City from an expert in an orderly manner. The guide was very knowledge about everything and explained in detail.
Tanja Bosnjak
Sep 2024
This booking had the best reviews online and the cost was affordable given that it was a three hour tour.
Janine Lorna Foulkes-Williams
Sep 2024
I prefer to hear from an expert guide. Much quicker than reading guide books as they choose the best things to draw your attention to
Leanne Maria Gardner
Sep 2024
The tour of the Vatican was fantastic. Nothing could have prepared me for the history, the grandeur and draw dropping experience. I highly recommend everyone to do this tour. I pre booked which I did as glad I did as the entrance lines were huge...walking directly to the entrance with out guide was a relief to not have to stand in the heat. Our tour guide was so informative and friendly, again, I highly recommend guided tours. What an amazing experience that I'll never forget!
Raffaella Owens
Sep 2024
It actually was the only option left for the day we were in Rome. It turned out to be amazing. Our guide was fantastic, and the tour was well worth it.
Geraldine Conroy
Sep 2024
Maghda, our tour guide, was very knowledgeable, about The Colosseum and Surrounding sites. We wanted to find out the history.we
Geraldine Conroy
Sep 2024
We booked through internet as we live in Ireland. It was so easy . We wanted to get some of the history of Rome.
Mair Jenkins
Sep 2024
Really friendly and patient guide who took care of our needs - one in our party was a little slow. Our guide was Zara
Michael John Dowse
Sep 2024
We really appreciate hearing about an areas specific history from someone that is particularly knowledgeable of thier subject.
Joanne Maria Page
Sep 2024
To make the most of a vast place and our guide Debora was magnificent giving us key points to understand the artwork and especially Michelangelo. Thus tour was everything I wanted and more . I cannot recommend Debora enough
Melissa Berry
Sep 2024
You could skip the line. The crowds were horrible, so it was nice to get out of the rain quickly and into the facilities.
Ayad Ghali
Sep 2024
The tour was good up to the Sistine chapel where we had a brake and to resume to a meeting point, once we got there we could not locate our tour guide and had to continue on our own which was a bit inconvenient ☹️
Jean Bertrand
Sep 2024
We just happened to pick this tour and we're very happy. We have nothing but praise for Marta, our tour guide. She was knowledgeable, interesting, patient with those who lagged behind and also a funny story teller. Highly recommend Marta.
Renae Gapes
Sep 2024
The tour appeared to include everyting that I wanted when I was booking it. It seemed a fair price for everything that was included and the time slots were convenient. The site was easy to navigate.
YEŞİM GÜROL
Sep 2024
The guided tour was a must to do in Vatican because it was so crowded and cannot know what to do as a tourist.
Carole Anne Davies
Sep 2024
We wanted to hear the hsitory of the places, rather than just look at them. A digital guide would have been much cheaper but there is no comparison with and actual person.
Paul Chesek
Sep 2024
Ability to skip long lines and access all 3 Vatican mist important sights: Museums, Sistine Chapel, and St Peters Basilica.
Joseph Godfried Leonard Selen
Sep 2024
We wished to avoid long lines and were also completely unfamiliar with the Vatican, so a guided tour seemed the best option to get access to all the areas we wanted to visit, while also getting some background information.
RALPH THOMAS HARVEY-ROBSON
Sep 2024
Because this tour included the underground tour. Unfortunately we had an email to say this would not be possible and were offered a different tour. We had to accept it as it was too late to book with a different firm
Lisa Brigmann
Sep 2024
We wanted an English speaking guide to give us the history of the things we were going to experience.
Ezequiel Medeiros
Sep 2024
Great tour, right from reception to Paula our guide who was amazing. Visited on September 9th, the Vatican was very busy. The skip the line and guidance from Paula was definitely worth it.
Horváth Hanna
Sep 2024
It contained the most experiences. We got to visit the Vatikan Museums, Sistine Chapel and St. Peters Basilica by one go.
Claudia Ann Filiatrault-Dort
Sep 2024
We wanted to know more about the history of Vatican City. Jaber was very knowledgeable. He kept the guided tour going at a good pace & did not overwhelm us with to much information. He was very respectful of the surroundings ( Sistine Chapel, the Basilica) & made sure we were too!
Mark Palfreyman
Sep 2024
There's a lot to take in , so an explanation of what's around you most certainly enhances the experience
Hamza Baleed
Sep 2024
Amazing tour guide. Clearly explained the history and significance of the monuments with passion, detail and humour.
Rachel Tennant
Sep 2024
This tour included the Ancient Rome highlights we most wanted to see with a guide, so we could get more out of what we were seeing.
elizabeth fulton
Sep 2024
Our tour guide Laura_S had incredible knowledge of the Vatican Museum artifacts and told us other interesting that captured our attention. She was very careful not to lose us in such a crowded space. She was humorous and always had an answer for anyone who asked a question. This was not a boring guided tour Bbecause Laura was passionate about Vatican hisory . 10/10 Laura thank you Elizabeth ( scotland)
Blanca Teresa Camacho Chiquin
Sep 2024
I wanted to learn and experience the Vatican from a tour guide. The history, details and quirky facts made it entertaining and memorable.
Emma Watson-Field
Sep 2024
To a full and efficient experience of the colosseum. Information is easier to digest when heard than read.
Anastasiia Markova
Sep 2024
Diana was a great tour guide. We enjoyed the full tour. Very informative but also not too much information to make it boring.
Lindsay Alston
Sep 2024
We heard the museums can be overwhelming, so we wanted a guide to help us see the best things and give us some additional information.
margarito gallegos, jr
Sep 2024
Our tour guide Alessandro was amazing and a walking book of knowledge and so excited to share with all.
Kathryn Boast
Sep 2024
I think you always get a much better experience and learn a lot when you have a guide. Our guide for this tour was amazing and really brought the place to life. Highly recommended.
Sally Richardson
Sep 2024
We wanted a knowledgeable guide to get the most out of the visit and our guide very much delivered! It was an excellent tour - thank you
Sheila Lacsamana
Aug 2024
I want to lean a little bit more history about the Vatican and learned a lot about Sistine Chapel and was amazed by the Pope tombs underneath
Noam Wagenstein
Aug 2024
Susana was great! She was super energetic and so fun to be around. The tour itself was great, very informative and interesting. Recommend!!
Sally Blundell
Aug 2024
We realised there was so much more information we could gain than by walking through by ourselves. We also wanted to beat the queues.
Nicole Look
Aug 2024
They are places that I have grown up hearing about and seeing and I really wanted to see them for myself.
Rebecca Ann Rowlinson
Aug 2024
Came up favourably on Google and TripAdvisor. Was withing cost and being able to split the experience over two days was a bonus.
Lucinda Ramsden
Aug 2024
I wanted to see the underground part of the colosseum. The tour options on the official site were booked out the moment the day become available online.
Matthew Vlatas
Aug 2024
We thought it would give us a more detailed experience and we could learn more from a guided tour. Also the ability to skip the queues.
Salman Saeed Butt
Aug 2024
It's too crowded and difficult to get by on your own especially if it's very hot and humid. Places like Colosseum need to be guided tours so that you can understand the real history.
Line Lindgreen Eriksen
Aug 2024
I thought a guide would highlight the most important parts of your huge build and art collections, which she did
Joshua Addison
Aug 2024
The amount and importance of the historical sites. Our tour guide, Diego, was phenomenal and went way out of his way to answer all of my questions and give the absolute best possible tour. As good as it gets.
Jocelyn de castro
Aug 2024
To learn more of the history and our guide was very knowledgeable and explained everything that we need to know. It was a great pleasure to be our tour guide.
TRAVEL HIGHLIGHTS
Nicola Reynolds
May 2025
The experience was very good as far as the purchase of the tickets and audio went. The Colosseum is definitely worth a visit, but the huge crowds made the viewing experience very slow and at times unpleasant. The lines for the Roman Forum and Palatine Hill were so long that we decided to not complete the tour.
Nicola Reynolds
May 2025
The experience was very good as far as the purchase of the tickets and audio went. The Colosseum is definitely worth a visit, but the huge crowds made the viewing experience very slow and at times unpleasant. The lines for the Roman Forum and Palatine Hill were so long that we decided to not complete the tour.
Nicola Reynolds
May 2025
The experience was very good as far as the purchase of the tickets and audio went. The Colosseum is definitely worth a visit, but the huge crowds made the viewing experience very slow and at times unpleasant. The lines for the Roman Forum and Palatine Hill were so long that we decided to not complete the tour.
Nicola Reynolds
May 2025
The experience was very good as far as the purchase of the tickets and audio went. The Colosseum is definitely worth a visit, but the huge crowds made the viewing experience very slow and at times unpleasant. The lines for the Roman Forum and Palatine Hill were so long that we decided to not complete the tour.
Nicola Reynolds
May 2025
The experience was very good as far as the purchase of the tickets and audio went. The Colosseum is definitely worth a visit, but the huge crowds made the viewing experience very slow and at times unpleasant. The lines for the Roman Forum and Palatine Hill were so long that we decided to not complete the tour.
Nicola Reynolds
May 2025
The experience was very good as far as the purchase of the tickets and audio went. The Colosseum is definitely worth a visit, but the huge crowds made the viewing experience very slow and at times unpleasant. The lines for the Roman Forum and Palatine Hill were so long that we decided to not complete the tour.
Eleni Micheli
May 2025
Our experience was very good. We had purchased Skip the Line tickets. We didn’t have any trouble with waiting times at all. It’s definitely worth getting Skip the Line tickets.
naeem ul hasan
May 2025
Amazing place. You find yourself in the era of gladiators. It was a powerful ticket and we moved everywhere in the clossium. Price was good and experience was great.
Guste Juskeviciute
May 2025
Everything was magnificent however we didn't realise that the tickets for Roman Forum and Palatine Hill are only for one entry only, cannot go back to it after you enter it.
Elizabeth Belcher
May 2025
The architecture and engineering of the Colosseum is amazing! Getting up close and seeing that this was completed centuries ago just blows your mind.
Elizabeth Belcher
May 2025
The Colosseum was amazing! You can't truly understand the magnitude of the architecture until you are are actually inside. The layers and varied materials is ubreal.
David Zech
Apr 2025
Our guide Marzy was engaging, informative and funny. The whole tour was made much more worthwhile having someone who was clearly passionate about her subject.
Miss neranya Lee kidd
Apr 2025
The sheer scale and design were just amazing. You could just sense the history and got a feel for what it must have been like in its day.
Taylor Jackson
Apr 2025
Absolutely beautiful. We didn't know if we were supposed to retrieve an audio guide from somewhere. Regardless, we did not have one so we juat used our imagination. It was beautiful.
Emma Faye Laundon
Apr 2025
We loved the tour, our guide Carl was amazing. Carl was so interacted with everyone and told us lots of interesting facts. Highly recommend
Gyarmati Péter Zoltán
Mar 2025
The Colosseum is beautiful from the inside, but the Palantine hill is the most beautiful of the 3 locations. The Forum Romanum is not bad either, but you can see it from this hill. The queue is simple, you have to go through security, we had no problem with it, but as i saw no one else did either. It is visited by a lot of people, you can go in by appointment, but there is basically no point in this, they let in as many people in a batch as possible....
Nadiia Tykhonova
Feb 2025
Это пешая экскурсия по достопримечательности прошла замечательно, не смотря на дождь. Было очень интересно увидеть своими глазами то, что учил в школе и знаешь по учебникам. Во втором ярусе есть экспозиция и очень много интересной информации. Нам очень понравилось!
Celia Molinos Sánchez
Feb 2025
La experiencia fue inmejorable, ya que no tuvimos que hacer colas ni para el coliseo ni para el foro romano lo que te permite optimizar bien el tiempo cuando haces un viaje de pocos días
Fabricio Javier Lopez Barreyro
Dec 2024
It was awesome, the tickets worked perfectly. The colosseum is spectacular and the forum was a very immersive experience totally worth it
Liam Forde
Dec 2024
Everything , just to see what they Romans built 100s of years ago while most of the world was living in caves was truly amazing...
Jennifer Lyrisse Tabios
Nov 2024
It was nice however it is nothing like the gladiator movie. Toilets are just in the entrance with a long line.
Isabel Sargento
Nov 2024
The grandeur of such ancient architecture. I imagined what that place would be like with the people of that time and I also thought about what it would be like if one of those people could travel in time, to our days. What would he/she think...
deepak kumar maroo
Nov 2024
It was Marothon day in Rome and we took a whole round to entered into Colosseum. A note can be add with ticket is that Kids ticket (below 18 years) can be collect by showing valid proof from window# 10 inside colosseum after security check.
Kathryn Mohammed
Oct 2024
Was overwhelmed by the size of the colosseum I knew it was large obviously but to actually see the scale of it was immense.
Deborah Kelly
Oct 2024
All of it! It was amazing to see it and be able to walk inside and take it all in! Just amazing! Palatine Hill was just as amazing. I can highly recommend this ticket.
Daniela Slancova
Oct 2024
The visit was perfect as to the entrance and everything we could see and feel anyway, it started to rain and the rain was quite heavy despite of the fact we were completely wet the experience was unforgettable
Kathryn Mohammed
Oct 2024
Just a perfect day no long waits in queues plenty of time to see everything that we wanted to see a totally great experience
Calvin James Hammer
Oct 2024
The Colosseum was a quick visit around the structure, but the Roman Forum was an all day event! I liked the fact we could go the Forum the next day!
Glenda Savory
Oct 2024
It was an amazing experience to see so much history that has been preserved. Not too crowded. Clean washrooms.
Harkusha Maryna
Oct 2024
Colosseum so huge, I thought it much more smaller. It very intetesting place. Also entrance with the timed tickets quite quick and simple. It's crowded, however the queue gone quickly.
Edward Joseph Phillip Robinson Harvey
Oct 2024
How helpful the staff were especially when it came to helping my wife with a disability and the scale and history if the place incredible
David Huw Davies
Oct 2024
The scale and design of the Colosseum are impressive. Well worth seeing for the second time Excellent
SMART TRAVEL TIPS
Graham Wall
May 2025
Book in advance and get there either early as pissible or later in afternoon, check to see which cruise ships are in local ports as when they arrive it's normally mornings
Chris Phillips
Apr 2025
If you use an audio guide try to get a good internet signal for Google Maps (or similar). We had real trouble getting anything. It is hard to track where to are otherwise!
Graham Wall
May 2025
Book in advance and get there either early as pissible or later in afternoon, check to see which cruise ships are in local ports as when they arrive it's normally mornings
Chris Phillips
Apr 2025
If you use an audio guide try to get a good internet signal for Google Maps (or similar). We had real trouble getting anything. It is hard to track where to are otherwise!
Taylor Jackson
Apr 2025
There are two different entrances to the colosseum. One for organized groups, and another for individuals like me and my partner.we accidentally waited in the group line first
Zitta Breemersch
Apr 2025
If you visit the Colosseum first, forget about going to the Forum Romanum afterwards. The lines for ticket holders is incredibly long. You can enter the Forum Romanum the next morning (ticket is valid for 24 hours). We arrived at 9.15 AM and the first half hour we were alone at the Forum Romanum. That was great! Around 10AM the groups arrived and it got extremely crowded. The audio tour in the Colosseum was not that great. We visited the amphitheatre in Nîmes, France last summer. The audiotour there was a lot better.
Tim McCarthy
Apr 2025
For Rome, get started early. Bring a refillable water bottle as water is freely available. Try to eat & drink everything! For Vatican museum entry and tour, pay CLOSE attention to where entrance is located and if you need to pick up actual tickets. Some on-site from tourist locations require you to go their first.
Maria Angeles Gonzalo Estelles
Apr 2025
Llegar con algo de tiempo antes de la hora que tengas reservada . Preguntar nada más entrar a los trabajadores que incluye la entrada y cuál es el mejor recorrido para hacerlo según la hora que llegues
OSAMU AOYAGI
Apr 2025
月曜日午後3時近くの訪問でしたが観光客の列は少なくとも1時間以上連なっていました。世界屈指の観光地だけにどの時間帯でも混雑は変わらないでしょう。私たちのグループは事前に公式サイトから時間指定で購入していたのでストレスなく入場ができました。アゴダ等よりも公式の方安くて購入できます。
Megan Duffy
Mar 2025
* Book tickets in advance. * Carry ID with you. * Wear comfortable shoes. * Research transport options in advance.
Angela Garrett
Mar 2025
Plan to see all three sites, my ticket was good for 24 hours so we went back the next morning for Palestine Hill and the Forum. try to go early but also to see in the evening when lit. It's gorgeous at night!
Lora Yordanova Tsvetanova
Mar 2025
Book earlier visist so you can go to the Palatin and Roman forum after that and to have time to see other see sights like Pantheon and Trevi fountain which are really nearby by walk
Szilágyi-Palkó Csaba
Feb 2025
It's worth going in the morning, there's so much to see and do, the Roman Forum takes a whole day and even then we only walked quickly. There is also a more expensive ticket, but it's not worth buying as there is relatively little to see with this ticket. It's worth following the route you're given. It's good to have water with you (we went in February, it was quite cold, but we were still thirsty from all the walking).
Nadiia Tykhonova
Feb 2025
Мы были в феврале в будний день. Экскурсия занимает несколько часов, лучше прийти утром. С собой зонт на случай дождя.
Celia Molinos Sánchez
Feb 2025
La visita al coliseo y al foro romano requieren de un esfuerzo físico ya que hay muchas escaleras y si el día es bueno puede hacer bastante calor por lo que es recomedable llevar ropa comoda y mucha agua
Pintérné Zámbó Zsanett
Jan 2025
Érdemes vajamelyik látványosság körül szállást foglalni, így egy nagyobb de kényelmes sétával bejárható Róma!
Maria Elena
Nov 2024
Give yourself plenty of time to arrive at the meeting point -getting there can be complicated. When we arrived, the group was not at the address stated as the meeting point (a cafe) but across the street, some meters into an open space. If you see people gathered near the meeting point, ask if they are your group.
Isabel Sargento
Nov 2024
I advise you to go in the morning and as early as possible. Always remember that you have to watch everything carfully, but with respect for other visitors. Finally, if you have the opportunity to read some information in advance, do so, because on site, although there are good explanations, it becomes difficult to read everything and absorb so much information.
Gábor Antal dr. Hetényi
Oct 2024
Get your tickets in time, maybe not at the Colosseum, but rather in the other entry (Roman Forum entry). Keep in mind, that you have to get the free tickets for the children in advance too (different booth, only for the free tickets), so you'll have to wait in 2 queues. The 2nd floor of the Colosseum is often too crowded and a bit chaotic...
SZABÓ ZOLTÁN
Oct 2024
The forum has several entrances, a long row at one entrance, no row at the other. It is worth to walk around.
Calvin James Hammer
Oct 2024
Be careful of pick-pockets. They prey on the weak and elderly. Keep your items well concealed. Don't be afraid to start later in the day. You are on vacation. Book your events for noon...that still gives you several hours. Use your credit cards. The exchange banks charge a 20 percent commission. Location, location, location. Book a hotel in the center or next to your favorite place to visit.
Edward Joseph Phillip Robinson Harvey
Oct 2024
Pre book and turn up on time Wear comfortable footwear Allow for plenty if time to enjoy going around
FOOD & BEVERAGES
Lora Yordanova Tsvetanova
Mar 2025
We ate at restaurant Martini next to the Colosseum it had a view and really nice margarita it's a little big pricey but in that area I guess it's normal.
Debbie Ann Butler
Feb 2025
We had our pit stop at a cafe opposite Colosseum called Martini and Rossi ☕️ Staff were so lovely we went back there for pizza after our day ��
Lora Yordanova Tsvetanova
Mar 2025
We ate at restaurant Martini next to the Colosseum it had a view and really nice margarita it's a little big pricey but in that area I guess it's normal.
Debbie Ann Butler
Feb 2025
We had our pit stop at a cafe opposite Colosseum called Martini and Rossi ☕️ Staff were so lovely we went back there for pizza after our day ��
Nadiia Tykhonova
Feb 2025
Гуляя от Колизея по улицам Рима, мы посетили ресторан Pizzeria Ristoro Est! Est! Est! Вкусная паста, пицца и пиво. Рекомендуем.
Suzanne Gai McGee
Dec 2024
We went back to our accommodation area as it was my husband's birthday and had a lovely early dinner
Jennifer Lyrisse Tabios
Nov 2024
Yes! We had our dinner at Pasqualino Al Colosseo dal 1956- Trattoria Romana. Dinner was superb! Rabbit & seafood pasta
Isabel Sargento
Nov 2024
Yes, I had lunch in Trastevere in Impicientta Ristorante - I recomend it, specially for carbonara, but all the dishes that I tried were very good and the staff were very attentive and friendly. I would like to do also a recomendation of another restaurant that I went to and that I repeated, as I really liked all the dishes that I tasted and also the service. It is Sampietrino - l'osteria di San Giovanni. Lastly, I can't help but mention the pizzeria 50 Kalò di Ciro Salvo. The pizzas are very good. The difficulty is to book a table. You need to go there, give your name to a list and wait at the door until they call you. It took me about half an hour to get in, but it was worth it.
Gábor Antal dr. Hetényi
Oct 2024
The Falo Bistrot was a delightful suprise with its authentic food and nice and helpful staff. It is by the Circus Maximus, not far from the Colosseum.
Edward Joseph Phillip Robinson Harvey
Oct 2024
Recommend going to the eateries near the ruins of the gladiator school as they are reasonably priced and great selection
TRAVEL HIGHLIGHTS
Graham Wall
May 2025
The Forum was remarkable and as I read lots about the Roman times it brought it to life understanding the books and place names
Nadiia Tykhonova
Feb 2025
Осмотрев Колизей в первой половине дня, второю половину дня мы потратили на Planting Hills и Римский форум
Graham Wall
May 2025
The Forum was remarkable and as I read lots about the Roman times it brought it to life understanding the books and place names
Nadiia Tykhonova
Feb 2025
Осмотрев Колизей в первой половине дня, второю половину дня мы потратили на Planting Hills и Римский форум
Maria Elena
Nov 2024
The first part of the guided tour was a visit to the imperial forums -very interesting. Our guide, Pedro, was an extremely knowledgeable historian who provided us with lots of really interesting information in a very humorous, entertaining way. He also had the consideration to stop by a bathroom halfway through the visit, knowing there would not be another one conveniently available for the rest of the tour.
Isabel Sargento
Nov 2024
Coliseo/Roman Forum/Palatino Imperial forums (only view from outside) Altare della Patria and Vítor Emanuel Monument (only view from outside) Campo de Fiori/Ponte Sisto/Trastevere (Lunch in Trastevere in Impicientta ristorante - I recomend it, specially for Carbonara) Ponte Fabrício/Pantheon (sold out :( )/ Piazza Navona (with siding :( )/Spanish steps Monte Pinciano Fontana di Trevi (with siding :( )
Gábor Antal dr. Hetényi
Oct 2024
The Roman Forum, the Palatine Hill, the monument of Vittorio Emanuelle II and the Circus Maximus (Circo Massimo).
Calvin James Hammer
Oct 2024
Over 5 days we visited: St Peter's, Vatican Museum, Sistine Chapel, The Pantheon, Trevi Fountain, The Colosseum, The Roman Forum, The Mouth of Truth, The Hop-on, Hop-off bus, and many, many churches.
TRAVEL HIGHLIGHTS
Ute Susanne Lark
May 2025
We arrived a bit earlier at the Colloseum and there was no big queue at the entrance. We needed to wait for 5 more minutes and we then went in straightaway. No hassle, the security was fast and we could enjoy the arena and other levels of the Colloseum. It was amazing and we could take our time to take many pictures. Then We went over to the Palatine Hill and Forum Romanum, There was no one there and we headed straight in. All the tickets we purchase were perfect on the phone and we had no problems going in. The whole area is amazing and being where thousands of years Romans roamed we could walk in their footsteps. We loved the whole day !
Ute Susanne Lark
May 2025
We arrived a bit earlier at the Colloseum and there was no big queue at the entrance. We needed to wait for 5 more minutes and we then went in straightaway. No hassle, the security was fast and we could enjoy the arena and other levels of the Colloseum. It was amazing and we could take our time to take many pictures. Then We went over to the Palatine Hill and Forum Romanum, There was no one there and we headed straight in. All the tickets we purchase were perfect on the phone and we had no problems going in. The whole area is amazing and being where thousands of years Romans roamed we could walk in their footsteps. We loved the whole day !
Ute Susanne Lark
May 2025
We arrived a bit earlier at the Colloseum and there was no big queue at the entrance. We needed to wait for 5 more minutes and we then went in straightaway. No hassle, the security was fast and we could enjoy the arena and other levels of the Colloseum. It was amazing and we could take our time to take many pictures. Then We went over to the Palatine Hill and Forum Romanum, There was no one there and we headed straight in. All the tickets we purchase were perfect on the phone and we had no problems going in. The whole area is amazing and being where thousands of years Romans roamed we could walk in their footsteps. We loved the whole day !
Ute Susanne Lark
May 2025
We arrived a bit earlier at the Colloseum and there was no big queue at the entrance. We needed to wait for 5 more minutes and we then went in straightaway. No hassle, the security was fast and we could enjoy the arena and other levels of the Colloseum. It was amazing and we could take our time to take many pictures. Then We went over to the Palatine Hill and Forum Romanum, There was no one there and we headed straight in. All the tickets we purchase were perfect on the phone and we had no problems going in. The whole area is amazing and being where thousands of years Romans roamed we could walk in their footsteps. We loved the whole day !
Ute Susanne Lark
May 2025
We arrived a bit earlier at the Colloseum and there was no big queue at the entrance. We needed to wait for 5 more minutes and we then went in straightaway. No hassle, the security was fast and we could enjoy the arena and other levels of the Colloseum. It was amazing and we could take our time to take many pictures. Then We went over to the Palatine Hill and Forum Romanum, There was no one there and we headed straight in. All the tickets we purchase were perfect on the phone and we had no problems going in. The whole area is amazing and being where thousands of years Romans roamed we could walk in their footsteps. We loved the whole day ! I can only recommend Headout for the tickets and the Audio guide. So much amazing history.
Ute Susanne Lark
May 2025
We arrived a bit earlier at the Colloseum and there was no big queue at the entrance. We needed to wait for 5 more minutes and we then went in straightaway. No hassle, the security was fast and we could enjoy the arena and other levels of the Colloseum. It was amazing and we could take our time to take many pictures. Then We went over to the Palatine Hill and Forum Romanum, There was no one there and we headed straight in. All the tickets we purchase were perfect on the phone and we had no problems going in. The whole area is amazing and being where thousands of years Romans roamed we could walk in their footsteps. We loved the whole day ! I can only recommend Headout for the tickets and the Audio guide. So much amazing history.
Ute Susanne Lark
May 2025
We arrived a bit earlier at the Colloseum and there was no big queue at the entrance. We needed to wait for 5 more minutes and we then went in straightaway. No hassle, the security was fast and we could enjoy the arena and other levels of the Colloseum. It was amazing and we could take our time to take many pictures. Then We went over to the Palatine Hill and Forum Romanum, There was no one there and we headed straight in. All the tickets we purchase were perfect on the phone and we had no problems going in. The whole area is amazing and being where thousands of years Romans roamed we could walk in their footsteps. We loved the whole day ! I can only recommend Headout for the tickets and the Audio guide. So much amazing history.
Ute Susanne Lark
May 2025
We arrived a bit earlier at the Colloseum and there was no big queue at the entrance. We needed to wait for 5 more minutes and we then went in straightaway. No hassle, the security was fast and we could enjoy the arena and other levels of the Colloseum. It was amazing and we could take our time to take many pictures. Then We went over to the Palatine Hill and Forum Romanum, There was no one there and we headed straight in. All the tickets we purchase were perfect on the phone and we had no problems going in. The whole area is amazing and being where thousands of years Romans roamed we could walk in their footsteps. We loved the whole day ! I can only recommend Headout for the tickets and the Audio guide. So much amazing history.
Elizabeth Armstrong
Apr 2025
You cannot go to Rome and ignore the Colosseum. It stands big and proud and the history in there just demands to be explored. Yes it can be very busy but there's no pressure to rush round it and there are helpful lifts for people who need assistance.
Chris Phillips
Apr 2025
Amazing technological achievement on an awesome scale. The Colliseum stands out as the must see site of Rome. You need time to view the information cases and experience to arena too.
Christopher Catchpole
Apr 2025
Just crazy how this place was built, what went on in the name of entertainment, history to be viewed for sure.
simon reeves
Mar 2025
Was easy to get in with booked tickets and so much to see, spent a good 7 hours all together, it was amazing to stand in the history of this incredible place
Angela Garrett
Mar 2025
History, awe-inspiring, see it during the daytime and lit up in the evening esp. is a must, go early, see all of it for a stir Ty of interesting views, picture and learning opportunities, and to move in and out of the crowds.
Zapryan Popov
Mar 2025
Very interesting experience. You must see it at least once in your life. Historic place. Very easy entry too!
Lora Yordanova Tsvetanova
Mar 2025
It's amazing, loved the atmosphere and it have incredible history. Definitely a must if you're in Rome.
Maria Elena
Nov 2024
The Colosseum is a unique monument. It was a feat of engineering, but more importantly it helps one experience how brutally different humanity was before Christianity gave us the values we cherish today.
Gábor Antal dr. Hetényi
Oct 2024
The Colosseum is one of the most famous landmarks in Rome and a spectacular monument form the era of the Roman Empire.
Gemma Monoogian
Oct 2024
Amazing! So much to see. Best to get the full experience tickets to allow you into all (most) of the additional rooms/areas dotted around palatine hill and the forum. Great day out!
SMART TRAVEL TIPS
Shelley Patricia Lohues
May 2025
Getting tickets through Headout made the entrance very easy. Once inside though the crowds were more of course and so many tours. In 2019 we went in April and I think I would avoid coming again between May and September. It's too crowded.
Jennifer Letran Yuro
May 2025
We did not line up at all! If you have a paid ticket you dont need to line up! Only took less than 5mins
Shelley Patricia Lohues
May 2025
Getting tickets through Headout made the entrance very easy. Once inside though the crowds were more of course and so many tours. In 2019 we went in April and I think I would avoid coming again between May and September. It's too crowded.
Jennifer Letran Yuro
May 2025
We did not line up at all! If you have a paid ticket you dont need to line up! Only took less than 5mins
Christine Worthington
Apr 2025
We waited for around minutes in a shaded street for the host to arrive; the queue for security was less than 5 minutes
Douglas Owyang
Apr 2025
We spent a short amount of time in line to enter the museums and once inside, we were able to move about quite easily. We entered at 9:30.
Zoi Markozanis
Mar 2025
Waited about 5-10min? It wasn't just saving time on the line, but actually knowing where to go to get online because it is very overwhelming and confusing. Purchasing the tickets through here made it so much easier and less stressful. We received very clear instructions from the start via email to When. We went to the location to pick up the tickets. It was flawless, and I am very appreciative of that.
Helga Gūtšmite
Jan 2025
No waiting in the line, but even in the early morning there were lots of people that we just passed by
Kathleen Allen Thornton
Dec 2024
We didn't have to wait too long because we went to the meeting point and we skipped the waiting line with a guide who took us directly through the doors into museum. We had to go through the security check then we went through the museum on our own.
Guiseppe Faraone
Nov 2024
About 40min to validate ticket at Mamertine Mueseum. That was the longest. But entry to Colosseum was quick, about 5min.
ELEFTHERIOS KOUVARITAKIS
Nov 2024
The help of the host essential. No delays, skipping the queue. Ushering directly to the museum, rapidly, smoothly.
Jason Stavely
Nov 2024
The queue was no more than about 10 minutes, which was unbelievable considering the number of people there.
Gregory Pawlowski
Nov 2024
You will definitely save time booking ahead. In fact, I wouldn't consider going without advance tickets.
Mark Perry
Oct 2024
Well you pay 55 Euros not to wait in the queue only to wait in another queue! Seems a little oxymoronic!
Sona Babu
Oct 2024
It was crowded outside, but with the tickets booked from headout help us to enter without que. ♥️����
Seda YILDIZ
Oct 2024
I was late for the tour due to public transportation at Rome. But fortunately, The Crown team helped me a lot during my entrance into Vatican. They were very kind and helpful. They made my Vatican trip effortless. And I had great 3 hours in the best museom of the world.
Lindsay Huard
Oct 2024
Had to purchase tickets online, almost didn't get in, which was surprising. Queues, we had to wait 15 minutes or so.
Neacsu Marius Adrian
Oct 2024
The queues were huge, starting from entrance to Vatican and then through all the rooms and corridors. The overall experience was heavily affected because of the crowd.
Eugene Malcolm Wilson
Oct 2024
Didn't have to wait long. Had Skip to the line tickets ��. We also rented Audio Guides. Audio Guides were really nice.
Berwyn Larson
Oct 2024
Not long at the prison entrance and once inside the colosseum when we had our tickets issued at the ancient prison museum are time to enter the colosseum was almost immediate but it is more than a minutes walk as state to it from that location
SMART TRAVEL TIPS
Hayley Joanne Trotman
May 2025
3-4 hours. We could gave stayed longer-tgere's a nice courtyard cafe and big food hall near the exit.
Ivalina Slavcheva Salabasheva
May 2025
We spent approximately 3 hours as the kids got impatient, however it was a slow walk through some of the rooms due to the crowded walking lanes.
Hayley Joanne Trotman
May 2025
3-4 hours. We could gave stayed longer-tgere's a nice courtyard cafe and big food hall near the exit.
Ivalina Slavcheva Salabasheva
May 2025
We spent approximately 3 hours as the kids got impatient, however it was a slow walk through some of the rooms due to the crowded walking lanes.
Wiebke Miara
May 2025
We didn't spend about 1,5 hrs in the Vatican ( without sixteens chapel as it was closed). It was so crowded which was tiring.
Christine Worthington
Apr 2025
We went between 5pm and 8pm which worked well for us. We queued for less than 5 minutes to get in and could walk freely inside .
Margaret Fischer Byrne
Apr 2025
2 hours, but could spend the entire day. Book your tours early in the morning so you have time to see more than just the guided tour.
Sydney Henderson
Mar 2025
We spent about 1.5/2 hours. We woke up early every day to get early booking times. There's so much to explore and we try to fit lots of attractions in each day. Also, the earlier you book, the less people!
Robin Karlsson
Mar 2025
About 2-3hours. If you want to go directly to sistine chapple you can do so by using short cuts but not advisable due to you miss out.
Zoi Markozanis
Mar 2025
We spent about 2 1/2 to 3 hours between the Vatican museum and the Sistine chapel. I would break it up over 2 days and do not the church on its own because the line for the church is very long depending on time of day
LUIZ CESAR VIANNA MARQUES
Jan 2025
We spended about 03 hours in the visite, includin de Sistina Chapel. I sugest discard the contempory exibition.
Anamaria Anton
Dec 2024
I visited the museum at the end of November and it was crowded, I think in the warm season it is even more crowded.
Marilee Kaduk
Nov 2024
5.5 hours to visit. Take a taxi from down the street not the taxis right out the door are double the price.
ELEFTHERIOS KOUVARITAKIS
Nov 2024
Plan for at least two and half hours nonstop. Don't miss the papal vehicles at the end of the visit.
Hoskuldur Frimannsson
Nov 2024
Each part of the museums was a whole museum all by itself. I would like to have the option to visit only one part one day and then visit another part another day. I am certain that I would be able to take more in and understand better what is being presented.
Ian Haig Spanton
Nov 2024
Visited in October at 2pm on a Wednesday and were in there for almost 4 hours. You don't have much choice about where you go as you follow the visit route but you can miss out rooms or go through them swiftly. Take the time in the chapel to wait for a seat on the side benches and do both sides for the best views. It saves your neck as well as you can lean your head back while you gaze upwards
Gábor Antal dr. Hetényi
Oct 2024
If you have time, you could spend a whole day in the museum, half day, if you want to see and explore the main attractions, and 2-3 hours, if you only want to see the "must-see" ones...
Andreea Baciu
Oct 2024
Three hours and a half we spent inside.We didn't spend so much time outside, we ate outside only .For those who realy like to see everything maybe 5 hours will do.Bring water and bring your own headphones if you don't want to pay for the whole set in Vatican.We payed 8 euro per person only for the phone.Is ok like that also..Is not suitable for Kinderwagen.There are some steps.
John Miller
Oct 2024
We spent 2 hours there... You could spend a good half day possible longer. Depends how much detail you like.
Ghazaleh Sadat Hashemi fesharaki
Oct 2024
I think it takes around 4-5 hours, and it could take even longer if you want to see everything in more detail.
TRAVEL HIGHLIGHTS
Douglas Owyang
Apr 2025
After the museum, we walked around the corner to St Peters Basilica, a less than 10 min walk, literally, right around the corner.
Sydney Henderson
Mar 2025
St. Peter's Basilica! All of the steps and walking were brutal, but the views were beyond worth it! We were able to see a live mass and worship during our visit as well.
Douglas Owyang
Apr 2025
After the museum, we walked around the corner to St Peters Basilica, a less than 10 min walk, literally, right around the corner.
Sydney Henderson
Mar 2025
St. Peter's Basilica! All of the steps and walking were brutal, but the views were beyond worth it! We were able to see a live mass and worship during our visit as well.
Zoi Markozanis
Mar 2025
We started late in the day around 3 o'clock and the Vatican museum and sistine chapel took about 2 and 1/2-3 hours and we were exhausted so wrapped it up and went to eat.
Helga Gūtšmite
Jan 2025
Saw the St. Peter's Basilica - walk around the museum, go through the safety check un you can visit it for free.
Anamaria Anton
Dec 2024
It was a day full of activities: We visited the castle of San Angelo, the Vatican, we walked in Piazza Navona and on the way to the accommodation we stopped at the Coloseum, where in the evening there was a fascinating light show.
Ian Haig Spanton
Nov 2024
St Peter's Square and the Basilica. We went into the Basilica at 6pm as the queues earlier in the day were horrendous - several hours long. If you go later you get in very quickly and don't have to wait.
Marta Cmrlec
Oct 2024
We just went for a walk around Vatican, as the museums are huge I recommend not doing much more exploring in the same day
Eugene Malcolm Wilson
Oct 2024
We toured Caracalla Bath and Circus Maximus. Those were awesome. We went to the Colosseum, but didn't go inside. We toured Palatine Hill and Roman Forum on our own without a tour guide.
SMART TRAVEL TIPS
Wiebke Miara
May 2025
public transport ai recommend pay as you go. Just pay with your credit card in bus or tube. Book tickets far in advance
Jennifer Letran Yuro
May 2025
1. Buy a ticket in advance 2. Dont book another museum on the day itself 3. Explore at your own pace
Wiebke Miara
May 2025
public transport ai recommend pay as you go. Just pay with your credit card in bus or tube. Book tickets far in advance
Jennifer Letran Yuro
May 2025
1. Buy a ticket in advance 2. Dont book another museum on the day itself 3. Explore at your own pace
ELENA KOTIDOU
Apr 2025
Visit Vatican, Sistine Chapel, St. Peter's Cathedral, Colosseum, Pantheon, Fontana Di Trevi, Villa Porgesse, domus Auera
Christine Worthington
Apr 2025
skip the queue tickets were definetly helpful to get in quickly - would recommend there is a lot to see - allow at least 3 hours you can take a small bag in with you- I had my charger and sweater in mine
Margaret Fischer Byrne
Apr 2025
Definitely book ahead, you won't regret it. Lines were enormously long and if it's raining, you will be outside.
Kathleen Abate
Apr 2025
We had gone to the Vatican on a small guided tour two days earlier. We wanted to return to spend time at certain exhibits. The restaurant in the courtyard for a late morning coffee and snack was great. We were there before. 10 and there were few people at that time.
Sydney Henderson
Mar 2025
Definitely book tickets in advance to museums and attractions, they book up fast! Wear comfortable walking shoes, your feet will thank you later! Understand that visiting churches/chapels on Sundays sometimes means you won't have full access. With mass being held, sometimes certain parts of the churches/chapels are closed for private services.
Robin Karlsson
Mar 2025
Plan your visit and what you want to see use comfortable footwear. Go in low season not during peak season
Zoe Lam
Mar 2025
If you can visit (Rome in general) during March, it is not too crowded but also not too cold so it is nice to go to attractions. If not, during the afternoon or late morning seems like a great time for the Vatican.
Zoi Markozanis
Mar 2025
1. Be prepared with a list of what you want to see. 2. actually map it out if you're going to be walking and doing multiple monuments. 3. Don't overload yourself on sightseeing, do maybe half your day sightseeing and the other half just really enjoying the culture and food. Around 5 o'clock they usually do like appetizers and 9:30 PM. Seems to be the time to eat dinner.
Jazmin Lizeth Longoria
Mar 2025
If you want to do more than one tour, book one per day. If not enough time then make sure you have enough time in between to eat and continue going. Try to eat near the location of the next tour unless you really want otherwise.
ARISTEO LEONARDO
Mar 2025
1. Plan ahead; write down everything you want to visit and organize it. 2. Book your tickets ahead of time so that you are ready and it is easier for you once you get there. 3 Wear a comfortable shoes..
Darian Rodriguez Verdugo
Feb 2025
- Bring energy drinks because you will walk a lot - don't stop to take pictures if there's people behind you - buy in the big souvenir shop
Helga Gūtšmite
Jan 2025
Just start your day pretty early and the most popular tourist places book in advance, because in the last moment it cna be all booked.
Hau Hoang
Jan 2025
Do one attraction a day if you have small children. Then walk around in the evening to little attractions (shopping) around the area you stay
Yun-Hsin Tsai
Jan 2025
Taking the metro is easy to get to meet up office. Aim to spend at least 2-3 hours to see everything. If you are in a rush do not see everything in the museum.
GUALTIERI STEFANY
Jan 2025
Il faut prévoir au moins 3h30 voir 4h si vous prenez l'audio-guide : il y a beaucoup d'explications intéressentes
Kathleen Allen Thornton
Dec 2024
You can download the Museum Buddy Vatican App from play store. You can play the audio tour and get general knowledge from it. Whatever bookings you have, leave for your destination early to allow yourself less stress in case of complications.
STEFO RADEVSKI
Dec 2024
Honestly, if I could plan this visit again I would definitely book in a guided tour. Pay the extra and do the guided tour and really appreciate the history of the colosseum and its surrounds.
Anamaria Anton
Dec 2024
Take comfortable shoes, Rome is a walking city, it's well worth it. Buy tickets online and you won't stand in line. Take a water bottle, refill it at the taps in town.
ELEFTHERIOS KOUVARITAKIS
Nov 2024
Metro transport quick and convenient though much crowd that calls for attention to avoid bad encounters aboard the train.
Michael Tittensor
Nov 2024
1. We stayed in the Tmark hotel which is literally across the road from the entrance. Clean rooms, smart staff, rooftop bar. 2. Take advantage of the cafe in the VM. The seats are not comfortable but you get to stay hydrated. 3. Try to plan what you want to see. Oddly, the guidebooks appear to be sold only at the exit (which seems an oddly Italian thing).
Lorraine hardy
Nov 2024
Allow 2-3 hours for the Vatican alone - and going as late as possible means the crowds are starting to thin out
Ian Haig Spanton
Nov 2024
Give yourself time to find an eatery away from the attraction. Buy skip the queue tickets - they're worth it Expect to do a lot of walking
Gábor Antal dr. Hetényi
Oct 2024
Be there at the office in time, they will escort/guide you to the museum and through the entry/gates/securuty check. If you have any problems with walking and using the steps, ask for help and use the elavators instead.
Andreea Baciu
Oct 2024
We walked from our hotel to Vatican like 17 min. The best way to see the city. Morning hours are better for visiting Vatican. Inside Sixtine Chapel is not allowed to take pictures and it requires a decend dress code because is considered a sacred place. There are 3 stores with souvenirs.
John Miller
Oct 2024
St Peters Basilica opens at 7am, get there before 8 to avoid big big queues which takes 75mins if like us you get there 9:30 on a Saturday
Marta Cmrlec
Oct 2024
Book tickets in advance on the official page. Even though this was convenient and simple, the headout tickets are rather pricey and we could've spent much less if we pland a month in advance
Ghazaleh Sadat Hashemi fesharaki
Oct 2024
Buy your ticket online with skip-the-line access, and avoid buying mineral water at the Vatican—it’s really expensive.
Dominick John Ranieri
Oct 2024
If you need a wheelchair get it prior to tour and go to Greentours near the north old City wall. They were very helpful and accomadating to get me a chair to that location within 20 mins of requesting it.
Eugene Malcolm Wilson
Oct 2024
https://www.google.com/ac Hotel Gregoriana was a great place to stay Room was nice , front Desk Service Great, Breakfast was 10 Plus. Breakfast Team was Excellent. Really was impressed We used �� �� Taxis. Safe Had multiple things booked through Viator and Gel Your Guide.
Berwyn Larson
Oct 2024
We walked to the colosseum from our B&B which was 3 blocks from the train station and 20 minutes from the colosseum (but the prison museum entrance is a bit farther but avoids line ups). After the colosseum we got on a Bigbus hop on hop off which was near by to continue our Rome 24 hour experience. Worked out well.
FOOD & BEVERAGES
Shelley Patricia Lohues
May 2025
We stopped to have gelato and a refreshing fruit cup for my non-dairy eating husband because we were famished after finishing.
Ivalina Slavcheva Salabasheva
May 2025
We had lunch at a restaurant nearby the security line in front of Saint Peter's Basilica. Food was delicious and we found a free table right away.
Shelley Patricia Lohues
May 2025
We stopped to have gelato and a refreshing fruit cup for my non-dairy eating husband because we were famished after finishing.
Ivalina Slavcheva Salabasheva
May 2025
We had lunch at a restaurant nearby the security line in front of Saint Peter's Basilica. Food was delicious and we found a free table right away.
Steven Hipkiss
Apr 2025
Il Sorpasso for trapizzino. This was recommended in the UK Metro newspaper and was a 5 minute walk away.
Margaret Fischer Byrne
Apr 2025
Unfortunately it was so crowded and raining we were thirsty, tired and needed space, so no we didn't.
Robin Karlsson
Mar 2025
Café vaticano had tiramisu and a local beer and afterwards antica Domus had a big local beer and non alcoholic pinacolada.
Darian Rodriguez Verdugo
Feb 2025
Yeah, we ate at the local cafeteria and it was really nice. I bought the energy juice there and an espresso.
jilong wang
Jan 2025
1. Peter church, and original sculpture "mary holding Jesus " 2. Vatican postal office in Peter church square
Ian Haig Spanton
Nov 2024
Because of time we grabbed a ciabatta sandwich in the cafe just along from the meeting point, which was as mistake as it cost us almost as much as some evening meals we had during our stay! Give yourself time to go one or two streets across so you don't get ripped off. £31 for two sandwiches and two soft drinks was an ouch moment but that was our fault really!
Gábor Antal dr. Hetényi
Oct 2024
We had had lunch in the Food Court of the Museum, it was veryy good and tasty (pastas, sandwiches, pastries).
John Miller
Oct 2024
Watch out there are a few cafes out to get you (€70+ for three coffees and 2 bits of cake) with hidden pricing, so be careful where you go. The cafes in the museum were really good and better prices than outside.
Joana Luisa Krupp
Oct 2024
I had lunch at Pastaciutta. It was fast to order and to get my food. I ate standing up in the sidewalk but it was something I was expecting.
Seda YILDIZ
Oct 2024
I went to Muse bar&restaurant after Vatican tour. The pizza (Bufalo e Pacino) served there was delicious.
Marie Austin
Oct 2024
If you book the palatine Hill and coloseum make sure you leave a few hours in between as you need two hours for this experience
Eugene Malcolm Wilson
Oct 2024
.y wife a door I liked Trapizzino | Trastevere 4.6 Great and economical. Meat ball choice and others were delicious ��. Wife found this on a food tour in Trastevere. Gelato was great everywhere.
TRAVEL HIGHLIGHTS
Barbara Cocovinis
May 2025
Fantastic art collection but difficult to enjoy because of the crowds. Large groups with guides particularly annoying
Zulfiqar Ali Ramzi
May 2025
I had injured my knee so by the time we walked it from St Peter's to the ticket office for the museum, it took us longer than we had anticipated and we showed up after our allotted time. The assistants in the office were very welcoming and understanding, and when they saw my condition, they asked if I needed a wheelchair. which I gladly accepted. He accompanied us all the way to the counter where it was available, and ensured that I was comfortably seated before taking his leave. I blessed him throughout the tour as I could finally enjoy it pain-free! And I was most impressed with all the arrangements for people in wheelchairs, and the courtesy and concern shown by the staff. Hats off!
Barbara Cocovinis
May 2025
Fantastic art collection but difficult to enjoy because of the crowds. Large groups with guides particularly annoying
Zulfiqar Ali Ramzi
May 2025
I had injured my knee so by the time we walked it from St Peter's to the ticket office for the museum, it took us longer than we had anticipated and we showed up after our allotted time. The assistants in the office were very welcoming and understanding, and when they saw my condition, they asked if I needed a wheelchair. which I gladly accepted. He accompanied us all the way to the counter where it was available, and ensured that I was comfortably seated before taking his leave. I blessed him throughout the tour as I could finally enjoy it pain-free! And I was most impressed with all the arrangements for people in wheelchairs, and the courtesy and concern shown by the staff. Hats off!
Cecilia Popa
May 2025
Skipping the line was definitely a good idea. The museum is absolutely spectacular - a real art at every corner. What I didn't like is the amount of visitors allowed in one go which makes the experience on a rush and less enjoyable
Pagona Gkelestathi
May 2025
I didn't see any real value of the service, apart from issuing the tickets. I could as well find my way in, and use the voucher to enter, without an escort having to drive me there and give me a printed paper.
Abhishek Pattnaik
May 2025
Avoiding this he crowd and the your instructor was very helpful(Tatiana I think l. She was very cute too :)
Anne Whelan
May 2025
It was great to get in fairly quickly and explore at our own speed. We found the group tour guides annoying as they kept stopping g in the middle of the passage ways blocking everyone else!!
Stella Zorpa
May 2025
Visiting the Vatican felt like stepping into another era. Every detail—from the materials and colors to the atmosphere—was breathtaking. The artistry and history in every corner made a deep impression on me. It was more than a visit; it was an experience that stirred my soul. I loved every single moment of it. Truly unforgettable.
Stella Zorpa
May 2025
I was impressed with the master pieces of art I saw. Each detail mattered. It travelled me to another era.
Ahmed AL-Beheary
May 2025
It was a good experience. They meet you at a breakfast joint and walk you over to the Vatican entrance. Nothing else. Once you enter, you're on your own. They did exactly what they promised.
Ahmed AL-Beheary
May 2025
Hi Folks: The people here did what they said they would. They met you at a breakfast joint, took your name, and then started marching you to the main entrance. They did absolutely nothing else. I gave them five stars due to their honesty in delivery. Next time, though, I'd hire a full guided tour to explain more.
Mehmet Korkmaz
May 2025
Visiting Vatikan Museums was one of best my experiences. I expected more crowds . But Maybe it was about time . I visited there at 4 pm and when I was out, it was 8 pm. I had researched paintings, fresks, statues in museum. So I got happy when I saw them. Best museum in the World!
Adolph De La Cerda
May 2025
The museum was awesome. All the artifacts were amazing. Our highlight was of course this is Sistine Chapel.
Lori Lynn Butterfield
May 2025
The experience of getting into the museum could not have gone more smoothly. Absolutely five stars!
Lori Lynn Butterfield
May 2025
The process of getting our tickets and into the museum could not have gone more smoothly. I recieved a text message the day before confirming the address for getting the tickets. The morning of, the guide was waiting outside for us with the tickets. She took us directly to the location where we could get in to the museum and skip all the long lines. Getting in was seamless and easy. Absoulutely 5 stars!! As to the museum, after awhile I felt as if I'd descended into the 8th or 9th circle of hell. We didn't take a guided tour once inside the museum because we are long time history (art and otherwise) geeks, and wanted the freedom to go at our own pace. Like all the other museums in Italy, they don't give you any kind of map of a floor plan. And the way the museum was doing crowd control was essentially to put you on a one-way path. The only toilets are at the beginning as you enter the museum (better use them; there's no other opportunity until you're leaving). No place for a drink of water (better bring your own), and very few places to sit down. We extended our stay in Rome specifically to see the Sistine Chapel and the Vatican Museum. While I was happy we were able to get into the Sistine (it had been closed due to the Papal Conclave), it was not the experience I'd hoped for. As you enter the Chapel there is a sign indicating that it is a holy place and to be quiet, etc. Well, however many hundreds of people there was stuffed in there all being "quiet" was pretty much a dull roar. There were people literally covering every available square inch of floor space in there, with museum personnel yelling at people trying to take pictures (NO photos allowed). I'm not a claustrophobic person, but I kept thinking all someone would need to do was yell "fire" and folks were going to be hurt. There was one little trickle of people moving towards a door in the back half of the chapel. When I finally got up- there I discovered an employee was standing in the doorway only allowing one person out at a time. There was then a queue three rows deep curving around that back section of the chapel. I didn't realize until we tried to get ahead of a couple different tour groups that we were apparently in line to get OUT, and they were only letting people out two at a time. If that was the case, why did they allow three lines of people in that area? While I'm grateful I was allowed to be in the same room as Michelangelo's amazing art, it wasn't the experience I'd hoped it would be. I didn't expect to have the place to myself, but I had hoped for at least enough room to shuffle around a little bit and LOOK. There is a lot of beautiful works of art in there, but after a certain point we were just running our eyes over the stuff and trying to get out (again, a one-way line through the entire place with sections closed off for no apparent reason and no obvious way out except forward). While I'm not sorry we went, be prepared for an exhausting excursion with, litterally, thousands of other people trying to shuffle along too. 5 Stars for getting into the mueum; 5 stars for the magnificent works of art; 2 stars for crowd control and route planning.
Lori Lynn Butterfield
May 2025
The process of getting our tickets and into the museum could not have gone more smoothly. I recieved a text message the day before confirming the address for getting the tickets. The morning of, the guide was waiting outside for us with the tickets. She took us directly to the location where we could get in to the museum and skip all the long lines. Getting in was seamless and easy. Absoulutely 5 stars!! As to the museum, after awhile I felt as if I'd descended into the 8th or 9th circle of hell. We didn't take a guided tour once inside the museum because we are long time history (art and otherwise) geeks, and wanted the freedom to go at our own pace. Like all the other museums in Italy, they don't give you any kind of map of a floor plan. And the way the museum was doing crowd control was essentially to put you on a one-way path. The only toilets are at the beginning as you enter the museum (better use them; there's no other opportunity until you're leaving). No place for a drink of water (better bring your own), and very few places to sit down. We extended our stay in Rome specifically to see the Sistine Chapel and the Vatican Museum. While I was happy we were able to get into the Sistine (it had been closed due to the Papal Conclave), it was not the experience I'd hoped for. As you enter the Chapel there is a sign indicating that it is a holy place and to be quiet, etc. Well, however many hundreds of people there was stuffed in there all being "quiet" was pretty much a dull roar. There were people literally covering every available square inch of floor space in there, with museum personnel yelling at people trying to take pictures (NO photos allowed). I'm not a claustrophobic person, but I kept thinking all someone would need to do was yell "fire" and folks were going to be hurt. There was one little trickle of people moving towards a door in the back half of the chapel. When I finally got up- there I discovered an employee was standing in the doorway only allowing one person out at a time. There was then a queue three rows deep curving around that back section of the chapel. I didn't realize until we tried to get ahead of a couple different tour groups that we were apparently in line to get OUT, and they were only letting people out two at a time. If that was the case, why did they allow three lines of people in that area? While I'm grateful I was allowed to be in the same room as Michelangelo's amazing art, it wasn't the experience I'd hoped it would be. I didn't expect to have the place to myself, but I had hoped for at least enough room to shuffle around a little bit and LOOK. There is a lot of beautiful works of art in there, but after a certain point we were just running our eyes over the stuff and trying to get out (again, a one-way line through the entire place with sections closed off for no apparent reason and no obvious way out except forward). While I'm not sorry we went, be prepared for an exhausting excursion with, litterally, thousands of other people trying to shuffle along too. 5 Stars for getting into the mueum; 5 stars for the magnificent works of art; 2 stars for crowd control and route planning.
Lori Lynn Butterfield
May 2025
The process of getting our tickets and into the museum could not have gone more smoothly. I recieved a text message the day before confirming the address for getting the tickets. The morning of, the guide was waiting outside for us with the tickets. She took us directly to the location where we could get in to the museum and skip all the long lines. Getting in was seamless and easy. Absoulutely 5 stars!! As to the museum, after awhile I felt as if I'd descended into the 8th or 9th circle of hell. We didn't take a guided tour once inside the museum because we are long time history (art and otherwise) geeks, and wanted the freedom to go at our own pace. Like all the other museums in Italy, they don't give you any kind of map of a floor plan. And the way the museum was doing crowd control was essentially to put you on a one-way path. The only toilets are at the beginning as you enter the museum (better use them; there's no other opportunity until you're leaving). No place for a drink of water (better bring your own), and very few places to sit down. We extended our stay in Rome specifically to see the Sistine Chapel and the Vatican Museum. While I was happy we were able to get into the Sistine (it had been closed due to the Papal Conclave), it was not the experience I'd hoped for. As you enter the Chapel there is a sign indicating that it is a holy place and to be quiet, etc. Well, however many hundreds of people there was stuffed in there all being "quiet" was pretty much a dull roar. There were people literally covering every available square inch of floor space in there, with museum personnel yelling at people trying to take pictures (NO photos allowed). I'm not a claustrophobic person, but I kept thinking all someone would need to do was yell "fire" and folks were going to be hurt. There was one little trickle of people moving towards a door in the back half of the chapel. When I finally got up- there I discovered an employee was standing in the doorway only allowing one person out at a time. There was then a queue three rows deep curving around that back section of the chapel. I didn't realize until we tried to get ahead of a couple different tour groups that we were apparently in line to get OUT, and they were only letting people out two at a time. If that was the case, why did they allow three lines of people in that area? While I'm grateful I was allowed to be in the same room as Michelangelo's amazing art, it wasn't the experience I'd hoped it would be. I didn't expect to have the place to myself, but I had hoped for at least enough room to shuffle around a little bit and LOOK. There is a lot of beautiful works of art in there, but after a certain point we were just running our eyes over the stuff and trying to get out (again, a one-way line through the entire place with sections closed off for no apparent reason and no obvious way out except forward). While I'm not sorry we went, be prepared for an exhausting excursion with, litterally, thousands of other people trying to shuffle along too. 5 Stars for getting into the mueum; 5 stars for the magnificent works of art; 2 stars for crowd control and route planning.
Chris Andreone
May 2025
Skipped the line after waiting until the last minute for tickets. It's kind of like buying tickets from a scalper but it wasn't ridiculous
Randolph Joseph frank Smith
May 2025
The Vatican museum is worth looking at. There are so many articles of artifacts and art work, you can't help but be in awe! What I loved most of all was that the museum itself is work of art that houses the art.
Randolph Joseph frank Smith
May 2025
The Vatican Museum is worth taking a look at it. The artifacts and art work were phenomenal and beautiful. Chock full of information and very educational. The highlight is the fact that the museum itself is a work of art that houses the art!
Hayley Joanne Trotman
May 2025
Skip the line tickets were worth their weight in hold. Massive queues and we skipped straight to the front. We bought audio guides once we were through security, so we could understand what we were looking at at our own pace.
Tamra Lee Bowman
May 2025
I just liked being able to go to one place to meet with the guy who knew where to take us to lineup for the tickets and got us through the line quickly. It was so convenient that way, and saved us a lot of time and walking.
Shelley Patricia Lohues
May 2025
We toured the museum 6 years ago and this time they had more rooms open so it was nice to see something extra.
Rik Louman
May 2025
Skip the line, Pantheon tickets included, nice staff at the office. Flexibility to rebook to different time.
Nutsa Darchia
May 2025
We were about 15 minutes late at the meeting point, cause the taxi dropped us off early and far away, but they waited for us. We don't want to encourage tardiness, but it was really much appreciated! And the museum itself of course is a must see, no need to comment anything further there. The entrance was indeed without the line and very painless.
Leonard Joseph Dibble
May 2025
The Headout experience was wonderful. Our very pleasant guide walked us through the entry orocess at the museum without any problems and we got a great recommendation for a restaurant for lunch The bad part was that the museum was so crowded that it was impossible to appreciate the experience. Yogurts group after tour group being herded around.
Ivalina Slavcheva Salabasheva
May 2025
The agency was punctual, the instructions to the meeting point were accurate, the visit was on time. We were accompanied all the way through the first security line, up to the second one at the entrance of the museums. The lady was kind and attentive.
Wiebke Miara
May 2025
. With our lovely guide, who assisted us with entrance, we skipped the line. This was great. If you don't want to queue for hours book the assistance.
Ivalina Slavcheva Salabasheva
May 2025
It was well-timed and the instructions for the meeting point were accurate. We were accompanied all the way through the first security line up to the second one. The lady was extremely polite and attentive.
Raymond Cavendish
May 2025
So much to see, countless paintings, ceilings art work..... priceless, could of easily spent a couple more hours.
Jennifer Letran Yuro
May 2025
Everything! It is a must! Vatican Museum is incredible and it will show you a lot of things and you will learn a lot of things as well
Robert Clare
Apr 2025
Well, it was already pretty crowded, but considering it was holy week, I don't think I was surprised. It is a lot of walking, a lot of steps, so you need to be able to do that.
Aleksei Beliaev
Apr 2025
The exciting sightseeing. So many beautiful works of art. If you are interested in the history of Rome, this trip tells you something new or explain you something what you knew before.
Pavel Tselishchev
Apr 2025
It was hard to go to sistine cappella with a baby trolley. No lifts in some places and guards told us that we can take it only by stairs.
Nicholas Hann
Apr 2025
It was a little crowded but we had the evening tickets so it wasn't to bad, and we skipped the big lineups, the are work in there is a 11/10 a must see! We had no trouble with our tickets would recommend any day
Karen Brett
Apr 2025
This was an amazing experience which allowed us to take in the splendor, history and beauty of the Vatican and the Sistine Chapel without the crowds. So Amazing! The early morning was a grwat way to start the day on a positive note. The tour guide was incredibly knowledgeable and made the experience entertaining, We highly recommend!
JOSE ROBERTO BERGANZA GUZMAN
Apr 2025
I read bad messages from this page, but I booked two tours the same day and everything was perfect! No problems and the visit to Vatican Museums was nice, the staff helped you in everything!
ELENA KOTIDOU
Apr 2025
Sistine Chapel was just magnificent to see...all the paintings in Raffaele room and the geography room awesome.
Tanyss Prunty
Apr 2025
The Vatican is certainly impressive, mostly the museum really and the buildings. The Sistine Chapel honestly was a let down, because everyone was shuffled through so quickly we really didn't get to see it. If I had known I would have just gone to the museum and basilica. Even so it was all worth seeing and we enjoyed it.
Nichole Sylvester
Apr 2025
Vatican was more beautiful than I expected. I enjoyed it so much! Must visit. Was especially magical feeling during Easter weekend.
Wells Jones
Apr 2025
It was great to be offered the opportunity to go on the prior tour. Fernando was a excellent guide, adding greatly to the tour.
Christine Worthington
Apr 2025
Museum is fairly extensive and there is a lot to see. We wanted to know what we were looking at but go at our own pace so we hired the audio guide inside the Museum the entrance. It came with a paper map. The map was not a plan of the museum rather just a numbered line route to the audio reference points. The audio guide was incredibly generic and lacked any specifity to teach us about actual objects or paintings we saw. This was disappointing given there was so much to see and it was so beautifully presented.
Nimisha Daya
Apr 2025
I loved the tour, there was so much to see. It would have been nice to have a hand book with details on the exhibitions which I could keep as the audio recording was for hire only.
Steven Hipkiss
Apr 2025
The ticket we bought got us into the Vatican with only 10 minutes queue time, so that was impressive when you saw the length of the other queues to get in or buy tickets. Got very crowded in places, especially with the number of guided tours taking place. Took 3 hours to complete it all, taking our time.
Vikram Singh Chandel
Apr 2025
Entry was very smooth and quick much better as compared to standing in long queues and waiting for your turn. Highly recommended if you want to gain relatively quick entry to the museums.
Jonathan Lorenzi
Apr 2025
Quick entry and easy to follow instructions for access. Meeting place instructions were very clear and overall it was really well done. Would recommend to others
richard javier
Apr 2025
Flavio's journey was great. When they mentioned "seamless entry". It's better than seamless. Thank you very much Flavio!!!!
Harold T. Wright
Apr 2025
Our tur experience was very very good. Our guide was knowledgeable about the facts as well as passionate in his delivery The 'Skip the line' ticket was worth every penny.
Margaret Fischer Byrne
Apr 2025
It was super crowded being Holy week. The head out lady wS awesome. She even came back when they said we didn't have the right receipt. In the pouring rain, mind you! Skip the line is a must, especially this time of the year
Ana Melissa Huelvas Tellez
Apr 2025
I love the museums and the Sistine chapel. The people that helps you get your tickets and get in line were super nice and helpful throughout the whole ordeal.
Dr. Szili Balazs
Apr 2025
Extraordinary collecton of ancient Rome, Greek and medieval paintings. The Chapel Sissine was also beautiful.
Douglas Owyang
Apr 2025
We were able to secure tickets at the last minute for a self guided tour. We were able to easily meet the guide to help navigate the entrance lines and he helped get us entry into the museum.
TATJANA LIJIĆ
Apr 2025
I had some trust issues as I read bad rewievs but Flavio was always ready to respond at messages and took us in museum really fast. It was rather crowded but still manageable .
Liritsu suchman
Apr 2025
הגיוון, העושר שיש בכל חדר - פסלים, ציורים, מפות, שטיחים, הפסיפס על הרצפה, הממצאים הרבים- מרחיבים את הדעת
Janette Kadriu
Apr 2025
Having a hosted tour helped- although under hosted I imagined having a tour guide- something I'll bear in mind for the next time but the museum was itself was amazing- wast and beautiful
Charlie Peters
Apr 2025
The skipping of the line was great, and while the Museum was busy it was not so bad as to be unenjoyable.
Marija Suleic
Apr 2025
I loved the fact how pleasant and proffesional everything was regarding getting in. Once we were in Vatican museum there was sooooo much to see that I can't even describe the experience
Nadezhda Georgieva Gancheva
Apr 2025
I highly recommend LITIBERI TRAVEL | DMC & TO as a trusted provider of tourist services in Rome. We used their services to visit the Vatican Museums, and we are extremely pleased. Gaia, the lady who met us and accompanied us, was kind, attentive, and incredibly supportive, ensuring every aspect of our entrance went smoothlyfrom efficiently navigating security to escorting us into the museums. We will definitely use LITIBERI TRAVEL’s services again and wholeheartedly recommend them to others!
Kathleen Abate
Apr 2025
Although we were a little late getting started and ended up in the wrong line for a very short time., we found the service very helpful. Saved us a lot of stress, uncertainty and confusion.The guide was pleasant and personable.
Hanis Kakaba Habila
Apr 2025
I loved the fact that I didn't stand in line for only God knows how long. Most of all is the museum. Loved the museum. And the Sistine Chapel
Arlinda Toci
Mar 2025
I liked the the Sistine chapel and the Raphael galleries the most . What I didnt like was how the itinerary was designed, you had to go through a 5 km walk into galleries of greek and egiptian heritage whic I really didnt expect or want to see. The crownds were as expected, many many people but that s understable
Rhonda Dawn Thomas
Mar 2025
So glad we bought the skip the line tickets! We would have been waiting in line for hours without it! With Headout we were inside and through all the right checks in a few minutes The Vatican Museums are fantastic, with many beautiful paintings and decorative ceilings. The Sistine Chapel is especially impressive. The crowds did not really hold us up while walking around inside. There's so much to see you really need about 3 hours to see it all.
Milena Bogdanova
Mar 2025
Имаше много хора, но ние влязохме без да чакаме. От headout бяха много коректни.... а Ватикана е преживяване, всеки трябва да го изживее поне веднъж.
Sydney Henderson
Mar 2025
Seeing the Sistene Chapel in person was absolutely indescribable. All of the artwork in the Vatican Museuum was absolutely gorgeous. The ability to send postcards to family overseas was also so cool!
Robin Karlsson
Mar 2025
So much to see and experience about the history of religion. Did not do guided tour. But very interesting.
Zlatica Danisova
Mar 2025
The waiting tíme for entry was ok, we had a ticket for 3pm and 15 minutes later we where in. The museum was crowded, but I was expecting worse scenario
CHEN LING CHERLY
Mar 2025
Not on time. I thought this was from official web but turns out there's a "host" so they charged extra fee. The vatican itself 10/10 I would recommend to hire a tour guide to explain better about the history behind it
Zoe Lam
Mar 2025
It was my second time there and somehow felt like the first. So many things to see and so beautiful! Also, I am in a wheelchair and the staff are all so accommodating and helpful. We were able to get it for free right after we scanned our tickets and gave it back at the end. The ramps and elevators were easy to access, and there was a lift to get down to the Sistine Chapel where multiple guards also assisted us. I was so grateful and they made my experience amazing because we were worried about pushing the wheelchair to all of the rooms. Definitely plan on going back because there is always something new to see!
Amber Howard
Mar 2025
Buying tickets through Headout was great idea!! Tour guide was amazing and navigated our group to our drop off area. I would highly recommend to anyone and will definitely buy tickets from Headout again!!!
Katherine Thompson
Mar 2025
Our guided entry was awesome - we skipped a huge line and were escorted through security. We didn't want a tour, so this was perfect for us. The Vatican Museum is an incredible trove of amazing art, sculpture, tapestries, architecture, and history.
Sinead Galligan
Mar 2025
I was a bit nervous as I haven't heard of this company etc, I arrived really early as I was concerned I wouldn't find office meeting point, I needed have worried,from start to finish it was easy yo navigate, the start are fantastic, we were booked on at 11.30 am, it took about 3 mins in total to walk from meeting point right through security with our guide,no queuing whatsoever,tickets had to be scanned twice at 2 security areas ,our guide showed us in and the route to follow, completely hassle free ,we had a 9yr old with us,so for us it made our visit so much easier,
Zoi Markozanis
Mar 2025
I was very happy purchasing my tickets thru headout. My son said it was the only site he trusted. I was under the impression that we would be walked over to the line but we rcvd extremely clear instructions and turned out to be around the block to get in. It made purchasing the tickets and knowing where to go so much easier. We visited the vatican museum and sistine chapel with no headphones guide (we prefered without) and walked along the path and read up on a few items of interest and spent most of the time being wowed and taking photos. Stress free option I will use again! Thank u!
Natia Javakhi
Mar 2025
Vatican City is unbelievable ❤️�� Its very important to visit Vatican City in the morning ����, it's not crowded.
Alessandra Gabriel
Mar 2025
Headout skip the line tickets were really worth it. The weather was bad and instead of waiting a long time in the rain we got in in 15 mins.
Darian Rodriguez Verdugo
Feb 2025
I liked that it was clean, the weather was so nice, the staff was really kind and there was a lot of order with security and lines
Angela Cox
Feb 2025
From the booking of the ticket to the fast track check in the experience was fantastic. Thank you very much
Karen Taylor
Feb 2025
The Vatican tour was really good, the crowds were not too bad but it was easier with a guide. One day is not long enough to see it all.
Mohammad miradi
Jan 2025
È stata una giornata fantastica. La folla era molto numerosa, ma non siamo riusciti a vedere tutte le opere del museo per mancanza di tempo.
MAYUR MAYUR
Jan 2025
It was very smooth visit, we were able to find meeting point very easily after that our guide provide us information. They were super awesome.
Helga Gūtšmite
Jan 2025
Great experience. Easy to find meeting point. A tourguide took us to the Vatican Museums with no waiting in line. Just the safety check and you are off to go to one of the most beautiful Museums in the world.
Salma Ahmed gaballa
Jan 2025
The art was amazing. It was orangized; however, there were so many people which made it hard to enjoy the art.
Jônatas de Souza Cardoso
Jan 2025
I loved Vatican because I visited the city with the one of the most beautiful woman in history of mankind
Edgardo José Hidalgo Hidalgo
Jan 2025
Todo funcionó perfectamente, nos dieron acceso prioritario sobre la larga fila de personas que había para ingresar. Súper recomendado!
Yun-Hsin Tsai
Jan 2025
Easy to find meet up point. Our guide took us in the tour group entrance without problem and let us in after short line with other tour groups.
Rei Tsuchiya
Jan 2025
We really appreciated the Headout help to skip a queue. Booking online and skipping a line- could not be better!
Samer Hanna
Jan 2025
It was very organized, lots of cool stuff from all around the world. They were very respectful and accommodating to everyone. It is sooo much better than the Louvre.
Hrushchynska Anna
Jan 2025
Mit einem Ticket für 50 Euro haben Sie die Möglichkeit, sich in die Warteschlange einzureihen, die sehr schnell ist. Sie erhalten Zugang zu allen Vatikanischen Museen, einschließlich der Sixtinischen Kapelle. Der Eintritt in die Peterskirche ist frei.
GUALTIERI STEFANY
Jan 2025
Tout est très beau. Mais 3h cela ne suffit pas si on veut vraiment profiter de toutes les pièces visiter. Le plus beau est la chapelle Sixtine.
Alison Denton
Jan 2025
The queues on the day were really long. We had already purchased our ticket and was on the fast track - even so. so many people waiting to get in. The museum is amazing. It was a shame that due to the amount of people we got rushed through the sistene chapel.
Gong Weifan
Dec 2024
It was a great experience! We actually arrived 40min earlier but the lady still assisted us and put us on the spot. The instructions were clear that we entered the museum smoothly.
Nina Granatelli
Dec 2024
It was a bit crowded but honestly less than expected, although I did get there early. The skip the line part of the ticket was fantastic, and the host was wonderful and friendly and easy to follow. He talked to us in both Italian and English and made sure to outline each step of the process getting in to the museums. He also recommended spending the little bit extra on the audio guides, which were completely instrumental in creating a fantastic experience. The information provided for each item was very insightful. I'm sure visiting the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel without the guide would have been great but the audio experience multiplied that experience ten-fold - so great recommendation.
Dennisse Alejandra Muñoz Parada
Dec 2024
The host was very helpful for the arrival and the entry to the vatican. I found the package totally worth the price.
Sofia kapetanaki
Dec 2024
καταπληκτιό μουσείο, μοναδικό!!! κρίμα ωστόσο που δεν διαθέτει στην ελληνική γλώσσα τα ηχογραφημένα αρχεία ξενάγησης παρόλο που καθημερινά οι έλληνες επισκέπτονται το μουσείο!!!
Ignacio E Comparan Rodriguez
Nov 2024
Our gide was extremely knowledgeable and very nice. We love that it wasn't as crowded as we heard it usually is. We wish that we didn't have to rush throughout the museum but totally understand that there is no enough time.
Ramon Rodriguez Lopez
Nov 2024
It was a nice experience. However, the provided map was not the best. I saw the material provided by other agencies and they were better. In addition, they recieved extra information and tips. For instance, suggestions like visiting other exhibitions like the Vatican's car hall could be useful. I mean, a little more of interaction with the costumers will help a lot.
Emily LaPraim
Nov 2024
The art and history in the Vatican museum was well worth the visit! The crowds weren't as bad as I had expected.
Ginger Sumner
Nov 2024
I'm an artist, so visiting the impressive Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel was "a must!" It was a beautiful experience, and the Headout people were very helpful, friendly, and informative, about meeting location and time. I didn't have to wait in long lines. But be prepared to walk LONG distances, within the path of halls and galleries, with lots of other visitors, and without options to shorten your visit, if you become very tired. This was the Museum's method of "crowd control" and not Headout's.
Ann Firth
Nov 2024
Skip the line tickets guarantee entry at a specific time only. Museums have so many beautiful artefacts that it's quite overwhelming. Museums were very busy... can't imagine what it must be like in summer
Marilee Kaduk
Nov 2024
The artwork was amazing. A bit crowded. Two in our party are now sick. There needs to be seats to rest in the main hall. A few directional arrows would be nice.
ELEFTHERIOS KOUVARITAKIS
Nov 2024
The exhibition in the museum is superb. Definitely worth visiting. Well arranged well organized. Not to miss. Essential once in Rome.
Natalie Croft
Nov 2024
The visit was good but I would say the time that Headout suggestedb it should take to get round the Vatican was not nearly long enough. We didnt get to see everything and didnt make it to st peters
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⚔️Arena access: Optional
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⏳ Duration: 1-3 hours
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For quick yet in-depth visit
⏳ Duration: 3-4 hours
🕵🏼♀️ Guide: Yes
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⏳ Duration: 4-6 hours
🕵🏼♀️ Guide: Optional
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Most Colosseum tickets can be canceled 24-72 hours before the experience begins. However, combo tickets cannot be canceled or rescheduled. Please check your ticket for details at the time of booking.
Access: Optional
At the heart of the Colosseum lies the arena floor, an 83-by-48-meter stage where gladiators battled and wild animals were unleashed for public entertainment. Originally covered with wooden panels and sand (sourced from Monte Mario) to absorb blood and improve footing, the arena also featured trap doors for dramatic entrances and exits, adding surprise to the spectacles.
October 27, 2024 to March 29, 2025: 8.30am – 4.30pm
Last entrance: 3.30pm
Roman Forum & Palatine Hill hours: 9am - 4:30pm
Closed: The Colosseum is open on all days of the year except for 25 December and January 1.
Best time to visit: Owing to its popularity, the Colosseum experiences maximum crowds between June to September. To enjoy less crowds and pleasant weather, the best time to visit the Colosseum would be between November to March.
Detailed Colosseum opening hoursAddress: Piazza del Colosseo, 1, 00184 Roma RM, Italy
There are three main entrances to the Colosseum:
There are no restaurants inside the Colosseum, however, there are a few dining options available at a walking distance:
Budget: Hotel Ferrari, Taormina Hotel, Hotel Dina
Mid-Range: Hotel Oceania, Hotel Columbia, Hotel Canova, Hotel Trevi
Once a vibrant 7th Century BC marketplace, the Roman Forum housed the state treasury, Julius Caesar's cremation site, and the rumored tomb of Romulus, Rome's founder.
Explore the Roman ForumSettled by the first Romans in the 10th century BC, it was later inhabited by emperors like Tiberius and Augustus. Enjoy sweeping views of Rome from the top and visit the Palatine Museum for ancient Roman artifacts.
Explore Palatine HillThe Domus Aurea was Emperor Nero's audacious response to the devastating fire of 64 AD. It was a spectacle of opulence with marble walls, exquisite wall paintings, gilded arcades, ornamental fountains, and lush gardens.
Book Domus Aurea TicketsThe starting price for the Colosseum experience is €26. This typically includes timed entry to the Colosseum, Roman Forum, and Palatine Hill. Prices may vary based on additional features like guided tours or access to special areas like the Underground, the Colosseum Arena, and the Belvedere.
It's always advisable to book tickets to a busy attraction like the Colosseum online, rather than at the venue. Online purchasing allows you to skip the long queues at the ticket office. Additionally, some tickets offer combined access to the Roman Forum and Palatine Hill, providing a more comprehensive experience. Booking online also offer added advantages like:
- Guaranteed entry: Finally, during peak season, walk-in tickets may not be available, and by having tickets booked and ready before your trip, your entry to the site will be ensured.
- Choose from various options: You can also plan for your experience by choosing the type of experience best suited for you, be it a guided tour, or an after-hours tour. You can also book combo tours to visit popular attractions in Rome.
- Discounts & offers: By booking online, you can also avail of some of the best discounts and special offers not available at the ticket office.
- Customer service: You’ll also get 24/7 customer service on the phone, by email, or chat, allowing you to resolve any issues quickly.
A standard Colosseum ticket includes access to levels 1 and 2 of the Colosseum, along with entry to the Colosseum Museum on level 2. Other tickets include access to the Roman Forum and Palatine Hill. Depending on the experience you choose, you may get guided tours as part of the experience, or special access to the Underground, the Colosseum Arena, and the Belvedere. Note that these experiences are levied at a higher price compared to a basic ticket by virtue of the add-ons.
By accessing sections like the Arena, Underground and Belvedere through opting for a guided Colosseum tour, you will see parts of the Colosseum that are carefully preserved even after 2000 years. These segments of the Colosseum are fragile and reconstructed to some effect, so entering them comes at a justified premium. Entering the arena and underground helps give you a holistic view of the Colosseum's relevance and function.
You will have to opt for specific Colosseum tickets that provide access to Vatican Museum, Sistine Chapel, and/or St. Peter’s Basilica. Standard issue tickets only grant access to the Colosseum, Roman Forum, and Palatine Hill.
Colosseum opening hours are now 9 AM to 7:15 PM throughout the week with the final entry at 6:15 PM.
A complete tour of the Colosseum, Roman Forum, and Palatine Hill typically takes about 3 hours, with approximately an hour dedicated to each landmark.
No, you cannot re-enter the Colosseum if you exit. However, you can visit the Roman Forum and Palatine Hill if you haven't already accessed those attractions with your Colosseum ticket.