Rome Colosseum Ticket Price

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

Below, I tell you everything you need to know about the price of tickets and guided tours of the Colosseum.

The price of the Colosseum tickets (which also include access to the Roman Forum, the Palatine Hill and the tourist bus) starts at 68.

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

The price may vary depending on what the tour includes: for example, a guided tour of the Colosseum, the Roman Forum and the Palatine Hill, starts at 23, while a complete guided tour of the Colosseum with the Forum and the Palatine Hill, including the subway and the Roman Forum, starts at 83

For a little more, you can also visit the Arena of the Colosseum, from 86, which will give you a unique perspective during the visit.

Guided tours of the Colosseum are undoubtedly the best way to get to know and get into Ancient Rome, both in the amphitheater and in the Roman Forum and Palatine Hill. Besides, you have seen that there are options for all types of budget and time availability, so do not hesitate. Here are some options for combined guided tours of the Colosseum:

• Guided tour of the Colosseum, Roman Forum and Palatine Hill, from $23.
• Guided tour of the Colosseum, the Roman Forum and the Palatine Hill, from 31.
• Guided tour of the Colosseum with subway and the Roman Forum, from $83.
• Guided tour of the Colosseum with access to the arena and the Roman Forum, from $86.
• Guided tour of the Colosseum by night, from 148.
• Tour of the Colosseum with virtual reality, from 67.

There is a combined ticket to the Colosseum, the Roman Forum and the Palatine Hill, the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel, from 109, which allows you to visit both attractions in one day, accompanied by an expert guide and also with priority access, which will allow you to skip the queues.

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

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

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

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

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

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

The price of the Roma Pass tourist card depends on the number of days you purchase it for. For example, the 72-hour pass is priced at 59€ and with it you can redeem access to the Colosseum and the Roman Forum for free.

To find out whether or not it is worth buying this tourist card, the best thing to do is to calculate how much the tickets cost to each museum or attraction you want to visit. Keep in mind that the Roma Pass will usually give you access to the entrance fees but not to guided tours of most of Rome's landmarks.

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

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

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

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

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

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